2010ASMEBoilerandPressureVesselCodeANINTERNATIONALCODEIXQualificationStandardforWeldingandBrazingProcedures,Welders,Brazers,andWeldingandBrazingOperatorsWeldingandBrazingQualificationsINTENTIONALLYLEFTBLANKANINTERNATIONALCODE2010ASMEBoiler&PressureVesselCode2010EditionJuly1,2010IXQUALIFICATIONSTANDARDFORWELDINGANDBRAZINGPROCEDURES,WELDERS,BRAZERS,ANDWELDINGANDBRAZINGOPERATORSASMEBoilerandPressureVesselCommitteeonWeldingandBrazingThreeParkAvenue�NewYork,NY�10016USADateofIssuance:July1,2010(IncludesallAddendadatedJuly2009andearlier)ThisinternationalcodeorstandardwasdevelopedunderproceduresaccreditedasmeetingthecriteriaforAmericanNationalStandardsanditisanAmericanNationalStandard.TheStandardsCommitteethatapprovedthecodeorstandardwasbalancedtoassurethatindividualsfromcompetentandconcernedinterestshavehadanopportunitytoparticipate.Theproposedcodeorstandardwasmadeavailableforpublicreviewandcommentthatprovidesanopportunityforadditionalpublicinputfromindustry,academia,regulatoryagencies,andthepublic-at-large.ASMEdoesnot“approve,”“rate,”or“endorse”anyitem,construction,proprietarydevice,oractivity.ASMEdoesnottakeanypositionwithrespecttothevalidityofanypatentrightsassertedinconnectionwithanyitemsmentionedinthisdocument,anddoesnotundertaketoinsureanyoneutilizingastandardagainstliabilityforinfringementofanyapplicableletterspatent,norassumeanysuchliability.Usersofacodeorstandardareexpresslyadvisedthatdeterminationofthevalidityofanysuchpatentrights,andtheriskofinfringementofsuchrights,isentirelytheirownresponsibility.Participationbyfederalagencyrepresentative(s)orperson(s)affiliatedwithindustryisnottobeinterpretedasgovernmentorindustryendorsementofthiscodeorstandard.ASMEacceptsresponsibilityforonlythoseinterpretationsofthisdocumentissuedinaccordancewiththeestablishedASMEproceduresandpolicies,whichprecludestheissuanceofinterpretationsbyindividuals.ThefootnotesinthisdocumentarepartofthisAmericanNationalStandard.ASMEcollectivemembershipmarkTheaboveASMEsymbolsareregisteredintheU.S.PatentOffice.“ASME”isthetrademarkoftheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers.Nopartofthisdocumentmaybereproducedinanyform,inanelectronicretrievalsystemorotherwise,withoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofthepublisher.LibraryofCongressCatalogCardNumber:56-3934PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaAdoptedbytheCounciloftheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers,1914.Revised1940,1941,1943,1946,1949,1952,1953,1956,1959,1962,1965,1968,1971,1974,1977,1980,1983,1986,1989,1992,1995,1998,2001,2004,2007,2010TheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineersThreeParkAvenue,NewYork,NY10016-5990Copyright©2010byTHEAMERICANSOCIETYOFMECHANICALENGINEERSAllRightsReservedCONTENTSListofSections.........................................................................vForeword...............................................................................viiStatementsofPolicy....................................................................ixPersonnel..............................................................................xIntroduction............................................................................xxiiSummaryofChanges....................................................................xxvListofChangesinRecordNumberOrder.................................................xxixPARTQWWELDING..................................................................1ArticleIWeldingGeneralRequirements..............................................1QW-100General.....................................................................1QW-110WeldOrientation.............................................................2QW-120TestPositionsforGrooveWelds...............................................2QW-130TestPositionsforFilletWelds.................................................3QW-140TypesandPurposesofTestsandExaminations.................................3QW-150TensionTests................................................................4QW-160Guided-BendTests...........................................................5QW-170Notch-ToughnessTests.......................................................6QW-180Fillet-WeldTests.............................................................6QW-190OtherTestsandExaminations.................................................7AppendixIRoundedIndicationCharts..................................................13ArticleIIWeldingProcedureQualifications............................................14QW-200General.....................................................................14QW-210PreparationofTestCoupon...................................................17QW-250WeldingVariables............................................................19QW-290TemperBeadWelding........................................................49ArticleIIIWeldingPerformanceQualifications.........................................52QW-300General.....................................................................52QW-310QualificationTestCoupons....................................................55QW-320Retes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