17 Identification and traceability

Identification and traceability shall be maintained throughout the manufacturing process, if

required.
Documented systems to ensure identification and traceability of the welding operations
shall include, if required:

 identification of production plans;

 identification of routing cards;
 identification of weld locations in construction;
 identification of non-destructive testing procedures and personnel;
 identification of welding consumable (e.g. designation, trade name, manufacturer
of consumables and batch or cast numbers);
 identification and/or traceability of parent material (e.g. type, cast number);
 identification of location of repairs;
 identification of location of temporary attachments;
 traceability for fully mechanised and automatic welding units to specific welds;
 traceability of welder and welding operators to specific welds;
 traceability of welding-procedure specifications to specific welds

10.8 Identification and traceability

ISO 3834 does not always require identification and traceability. Where the manufacturer
has taken on, or is likely to take on, contracts where traceability is required, an appropriate
instruction is to be implemented.

Such an instruction should not create confusion with items for contracts which do not
require traceability.

When traceability of consumables is required, it is expected that the various batches used in
a weld will be recorded, but that it is not necessary to record the location of various batches
of approved welding consumables within multi-run joints

ISO 3834-2 and ISO 3834-3 a

Clause No. Required documents Typical records/reports

17 Identification and traceability: Document, when required, to ensure Traceability records (when required)
identification and traceability of the
⎯ identification and marking. welding operations.
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Traceability
records (when
required)

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