The document outlines essential variables that must be qualified when welding according to API standard 1104. It discusses three types of welding: welding with filler metal additions, mechanized welding with filler metal, and automatic welding without filler metal. For each type of welding, it lists the essential variables that must be qualified and the code section that specifies each variable. Some examples of essential variables include welding process, materials, joint design, filler metal, and preheat requirements.
The document outlines essential variables that must be qualified when welding according to API standard 1104. It discusses three types of welding: welding with filler metal additions, mechanized welding with filler metal, and automatic welding without filler metal. For each type of welding, it lists the essential variables that must be qualified and the code section that specifies each variable. Some examples of essential variables include welding process, materials, joint design, filler metal, and preheat requirements.
The document outlines essential variables that must be qualified when welding according to API standard 1104. It discusses three types of welding: welding with filler metal additions, mechanized welding with filler metal, and automatic welding without filler metal. For each type of welding, it lists the essential variables that must be qualified and the code section that specifies each variable. Some examples of essential variables include welding process, materials, joint design, filler metal, and preheat requirements.
Qualification of Welding Procedures with Filler Metal Additions
No Essential Variables Q/T Code No. . 1. Welding Process or Method of Application Q 5.4.2.1 2. Base Material Q 5.4.2.2 3. Joint Design Q 5.4.2.3 4. Position Q 5.4.2.4 5. Wall Thickness Q 5.4.2.5 6. Filler Metal Q 5.4.2.6 7. Electrical Characteristics Q 5.4.2.7 8. Time Between Passes Q 5.4.2.8 9. Direction of Welding Q 5.4.2.9 10. Shielding Gas and Flow Rate Q 5.4.2.10 11. Shielding Flux Q 5.4.2.11 12. Speed of Travel Q 5.4.2.12 13. Preheat Q 5.4.2.13 14. PWHT Q 5.4.2.14 Essential Variables API 1104 2016 Mechanized Welding with Filler Metal Additions Mechanized welding shall be performed using one or more of the following processes: a) submerged arc welding, b) gas metal arc welding, c) gas tungsten arc welding, d) flux-cored arc welding with or without external shielding, e) plasma arc welding, f) the use of a manual or semiautomatic process combined with one of the mechanized processes listed in this section.
No Essential Variables Q/T Code No.
. 1. Welding Process Q 12.5.2.1 2. Materials Q 12.5.2.2 3. Joint Design Q 12.5.2.3 4. Wall Thickness Q 12.5.2.4 5. Pipe Diameter Q 12.5.2.5 6. Filler Metal Q 12.5.2.6 7. Size of Filler Metal Wire Q 12.5.2.7 8. Time Between Passes Q 12.5.2.8 9. Direction of Welding Q 12.5.2.9 10. Shielding Gas and Flow Rate Q 12.5.2.10 11. Shielding Flux Q 12.5.2.11 12. Speed of Travel Q 12.5.2.12 13. Preheat Q 12.5.2.13 14. PWHT Q 12.5.2.14 15. Electrical Characteristics Q 12.5.2.15 16. Orifice Diameter or Orifice Gas Composition Q 12.5.2.16 17. Method of Cooling After Welding Q 12.5.2.17
Essential Variables API 1104 2016
Automatic Welding Without Filler Metal Additions Automatic welding without filler metal additions shall be done using the flash butt-welding process