evnorters o Quality Assurance of Welding Operations General Principles tur Notmung#.V, Bal earmitlan ofthe DIN Oaulech ln pst, ony wth to a Reproduction. n Sicherurg der Gite von Schweissarbeiten; Allgemeine Grundsiize This Standard hes been prepared in co-operation with the Deutscher Verband far Schweisstechnik (DVS) {German Wielding Association). 1 Scope “This Standard appli to the welding of building com- ponents of metallic materials during manufacture and repair which are required to conform to 2 specific quality. 9. by stawtory regulations, generally tecogrized echnical rules, or on the basis of delivery agreements. The requirements of this Standsrc 2s 1e52:d personnel and equipment are not applicable where simple or repetitive welding operations are carried out the uniform quality of which can be adequately assured by routine tests, 2 Purpose DIW 8553 ¥ert 1 forms the framework for the following Parts of this Standard. This Standard summarizes the general principles for the quality assurance of welding operations of metallic materials. 11 is intended to unify, the technical rules and shall be teken into account for Gelivery agreements. ‘This Standard provides uniform bases enabling the assessment of the firms responsi} and the evaluation of the quality of the welding operations carried out in accordance with uniform criteria, Firms within the meaning of this Standard are companies having partial or complete manufzcturing facilities for welding; subcontracting firms are dealt swith in the same wey. the technical equipment and the extent end raining of the welding personnel, the correla ‘areas of responsi the field of application of welding, The ules governing these matters ere given in DIN 8563 Part 2. 18 5 cenit required on account of statutory regulations, ¢ recognized technics! rules or celivery agreements, this is issued on the bavi of the description of the firm in accordance with a test by the agency appointed for this purpose. ‘The certificate issued by an appointed agency should be used as a basis by another appointed agency. This means that additional requirements may be placed on the firm. 4 Quality assurance measures The firm must have avaitzble suitable technical equip: ment andqualiied personnel to give assurance of quality, Correci methods of welded construction and proper choice and processing of the materials must be ensuied, Maintenance of the required quelity of the welded joint is to be checked, 4.1 The technical equipment of the firm The firm must have available 10 the required extent suitable workshops, machines, fixtures and equipment e.g, stores, equipment for heat-treatment and testing and gauging equipment). -2. Steffing of the firm The staffing of the firrn must ensure that the building - components are designed, prepared and manufactured, ‘end tested 10 an adequate extent. ‘Areas of responsibility must be defined and the delega: tion of duties to the persons responsible must be con- wolled. 43° Design When planning and designing welded structures the stress conditions, material behaviour, and the manulacturing ‘and test conditions are 10 be taken into account. The evaluation criteria are 10 be defined, e.9. in accordance with DIN 8563 Part 3 for fusionwelded joints in steel, DIN 8570 Part 4 (Preliminary Standard) for fusion- welded joints in aluminium; any other additional require ments must be specified. The dimensioning of the welded joint must comply with the statutory requirements, the cenerally recognized technical rules and/or the delivery sareements. 11 must = where necessary — be clearly established end possible to check it. ‘The materials must be suitable for welding and meet the requirements placed on them, Base metals, welding processes, welding filler marals and auxiliary materials, whele necessary, must be marched with each other. 4.4 Manufacture ‘The following measures are, inter alia, to be observed when carrying out welding operations imanufocture and Continued an page 2 Explanations on DIN 8563 Teil 1 engl. # oven,Explanations ‘The aim of DIN 8563 is to provide a basic Standard for the quality assurance of welding operations which ix applicable to zl! fields of applicction of welding practice. It establishes stendards for the varied application of quality criteriz. 11 is important 19 note in this connec- tion that the weld seam shall be treated as a structural element, ‘The Standard mutual recognition of proof ture, building component) by ¢ “fer agencies, In order to set comparable ster be taken a5 a besis for fields of which regulations or other St ments exist. For those areas w exist, designers, production ple>ers, workshop managers, testing personne! etc,, shall ths DIN 563 es a basis Tor correct execution and test cf the welds, In addition, this Standard is inisrded to set standards for communicssion between cuzomers and operators or the agencies appointed or commissioned by them on the ‘one hand and the manufacturers on the other. The resulting co-opsration may If nezessary be assigned to the authorized agencies. Appoinied agencies within the meaning of this Standard may be Technische Uberwa- chungsvereine bw. -mter (Tectnical Control Boards or Bureaus) agencies #) recognized by the Oberste Bau- aufsichtsbehdrcs fiir den bavau'sichtlichen Bereich {Princips) Building Inspection A-thority for the range o} building inspection), the Devssche Bundesbahn (Federal Railways of German), tne Germanischer Lloyd (German Lloyd) and other administrative departments ‘of organizations. In every case is must be noted that these eppointed egencies do not zbsolve the manufac: turer from responsibility for the welded building com- ponents. Part 1 forms a basic Standard outlining the objective of rovides the tect~ical conditions for saality (firm, manufac: ent appointed ing practice for ds and similar docu: € no such specifications DIN 8553. The Subsequent Pans contain details of the quality assurance of welding wore, Part 2 contains requirements rez3:ding the firm ups for the manufac- in steel Part 3 specifies the evaluation ture of bust and fillet ee Part 4 (at present still in draft f2-m) appliesto the categories of requiremen: snd is intended to give directions 10 the developent engineers and designers regarding the necessary requivements for the welded structure, Adraft Standard is being prepared for testing and quelity assurance. White Part 3 and Part 4 have so far only dealt with fusionwelding of steel structures, the Subsequent Pe-ts will sso consider other materials, e.g. aluminium, Addi- ional requirements for specific fields of application, such as, €.9., steel construction, pipeline construction, vessels construction are currently contained in the respective regulstions cnd Standards, but the zim should bbe to reconcile these with DIN 8563, The new version of Part 1 has became necessary with the availability of sufficient experience for the applicat: of DIN 8563, In relation to the principles of quality assurance of welding operations the stipulations have been made more precise. The classificetion according io type and extent of the welding operations carried out and according to the operational and staffing conditizns Of the firms in the “Large record of competency” ot the “Small record of compeisney” which is customary in steel construction has been discontinued as the sale synopsis. Having regard to the general applicability 10 sll fields of use, the description of the firm drawn up by the firm as their sole responsibility and the description of the firm made out by an appointed agency hes been introduced. ‘This opens the way to ihe advancement of mutual recog: nition. 7 ‘The quality classes previously graded according to the extent of testing have been replaced by categories of requirement according 10 which welds are classified with reference to their function, their stress and th safety against failure (Pari 4), and by evaluation groups which relate 16 the finished weld and which are based fon a workshops and acceptance standard related to the degiee of perfection or defectiveness, and which takes feria into account (Part 3). nating quality data are more clearly defined and are more ezsily co-ordinated with the requirements, starting with the selection of evalvation ‘groups from the technical and econamie point of view. 3) A ist of these agencies is drawn up by the Institut for Bautechnik (Instivute for Civil Engineering), Reichpietschuter 72-78, 1000 Berlin 30 and pub- lished in its Proceedings,erecutinn iste be supervised by the eof the fit: he welding process (the welding process 25le for the epplization); id ingpection of the parts to bbe weldes, ing cst of the welding operations by qualified, e.g. in accordance with DIN 8560 or DIN 8561, and i: led operators who are suitably Veined end supervised for the work in hand. (if necessry, records shall be kept indicating which welds on ise workpiece have been welded by the individue’ welders, or the welds may be marked on the works "sce); 4) satisfactory execution of the widing works ~ “= choice of the welding parameters, e.9 current strength, welding speed, polarity. Giarmesst of welding filler metals, pre-hesting, heat eorntol, depending on the base metal and thickress of the part being welded, by acheria to the welding sequence and welding able fixtures end tools, ig as mECESSACY; sures in the event of unfavourable weather f} care vehen welding on and removi these ate allowable and necessary: a} suitable rectification where necessary; Fh) subsequent heat-treatment where necessary: i) attemion must be paid 10 the eveluation criter in accordance with DIN B5B3 Pan. 3 for fusionwelded joints in steel, and in accordance with DIN 8570, Part 4 (Preliminary Standard) for fusionwvelded, joints in aluminium, The necessary docurnents with the appropriate informa- tion must be available at the place of manufacture, 45 Testing Conformity of the welded joints to the required evalua- tion criteria shall be demonstrated by inspection and — where necessary — by dimensianal checking and none ructive tests, Adherence to other quality require- ments shall be demonstrated by suitable tests, if neces sary on separately produced test pieces, e.g. in manu fetture or working tests, ‘The type, extent and time of testing shall be stips Jn good time, ‘The test results shall be recorded in suitable form, ‘At the test, the documents which substantiate adherence 10 the agreed requirements shall be made available for inspection. . ed ding operations; fusion-welded joints in steel; requirements, evaluation groups Further Stzxdards DIN 8560 Testing of welders for welding steel DIN 8563 Examination of welders for welding non-ferrous metals DIN 8553 Pex 2 Quality assurance of welding works; requirements regarding the firm DIN 8563 Pex 3 Quality assurance of DIN 8570 Pen 4 (Preliminary Standard) eninium components General tolerances for welded structures; butt-welds and fillet-welds for alu-