S9074-AQ-GIB-010/248 Rev 1
Table 7-4. Welding Procedure Qualification Position Limitation 2/, 5/, 6/, 7/ - Continued
NOTES:
1/ For plate-type products, welding positions listed in this column are as defined by AWS A3.0M/A3.0. For pipe, illustrative pipe orientation positions are listed (e.g., “horizontal - fixed pipe” [which is qualified by a 5G/5F test position]); actual welding positions on pipe, as defined by AWS A3.0M/A3.0, qualified by the indicated pipe test position are as follows:
Pipe Test Position
Qualified Welding Positions (subject to note 3 and, for sockets, 4-4.6.1.1)
5G
All positions – grooves and sockets/fillets
4F & 5F
All positions – sockets/fillets
5F
Flat and vertical – sockets/fillets
2G
Flat and horizontal – grooves and sockets/fillets
4F
Flat, horizontal, and overhead – sockets/fillets
1G
Flat – grooves, and flat and horizontal – sockets/fillets
1F (45-degree inclined-rolled) Flat – sockets/fillets
2/ For robotic, automatic, and mechanized pipe welding, qualification shall be performed on pipe or other cylindrically shaped material forms listed in table 7-4 except as specified in 4-4.1.10.1. 3/ For semi-automatic gas metal arc welding using the pulsed spray arc or short-circuiting arc mode, the horizontal position for plate (2G or 2F, as applicable) and the vertical-fixed position for pipe (2G or 4F, as applicable) must also be run to qualify for all positions. However, only nondestructive testing as specified for level no. II qualification shall be required for the horizontal plate and the vertical-fixed position pipe. For socket welds, see 4-4.6.1.c. For cladding and hardfacing, see footnote 7(a)(1)(ii).
4/ The 45-degree inclined position (6G) may be substituted for the horizontal fixed pipe position.
5/ When welding in the vertical plane, in either plate or horizontal fixed pipe, welding shall be in the up direction (except in robotic/automatic pipe welding, where the direction of rotation required by the procedure, shall be qualified).
6/
See table 7-2, footnote 7. (Footnotes continued on next page.)
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