AWS D14.6 : 1996

1 General provisions
1.1 Scope
1.2 Manufacturer's responsibility
1.3 Purchaser's responsibility
1.4 Definitions
1.5 Symbols
2 Base metals
3 Welding processes
4 Filler metals
5 Welding procedure and performance qualification
5.1 Scope
5.2 Responsibility for welding
5.3 Weld orientation
5.4 Test positions for groove welds
5.5 Test positions for fillet welds
5.6 Types and purposes of tests and examinations
5.7 Tension tests
5.8 Guided-bend test
5.9 Notch-toughness tests
Part I. Procedure qualification
5.10 Manufacturer's or contractor's responsibility
5.11 Preparation of test joint
Part II. Performance qualification
5.12 Tests
5.13 Type of test required
5.14 Essential variables for qualifying welders and
      welding operators
5.15 Qualification test joints
5.16 Retests
Part III. Welding process variables
5.18 General
5.19 Special processes
5.20 F-numbers
5.21 A-numbers
6 Fabrication requirements
6.1 General
6.2 Preparation of base metal
6.3 Assembly
6.4 Weld surface conditions
6.5 Corrections
6.6 Peening
6.7 Preheat and postweld heat treatment
7 Inspection and quality control
7.1 General requirements
7.2 Examination and inspection
7.3 Obligations of the manufacturer
7.4 Nondestructive testing
7.5 Preparation and disposition of reports
8 Modification and repair
8.1 Scope
8.2 Qualification
8.3 Removal of metal
8.4 Repair of type of defect
8.5 Peening
8.6 Postweld heat treatment
8.7 Tempering
8.8 Cleaning
8.9 Testing and inspection
Annex A Sample forms
Annex B Quality control system
Annex C Inspection methods
Annex D Safety considerations
Commonly used metric conversions
Document list

Applies to the fabrication by welding of cast or wrought material used in the manufacture of the rotating elements of equipment, such as fans, compressors, pumps etc.