NAVSEA S9074 AQ GIB 010/248 : 0

1.SCOPE
1.1 Scope
2. REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
2.1 Government documents
2.2 Other publications
2.3 Order of precedence
3. DEFINITIONS
3.1 Terms related to both welding and brazing
3.2 Terms related to welding
3.3 Terms related to brazing
4. WELDING PROCEDURE QUALIFICATION
4.1 Scope
4.2 General requirements
4.3 Written welding procedure content
4.4 Specific qualification requirements
4.5 Evaluation of procedure qualification weldments
4.6 Data accumulation and reporting for procedure
    qualification
4.7 Changes requiring level I requalification of procedure
4.8 Procedure changes requiring level II requalification
5. WELDING PERFORMANCE QUALIFICATION
5.1 Scope
5.2 General requirements
5.3 Performance qualification test requirements
5.4 Test and evaluation of qualification test assemblies
5.5 Data accumulation and records
5.6 Changes requiring requalification of welder or welding
    operator
6. BRAZING
6.1 Scope
6.2 General requirements
6.3 Brazing procedure qualification
6.4 Brazer and brazing operator performance qualification
7. NOTES
7.1 Cancelled specifications
Table I Grouping of base materials (welding)
Table II Grouping of filler materials (welding)
Table III Grouping of base/filler materials for welding
          procedure cross-qualification
Table IV Welding procedure qualification position
          limitations
Table V Essential elements of a welding procedure
Table VI Welding procedure qualification material thickness
          limits
Table VII Welding procedure qualification assembly test
          requirements
Table VIIIGrouping of filler metals and process combinations
          for welder or welding operator (performance
          qualification)
Table IX Performance qualification - position limitations
Table X Performance qualification test limitations
Table XI Performance qualification test evaluation
          requirements
Table XII Material combinations and brazing alloy requirements
Table XIIIGrouping of base materials for brazing procedure and
          performance qualification
Table XIV Grouping of brazing alloys for procedure and
          performance qualification
Table XV Type and number of test specimens required and range
          of thickness qualified (brazing procedure
          qualification)
Table XVI Axial load and torque values for procedure
          qualification
Figure 1 Positions of welding
Figure 2 Typical welding procedure qualification test plate
         and recommended locations for removal of test
         specimens
Figure 3 Typical welding procedure qualification pipe test
         assembly
Figure 4 Test assembly for procedure qualification of cladding
         for corrosion-resistance except for circumferential
         welding applications on shafting
Figure 4A Test assembly for procedure qualification of A-45
          cladding for corrosion-resistance
Figure 5 Test assembly for procedure qualification of cladding
         for circumferential welding of shafting
Figure 6 Procedure qualification test plate for hard-facing
Figure 7 Typical location of test specimens from disimilar
         metal welded test plate
Figure 8 Test assembly for welding bare surfaces
Figure 9 Test assembly for welding over primer-coated surfaces
Figure 10 Stud testing apparatus
Figure 11 Sample for reporting qualification data
Figure 12 Performance qualification test nos. 2A and 2B for
          fuel gas welding (plate)
Figure 13 Performance qualification test no. 3B for fuel gas
          welding (pipe)
Figure 14 Performance qualification test no.1 for arc welding
Figure 15 Performance qualification test no.3 and 4 for arc
          welding (pipe)
Figure 16 Performance qualification test no.8 for tack welders
Figure 17 Performance qualification test no.9 for weld
          surfacing
Figure 18 Sample performance qualification record
Figure 19 Reduced section tension specimen (plate) for brazed
          lap-type joints
Figure 20 Lap joint peel specimen
Figure 21 Typical layout and construction for restricted
          accessibility qualification test assembly positions
Figure 22 Performance qualification tests no.5 and 6 for arc
          welding (pipe)
Figure 23 Brazing positions
Figure 24 Heat affected zone (HAZ) Charpy notch location
Figure 25 Mockup and orientation of assembly for performance
          qualification for manual welding of tube-to-header
          joint welds
Figure 26 Performance qualification test no.10, plasma-arc
          welding - keyhole technique

Gives requirements for the qualification of brazing and welding procedures, welders, welding operators, brazers and brazing operators that must be met prior to any production fabrication.