INTERNATIONAL

STANDARD

ISO
15614-3
Fi
rstedi
ti
on
2008-03-15

Specification and qualification of welding

procedures for metallic materials
Welding procedure test
Part3:
Fusion welding of non-alloyed and lowalloyed cast irons
Descriptif et qualification d'un mode opratoire de soudage pour les
matriaux mtalliques preuve de qualification d'un mode opratoire
de soudage
Partie 3: Soudage par fusion des fontes non allies et faiblement allies

Reference number
ISO 15614-3:2008(E)

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Contents

Page

Foreword............................................................................................................................................................iv
Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................v
1

Scope ......................................................................................................................................................1

Normative references ............................................................................................................................1

Terms and definitions ...........................................................................................................................2

Welding processes ................................................................................................................................3

Preliminary welding procedure specification .....................................................................................3

Welding procedure test .........................................................................................................................3

7
7.1
7.2
7.3

Test piece ...............................................................................................................................................3

General....................................................................................................................................................3
Shape and dimensions of test piece ...................................................................................................4
Welding of test piece .............................................................................................................................4

8
8.1
8.2
8.3
8.4
8.5
8.6

Examination and testing .......................................................................................................................5

Extent of testing.....................................................................................................................................5
Location and taking of test specimens ...............................................................................................6
Non-destructive testing.........................................................................................................................6
Destructive tests ....................................................................................................................................6
Acceptance criteria................................................................................................................................7
Re-testing ...............................................................................................................................................7

9
9.1
9.2
9.3
9.4
9.5

Range of qualification ...........................................................................................................................7

General....................................................................................................................................................7
Qualification related to the manufacturer ...........................................................................................7
Qualification related to the material.....................................................................................................8
Qualification common to all welding procedures ............................................................................10
Qualification specific to processes ...................................................................................................12

10

Welding procedure qualification record form...................................................................................13

Annex A (i
nformati
ve) Welding procedure qualification record form.........................................................14
Bibliography ......................................................................................................................................................17

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Foreword
ISO (the Internati
onalOrgani
zati
on forStandardi
zati
on)i
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de federati
on ofnati
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(ISO member bodi
es).The work ofprepari
ng Internati
onalStandards i
s normal
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y carri
ed outthrough ISO
techni
calcommi
ttees.Each memberbody i
nterested i
n a subj
ectforwhi
ch a techni
calcommi
ttee has been
establ
i
shed has the ri
ghtto be represented on thatcommi
ttee.Internati
onalorgani
zati
ons,governmentaland
non-governmental
,i
n l
i
ai
son wi
th ISO, al
so take part i
n the work. ISO col
l
aborates cl
osel
y wi
th the
Internati
onalEl
ectrotechni
calCommi
ssi
on (IEC)on al
lmatters ofel
ectrotechni
calstandardi
zati
on.
Internati
onalStandards are drafted i
n accordance wi
th the rul
es gi
ven i
n the ISO/IEC Di
recti
ves,Part2.
The mai
n task oftechni
calcommi
ttees i
s to prepare Internati
onalStandards.DraftInternati
onalStandards
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calcommi
ttees are ci
rcul
ated to the member bodi
es for voti
ng. Publ
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cati
on as an
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onalStandard requi
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east75 % ofthe memberbodi
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Attenti
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s drawn to the possi
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ty thatsome ofthe el
ements ofthi
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ectofpatent
ri
ghts.ISO shal
lnotbe hel
d responsi
bl
e fori
denti
fyi
ng anyoral
lsuch patentri
ghts.
ISO 15614-3 was prepared by the European Commi
ttee for Standardi
zati
on (CEN) Techni
calCommi
ttee
CEN/TC 121,W elding,i
n col
l
aborati
on wi
th Techni
calCommi
ttee ISO/TC 44,W elding and allied processes,
Subcommi
ttee SC 10, Unification of requirements in the field of metal welding, i
n accordance wi
th the
Agreementon techni
calcooperati
on between ISO and CEN (Vi
enna Agreement).
Requests for offi
ci
al i
nterpretati
ons of any aspect of thi
s part of ISO 15614 shoul
d be di
rected to the
Secretari
atofISO/TC 44/SC 10 vi
a yournati
onalstandards body.A compl
ete l
i
sti
ng ofthese bodi
es can be
found atwww.i
so.org.
ISO 15614 consi
sts ofthe fol
l
owi
ng parts,underthe generalti
tl
e Specification and qualification of welding
procedures for metallic materials W elding procedure test:
"

Part 1: Arc and gas welding of steels and arc welding of nickel and nickel alloys

"

Part 2: Arc welding of aluminium and its alloys

"

Part 3: Fusion welding of non-alloyed and low-alloyed cast irons

"

Part 4: Finishing welding of aluminium castings

"

Part 5: Arc welding of titanium,zirconium and their alloys

"

Part 6: Arc and gas welding of copper and its alloys

"

Part 7: Overlay welding

"

Part 8: W elding of tubes to tube-plate j

oints

"

Part 10: Hyperbaric dry welding

"

Part 11: Electron and laser beam welding

"

Part 12: Spot,seam and proj

ection welding

"

Part 13: Resistance butt and flash welding

i
v

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Introduction
Detai
l
s ofInternati
onalStandards deal
i
ng wi
th speci
fi
cati
on and qual
i
fi
cati
on ofwel
di
ng procedures are gi
ven
i
n ISO 15607:2003,Annex A.
W el
di
ng procedure testsforfl
ash wel
di
ng are presented i
n ISO 15614-13 and forfri
cti
on wel
di
ng i
n ISO 15620.

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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD

ISO 15614-3:2008(E)

Specification and qualification of welding procedures for

metallic materials Welding procedure test
Part3:
Fusion welding of non-alloyed and low-alloyed cast irons

Scope

Thi
s partofISO 15614 speci
fi
es how a prel
i
mi
nary wel
di
ng procedure speci
fi
cati
on (pW PS)forproducti
on and
repai
rwel
di
ng ofnon-al
l
oyed and l
ow-al
l
oyed casti
rons i
s qual
i
fi
ed byfusi
on wel
di
ng procedure tests.
Thi
s partofISO 15614 defi
nes the condi
ti
ons forexecuti
on ofthe wel
di
ng procedure tests and the range of
qual
i
fi
cati
on forwel
di
ng procedures foral
lpracti
calwel
di
ng operati
ons wi
thi
n the range ofa defi
ned l
i
stof
vari
abl
es.
Thi
s partofISO 15614 i
s appl
i
cabl
e to al
lnew wel
di
ng procedures.However,i
tdoes noti
nval
i
date previ
ous
wel
di
ng procedure tests made to formernati
onalstandards orspeci
fi
cati
ons.W here addi
ti
onaltests have to
be carri
ed outto make the qual
i
fi
cati
on techni
cal
l
yequi
val
ent,i
ti
s onl
y necessary to do the addi
ti
onaltests on
a testpi
ece made i
n accordance wi
th thi
s partofISO 15614.
Addi
ti
onaltests maybe requi
red byappl
i
cati
on standards.
Thi
s partofISO 15614 i
s appl
i
cabl
e to wel
di
ng non-al
l
oyed and l
ow-al
l
oyed grey casti
ron casti
ngs accordi
ng
to:EN 1561;EN 1562;EN 1563;and EN 1564.
The pri
nci
pl
es ofthi
s partofISO 15614 are al
so appl
i
cabl
e forwel
di
ng casti
ron to steelorto otherunal
l
oyed
and l
ow-al
l
oyed casti
ron materi
al
s.

2 Normative references
The fol
l
owi
ng referenced documents are i
ndi
spensabl
e for the appl
i
cati
on of thi
s document. For dated
references, onl
y the edi
ti
on ci
ted appl
i
es. For undated references, the l
atest edi
ti
on of the referenced
document(i
ncl
udi
ng anyamendments)appl
i
es.
ISO 783,Metallic materials Tensile testing at elevated temperature
ISO 6947,W elds W orking positions Definitions of angles of slope and rotation
ISO 14175,W elding consumables Gases and gas mixtures for fusion welding and allied processes
ISO 15607:2003,Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials General rules
ISO 15609-1, Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials W elding
procedure specification Part 1: Arc welding
ISO 15609-2, Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials W elding
procedure specification Part 2: Gas welding

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ISO 15611,Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials Qualification based
on previous welding experience
ISO 15613,Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials Qualification based
on pre-production welding test
EN 571-1,Non destructive testing Penetrant testing Part 1: General principles
EN 970,Non-destructive examination of fusion welds Visual examination
EN 1011-1,W elding Recommendations for welding of metallic materials Part 1: General guidance for
arc welding
EN 1011-8:2004,W elding Recommendations for welding of metallic materials Part 8: W elding of cast
irons
EN 1321,Destructive tests on welds in metallic materials Macroscopic and microscopic examination of
welds
EN 1561,Founding Grey cast irons
EN 1562,Founding Malleable cast irons
EN 1563,Founding Spheroidal graphite cast irons
EN 1564,Founding Austempered ductile cast irons
EN 10002-1,Metallic materials Tensile testing Part 1: Method of test at ambient temperature

Terms and definitions

Forthe purposes ofthi

s document,the terms and defi
ni
ti
ons gi
ven i
n ISO 15607 and the fol
l
owi
ng appl
y.
3.1
production welding
anywel
di
ng carri
ed outduri
ng manufacture before fi
naldel
i
veryto the end user
3.2
joint welding
producti
on wel
di
ng used to j
oi
n components together
3.3
finishing welding
producti
on wel
di
ng carri
ed outi
n orderto remove casti
ng defects to ensure the requi
red qual
i
tyofcasti
ngs
3.4
repair welding
anywel
di
ng carri
ed outafterdel
i
veryto the end user,i
.e.afterthe producthasbeen i
n servi
ce

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Welding processes

W el
di
ng i
scovered bythe fol
l
owi
ng wel
di
ng processesi
n accordance wi
th ISO 4063:
111

manualmetalarc wel
di
ng (metalarc wel
di
ng wi
th covered el
ectrode);shi
el
ded metalarc wel
di
ng (USA);

114

sel
f-shi
el
ded tubul
ar-cored arc wel
di
ng;

121

submerged arc wel

di
ng wi
th one wi
re el
ectrode;

131

metali
nertgas wel
di
ng,MIG wel
di
ng;gas metalarc wel
di
ng (USA);

135

di
ng (USA);
metalacti
ve gas wel
di
ng,MAG wel
di
ng;gas metalarc wel

136

tubul
ar-cored metalarc wel
di
ng wi
th acti
ve gas shi
el
d;flux cored arc wel
di
ng (USA);

141

tungsten i
nertgas wel
di
ng;TIG wel
di
ng;gas tungsten arcwel
di
ng (USA);

15

pl
asma arc wel
di
ng;

311

ene wel
di
ng (USA).
oxy-acetyl
ene wel
di
ng;oxyacetyl

Preliminary welding procedure specification (pWPS)

The pW PS shal
lbe prepared i
n accordance wi
th ISO 15609-1 orISO 15609-2.

Welding procedure test

The wel
di
ng and testi
ng oftestpi
eces shal
lbe i
n accordance wi
th Cl
auses 7 and 8.
The wel
derorwel
di
ng operator,who undertakes the wel
di
ng procedure testsati
sfactori
l
yi
n accordance wi
th
thi
s partofISO 15614,i
s qual
i
fi
ed to wel
d wi
thi
n the range ofqual
i
fi
cati
on accordi
ng to Cl
ause 9.

7
7.1

Test piece
General

The testpi
ece shal
lcompl
y wi
th the requi
rements of7.2,7.3,and Fi
gure 1.Itcan be castseparatel
y or
removed from the casti
ng/component.Preparati
on ofsuffi
ci
entl
yl
arge testpi
eces i
s bymachi
ni
ng.
W hen the standardi
zed testpi
eces as shown i
n thi
s partofISO 15614 do notrepresentthe producti
on/j
oi
nt
geometry,the use ofISO 15611 orISO 15613 shal
lbe requi
red.

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Di
mensi
onsi
n mi
l
l
i
metres

Key
1

di
scard

i
nspecti
on l
ength

The di
mensi
ons shown are for i
nformati
on onl
y and may be adj
usted to meet producti
on and testi
ng
requi
rements.The edges ofthe groove shoul
d be smooth rounded.Edge preparati
on ofthe groove and fi
t-up
shal
lbe asdetai
l
ed i
n the pW PS.
a

In accordance wi
th Tabl
e 3 orTabl
e 4.

a # 5 mm to 15 mm or$ # 5to 20.

Figure 1 Test piece

7.2 Shape and dimensions of test piece

The l
ength ornumberoftestpi
eces shal
lbe suffi
ci
entto al
l
ow al
lrequi
red tests to be carri
ed out.
Addi
ti
onaltestpi
eces,orl
ongertestpi
eces than the mi
ni
mum si
ze,maybe prepared i
n orderto al
l
ow forextra
and/orforretesti
ng testspeci
mens (see 8.5).
The thi
ckness ofthe testpi
eces shal
lbe sel
ected i
n accordance wi
th 9.3.2.

7.3

Welding of test piece

Preparati
on and wel
di
ng oftestpi
ece(s)shal
lbe carri
ed outi
n accordance wi
th a pW PS,and underthe general
condi
ti
ons ofwel
di
ng i
n producti
on whi
ch they shal
lrepresent.W el
di
ng posi
ti
ons and l
i
mi
tati
ons forthe angl
e of
sl
ope and rotati
on ofthe testpi
ece shal
lbe i
n accordance wi
th ISO 6947.Iftack wel
ds are to be fused i
nto the
fi
nalj
oi
nt,theyshal
lbe i
ncl
uded i
n the testpi
ece.
Unl
ess otherwi
se speci
fi
ed i
n the purchase orderorcontractrevi
ew,wel
di
ng and testi
ng ofthe testpi
ece(s)shal
l
be wi
tnessed byan exami
ner(orexami
ni
ng body).

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The wel
ds are preferabl
y to be made i
n fl
at posi
ti
on (PA). Other wel
di
ng posi
ti
ons shal
l be speci
fi
ed.
Impl
ementati
on ofthe wel
di
ng shoul
d preferabl
y take accountofthe recommendati
ons i
n EN 1011-8:2004,
Annex B.

8 Examination and testing

8.1

Extent of testing

Testi
ng i
ncl
udesboth non-destructi
ve testi
ng (NDT)and destructi
ve testi
ng whi
ch shal
lbe i
n accordance wi
th the
requi
rements ofTabl
e 1.Before wel
di
ng,the grooves shal
lbe subj
ectto vi
sualexami
nati
on and tested for
surface cracks.
An appl
i
cati
on standard mayspeci
fyaddi
ti
onaltests,e.g.:
"

l
ongi
tudi
nalwel
d tensi
l
e test;

"

bend test;

"

corrosi
on tests;

"

chemi
calanal
ysi
s;

"

i
mpacttest;

"

radi
ographyorul
trasoni
c testi
ng;

"

hardness test.

NOTE
Iti
s possi
bl
e thatspeci
fi
c servi
ce,materi
alormanufacturi
ng condi
ti
ons requi
re more comprehensi
ve testi
ng
than i
s speci
fi
ed by thi
s partofISO 15614 i
n orderto gai
n more i
nformati
on and to avoi
d repeati
ng the wel
di
ng procedure
testata l
aterdate j
ustto obtai
n addi
ti
onaltestdata.

Impl
ementati
on ofthe tests as wel
las assessmentofthe testresul
ts are to be undertaken accordi
ng to the
appropri
ate appl
i
cabl
e standards.
Table 1 Examination and testing of test pieces
Material group according to ISO/TR 15608
72

71

73

74

Spheroi
dal
graphi
te cast
i
ron

Grey
cast
i
ron

Mal
l
eabl
e
casti
ron

Austempered
ducti
l
e casti
ron

Vi
sualexami
nati
on accordi
ng to EN 970

Penetranttesti
ng accordi
ng to EN 571-1

Tensi
l
e testatambi
enttemperature accordi
ng to EN 10002-1
and ISO 783 wi
th round sampl
es accordi
ng to EN 10002-1
transverse to the wel
d (requi
rement: determi
nati
on of tensi
l
e
strength,Rm);othertypesofsampl
e can be agreed

Xa

Macroscopi
cexami
nati
on transverse to the wel
d

Tensi
l
e testatambi
enttemperature accordi
ng to EN 10002-1
and ISO 783 wi
th round sampl
es accordi
ng to EN 10002-1 from
the parentmetaloraccordi
ng to agreement

Type of test

Ifappl
i
cabl
e.

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8.2 Location and taking of test specimens

The testspeci
mensshal
lbe taken i
n accordance wi
th Fi
gure 2.

Key
1
2

Area 1
Area 2

for1 tensi
l
e testspeci
men
foraddi
ti
onaltestspeci
mens (e.g.fori
mpacttest)

3
4

Area 3
Area 4

fortestspeci
men from the parentmetal
for:
a)1 macro/mi
croscopi
c testspeci
men,i
frequi
red;
b)1 hardnesstest,i
frequi
red

di
scard 50 mm

Figure 2 Location of test specimens

8.3

Non-destructive testing

Al
lNDT i
n accordance wi
th 8.1 and Tabl
e 1 shal
lbe carri
ed outon the testpi
eces pri
orto taki
ng ofthe test
speci
mens.Anypost-wel
d heattreatmentthati
sspeci
fi
ed shal
lbe compl
eted pri
orto NDT.
Vi
sualexami
nati
on shal
lbe carri
ed outaccordi
ng to EN 970 and penetranttesti
ng accordi
ng to EN 571-1.

8.4
8.4.1

Destructive tests
Extent of testing

The extentoftesti
ng shal
lbe as requi
red byTabl
e 1.
8.4.2 Transverse tensile test
Speci
mens and testi
ng fortransverse tensi
l
e testi
ng shal
lbe carri
ed outwi
th reference to the rel
evantmateri
al
standard.Forwel
ds wi
th a thi
ckness % 50 mm,the sampl
es forthe tensi
l
e testare taken from one pl
ane.W i
th

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thi
cknesses W50 mm tests shoul
d be made i
n two pl
anes,one somewhatbel
ow the surface and the otheri
n the
mi
ddl
e ofthe seam orthe rootarea.
The tensi
l
e strength ofthe testspeci
men shal
lbe speci
fi
ed pri
orto testi
ng.
8.4.3

M acroscopic examination

W hen a macroscopi
c exami
nati
on i
s requi
red, the sampl
e i
s to be prepared and etched on one si
de i
n
accordance wi
th EN 1321 i
n orderto cl
earl
yshow the fusi
on l
i
ne and the heat-affected zone (HAZ).
8.4.4

M icroscopic examination

W hen a mi
croscopi
c exami
nati
on i
s requi
red, the sampl
e i
s to be prepared and etched on one si
de i
n
accordance wi
th EN 1321 i
n orderto cl
earl
y show the fusi
on l
i
ne,the HAZ mi
crostructure,and the wel
d-metal
mi
crostructure.The mi
croscopi
cexami
nati
on shal
li
ncl
ude the non-i
nfl
uenced parentmetal
.

8.5

Acceptance criteria

A wel
di
ng procedure i
s qual
i
fi
ed i
fthe i
mperfecti
ons i
n the testpi
ece are wi
thi
n the speci
fi
ed l
i
mi
ts forqual
i
ty
l
evelC ofEN 1011-8:2004,AnnexA.

8.6

Re-testing

If the test pi
ece fai
l
s to compl
y wi
th any of the requi
rements for vi
sualexami
nati
on or penetranttesti
ng
speci
fi
ed i
n 8.5, one further test pi
ece shal
lbe wel
ded and subj
ected to the same exami
nati
on. If thi
s
addi
ti
onaltestpi
ece does notcompl
ywi
th the requi
rements,the wel
di
ng procedure has fai
l
ed.
Ifany testspeci
men fai
l
s to compl
y wi
th the requi
rements fordestructi
ve testi
ng i
n accordance wi
th 8.4 but
onl
y due to wel
di
mperfecti
ons,two furthertestspeci
mens shal
lbe obtai
ned foreach one thatfai
l
ed.The
addi
ti
onaltestspeci
mens can be taken from the same testpi
ece i
fthere i
s suffi
ci
entmateri
alorfrom a new
testpi
ece.Each addi
ti
onaltestspeci
men shal
lbe subj
ected to the same tests as the i
ni
ti
altestspeci
men that
fai
l
ed.Ifei
therofthe addi
ti
onaltestspeci
mens does notcompl
y wi
th the requi
rements,the wel
di
ng procedure
testhas fai
l
ed.
Ifa tensi
l
e testspeci
men fai
l
s to meetthe requi
rements of8.4.2,two furthertestspeci
mens shal
lbe obtai
ned
foreach one thatfai
l
ed.Both shal
lsati
sfythe requi
rements of8.4.2.

9 Range of qualification
9.1

General

Each ofthe condi

ti
ons gi
ven i
n Cl
ause 9 shal
lbe meti
n orderto compl
ywi
th thi
s partofISO 15614.
Changes outsi
de the ranges speci
fi
ed shal
lrequi
re a new wel
di
ng procedure test.

9.2 Qualification related to the manufacturer

A qual
i
fi
cati
on ofa pW PS by a wel
di
ng procedure testaccordi
ng to thi
s partofISO 15614 obtai
ned by a
manufactureri
s val
i
d forwel
di
ng i
n workshops orsi
tes underthe same techni
caland qual
i
ty controlofthe
manufacturer.
W el
di
ng i
s underthe same techni
caland qual
i
ty controlwhen the manufacturerwho performed the wel
di
ng
procedure testretai
ns compl
ete responsi
bi
l
i
tyforal
lwel
di
ng carri
ed outto i
t.

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9.3.1

Qualification related to the material

Parent material

In orderto mi
ni
mi
ze the numberofwel
di
ng procedure tests,materi
algrades shal
lbe grouped as shown i
n
Tabl
e 2.
Forspheroi
dalgraphi
te casti
ron,a procedure testcarri
ed outon one grade ofcasti
ron i
sval
i
d forothertypes.
Forgrey and mal
l
eabl
e casti
rons,the procedure testcarri
ed outon the chosen grade ofcasti
ron i
s val
i
d foral
l
grades,whi
l
eal
owergrade A procedure teston austempered ducti
l
e casti
ron i
s onl
yval
i
d forthi
s grade ofcast
i
ron used i
n the wel
di
ng procedure test.
A separate wel
di
ng procedure qual
i
fi
cati
on shal
lbe obtai
ned foreach casti
ron notcovered by the groupi
ng
system.

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72.2
72.1
72.1
72.1
73
74

Spheroi
dalcasti
rons (ferri
te type wi
th
speci
fi
ed i
mpactresi
stance val
ues)

Spheroi
dalcasti
rons (ferri
te type)

Spherodi
al cast i
rons (ferri
te/perl
i
te
type)

Spheroi
dalcasti
rons (perl
i
te type)

Mal
l
eabl
e casti
rons

Austempered ducti
l
e casti
rons

Parent material
group
(ISO/TR 15608)

Greycasti
rons

Material

Homogeneous/semi-homogeneous filler metal

A procedure teston austempered ducti

l
e casti
ron i
s onl
y val
i
d forthe grade ofcasti
ron used i
n the wel
di
ng
procedure underconsi
derati
on ofthe chosen heattreatment

Procedure testforchosen grade i

s val
i
d foral
ll
owergradesi
n thi
sgroup (see Tabl
e 4)

The grades EN-GJS-500-7 and EN-GJS-450-10 need to have

Procedure testforchosen grade i
s val
i
d for
separate procedure tests
al
lgrades wi
th l
owerstrength i
n thi
s group
Procedure testforchosen perl
i
ti
c grade from thi
s group i
s val
i
d
foral
lgradeswi
th l
owerstrength down to EN-GJS-600-3

Procedure testforchosen grade from thi

s group i
s val
i
d foral
lferri
ti
c grades wi
th hi
gherstrength i
n thi
s group
up to group 72.1 EN-GJS-400-15,resp.EN-GJS-450-10 i
fferri
ti
c

Procedure testforchosen grade i

s val
i
d foral
lgrades wi
th l
owerstrength i
n thi
s group

Non-homogeneous filler metal

Table 2 Range of qualification for spheroidal graphite cast iron

9.3.2 Parent material thickness

The qual
i
fi
cati
on of wel
di
ng procedure test on thi
ckness, t, shal
li
ncl
ude thi
cknesses i
n the range of
qual
i
fi
cati
on gi
ven i
n Tabl
es 3 and 4.
Table 3 Range of qualification for thickness
Test piece thickness,t

Range of qualification

mm
15 % t u 30
t & 30

3 mm to 2t
0,5t to 2t or200 mm,whi
cheveri
sgreater

Table 4 Range of qualification of thickness for special cases

Thickness of test
piece

Range of qualification

mm

mm

3% t u 8

3% t u 8

C mass fracti
on u 0,3 %

8 % t u 12

8 % t u 12

No free carbon yet,butperl

i
te mass fracti
on
up to 100 % i
n core regi
on

12 % t u 30

12 % t u 60

In addi
ti
on,segregati
ons oftempercarbon
i
n core regi
on

tu3

tu3

3% t u 5

3% t u 5

No free carbon yet,butperl

i
te mass fracti
on
up to 100 % i
n core regi
on

5 % t % 30

5 % t % 60

In addi
ti
on,segregati
ons oftempercarbon
i
n core regi
on

EN-GJMW -550-4

3 % t % 30

3 % t % 60

Low decarburi
zati
on,therefore temper
carbon i
n thi
n secti
ons as wel
l

EN-GJMB-350-10

3 % t % 30

3 % t % 60

No decarburi
zati
on,tempercarbon
segregati
on even i
n thi
nnestsecti
ons

Material of test piece

EN-GJMW -360-12

EN-GJMW -400-5

Remarks

EN-GJMW -450-7

9.4
9.4.1

C mass fracti
on u 0,3 %

Qualification common to all welding procedures

Welding processes

The qual
i
fi
cati
on accordi
ng to the wel
di
ng procedure speci
fi
cati
on (W PS)i
s val
i
d onl
y forthe wel
di
ng process
used i
n the wel
di
ng procedure test.In a mul
ti
-process procedure test,the qual
i
fi
cati
on i
s val
i
d onl
y forthe
sequence used duri
ng the qual
i
fi
cati
on test.
Formul
ti
-process procedures,each wel
di
ng process maybe approved separatel
y ori
n combi
nati
on wi
th other
processes. Si
mi
l
arl
y one or more processes may be del
eted from an approved W PS provi
ded the j
oi
nt
thi
ckness i
s wi
thi
n the approved thi
ckness range ofthe rel
evantwel
di
ng process(es)to be appl
i
ed.
9.4.2 Welding positions
W hen nei
theri
mpactnorotherdynami
c tests are speci
fi
ed,wel
di
ng i
n any one posi
ti
on approves forwel
di
ng
i
n al
lposi
ti
ons.

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mpacttests and/orotherdynami
c tests are speci
fi
ed fora wel
d,the range ofqual
i
fi
cati
on accordi
ng to
Tabl
e 5 shal
lbe appl
i
ed.
W el
di
ng i
n one wel
di
ng posi
ti
on qual
i
fi
es forotherwel
di
ng posi
ti
ons accordi
ng to Tabl
e 5.
Table 5 Welding positions
Range of qualification

Welding position of test piece (ISO 6947)

PA

PC

PF

PE

PA (fl
at)

PC (hori
zontal
)

PF (verti
calup)

PE (overhead)

9.4.3

Type of joint/weld

A qual
i
fi
cati
on establ
i
shed usi
ng the arrangements shown i
n Fi
gure 1 i
s val
i
d foral
ltypes ofbuttwel
d (j
oi
nt
and/orfi
ni
shi
ng wel
di
ng).
A wel
di
ng procedure testsi
ngl
e si
ded wel
d wi
thoutbacki
ng i
s val
i
d both forsi
de wel
di
ng and forwel
ds wi
th
backi
ng.
9.4.4

Filler material

The qual
i
fi
cati
on range offi
l
l
ermetal
s shal
lmeetthe requi
rements ofthe materi
al
sl
i
sted i
n Tabl
e 2.
9.4.5

Type of current

The qual
i
fi
cati
on gi
ven i
s onl
yforthe type ofcurrent(AC,DC,pul
sed current)and pol
ari
ty used i
n the wel
di
ng
procedure test.
9.4.6

Heat input

W hen i
mpactrequi
rements appl
y,the upper l
i
mi
tofheati
nputqual
i
fi
ed i
s 25 % greater than thatused i
n
wel
di
ng the testpi
ece.
W hen hardness requi
rements appl
y,the l
owerl
i
mi
tofheati
nputqual
i
fi
ed i
s 25 % l
owerthan thatused i
n
wel
di
ng the testpi
ece.
Heati
nputi
s cal
cul
ated i
n accordance wi
th EN 1011-1.
Ifwel
di
ng procedure tests have been performed atboth a hi
gh and a l
ow heati
nputl
evel
,then al
li
ntermedi
ate
heati
nputs are al
so qual
i
fi
ed.
9.4.7

Preheat temperature

The l
owerl
i
mi
tofqual
i
fi
cati
on i
s the nomi
nalpreheattemperature appl
i
ed atthe startofthe wel
di
ng procedure
test.
9.4.8 Interpass temperature
The upperl
i
mi
tofqual
i
fi
cati
on i
s the nomi
nali
nterpass temperature reached i
n the wel
di
ng procedure test.

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9.4.9 Post-weld heat treatment

Addi
ti
on ordel
eti
on ofpost-wel
d heattreatmenti
s notpermi
tted.
The temperature range val
i
dated i
s the hol
di
ng temperature used i
n the wel
di
ng procedure test' 20 C unl
ess
otherwi
se speci
fi
ed.W here requi
red,heati
ng rates,cool
i
ng rates and hol
di
ng ti
me shal
lbe rel
ated to the
product.

9.5
9.5.1

Qualification specific to processes

Process 111

The qual
i
fi
cati
on gi
ven i
s forthe di
ameterofel
ectrode,de,used i
n the wel
di
ng procedure test,'de foreach
run,wi
th the excepti
on ofthe rootrun on si
ngl
e si
de wel
di
ng wi
thoutbacki
ng buttwel
ds forwhi
ch no si
ze
change i
s permi
ssi
bl
e.
9.5.2 Process 121
The qual
i
fi
cati
on gi
ven i
s restri
cted to the wi
re system used i
n the wel
di
ng procedure test(e.g.si
ngl
e-wi
re or
mul
ti
pl
e-wi
re system).
The qual
i
fi
cati
on gi
ven forthe fl
ux orwi
re type and combi
nati
on i
s restri
cted to the condi
ti
ons ofthe wel
d
procedure test.
9.5.3

Processes 131,135,136,and 137

The qual
i
fi
cati
on gi
ven to the shi
el
di
ng gas i
s restri
cted to the symbolofthe gas accordi
ng to ISO 14175.
However, the carbon di
oxi
de vol
ume fracti
on shal
lnot exceed 10 % of that used to qual
i
fy the wel
di
ng
procedure test.Shi
el
di
ng gases notcovered by ISO 14175 are restri
cted to the nomi
nalcomposi
ti
on used i
n
the test.
The qual
i
fi
cati
on gi
ven i
s restri
cted to the wi
re system used i
n the wel
di
ng procedure test(e.g.si
ngl
e-wi
re or
mul
ti
-wi
re system).
9.5.4

Process 141

The qual
i
fi
cati
on gi
ven to the shi
el
di
ng gas and backi
ng gas i
s restri
cted to the symbolofthe gas accordi
ng to
ISO 14175.Shi
el
di
ng gases notcovered by ISO 14175 are restri
cted to the nomi
nalcomposi
ti
on used i
n the
test.
A wel
di
ng procedure testmade wi
thouta backi
ng gas qual
i
fi
es a wel
di
ng procedure testwi
th backi
ng gas.
W el
di
ng wi
th fi
l
l
ermateri
aldoes notqual
i
fyforwel
di
ng wi
thoutfi
l
l
ermateri
alorvi
ce versa.
9.5.5

Process 15

Qual
i
fi
cati
on of the wel
di
ng procedure i
s restri
cted to the pl
asma gas composi
ti
on used i
n the wel
di
ng
procedure test.
The qual
i
fi
cati
on gi
ven to the shi
el
di
ng gas and backi
ng gas i
s restri
cted to the symbolofthe gas accordi
ng to
ISO 14175.Shi
el
di
ng gases notcovered byISO 14175 are restri
cted to the nomi
nalcomposi
ti
on qual
i
fi
ed.
W el
di
ng wi
th fi
l
l
ermateri
aldoes notqual
i
fyforwel
di
ng wi
thoutfi
l
l
ermateri
alorvi
ce versa.
9.5.6

Process 311

W el
di
ng wi
th fi
l
l
ermateri
aldoes notqual
i
fyforwel
di
ng wi
thoutfi
l
l
ermateri
alorvi
ce versa.

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The wel
di
ng procedure qual
i
fi
cati
on record (W PQR)i
s a statementofthe resul
ts ofassessi
ng each testpi
ece
i
ncl
udi
ng re-tests.The rel
evanti
tems l
i
sted forthe W PS i
n ISO 15609-1 orISO 15609-2 shal
lbe i
ncl
uded,
togetherwi
th detai
l
s ofany features thatwoul
d be rej
ectabl
e by the requi
rements ofCl
ause 8.Ifno rej
ectabl
e
features orunacceptabl
e testresul
ts are found,a W PQR detai
l
i
ng the wel
di
ng procedure testpi
ece resul
ts i
s
qual
i
fi
ed and shal
lbe si
gned and dated bythe exami
nerorexami
ni
ng body.
A W PQR formatshal
lbe used to record detai
l
s forthe wel
di
ng procedure and the testresul
ts,i
n orderto
faci
l
i
tate uni
form presentati
on and assessmentofthe data.
An exampl
e ofa W PQR formati
s shown i
n Annex A.

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Annex A
(i
nformati
ve)
Welding procedure qualification record form

Welding procedure qualification Test certificate

Manufacturer
sW PQR No.:
Manufacturer:
Address:
Code/testi
ng standard:
Date ofwel
di
ng:
Range of qualification
W el
di
ng process(es):
Type ofj
oi
ntand wel
d:
Parentmateri
algroup(s)and sub group(s):
Parentmateri
althi
ckness (mm):
W el
d-metalthi
ckness (mm):
Throatthi
ckness (mm):
Si
ngl
e run/mul
ti
-run:
Outsi
de pi
pe di
ameter(mm):
Fi
l
l
ermateri
aldesi
gnati
on:
Fi
l
l
ermateri
almake:
Fi
l
l
ermateri
alsi
ze:
Desi
gnati
on ofshi
el
di
ng gas/fl
ux:
Desi
gnati
on ofbacki
ng gas:
Type ofwel
di
ng currentand pol
ari
ty:
Mode ofmetaltransfer:
Heati
nput:
W el
di
ng posi
ti
ons:
Preheattemperature:
Interpass temperature:
Post-heati
ng:
Post-wel
d heattreatment:
Otheri
nformati
on (see al
so 8.5):

Exami
nerorexami
ni
ng body:
Reference No.:

Certi
fi
ed thattestwel
ds prepared,wel
ded and tested sati
sfactori
l
yi
n accordance wi
th the requi
rements of
the code/testi
ng standard i
ndi
cated above.
...................................
Locati
on

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Date ofi
ssue

.....................................................................
Exami
nerorexami
ni
ng body
Name,date and si
gnature

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Locati
on:
Manufacturer
s pW PS No.:
Manufacturer'
sW PQR No.:
Manufacturer:
W el
der
s name:
Mode ofmetaltransfer:
Joi
nttype and wel
d:
W el
d preparati
on detai
l
s (sketch)*:

Exami
nerorexami
ni
ng body:
Method ofpreparati
on and cl
eani
ng:
Parentmateri
alspeci
fi
cati
on:
Materi
althi
ckness (mm):
Outsi
de pi
pe di
ameter(mm):
W el
di
ng posi
ti
on:

Joi
ntdesi
gn

W el
di
ng sequences

Welding details
Run W el
di
ng
process

Si
ze offi
l
l
er
materi
al

Current Vol
tage
A
V

Fi
l
l
ermateri
aldesi
gnati
on and make:
Anyspeci
albaki
ng ordryi
ng:
Gas/fl
ux
shi
el
di
ng:
backi
ng:
Gas fl
ow rate shi
el
di
ng:
backi
ng:
Tungsten el
ectrode type/si
ze:
Detai
l
s ofback gougi
ng/backi
ng:
Preheattemperature:
Interpass temperature:
Post-heati
ng:
Post-wel
d heattreatment:
(ti
me,temperature,method,
heati
ng and cool
i
ng rates*):

.................................................................................
Manufacturer
Name,date and si
gnature

Type of
current/
pol
ari
ty

Wi
re
feed
speed

Travel
speed*

Heat
i
nput*

Metal
transfer

Otheri
nformati
on*e.g.:
W eavi
ng (maxi
mum wi
dth ofrun):
Osci
l
l
ati
on:ampl
i
tude,frequency,dwel
lti
me:
Pul
se wel
di
ng detai
l
s:
Di
stance contacttube/workpi
ece:
Pl
asma wel
di
ng detai
l
s:
Torch angl
e:

........................................................................................
Exami
nerorexami
ni
ng body
Name,date and si
gnature

*Ifrequi
red.

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Test results
Exami
nerorexami
ni
ng body:
Reference No.*:
Radi
ography*:
Ul
trasoni
c*:
Temperature:

Manufacturer
sW PQR No.:
Vi
sual
:
Penetrant/magneti
c parti
cl
e*:
Tensile tests
Type/No.

Yi
el
d
strength,Re

Tensi
l
e
strength,Rm

El
ongati
on after
fracture,A

Reducti
on of
area,Z

MPa

MPa

Fracture
l
ocati
on

Remarks

Requi
rement

Bend tests
Type/No.

Formerdi
ameter:
Bend angl
e

El
ongati
on*

Resul
ts
Macroscopi
c
Exami
nati
on:

Impact test*
Notch l
ocati
on/di
recti
on

Type:
Temp.
C

Hardness test*(type/l
oad):
Parentmetal
:
HAZ:
W el
d metal
:

Si
ze:

Requi
rements:

Val
ues
1
2
3

Average

Remarks

Locati
on ofmeasurements (sketch*):

Other tests:
Remarks:
Tests carri
ed outi
n accordance wi
th the
requi
rements of:
Laboratoryreportreference No.:
Testresul
ts were (del
ete as appropri
ate):
acceptabl
e;
notacceptabl
e.
Testcarri
ed outi
n the presence of:
*Ifrequi
red.

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Exami
nerorexami
ni
ng body
Name,date and si
gnature

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ISO 4063,W elding and allied processes Nomenclature of processes and reference numbers

[2]

ISO/TR 15608,W elding Guidelines for a metallic materials grouping system

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ISO 15614-13,Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials W elding
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ISO 15620,W elding Friction welding of metallic materials

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