A00 page 1 QW 100.1. 10th line down "..., or it shall be an AWS Standard Welding Procedure Specification (SWPS) listed in appendix E and adopted by article V."
The A00 represents the year 2000 addendum. (Blue pages that are sometimes left in the plastic wrapper and thrown away when the next code comes out)
If this is still incorrect, please let me know.
Please let me know if there is any other questionable material in my previous response, just in case I might have written something that was based on something I once was knowledgeable about but failed to keep "Up to date" on.
Gerald Austin
"Low Level" Welding software under development at http://www.geocities.com/pipewelder_1999
Note: I believe that In addition to the ASME addenda, the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors Code NBIC has allowed the use of Standard WPS for a few years more than ASME. I don't have a current NBIC and I haven't read one for a few years. Maybe someone could let me know if thats still the case.
If the Standard WPS is not the choice then it is also V E R Y simple to qualify your own Carbon Steel welding procedure specification to ASME Sec IX by testing.
Besides the welding and machining, the only costs are paying a lab to perform the reduced section tensile specimens. The reduced section tensile specimens are best prepared by a machine shop using the guidlines contained in ASME Sec IX QW 462.1. It has been my experience that machine shops provide the machine work at a much more reasonable cost that the "Testing Labs".
The only information you need from a testing lab is a report of the mechanical test results. The guided bend tests should be done first just in case they fail. There is no need to pay a testing lab to fill out your PQR, WPS or any other paperwork. All you need is the test results.
As I said before. Get a Sec IX.
Maybe find a CWI thats a welder (Not NDT), pay him a good hourly rate for short term employment and he might help you out.
Gerald Austin :) under developed at http://www.geocities.com/pipewelder_1999