WELDING TERMINOLOGY

WELDING

TERMINOLOGY
CONTENT
1. ASME P-NUMBERS (PROCESS) 2. ASME F-NUMBERS (FILLER MATERIAL) 3. ASME A-NUMBERS (BASE MATERIAL)

ir G Henderieckx, Gietech BV

April 2006

WELDING TERMINOLOGY 1. ASME P-NUMBERS (PROCESS)

ASME has adopted their own designation for welding processes, which are very different from the ISO definitions adopted by EN240 63. Designation Description OFW SMAW SAW GMAW FCAW GTAW PAW Oxy-fuel Gas Welding Shielded Metal Arc Welding (MMA) Submerged Arc Welding Gas Metal Arc Welding (MIG/MAG) Flux Cored Wire Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (TIG) Plasma Arc Welding

Straight polarity = Electrode -ve Reverse polarity = Electrode +ve

2. ASME F-NUMBERS (FILLER MATERIAL)

F General Description Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 2X 3X 4X 5X 6X 7X Heavy rutile coated iron powder electrodes :- A5.1 : E7024 Most rutile consumables such as :- A5.1 : E6013 Cellulosic electrodes such as :- A5.1 : E6011 Basic coated electrodes such as : A5.1 : E7016 and E7018 High alloy austenitic stainless steel and duplex :- A5.4 : E316L-16 Any steel solid or cored wire (with flux or metal) Aluminium and its alloys Copper and its alloys Nickel alloys Titanium Zirconium Hard Facing Overlay

Note:- X represents any number 0 to 9

ir G Henderieckx, Gietech BV

April 2006

WELDING TERMINOLOGY 3. ASME A-NUMBERS (BASE MATERIAL)

These refer to the chemical analysis of the deposited weld and not the parent material. They only apply to welding procedures in steel materials. A1 A8 Plain unalloyed carbon manganese steels. Austenitic stainless steels such as type 316.

A2 to A4 Low alloy steels containing molybdenum and chromium-molybdenum

4. ASME WELDING POSITIONS

Note the welding progression, (vertically upwards or downwards), must always be stated and it is an essential variable for both procedures and performance qualifications. Welding Positions For Groove welds: Welding Position Flat Horizontal Vertical Upwards Progression Vertical Downwards Progression Overhead Pipe Fixed Horizontal Pipe Fixed @ 45 d egrees Upwards Pipe Fixed @ 45 d egrees Downwards Test Position 1G 2G 3G 3G 4G 5G 6G 6G ISO and EN PA PC PF PG PE PF HL045 JL045

Welding Positions For Fillet welds: Welding Position Flat (Weld flat joint at 45 degrees) Horizontal Horizontal Rotated Vertical Upwards Progression Vertical Downwards Progression Overhead Pipe Fixed Horizontal Test Position 1F 2F 2FR 3F 3F 4F 5F ISO and EN PA PB PB PF PG PD PF

ir G Henderieckx, Gietech BV

April 2006

WELDING TERMINOLOGY
Welding Positions QW431.1 and QW461.2 Basically there are three inclinations involved: 1. Flat, which includes from 0 to 15 degrees inclination 2. 15 - 80 degrees inclination 3. Vertical, 80 - 90 degrees. For each of these inclinations the weld can be rotated from the flat position to horizontal to overhead.

ir G Henderieckx, Gietech BV

April 2006