AMECO: American Manufacturing & Engineering Company

WELDING PROCEDURE SPECIFICATION (WPS) Attachment

HEAT INPUT and TRAVEL SPEED LIMITS for allowable power settings (i.e. Amps and Volts)

Date: 2009-Apr-08 Page ? of ?

WPS No: D1.5-01-3 Rev: 1 Supporting PQR No: AMECO-01

Reference Information:
Base Material: HSLA Steel Plate, per ASTM A709 / A572, Grade 50
Filler Metal: FCAW, 0.063" diameter
Customer: ??
Project: ??
Item / Component Description: ??
By: AMECO (M. Perkins)

Kj / inch, Manually calculated value, reference

MAX calc'd HEAT INPUT from a single weld bead pass in the PQR Test Coupon (Kj / in) = 45.3 only, NO affect on table value calculations

Kj / inch, Manually calculated value, reference

MAX calc'd HEAT INPUT from the AVG of ALL weld passes in the PQR Test Coupon (Kj / in) = 41.2 only, NO affect on table value calculations.
(AVERAGE can use ALL passes or discard highest
and lowest, and take new average)

MAXIMUM ALLOWED Heat Input on Production WPS =

Kj / inch Manually calculated value,.
X 100% of the MAX calculated Heat Input of the PQR
or ... 90% of the MAX calculated Heat Input of the PQR 41.2 If this values is changed, all MAX HEAT
INPUT travel speeds will be re-calc'd
or ... Other _

MINIMUM ALLOWED Heat Input on Production WPS = Kj / inch, This cell auto-updates if MAX
X 60% of the MAXIMUM allowed (Kj / in) = 24.7 ALLOWED HEAT INPUT changes. If changed, will
or ... Other _ re-calc all MIN HEAT INPUT travel speeds

(-7% limit) (PQR nominal) (+7% limit)

25.7 V selected 27.0 V selected 28.0 V selected 29.0 V selected 29.9 V selected
Travel Speeds Travel Speeds Travel Speeds Travel Speeds Travel Speeds
Allowed Allowed Allowed Allowed Allowed

Min. T.S. MAX T.S. Min. T.S. MAX T.S. Min. T.S. MAX T.S. Min. T.S. MAX T.S. Min. T.S. MAX T.S.
Inch / min Inch / min Inch / min Inch / min Inch / min Inch / min Inch / min Inch / min Inch / min Inch / min
Selected AMPS (Max H.I.) (Min H.I.) (Max H.I.) (Min H.I.) (Max H.I.) (Min H.I.) (Max H.I.) (Min H.I.) (Max H.I.) (Min H.I.)
-10% limit 245 9.2 15.3 9.6 16.1 10.0 16.7 10.3 17.2 10.7 17.8
250 9.4 15.6 9.8 16.4 10.2 17.0 10.6 17.6 10.9 18.1
260 9.7 16.2 10.2 17.0 10.6 17.7 11.0 18.3 11.3 18.9
PQR Nominal
Amps >>> 270 10.1 16.8 10.6 17.7 11.0 18.3 11.4 19.0 11.8 19.6
280 10.5 17.5 11.0 18.3 11.4 19.0 11.8 19.7 12.2 20.3
290 10.9 18.1 11.4 19.0 11.8 19.7 12.2 20.4 12.6 21.0
+10% limit 295 11.0 18.4 11.6 19.3 12.0 20.0 12.5 20.8 12.8 21.4
Notes:
1) Travel speeds for each Amp-Volt combination are calculated using the formula in AWS 5.12, 2002 Edition.
2) Travel speeds for each Amp-Volt combination are calculated to be between 60% to (90 or 100%) of the allowed max heat input in ALL cases (i.e. between (0 or 10%) and 40% below the max
allowed).
3) To update ALL calculations, simply type in the new MAX heat input, and / or the new AVG MAX heat input. All other values are calculated automatically from the MAX ALLOWED HEAT INPUT .
4) If any AMP or VOLT values are changed, the table will also automatically update the travel speeds.

Revision History:
0) 2009-Mar-30: Original Issue
1) 2009-Apr-08: Corrected typos in 2 cells to correctly calculate travel speeds.