AS 1554.2-1993

1 - AS 1554.2-1993 STRUCTURAL STEEL WELDING - STUD WELDING (STEEL STUDS TO STEEL)
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
6 - SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL
6 - 1.1 SCOPE
6 - 1.2 INNOVATION
6 - 1.3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
6 - 1.4 DEFINITIONS
6 - 1.4.1 Fabricator
6 - 1.4.2 Inspecting authority
6 - 1.4.3 Inspector
6 - 1.4.4 May
6 - 1.4.5 Principal
7 - 1.4.6 Shall
7 - 1.4.7 Shear connector
7 - 1.4.8 Should
7 - 1.4.9 Stud
7 - 1.4.10 Stud base
7 - 1.5 BASIC WELDING REQUIREMENTS
7 - 1.6 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
7 - 1.6.1 Welding safety
7 - 1.6.2 Welding equipment
8 - SECTION 2 MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION
8 - 2.1 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDS
8 - 2.1.1 Stud design
8 - 2.1.2 Ferrule
8 - 2.1.3 Flux
9 - 2.1.4 Stud bases
9 - 2.1.5 Manufacture
9 - 2.2 STUD MATERIAL
9 - 2.2.1 Manufacture
9 - 2.2.2 Mechanical properties
10 - 2.2.3 Certification
11 - 2.3 PARENT MATERIAL
12 - SECTION 3 STUD APPLICATION QUALIFICATION
12 - 3.1 GENERAL
12 - 3.2 PREPARATION OF TEST SPECIMENS
12 - 3.3 TESTING
12 - 3.3.1 General
12 - 3.3.2 Bend test
13 - 3.3.3 Tension test
13 - 3.4 TEST DATA
15 - SECTION 4 PROCEDURAL CONTROL
15 - 4.1 PREPRODUCTION TESTING
15 - 4.1.1 Daily tests
15 - 4.1.2 Retests
15 - 4.2 PRODUCTION WELDING
15 - 4.3 OPERATOR QUALIFICATION
16 - SECTION 5 PRODUCTION TECHNIQUE
16 - 5.1 PREPARATION BEFORE WELDING
16 - 5.1.1 Studs
16 - 5.1.2 Stud base
16 - 5.1.3 Ferrules
16 - 5.1.4 Parent material
16 - 5.2 WELDING
16 - 5.2.1 General
16 - 5.2.2 Adverse weather
16 - 5.2.3 Alternative welding processes
17 - 5.3 STUD SPACING
17 - 5.4 FINISHED WELDS
17 - 5.5 STUD WELDING THROUGH SHEET METAL
17 - 5.6 WORKMANSHIP
17 - 5.6.1 General
18 - 5.6.2 Replacement of unacceptable studs
19 - SECTI ON 6 TESTING OF FINISHED WELDS
19 - 6.1 NON-THREADED STUDS
19 - 6.2 THREADED STUDS
19 - 6.3 USE OF TESTED STUDS
19 - 6.4 UNSATISFACTORY WELDS
20 - APPENDIX A - CHECK LIST OF MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION
21 - APPENDIX B - LIST OF REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
22 - APPENDIX C - MANUFACTURER’S STUD BASE QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
22 - C1 PURPOSE
22 - C2 RESPONSIBILITY FOR TESTS
22 - C3 EXTENT OF QUALIFICATION
22 - C4 DURATION OF QUALIFICATION
22 - C5 PREPARATION OF TEST SPECIMENS
22 - C6 NUMBER OF TEST SPECIMENS
22 - C6.1 Studs up to and including 22 mm in diameter
22 - C6.2 Studs over 22 mm in diameter
23 - C7 TESTING
23 - C7.1 Studs up to and including 22 mm diameter
23 - C7.2 Studs over 22 mm diameter
23 - C8 REQUIREMENTS
23 - C9 RETESTS
23 - C10 MANUFACTURER’S QUALIFICATION TEST REPORT

Specifies requirements for the welding of steel studs to steel elements, other than pressure vessels, by the stud welding technique. It provides for welded studs used as shear connectors in composite steel/concrete construction or as concrete anchors, or used for attachment of members or appurtenances to steel members. It is based on the American Welding Society Structural Welding Code (ANSI/AWS D1.1).

This Standard prescribes requirements for the stud welding of steel studs to steel elements, such steel studs being used for the attachment of members and connection devices to concrete (as concrete anchors and as shear connectors in composite steel/concrete construction), and for the fastening of other members and appurtenances. It also applies to the stud welding of steel studs through light-gauge steel sheet either zinc-coated or not zinc-coated, and includes requirements for the stud material, the parent material, the qualification of stud bases, stud welding procedure and operators, and the workmanship and testing of the finished welds.This Standard does not apply to the welding of studs to pressure vessels.NOTE: A check list of matters for discussion between the principal and fabricator is given in Appendix A.

First published as AS 1554.2-1980.
Second edition 1993.