NASA MSFC SPEC 560 : 1988

1 SCOPE
  1.1 CLASSIFICATIONS
       1.1.1 WELDING PROCESSES
       1.1.2 MATERIALS
       1.1.3 WELD CLASSES
2 APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS
  2.1 DOCUMENTS
       2.1.1 FEDERAL
       2.1.2 MILITARY
       2.1.3 NASA
       2.1.4 AWS
       2.1.5 ASTM
       2.1.6 NAS
       2.1.7 SAE (AMS, ARP)
3 REQUIREMENTS
  3.1 EQUIPMENT
       3.1.1 WELDING EQUIPMENT
       3.1.2 TOOLING AND FIXTURES
  3.2 MATERIALS
       3.2.1 BASE METALS
       3.2.2 FILLER METALS
       3.2.3 SHIELDING GAS
       3.2.4 TUNGSTEN ELECTRODES
  3.3 WELD PROCEDURE AND PERFORMANCE QUALIFICATION
       3.3.1 WELDER PERFORMANCE QUALIFICATION
       3.3.2 WELD PROCEDURE SPECIFICATION (WPS)
       3.3.3 WPS QUALIFICATION
       3.3.4 RECORDS
  3.4 PREWELD OPERATIONS
       3.4.1 JOINT DESIGN
       3.4.2 CLEANING
       3.4.3 INSPECTION
  3.5 PRODUCTION WELDING
       3.5.1 EQUIPMENT OPERATIONAL CHECK
       3.5.2 TEMPERATURE CONTROL
       3.5.3 TACK WELDING
       3.5.4 WELDING TECHNIQUE
       3.5.5 WELDING PROCEDURE
       3.5.6 PROCEDURE DEPARTURE
       3.5.7 EB WELDING
  3.6 POSTWELD OPERATIONS
       3.6.1 INSPECTION
       3.6.2 GENERAL WORKMANSHIP REQUIREMENTS
       3.6.3 DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS
       3.6.4 WELDMENT STRAIGHTENING
       3.6.5 POST WELD HEAT TREAT REQUIREMENTS
  3.7 WELD JOINT STRENGTH REQUIREMENTS
       3.7.1 CLASS I WELDED JOINTS
       3.7.2 FILLET WELDS
  3.8 REPAIR WELDING
  3.9 WELDMENT EXTERNAL QUALITY REQUIREMENTS
  3.10 WELDMENT INTERNAL QUALITY REQUIREMENTS
4 QUALITY ASSURANCE
  4.1 RESPONSIBILITY FOR PERFORMANCE
  4.2 NDE PROCEDURES
  4.3 JOINT DESIGN AND WPS QUALITY ASSURANCE
  4.4 PRE-WELD AND WELD INSPECTION
       4.4.1 DOCUMENTATION INSPECTION
       4.4.2 FILLER METAL INSPECTION
       4.4.3 SHIELDING GAS INSPECTION
       4.4.4 WELD JOINT AND TOOLING INSPECTION
       4.4.5 WELDING SURFACES INSPECTION
       4.4.6 WELDING EQUIPMENT INSPECTION
  4.5 POST-WELD INSPECTION
       4.5.1 VISUAL INSPECTION
       4.5.2 DIMENSIONAL INSPECTION
       4.5.3 INTERNAL QUALITY INSPECTION
       4.5.4 SURFACE QUALITY INSPECTION
       4.5.5 RECORDS
5 NOTES
  5.1 INTENDED USE
  5.2 ORDERING DATA
  5.3 DEFINITIONS
  5.4 SYMBOLS
  5.5 CHANGES

Covers the requirements for manual and mechanized welding of carbon and alloy steels, maraging steels, corrosion resistant steels, nickel and nickel alloys, cobalt alloys, and all other corrosion and heat resistant alloys used for flight and support.