SURFACE IMPERFECTION 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Crack Crater Crack Surface Pore End Crater Pipe Lack of Fusion (Incomplete Fusion) Incomplete

Root Penetration Continous undercut Intermittent undercut Shrinkage Groove t = 0.5 to 3 mm Shrinkage Groove t > 3 mm Excess Weld Metal Excessive convexity (Fillet weld) Excess Penetration t = 0.5 to 3 mm Excess Penetration t > 3 mm Incorrect weld toe Overlap Sagging incompletely filled grove t = 0.5 to 3 mm Sagging incompletely filled grove t > 3 mm Burn through Excessive asymmetry of Fillet Weld (excessive unequal length) Root concavity t = 0.5 to 3 mm Root concavity t > 3 mm Root Porosity Poor Restart Insufficient throat thickness Excessive throat thickness Stray arc Spatter

BS EN 25817 Level B Not permitted Not permitted Not permitted Not permitted Not permitted Not permitted Not permitted h 0.05t, but max. 0.5 mm Not permitted Short imperfection h 0.05t, but max. 0.5 mm h 1 mm + 0.1 b , but max. 5 mm h 1 mm + 0.1 b , but max. 3 mm h 1 mm + 0.1 b h 1 mm + 0.2 b , but max. 3 mm a 150 Not permitted Not permitted Short imperfection h 0.05t, but max. 0.5 mm Not permitted

h 1.5 mm + 0.15 a Not permitted Short imperfection h 0.05t, but max. 0.5 mm Not permitted Not permitted Not permitted h 1 mm + 0.15 a, but max. 3 mm Not permitted Accepteance sepends on application

ASME SEC IX

0.05t, but max. 0.5 mm

rt imperfection h 0.05t, but max. 0.5 mm 1 mm + 0.1 b , but max. h 1.5 mm + 0.15 a 5 mm 1 mm + 0.1 b , but max. 3 mm

1 mm + 0.2 b , but max. 3 mm

rt imperfection h 0.05t, but max. 0.5 mm

rt imperfection h 0.05t, but max. 0.5 mm

1 mm + 0.15 a, but max. 3 mm

epteance sepends on application