MIL-HDBK-507 Base Document:1998

1. SCOPE
   1.1 Scope
2. REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
   2.1 Government documents
       2.1.1 Specification
   2.2 Other publications
   2.3 Order of precedence
3. DEFINITIONS
   3.1 Definitions
       3.1.1 Faying surface
       3.1.2 Flash
       3.1.3 Flash welding
       3.1.4 Production run
       3.1.5 Upset
       3.1.6 Upset distance
       3.1.7 Weld failure
4. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
   4.1 Requirement
       4.1.1 Equipment
       4.1.2 Operation
       4.1.3 Electrodes
       4.1.4 Control of machine Variables
       4.1.5 Welding schedules
       4.1.6 Flash removal
   4.2 Materials
       4.2.1 Cleaning
   4.3 Inspection requirements
5. DETAILED REQUIREMENTS
   5.1 Joint preparation
       5.1.1 Joint alignment tolerances
             5.1.1.1 Sheet and tubular joints
             5.1.1.2 Bars
             5.1.1.3 Angular misalignment
             5.1.1.4 Limitation on tubing
   5.2 Certification of welding schedules
       5.2.1 Flash welding Schedules
       5.2.2 Welding Schedule content
       5.2.3 Establishing welding schedules
             5.2.3.1 General
             5.2.3.2 Existing schedules or modification of
                     existing schedules
       5.2.4 Production run
       5.2.5 Individual part certification
   5.3 Certification test specimens
       5.3.1 Types of specimens
   5.4 Test procedures
       5.4.1 Contractor inspection
       5.4.2 Production control
       5.4.3 Sample testing
       5.4.4 Visual examination
       5.4.5 Destructive tensile tests
       5.4.6 Tensile tests
   5.5 Test requirements
       5.5.1 Whole Specimens
       5.5.2 Strip test coupons
   5.6 Machine maintenance
       5.6.1 Retests
   5.7 Certification of equipment
6. NOTES
   6.1 Intended use
   6.2 Protective atmosphere welding
   6.3 Subject term (key word) listing
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Covers procedures for the flash welding of standard low carbon steels with a carbon content not greater than 0.23.