Welding of Pipelines and Related Facilities

1 General ASNTI
RP SNT-TC-IA Personnel Qualification and Certification
1.1 SCOPE ill Nondestructive Testing
This standard covers the gas and arc welding of butt, fillet, ACCP ASNT Central Certification Program
and socket welds in carbon and low-alloy steel piping used in ASTM2
the compression, pumping, and transmission of cmde petro- E 164 Standard Practice for Ultrasonic Contact
leum, petroleum products, fuel gases, carbon dioxide, and Examination of Weldments
nitrogen and, where applicable, covers welding on distribution E 165 Standard Test for Liquid Penetrant
systems. It applies to both new constmction and in-service Examination
welding.The welding may be done by a shielded metal-arc E709 Standard Guide for Magnetic Particle
welding, submerged arc welding, gas tungsten-arc welding, Examination
gas metal-arc welding, flux-cored arc welding, plasma arc E747 Standard Practice for Design, Manu/ac-
welding, oxyacetylene welding, or flash butt welding process tue and Material Grouping Classification
or by a combination of these processes using a manual, semi- q/ Wire Image Quality Indicators (IQI)
automatic, or automatic welding technique or a combination of Usedfor Radiology
these techniques. The welds may be produced by position or E 1025 Standard Practice for Design, Manufac-
roll welding or by a combination of position and roll welding. ture, and Material Grouping Classification
This standard also covers the procedures for radiographic, of Hole-T.vpe Image Quality Indicators
magnetic particle, liquid penetrant, and ultrasonic testing as (IQI) UsedfiJr Radiology
well as the acceptance standards to be applied to production AWS3
welds tested to destmction or inspected by radiographic, A3.0 Welding, Terms and Definitions
magnetic particle, liquid penetrant, ultrasonic, and visual test- A5.I Covered Carbon Steel Arc Welding
ing methods. Electrodes
The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI units are A';.2 Iron and Steel Oryfuel Gas Welding Rods
to be regarded separately as standard. Each system is to be A5.5 Low Alloy Steel Covered Arc Welding
used independently of the other, without combining values in Electrodes
any way. AS. 17 Carbon Steel Electrodes and Flu.xes for
Processes other than those described above will be consid- Submerged Arc Welding
ered for inclusion in this standard. Persons who wish to have AS.I8 Carbon Steel Filler Metals for Gas
other processes included shall submit, as a minimum, the fol- Shielded Arc Welding
lowing infonnation for the committee's consideration: AS.20 Carbon Steel Electrodes for Flux Cored
Arc Welding
a. A description of the welding process. AS.28 Low Alloy Steel Filler Metals for Gas
b. A proposal on the essential variables. Shielded Arc Welding
c. A welding procedure specification. AS.29 Low Alloy Steel Electrodes for FilL><
d. Weld inspection methods. Cored Arc Welding
e. Types of weld imperfections and their proposed accep- BSI4
tance limits. BS 7448: Part 2 Fracture Mechanics Toughness Tests Part
f. Repair procedures. 2, Methodfor Determination of K/c Criti-
It is intended that all work perfonned in accordance with this cal CTOD and Critical J Values qfWelds
standard shall meet or exceed the requirements of this standard. in Metallic Materials

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2American Society for Testing and Materials, 100 Barr Harbor
The following standards, codes, and specifications are
Drive, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania 19428-2959.
cited in this standard: 3American Welding Society, 550 N.W. Lejeune Road, Miami,
Florida 33126.
API 4British Standards Institution. British Standards House. 389
Spec 5L Specification for Line Pipe Chiswick High Road, London, W4 4AL, United Kingdom.