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729-2:1995
Quality requirements
for welding —
Fusion welding of
metallic materials —
Part 2: Comprehensive quality
requirements
UDC 621.791.5:669:658.562
BS EN 729-2:1995
Cooperating organizations
Contents
Page
Cooperating organizations Inside front cover
National foreword ii
Foreword 2
Text of EN 729-2 3
National annex NA (informative) Committees responsible Inside back cover
National annex NB (informative) Cross-references Inside back cover
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BS EN 729-2:1995
National foreword
This British Standard has been prepared under the direction of the Engineering
Sector Board and is the English language version of EN 729-2:1994 Quality
requirements for welding — Fusion welding of metallic materials —
Part 2: Comprehensive quality requirements, published by the European
Committee for Standardization (CEN).
EN 729-2 was produced as the result of international discussion in which the UK
took an active part.
There has previously been no direct British Standard equivalent to this standard.
Application Standards may request the manufacturer to comply with one of the
Parts of EN 729.
It is assumed that the execution of the provisions of this document is entrusted to
suitably qualified and experienced persons.
A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a
contract. Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application.
Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity
from legal obligations.
Summary of pages
This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, pages i and ii,
the EN title page, pages 2 to 8, an inside back cover and a back cover.
This standard has been updated (see copyright date) and may have had
amendments incorporated. This will be indicated in the amendment table on
the inside front cover.
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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 729-2
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM September 1994
UDC 621.791.5:669:658.562
Descriptors: Welding, fusion welding, welded constructions, metal products, quality, quality assurance, manufacturing
English version
CEN
European Committee for Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation
Europäisches Komitee für Normung
Foreword Contents
This European Standard was prepared by the Page
Technical Committee 121, Welding, of which the Foreword 2
secretariat is held by DS.
1 Scope 3
CEN/TC 121 decided to submit this final draft to the
2 Normative references 3
formal vote by its resolution 173/1993. The result
was positive. 3 Definitions 4
EN 729 is composed of the four following parts: 4 Contract and design review 4
— EN 729-1, Quality requirements for welding — 5 Subcontracting 5
Fusion welding of metallic materials — 6 Welding personnel 5
Part 1: Guidelines for selection and use; 7 Inspection, testing and examination
— EN 729-2, Quality requirements for welding — personnel 5
Fusion welding of metallic materials — 8 Equipment 5
Part 2: Comprehensive quality requirements;
9 Welding activities 6
— EN 729-3, Quality requirements for welding —
10 Welding consumables 7
Fusion welding of metallic materials —
Part 3: Standard quality requirements; 11 Storage of parent materials 7
— EN 729-4, Quality requirements for welding — 12 Post-weld heat treatment 7
Fusion welding of metallic materials — 13 Welding related inspection and testing 7
Part 4: Elementary quality requirements. 14 Non-conforming and corrective action 8
This European Standard has been prepared under a 15 Calibration 8
mandate given to CEN by the Commission of the
European Communities and the European Free 16 Identification and traceability 8
Trade Association, and supports essential 17 Quality records 8
requirements of EC Directive(s).
This European Standard shall be given the status of
a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by
March 1995, and conflicting national standards
shall be withdrawn at the latest by March 1995.
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal
Regulations, the following countries are bound to
implement this European Standard: Austria,
Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,
Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,
Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland and United Kingdom.
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13.5 Inspection and test status — weld marking, stamping, labels etc.;
Measures shall be taken as appropriate to indicate — traceability (for fully mechanized and
e.g. by marking of the item or a routing card, the automatic weld-equipment including welder and
status of inspection and test of the welded welding operator) to specific welds;
construction. — welder and procedure approvals;
— non-destructive testing procedures and
14 Non-conforming and corrective personnel;
action
— welding consumables, e.g. type, batch or cast
Measures shall be implemented to control items numbers;
which do not conform to specified requirements in — parent metal, e.g. type, batch;
order to prevent their inadvertent use. When repair
and/or rectification is undertaken by the — location or repairs.
manufacturer, appropriate procedures shall be
available at all workstations where repair or 17 Quality records
rectification is performed. When repair or Quality records, according to the contract
rectification is carried out, the items shall be requirements, should include, when necessary:
re-inspected, tested and examined in accordance — record of contract/design review;
with the original requirements. Measures shall also
be implemented to ensure that conditions adverse to — material certificates;
quality of the, welded construction are promptly — consumables certificates;
identified and corrected. — welding procedure specification;
— welder or welding operator approval
15 Calibration certificates;
The manufacturer shall be responsible for the — non-destructive testing personnel certificates;
appropriate calibration of inspection, measuring
— heat treatment and procedure specification
and testing equipment. All equipment used to
records;
assess the quality of the welded construction shall
be suitably controlled and shall be calibrated at — non-destructive testing and destructive testing
specified intervals. procedures and reports;
— dimensional reports;
16 Identification and traceability — records of repairs and other non-conformity
Identification and traceability shall be maintained reports.
throughout the manufacturing process, where Quality records shall be retained for a minimum
appropriate. period of 5 years in the absence of any other
Documented systems to ensure identification and specified requirements.
traceability of welding operations should include,
when necessary:
— production plans;
— routing cards;
— records of weld locations in structure;
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Committees responsible
The United Kingdom participation in the preparation of this European Standard was entrusted by the
Engineering Sector Board to Technical Committee WEE/-/1/6 upon which the following bodies were
represented:
Cross-references
Publication referred to Corresponding British Standard
BS EN 287 Approval testing of welders for fusion welding
EN 287-1:1992 Part 1:1992 Steels
EN 287-2:1992 Part 2:1992 Aluminium and aluminium alloys
BS EN 288 Specification and approval of welding procedures for metallic
materials
EN 288-1:1992 Part 1:1992 General rules
EN 288-2:1992 Part 2:1992 Welding procedures specification for arc welding
EN 288-3:1992 Part 3:1992 Welding procedure tests for arc welding of steels
EN 288-4:1992 Part 4:1992 Welding procedure tests for arc welding of aluminium and its alloys
EN 288-5 Part 51) Approval by using approved welding consumables for arc welding
EN 288-6 Part 61) Approval related to previous experience
EN 473:1992 BS EN 473:1993 General principles for qualification and certification of NDT
personnel
EN 719:1994 BS EN 719:1994 Welding coordination — tasks and responsibilities
BS EN 729 Quality requirements for welding
EN 729-1:1994 Part 1:1995 Guidelines for selection and use
EN 729-3:1994 Part 3:1995 Standard quality requirements
EN 729-4:1994 Part 4:1995 Elementary quality requirements
BS 5750 Quality systems
EN 29001:19872) Part 1:1987 Specification for design/development, production, installation and
servicing
EN 29002:19872) Part 2:1987 Specification for production and installation
EN 29692:19942) BS EN 29692:1994 Metal-arc welding with covered electrode, gas-shielded
metal-arc and gas welding; joint preparation for steels
1)
In preparation.
2)
EN 29001:1987 and EN 29002:1987 have been superseded by EN ISO 9001:1994 and EN ISO 9002:1994 respectively which
have been implemented as BS EN ISO 9001:1994 and BS EN ISO 9002:1994 respectively.
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