ASME SEC IX ED 2015

WELDING PROCEDURE QUALIFICATIONS

QW-200 GENERAL
QW-200.1
(b) Contents of the WPS. The completed WPS shall describe all of the essential, nonessential, and, when required,
supplementary essential variables for each welding process used in the WPS. These variables are listed for each process in
QW-250

and are defined in Article IV, Welding Data.

QW-202 TYPE OF TESTS REQUIRED
QW-202.1 Mechanical Tests. The type and number of test specimens that shall be tested to qualify a groove weld
procedure are given in QW-451, and shall be removed in a manner similar to that shown in Figures QW-463.1(a) through
QW-463.1(f). If any test specimen required by QW-451 fails to meet the applicable acceptance criteria, the test coupon
shall be considered as failed.
Where qualification is for fillet welds only, the requirements are given in QW-202.2(c).

QW-450 SPECIMENS
QW-451 PROCEDURE QUALIFICATION THICKNESS LIMITS AND TEST SPECIMENS
QW-202.2(c). Qualification for Fillet Welds. WPS qualification for fillet welds may be made on groove‐weld test coupons
using test specimens specified in (a) or (b). Fillet‐weld procedures so qualified may be used for welding all thicknesses of
base metal for all sizes of fillet welds, and all diameters of pipe or tube in accordance with Table QW-451.4. Nonpressure‐
retaining fillet welds, as defined in other Sections of the Code, may as an alternate be qualified with fillet welds only. Tests
shall be made in accordance with QW-180. Limits of qualification shall be in accordance with Table QW-451.3.
QW-150 TENSION TESTS
QW-151 SPECIMENS
Tension test specimens shall conform to one of the types illustrated in Figures QW-462.1(a) through QW-462.1(e) and
shall meet the requirements of QW-153.