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Interpretation Detail
Standard Designation: BPV Section IX
Edition/Addenda: Edition 2013
Para./Fig./Table No: QW-409.1
Subject Description: SC IX; QW-409.1 - Heat Input
Date Issued: 05/20/2016
Record Number: 16-200
Interpretation Number : BPV IX-16-20
Question(s) and Reply(ies): Question: Does QW-409.1 require that welding parameters
(current, voltage, travel speed) listed in the WPS used in
production welding be the same as that of the PQR, when
notch toughness requirements are specified?

Reply: No.

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