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GMAW/
SMAW GTAW SAW OFW ESW PAW
QW402JOINTS FCAW
1 ingroovedesign N N N N N N S
2 backing N
3 backingcomposition N
4 ofbackinginsinglesidedweld N N N
5 + backingorchemicalcomposition N N
10 rootspacing N N N N N N N
11 retainers N N N N E N

QW403BASEMETAL
1 PNumber E E
2 max.Tqualified E
4 groupnumber S
5 ingroupnumberQW422 S S S S S
6 Tlimitsforimpacttest16mmminT S S S S S
8 Tqualified E E E E E
9 tpass>1/2in(13mm) E E E E
10 Tlimitsqualified(shortcircuitarc) E
11 PNqualified E E E E
12 PNumber/meltin E

QW404FillerMetals
3 sizeoffillermetal N N N
4 FN E E E E E E E
5 AN(ferrousmaterialsonly) E E E E E E E
6 diameterofelectrodes N N N N
7 diameter>in(6mm) S
9 flux/wireclassification E
10 alloyflux E
12 AWSclassification S S S E S S
14 filler E E
17 fluxtypeorcomposition E
18 wiretoplate E
19 consumguide E
22 consumableinsert N N
23 solidormetalcoredtofluxcoredorvv E E E
24 /supplementalFillerMetal E E
27 alloyelementsfromsupplementalfiller E E E
29 fluxtradedesignation N
30 t E E E E E
32 tlimits(shortcircuitarc) E
33 AWSclassification N N N N N N
34 fluxTypeneutral/activeP#1) E
35 flux/wireclassification S N
36 recrushedslag E
50 GTAWfluxtoaidpenetration N

QW405Positions
1 + otherposition N N N N N N
2 positiontovertical S S S S
3 Ver calWelding N N N N

QW406Preheat
1 decrease>100F(55C) E E E E N E
2 preheatmaintenance N N N
3 increase>100F(55C)(IP) S S S S S

QW407PWHT
1 PWHT(none,<A1,>A3,>A1&<A3or
E E E E E E E
combination)
2 PWHT(time&temperaturerange) S S S S S S
4 TLimits>A3 E E E E E E

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QW408GAS GMAW/
SMAW GTAW SAW OFW ESW PAW
FCAW
1
trailingorcomposition N N N
2
shieldinggassingle,mixtureor% E E
3
shieldingflowrate N N
4
composition E
5
backingorcompositionorflow N N N
7
typefuelgas E
9
backingorcomposition
E E E
P4X,P10I,J,KP5XorP6X
10 shieldingortrailingP10I,J,K,P5XorP6X E E E
21 flowrate N

QW409ElectricalCharacteristics
1 > heatinput S S S S S
2 transfermodetoshortcircuitorvv E
3 pulsingItoDC N
4 ACtoDCorvv,forDCpolarity S N S N S N S N S N
5 15%I&Erange E
8 Amps&(exceptSMAW&GTAW)volts
N N N N N
range
12 tungstenelectrode N N

QW410Technique
1 string/weaveformanualor
N N N N N N
semiautomatic
2 flamecharacteristics N
3 orificecup,ornozzlesize N N N
4 Technique N
5 methodofcleaning N N N N N N N
6 methodofbackgouge N N N N N
7 oscillationformachineorautomatic N N N E N
8 contacttubetoworkdistance N N
9 multitosinglepassperside N S N S N S N S N
10 singletomultielectrodesformachine
S N S N S N E S N
&automatic
11 closedtooutofchamberweldingfor
E E
PN5X
12 meltintokeyhole S
15 electrodespacingmachine&automatic N N N N N
25 manualorsemiautomatictomachine
N N N N
orautomatic
26 peening N N N N N N N
64 useofthermalprocessforP11A&P11B E E E E E E E
LEGEND
>Increase/greaterthan +Addition Uphill Forehand Change
<Decrease/lessthan Deletion Downhill Backhand
E=EssentialVariableswhichmustbeindicatedonboththeWPSandrecordedonthePQR.
AnychangestothesevariablesrequirerequalificationofWPS
S=SupplementaryEssentialVariablesmustbeindicatedontheWPSandRecordedonthePQRwhenImpactTestingis
required.ChangestothesevariableswhenImpacttestingisperformedrequirerequalificationofWPS.
N=NonessentialvariablesmustbeindicatedontheWPSbutwhenchangeddonotrequirerequalificationofWPS
NOTE1:WPSsaretoindicateallEssential,NonessentialandwhenrequiredSupplementaryEssentialvariablesapplicablefor
theprocess.PQR'saretoindicateallEssentialandwhenrequiredSupplementaryEssentialvariablesapplicableforthe
process.DonotindicatevariableswhicharenotusedasNA,theyareapplicableandshouldbeenteredontheWPSorPQRas
"None"/"Notused"orsimilar.
NOTE2:Becarefulofconvertingatemperaturevalueandatemperaturedifferenceforexample:Apreheatorinterpass
temperatureof200C:(9x200C)/5+32=392Fwithapermitteddecreaseof100Fgives392F100F=292Cconverted
backtoC(292F32)x5/9=144,44C;thedifferenceis200C144,44C=55,56.Thispermitsanincreaseordecreaseof
55,56Cnotaswouldbeassumedfromconverting100F(100F32)x5/9=32,7C
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