IS 15326-3: Quality Requirements for Welding - Fusion Wedling of Metalic Materials, Part 3: Standards Quality Requirements

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Fusion Wedling of Metalic Materials, Part 3: Standards
Quality Requirements [MTD 12: Welding Applications]
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IS 15326(Part 3) :2003
ISO 3834-3:1994
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lndian Standard
QUALITY REQUIREMENTS FOR WELDING —
FUSION WELDING OF METALLIC MATERIALS
PART 3 STANDARDS QUALITY REQUIREMENTS
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BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS
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Welding Applications Sectional Committee, MTD 12
NATIONAL FOREWORD
This Indian Standard ( Part 3 ) which is identical with ISO 3834-3:1994 ‘Quality requirements for
welding — Fusion welding of metallic materials — Part 3 Standards quality requirements’ issued by the
International Organization for Standardization ( ISO ) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards
on the recommendations of the Welding Applications Sectional Committee and approval ofthe Metallurgical
Engineering Division Council.
In this adopted standard, some terminology and conventions are, however, not identical to those used
in Indian Standards. Attention is especially drawn to the following:
a) Wherever the words ‘International Standard’ appear referring to this standard, they should be
read as ‘Indian Standard’.
b) Comma ( ,) has been used as a decimal marker while in Indian Standards, the current practice
is to use a point ( . ) as the decimal marker.
Inthis adopted standard, reference appears to certain International Standards for which Indian Standards
also exist. The corresponding Indian Standards which are to be substituted in their place are listed
below along with their degree~f equivalence for the editions indicated:
International Standard Corresponding Indian Standard Degree of Equivalence
ISO 3834-1:1994 IS 15326 ( Part 1 ) :2003 Quality requirements Technically equivalent
for welding — Fusion welding of metallic
materials : Part 1 Guidelines for selection and
use
ISO 3834-4:1994 IS 15326 ( Part 4 ) :2003 Quality requirements do
for welding — Fusion welding of metallic
materials :Part 4 Elementary quality requirements
1s0 9001:2000 1s/ 1 s0 9001 : 2000 Quality management do
system s — Requirements
ISO 9002:1994 1S/1S0 9002:1994 Quality systems — Model do
for quality assurance in production, installation
and servicing
ISO 9606-1:1994 IS 7310 (Part 1 ) : 1974 Approval tests for Partially equivalent
welders working to approved welding procedures:
Part 1 Fusion welding of steel
IS 7318 (Part 1 ) : 1974 Approval tests for do
welders when welding procedure approval is not
required :Part 1 Fusion welding of steel
ISO 9606-2:1994 IS 7318 (Part 2) : 1974 Approval tests for do
welders when welding procedure approval is not
required : Part 2 TIG or MIG welding of
aluminium and its alloys
ISO 9712:1999 IS 13805:1993 General standard for qualification do
and certification of non-destructive testing
personnel

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Is 15326 (Part3) :2003
ISO 3834-3: 1994
Indian Standard
QUALITY REQUIREMENTS FOR WELDING —
FUSION WELDING OF METALLIC MATERIALS
PART 3 STANDARDS QUALITY REQUIREMENTS
1 Scope framework for the control of welding in the following
cases:
Case1
This part of ISO 3834 has been prepared such that
To provide specific requirements for fusion welding in
— it is independent of the type of welded con-
contracts which require the manufacturer to have a
struction to be manufactured;
quality system other than ISO 9001 or ISO 9002;
— if defines quality requirements for welding both in
Case2
workshops and on-site;
To provide specific requirements for fusion welding
— it provides guidance for describing a manufac- as guidance to a manufacturer developing a quality
turer’s capability to produce welde d constructions system;

to meet specified requirements;

Case3
— it mav also be used as a basis for assessing the
manufacturer with respect to his welding capa- To provide specific requirements for references in
bility. application standards which uses fusion welding as
part of its requirements or in a contract between rel-
This part of ISO 3834 is appropriate when demon- evant parties. It may however be more appropriate for
stration of a manufacturer’s capability to produce ISO 3834-4 to be used in such cases.
welded constructions and to fulfill specified quality
requirements, are specified in one or more of the fol-
2 Normative references
lowing:
— a contract between involved parties; The following standards contain provisions which,
through reference in this text, constitute provisions
— an application standard; of this part of ISO 3834. At the time of publication, the
editions indicated were valid. All standards are subject
— a regulatory requirement. to revision, and parties to agreements based on this
part of ISO 3834 are encouraged to investigate the
The requirements contained within this part of possibility of applying the most recent editions of the
ISO 3834 may be adopted in full or may be selectively standards indicated below. Members of IEC and ISO
deleted by the manufacturer if not applicable to the maintain registers of currently valid International
construction concerned. They provide a flexible Standards.

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ISO 3834-1:1994, Qua/ity requirements for we/ding the contract review. The items in 4.3 usually form part
— Fusion welding of metallic materials — Part 1: of the design review and should be taken into account
Guidelines for selection and use. during the contract review if the design is not carried
out by the fabricator. It shall be ensured that all rele-
ISO 9606-1:1994, Approva/ testing of vve/ders — vant information has been supplied by the purchaser.
Fusion we/ding — Part 1: Steels.
When a contract does not exist, e.g. items made for
ISO 9606-2:1994, Approva/ testing of vve/ders — stock, the manufacturer is required to take into con-
Fusion welding — Part 2: A/umirrium and aluminium sideration the requirements of 4.2 whilst carrying out
alloys. his design review (4.3).
ISO 9712:1992, Non-destructive testing — Qualifi-
4.2 Application— Contractreview
cation and certification of personnel
ISO 9956-1:1995’1, Specification and approva/ of Contractual requirements to be considered should in-
welding procedures for metallic materials — Part 1.’ clude, when necessary:
General rules for fusion welding.
a) the application standard to be used, together with
ISO 9956-2:199511, Specification and approva/ of any supplementary requirements;
welding procedures for metallic materials — Part 2:
Welding procedure specification for arc welding. b) the specification of welding procedures, non-
destructive testing procedures and heat treatment
ISO 9956-3:1995’), Specification and approval of procedures;
welding procedures for metallic materials — Part 3:
Welding procedure tests for the arc welding of c) the approach to be used for welding procedure
steels. approval;
ISO 9956-4:19951), Specification and approva/ of d) the approval of personnel;
welding procedures for metallic materials — Part 4:
e) post-weld heat treatment;
Welding procedure tests for the arc welding of a/u-
minium and its a//oys.
f) inspection and testing;
ISO 13916:—1}, We/ding — Measurement of preheat-
g) selection, identification and/or traceability, e.g. for
ing temperature, interpass temperature and preheat
materials, welders and welds (see clause 15);
maintenance temperature during welding.

h) quality control arrangements, including any in-

3 Definitions volvement of an independent inspection body;
For the purposes of this part of ISO 3834, the defi- i) other welding requirements, e.g. batch testing of
nitions given in ISO 3834-1 apply. consumables, ferrite content of weld metal, age-
ing, hydrogen content;
4 Contract and design review
j) environmental conditions relevant to welding on
site, e.g. very low temperature ambient conditions
4.1 General
or any necessity to provide protection against ad-
verse weather conditions;
The manufacturer shall review the contractual re-
quirements and the design data provided by the pur-
k) subcontracting;
chaser or in-house data for construction designed by
the manufacturer. This is to ensure that all information
1) handling of nonconformances.
necessary to carry out the fabrication operations is
available prior to the commencement of the work. The
manufacturer shall affirm his capability to meet all 4.3 Application— Design review
welding contract requirements and ensure adequate
planning of all quality related activities. The items in Design requirements to be considered should include,
4.2 are typically considered at or before the time of when necessary:
1) To be published.

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a) location, accessibility and sequence of all welds; ance and supervision of the welding production ac-
cording to specified requirements.
b) surface finish and the weld profile;
6.2 Welders
c) parent metal(s) specification and welded joint
properties;
All welders and welding operators shall be approved
by an appropriate test according to the relevant part
d) permanent backing;
of ISO 9606. All records of approval shall be main-
tained up to date.
e) welds which are to be made in the workshop, or
elsewhere;
6.3 Welding coordination personnel
f) dimensions and details of joint preparation and
The manufacturer shall have at his disposal appropri-
completed joint;
ate welding coordination personnel, e.g. in accord-
g) use of special methods, e.g. to achieve full pen- ance with EN 719, such that the welding personnel
etration without backing when welded from one can be supplied with the necessary welding pro-
side only; cedure specification or work instructions and that the
work can be properly performed and controlled. Such
h) quality and acceptance requirements for welds; persons having responsibility for quality activities shall
have sufficient authority to enable any necessary ac-
i) other special requirements, e.g. acceptability of tion to be taken. The duties, interrelationships and
peening, heat treatment. limits of responsibility of such persons should be
clearly defined.
5 Subcontracting
7 Inspection, testing and examination
personnel
When a manufacturer intends to use subcontracted
services (e.g. welding, inspection, non-destructive
testing, heat treatment), all relevant specifications and 7.1 General
requirements shall be supplied by the manufacturer
The manufacturer shall have at his disposal sufficient
to the subcontractor. The subcontractor shall provide
and competent personnel for planning and perform-
such records and documentation of his work as may
ance, supervision and inspection, testing and exam-
be specified by the manufacturer.
ination of the welding production according to

Any subcontractor shall work under the order and re- specified requirements.

sponsibility of the manufacturer and shall fully comply
with the relevant requirements of this part of 7.2 Non-destructive-testing personnel
ISO 3834.
The non-destructive-testing personnel shall be ap-
The manufacturer shall ensure that the subcontractor
proved in accordance with LSO9712.
can comply with the quality requirements of the con-
tract.
8 Equipment
The information to be provided by the manufacturer
to the sub-contractor shall include all relevant data 8.1 Production and testing facilities
from the contract review (see 4.2) and the design re-
view (see 4.3). Additional requirements may need to The following equipment shall be available when
be specified if the design of a structure is to be sub- necessary:
contracted.
— welding power sources and other machines;
6 Welding personnel — equipment for joint preparation and cutting, in-
cluding thermal cutting;
6.1 General — equipment for preheating and post-weld heat
treatment including temperature indicator;
The manufacturer shall have at his disposal sufficient
and competent personnel for the planning, perform- — jigs and fixtures;
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— cranes and handling equipment used for welding parts or subassemblies, and the order of sub-
production; sequent final assembly;
— personnel protective equipment and other safety — identification of the welding and associated pro-
equipment, directly associated with welding; cesses required to manufacture the construction
and reference to the appropriate procedure speci-
— ovens, quivers etc. used for treatment of welding fications. Welding procedure specifications shall
consumables; be prepared in accordance with the appropriate
part of ISO 9956;
— cleaning facilities;
— specification for inspection and testing, including
— destructive and non-destructive-testing facilities. the involvement of any independent inspection
body.
8.2 Description of facilities
9.2 Welding procedureapproval
The manufacturer shall maintain a list of essential
equipment, used for welding production. This list shall Welding procedures shall be approved prior to pro-
identify items of major equipment, essential for an duction in accordance with the appropriate part of
evaluation of workshop capacity and capability. This ISO 9956. The method of approval shall be in accord-
includes, for example: ance with the relevant application standards or as
stated in the contract.
— capacity of largest cranes;
Other procedures, e.g. procedure for heat treatment,
— size of components the workshop is able to han- should only be approved if stated in the relevant ap-
dle; plication standards and/or in the contract.
— capability of mechanized or automatic welding 9.3 Work instructions
equipment;
The manufacturer may use the welding procedure
— dimensions and maximum temperature of fur- specification directly in the workshop for instruction
naces for post-weld heat treatment; purposes to the welder. Alternatively, he may use
dedicated work instructions. Such dedicated work in-
— capacities of rolling, bending and cutting equip-
structions shall be prepared from an approved weld-
ment.
ing procedure specification and do not require

separate approval (see ISO 9956-1).
Other equipment only needs to be specified by ap-
proximate total numbers which cover each general
type (e.g. total number of power sources for the dif- 10 Storage and handling of welding
ferent welding processes). consumables
The manufacturer shall produce and implement pro-
8.3 Suitability and maintenanceof
cedures for storage, handling and use of consumables
equipment
which avoid moisture pickup, oxidation, damage, etc.
The procedures shall be in accordance with the sup-
The equipment shall be adequate for the application
plier’s recommendations.
concerned and properly maintained.
11 Storage of parent material
9 Welding activities
Storage shall be such that the material will not be
adversely affected. Identification shall be maintained
9.1 Production plan
during storage.
The manufacturer shall carry out adequate production
planning, compatible with facilities as in 8.1. This shall 12 Post-weld heat treatment
include at least:
The manufacturer shall be fully responsible for the
. specification of the sequence by which the con- specification and the performance of any post-weld
struction shall be manufactured, e.g. as singl e heat treatment. The procedure shall be compatible
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with the parent metal, welded joint, construction etc. . essential welding parameters (e.g. welding cur-
and in accordance with the application standard and/or rent, arc voltage and travel speed);
specified requirements. A record of the heat treat-
ment shall be made during the process. The record — preheatingfinterpass temperature (see ISO 13916);
shall demonstrate that the specification has been fol-
lowed. — cleaning and shape of runs and layers of weld
metal;
13 Welding-related inspection and — back gouging;
testing
— welding sequence;
13.1 General — correct use and handling of consumables;
Inspection and testing shall be implemented at ap- — control of distortion;
propriate points in the manufacturing process to as-
sure conformity with contract requirements. Location — any intermediate examination, e.g. checking di-
and frequency of such inspection and/or testing will mensions.
depend on the contract and/or application standard,
the welding process and the type of construction (see 13.4 Inspection and testing afterwelding
4.2 and 4.3).
After welding, the compliance with relevant accept-
The manufacturer may carry out additional tests
ance criteria shall be checked, when necessa~:
without restriction. Reporting of such tests is not re-
quired. — by visual inspection;
13.2 Inspectionand testing beforewelding — by non-destructive testing, e.g. in accordance with
ISO 9712;
Before the start of welding, the following shall be
checked, when necessa~: — by destructive testing according to relevant ISO
standards;
— suitability and validity of welders’ approval certifi-
cates (see ISO 9606); — form, shape and dimensions of the welded con-
struction;
— suitability of welding procedure s pecification (see
the appropriate part of ISO 9956); — results and records of post-weld operations,’ e.g.
grinding, post-weld heat treatment, ageing.
— identity of parent material;
13.5 Inspectionand testing status
— identity of welding consumables;
Measures shall be taken as appropriate to indicate,
— joint preparation (e.g. shape and dimensions in
e.g. by marking of the item or a routeing card, the
accordance with ISO 9692);
status of inspection and test of the welded con-
struction.
— fit-up, jigging and tacking;
— any special requirements in welding procedure 14 Nonconformance and corrective
specification, e.g. prevention of distortion; action
— arrangement for any production test;
Measures shall be implemented to control items
which do not conform to specified requirements in
— suitability of working conditions for welding, in-
order to prevent their inadvertent use. When repair
cluding environment.
and/or rectification is undertaken by the manufacturer,
appropriate procedures should be available at all
13.3 Inspection and testing during welding workstations where repair or rectification is per-
formed. When repair or rectification is carried out, the
During welding, the following shall be checked at items shall be re-inspected, tested and examined in
suitable intervals, when necessa~: accordance with the original requirements.
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