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CASE
2016-1
CASES OF ASME BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL CODE
Approval Date: August 12, 1996
See Numeric Index for expiration
and any reafrmation dates.
Case 2016-1
Alternative Requirements for Seal Welding of
Threaded Connections, UF-32(b)
Section VIII, Division 1
Inquiry: For Section VIII, Division 1 construction,
what alternative requirements may be used to qualify
welding procedure and welder performance for seal
welding of threaded connections in seamless forged
pressure vessels of SA-372 Grades A, B, C, D, E, F,
G, H, and J material in lieu of making a groove weld
specimen as required for seal welding in Section VIII,
Division 1, para. UF-32(a) for material with a permitted
carbon content of 0.35% or less and in Section VIII,
Division 1, para. UF-32(b) for material with a permitted
carbon content exceeding 0.35%?
Reply: It is the opinion of the Committee that for
Section VIII, Division 1 construction, the following
requirements may be used to qualify welding procedure
and welder performance for seal welding of threaded
connections in seamless forged pressure vessels of SA-
372 Grades A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and J material
in lieu of making a groove weld specimen as required
for seal welding in Section VIII, Division 1, para. UF-
32(a) for material with a permitted carbon content of
0.35% or less and in Section VIII, Division 1, para.
UF-32(b) for material with a permitted carbon content
exceeding 0.35%.
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(a) The suitability of the welding procedure, includ-
ing electrode, and the welder performance shall be
established by making a seal weld in the welding
position to be used for the actual work and in a full-
size prototype of the vessel neck, including at least
some portion of the integrally forged head, conforming
to the requirements of Section VIII, Division 1, para.
UF-43 and the same geometry, thickness, vessel material
type, threaded-plug material type, and heat treatment
as that for the production vessel it represents. Separate
welding procedure qualications and performance quali-
cations shall be conducted for each grade.
(b) The seal weld in the prototype at the threaded
connection of the neck and plug shall be cross-sectioned
to provide four macro-test specimens taken 90 deg.
apart.
(c) One face of each cross section shall be smoothed
and etched with a suitable etchant (see Section VIII,
Division 1, para. QW-470) to give a clear denition
of the weld metal and heat affected zone. Visual
examination of the cross sections of the weld metal
and heat affected zone shall show complete fusion and
freedom from cracks.
(d) All production welding shall be done in accord-
ance with the procedure qualication of (a) above,
including the preheat and the electrode of the same
classication as that specied in the procedure, and
with welders qualied using that procedure
(e) This Case number shall be shown on the Manu-
facturers Data Report.
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