This page lists published welding codes, procedures, and specifications.
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Codes
The
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
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Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code
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(BPVC) covers all aspects of design and manufacture of boilers and pressure vessels. All sections contain welding specifications, however most relevant information is contained in the following:
American Welding Society (AWS) Standards
The
American Welding Society
The American Welding Society (AWS) was founded in 1919 as a non-profit organization to advance the science, technology and application of welding and allied joining and cutting processes, including brazing, soldering and thermal spraying.
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(AWS) publishes over 240 AWS-developed codes, recommended practices and guides which are written in accordance with American National Standards Institute (ANSI) practices. The following is a partial list of the more common publications:
American Petroleum Institute (API) Standards
The
American Petroleum Institute
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(API) oldest and most successful programs is in the development of API standards which started with its first standard in 1924. API maintains over 500 standards covering the oil and gas field. The following is a partial list specific to welding:
Australian / New Zealand (AS/NZS) Standards
Standards Australia
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is the body responsible for the development, maintenance and publication of Australian Standards. The following is a partial list specific to welding:
Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Standards
The
Canadian Standards Association
The CSA Group (formerly the Canadian Standards Association; CSA) is a standards organization which develops standards in 57 areas. CSA publishes standards in print and electronic form, and provides training and advisory services. CSA is composed ...
(CSA) is responsible for the development, maintenance and publication of CSA standards. The following is a partial list specific to welding:
British Standards (BS)
British Standards
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are developed, maintained and published by BSI Standards which is UK's National Standards Body. The following is a partial list of standards specific to welding:
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Standards
International Organization for Standardization
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(ISO) has developed over 18500 standards and over 1100 new standards are published every year. The following is a partial list of the standards specific to welding:
European Union (CEN) standards
The
European Committee for Standardization
The European Committee for Standardization (CEN, ) is a public standards organization whose mission is to foster the economy of the European Single Market and the wider European continent in global trading, the welfare of European citizens an ...
(CEN) had issued numerous standards covering welding processes, which unified and replaced former national standards. Of the former national standards, those issued by
BSI and
DIN
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were widely used outside their countries of origin. After the Vienna Agreement with ISO, CEN has replaced most of them with equivalent ISO standards (EN ISO series).
Additional requirements for welding exist in CEN codes and standards for specific products, like EN 12952, EN 12953,
EN 13445
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, EN 13480, etc.
German Standards (
DIN
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NA 092 is the Standards Committee for welding and allied processes (NAS) at DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e. V. The following is a partial list of DIN welding standards:
Japanese Standards (JIS and others)
Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS)
Japanese Industrial Standards
are the standardization, standards used for industrial activities in Japan, coordinated by the Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC) and published by the Japanese Standards Association (JSA). The JISC is composed of many nationwide co ...
are the standards used for industrial activities in Japan, coordinated by the Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC) and published by the Japanese Standards Association (JSA).
*JIS Z 3001-1 Welding and allied processes-Vocabulary-Part 1: General
*JIS Z 3001-2 Welding and allied processes-Vocabulary-Part 2: Welding processes
*JIS Z 3001-3 Welding and allied processes-Vocabulary-Part 3: Soldering and brazing
*JIS Z 3001-4 Welding and allied processes-Vocabulary-Part 4: Imperfections in welding
*JIS Z 3001-5 Welding and allied processes-Vocabulary-Part 5: Laser welding
*JIS Z 3001-6 Welding and allied processes-Vocabulary-Part 6: Resistance welding
*JIS Z 3001-7 Welding and allied processes-Vocabulary-Part 7: Arc welding
*JIS Z 3011 Welding positions defined by means of angles of slope and rotation
*JIS Z 3021 Welding and allied processes -- Symbolic representation
Japan Welding Society Standard (WES)
As a WES standard, it is defined in the following classification.
# Fundamentals
# Tests, inspections and their equipment
# Base material
# welding material
# Welding and cutting equipment and accessories
# Welding design and construction
# Welding-related certifications and certifications
# Safety, health and environment
See also
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Welding
Welding is a fabrication (metal), fabrication process that joins materials, usually metals or thermoplastics, primarily by using high temperature to melting, melt the parts together and allow them to cool, causing Fusion welding, fusion. Co ...
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List of welding processes
This is a list of welding processes, separated into their respective categories. The associated ''N reference numbers'' (second column) are specified in ISO 4063 (in the European Union published as ''EN ISO 4063''). Numbers in parentheses are obsol ...
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Welder certification Welder certification, (also known as welder qualification) is a process which examines and documents a welder's capability to create welds of acceptable quality following a well defined welding procedure.
Method
Welder certification is based on spe ...
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Welding Procedure Specification
A Welding Procedure Specification (WPS) is a formal document describing welding procedures. It is an internal document used by welding companies to instruct welders (or welding operators) on how to achieve quality production welds that meet all r ...
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Welder
A welder is a person or equipment that fuses materials together. The term welder refers to the operator, the machine is referred to as the welding power supply. The materials to be joined can be metals (such as steel, aluminum, brass, stainles ...
Notes
References
Structural steel
Further reading and external links
Overview poster of CEN & ISO welding standards
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Codes
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