WELD INSPECTION CHECK LIST

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Checklist
Defect Type Defect Description/ Visual Was this # of Defects Sketch/Photo Typical Causes NCO's
Appearance type of Found or
Defect Total
Found Defective
during the Length of
Audit? Weld in
(in/mm)

Cracks are defined as fracture-type

discontinuies characterized by a Current Too High.
sharp tip and high ratio of length and Travel Speed too
Cracks width displacement. They can occur Low. Combination of
(Longitudinal or in weld metal or heat affected zone high current and
Transverse) (HAZ) low travel speed

Improper Electrode
Occur in the crater of the weld when manipulation.
welding in improperly terminated. Improper parameter
Crater Cracks are found in the starts tapering at the weld
Crater Cracks or stops of the weld metal stop

Unconsumed Weld Wire sticking out of the weld

Weld Wire metal poor workmanship

Improper weld joint

preparation.
Failure of the weld metal to fuse Improper electrode
completely at some portion of the manipulation.
weld zone or adjacent base metal. Current too low.
Incomplete This includes incomplete fusion of Travel speed too
Fusion consumable inserts high

Improper weld joint

preparation.
Improper electrode
manipulation.
Current too low.
Incomplete A joint root condition in a groove weld Voltage too high.
Joint in which weld metal does not extend Travel speed too
Penetration through the joint thickness high

Poor weld bead

spacing. Poor
wettability due to
incorrect weld
Underfill, valleys, sharp notches at parameters, such as
Irregular bead root face, undercuts and surface low voltage or high
profile ripples See Figure #1 below travel speed
 Travel speed too
slow. Welding
electrodes too large
Overlap (Roll The protrusion of weld metal beyond for the parameters
Over/Cold Roll) the weld toe or weld root or position
Welds in joint too
narrow a joint angle
or initial joint gap. In
multipass welds,
improper bead
spacing can result in
a valley , between
beads with too
A discontinuity consisting of slag narrow a gap or
entrapped in weld metal or at the side walls with too
Slag Inclusion weld interface narrow a joint angle

Typically caused by
contamination on
the base metal or
filler metal. Too high
a weld travel speed,
Gas bubbles frozen in the solidified loss of shielding, arc
Surface Porosity weld metal length too long

Current too high.

Is a groove melted into the base Voltage too high.
metal adjacent to the weld toe or Travel speed too
weld root and left unfilled by weld high. Combination
Undercut metals of these variables

Is a condition in which the weld face Travel speed to high.

or root surface of a groove weld Poor electrode
extends below the adjacent surface manipulation.
Underfill of the base metal Current too low

Arc Blow. Incorrect

Globular drops of weld metal that are parameters such as
deposited on the weld or base current too high,
material during welding, which do not voltage to high or
Spatter form part of the weld both.

Welder applied
In groove welds, weld reinforcement more weld metal
Excessive weld is weld metal in excess of the quantity then what was
Reinforcement required to fill a joint required
 Weld leg is not the correct height or Welder did not apply
Fillet Weld Leg is width , not in complaince with enough weld metal
Undersized drawing, or weld legs are unequal per the requirement

Welder applied
more weld metal
Fillet Welds too Weld is convex in nature has overfill then what was
Convex or excessive weld appearance required

Welder did not apply

Fillet Welds too Weld is concave in nature has sunken enough weld metal
Concave in or underfill weld appearance per the requirement
Total Number of Defects
SQE NAME: _________________________________ DATE:__________
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SUPPLIER NAME: _______________________________ GE PO #: _____________ UNIT # _____ MLI #:_______

Figure #1