hi all , this is my first post so please forgive if i have asked a silly question,
we use TWI welder qual and twi weldspec to produce our pqr/wps and quals .
in asme you can split a dual process pqr and produce two or more wps's from it example: a pqr for gtaw and smaw can be split to produce a wps for gtaaw and one for smaw as long as the essential variables are the same as the pqr.
but what about AWS? is this acceptable ? if can you point me in the right part of AWS D1.1 to find this please.
i ask this because we have a gmaw/fcaw AWS procedure and the surveyor(ABS) will not let us just use the fcaw(with ceramic backing) he says it has to be done using gmaw as a backing, i always thought this was ok but now he wont accept this .
can i have youR input and help please .
thanks for looking