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1.
2.
Scope
Referenced Documents
1.3 This specification does not cover cast welding fittings or fittings machined from castings. Cast steel welding
fittings are governed by Specifications A 216/A 216M and
A 217/A 217M.
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3.
Ordering Information
3.1 See Specification A 960.
4.
General Requirements
4.1 Product furnished to this specification shall conform
to the requirements of Specification A 960, including any
supplementary requirements that are indicated in the purchase order. Failure to comply with the requirements of
Specification A 960 constitutes non-conformance with this
specification. In case of a conflict between the requirements
of this specification and Specification A 960, this specification shall prevail.
5.
Materials
5.1 The material for fittings shall consist of killed steel,
forgings, bars, plates, seamless or fusion-welded tubular
products with filler metal added and shall conform to the
chemical requirements of Table 1. Unless otherwise specified for carbon steel plates, the steel may be made to either
coarse grain or fine grain practice. Grade WP9 shall be
made to fine grain practice.
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6.
Manufacture
6.1 Forging or shaping operations may be performed
by hammering, pressing, piercing, extruding, upsetting,
rolling, bending, fusion welding, machining, or by a combination of two or more of these operations. The forming
procedure shall be so applied that it will not produce injurious imperfections in the fittings.
NOTE 1 Fittings NPS 4 and under may be machined from hot-forged
or rolled, cold-sized, and straightened bar stock having the chemical
composition of the grade in Table 1 and the mechanical properties of
the grade in Table 2. Heat treatment shall be in accordance with Section
7. All caps machined from bar stock shall be examined by liquid penetrant
or magnetic particle in accordance with S52 or S53 in Specification A 960.
7.
Heat Treatment
7.1 Heat Treatment Procedures Fittings, after forming
at an elevated temperature, shall be cooled to a temperature
below the critical range under suitable conditions to prevent
injurious defects caused by too rapid cooling, but in no
case more rapidly than the cooling rate in still air. Heat
treatment temperatures specified are metal (part) temperatures. Heat-treated fittings shall be treated according to
paragraph 7 in Specification A 960.
Chemical Composition
8.1 The chemical composition of each cast or heat used
shall be determined and shall conform to the requirements
of the chemical composition for the respective materials
listed in Table 1. The ranges as shown have been expanded
to include variations of the chemical analysis requirements
that are listed in the various specifications for the starting
materials (pipe, tube, plate, bar, and forgings) normally
used in the manufacturing of fittings to this specification.
Tensile Requirements
9.1 The tensile properties of the fitting material shall
conform to the requirements listed in Table 2.
9.1.1 Specimens cut either longitudinally or transversely shall be acceptable for the tension test.
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9.1.2 While Table 2 specifies elongation requirements for both longitudinal and transverse specimens, it is
not the intent that both requirements apply simultaneously.
Instead, it is intended that only the elongation requirement
that is appropriate for the specimen used be applicable.
12.2 Fittings of size or shape differing from these standards, but meeting all other requirements of this specification may be furnished in accordance with Supplementary
Requirement S58 in Specification A 960.
15. Inspection
15.1 See Specification A 960.
10. Hardness
10.1 Fittings shall be capable of meeting the following
hardness requirements, if tested:
17. Certification
17.1 When requested by the purchaser, the manufacturer shall provide a certificate of compliance to this specification. In addition, if requested to provide test reports,
the manufacturer shall also provide the following where
applicable.
12. Dimensions
12.1 Butt-welding fittings and butt-welding short radius
elbows and returns purchased in accordance with this specification shall conform to the dimensions and tolerances
given in the latest revision of ASME B16.9. Steel socketwelding and threaded fittings purchased in accordance with
this specification shall conform to the sizes, shapes, dimensions, and tolerances specified in the latest revision of
ASME B16.11 or MSS SP-79.
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18.3 The prescribed information for threaded or socketwelding fittings shall be: The manufacturers name or trademark (see Note 2), pressure class or schedule number and
fitting designation in accordance with Annex A1, and the
heat number or the manufacturers heat identification.
Product Marking
18.1 All fittings shall have the prescribed information
stamped or otherwise suitably marked on each fitting in
accordance with the Standard Marking System for Valves,
Fittings, Flanges and Unions (MSS SP-25, latest edition).
18.2 The prescribed information for butt-welding fittings shall be: The manufacturers name or trademark (see
Note 2), schedule number or nominal wall thickness designation, size, fitting designation in accordance with Annex
A1 and the heat number or the manufacturers heat identification.
19. Keywords
19.1 pipe fittings steel; piping applications; pressure
containing parts; pressure vessel service; temperature service applications elevated
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0.300.60
0.300.60
0.300.60
0.050.15
0.15 max
0.15 max
0.09-0.13
0.30-0.60
0.401.06
0.300.60
0.300.60
0.300.80
0.050.15
0.050.20
0.20 max
0.080.12
0.291.06
0.291.06
0.300.90
0.300.80
Manganese
0.30 max
0.35 max
0.28 max
0.050.20
Carbon
0.020
0.045
0.020
0.030
0.040
0.010
0.050
0.010
0.030
0.030
0.040
0.030
0.040
0.030
0.040
0.040
0.058
0.058
0.045
0.045
Sulfur, max
0.050
0.050
0.045
0.045
Phosphorus,
max
0.10-0.50
...
0.200.50
1.00 max
0.50 max
0.50 max
0.501.00
0.501.00
0.10 min
0.10 min
0.100.50
0.60 max
Silicon
8.5-9.5
...
8.09.5
8.010.0
4.06.0
1.902.60
1.001.50
1.001.50
0.40 max
0.40 max
...
0.801.25
Chromium
Composition, %
0.90-1.10
...
0.851.05
0.901.10
0.440.65
0.871.13
0.440.65
0.440.65
0.15 max
0.15 max
0.440.65
0.440.65
Molybdenum
0.40 max
1.602.24
0.40 max
...
...
...
...
...
0.40 max
0.40 max
...
...
Nickel
...
0.751.25
...
...
...
...
...
...
0.40 max
0.40 max
...
...
Copper
...
Vanadium 0.180.25
Columbium 0.060.10
Nitrogen 0.030.07
Aluminum 0.04 max
Vanadium 0.18-0.25
Columbium 0.060-0.10
Nitrogen 0.04-0.09
Aluminum 0.04 max
Boron 0.0003-0.006
Tungsten 0.90-1.10
...
...
...
...
...
Others
When fittings are of welded construction, the grade and marking symbol shown above shall be supplemented by the letter W.
Fittings made from bar or plate may have 0.35 max carbon.
C
Fittings made from forgings may have 0.35 max carbon and 0.35 max silicon with no minimum.
D
For each reduction of 0.01% below the specified carbon maximum, an increase of 0.06% manganese above the specified maximum will be permitted, up to a maximum of 1.35%.
E
The sum of Copper, Nickel, Chromium, and Molybdenum shall not exceed 1.00%.
F
The sum of Chromium and Molybdenum shall not exceed 0.32%.
WP911
WPB B,C,D,E,F
WPCC,D,E,F
WP1
WP12 CL1,
WP12 CL2
WP11 CL1
WP11 CL2,
WP11 CL3
WP22 CL1,
WP22 CL3
WP5 CL1,
WP5 CL3
WP9 CL1,
WP9 CL3
WPR
WP91
Grade and
Marking
Symbol A
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TABLE 1
CHEMICAL REQUIREMENTS
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TABLE 2
TENSILE REQUIREMENTS
Grade and
Marking Symbol
Tensile strength,
range ksi [MPa]
Yield strength, min,
ksi [MPa]
(0.2% offset or
0.5% extensionunder-load)
WP1
WP11 CL1,
WP22 CL1,
WP5 CL1,
WP9 CL1
5580
[380550]
30 [205]
6085
[415585]
30 [205]
WPC,
WP11 CL2,
WP12 CL2
WPB
6085
[415585]
35 [240]
7095
[485655]
40 [275]
WPR
WP11 CL3,
WP22 CL3,
WP5 CL3,
WP9 CL3
WP91
WP911
WP12 CL1
6388
[435605]
46 [315]
75100
[520690]
45 [310]
85110
[585760]
60 [415]
90120
[620840]
64 [440]
6085
[415585]
32 [220]
Elongation Requirements
Grades
All Grades except WPR,
WP91, and WP911
Longitudinal
Elongation:
Standard round specimen, or small proportional
specimen, min % in 4 D
Rectangular specimen for wall thickness 516 in.
[7.94 mm] and over, and for all small sizes
tested in full section; min % in 2 in.
[50 mm]
Rectangular specimen for wall thickness less
than 516 in. [7.94 mm]; min % in 2 in.
[50 mm] (12 in. [12.7 mm] wide specimen)
Transverse
WP91
WP911
WPR
Longitudinal
Transverse
Longitudinal
Transverse
22
14
20
...
20
...
30
20 A
28
...
...
...
...
...
...
WPB and WPC fittings manufactured from plate shall have a minimum elongation of 17%.
For each 132 in. [0.79 mm] decrease in wall thickness below 516 in. [7.94 mm], a deduction of 1.5% for longitudinal and 1.0% for transverse from the values shown above is permitted. The following table gives the minimum value for various wall thicknesses.
B
Wall Thickness
Grades
All Grades except WPR, WP91 and WP911
WPR
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in.
[mm]
Longitudinal
Transverse
Longitudinal
Longitudinal
16 (0.312)
32 (0.281)
1
4 (0.250)
7
32 (0.219)
3
16 (0.188)
5
32 (0.156)
1
8 (0.125)
3
32 (0.094)
1
16 (0.062)
7.94
7.14
6.35
5.56
4.76
3.97
3.17
2.38
1.59
30.0
28.5
27.0
25.5
24.0
22.5
21.0
19.5
18.0
20.0
19.0
18.0
...
...
...
...
...
...
28.0
26.5
25.0
23.5
22.0
20.5
19.0
17.5
16.0
20
19
18
17
16
15
14
13
12
5
9
NOTE This table gives the computed minimum % elongation value for each 132 in. [0.79 mm] decrease in wall thickness. Where the wall
thickness lies between two values above, the minimum elongation value is determined by the following equations:
Direction of Test
Equation
Longitudinal
Transverse
E p 48 t + 15.00
E p 32 t + 10.00
where:
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SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS
These requirements shall not be considered unless specified in the order, in which event,
the supplementary requirements specified shall be made at the place of manufacture, unless
otherwise agreed upon, at the purchasers expense. The test specified shall be witnessed
by the purchasers inspector before shipment of material, if so specified in the order.
S3.
Carbon Equivalent
S3.1 For grades WPB and WPC, the maximum carbon
equivalent (C.E.), based on heat analysis and the following
formula, shall be 0.50.
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C.E. p C +
Mn Cr + Mo + V Ni + Cu
+
+
6
5
15
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ANNEX
(Mandatory Information)
TABLE A1.1
FITTING DESIGNATION FOR MARKING PURPOSES
Grade
Class
Construction
Mandatory Marking
WPB
...
...
...
...
...
...
CL1
...
CL2
...
CL1
...
CL2
...
CL3
...
CL1
...
CL3
...
CL1
...
CL3
...
CL1
...
CL3
...
...
...
...
...
W (Welded construction)
S (Seamless construction)
W (Welded construction)
S (Seamless construction)
W (Welded construction)
S (Seamless construction)
W (Welded construction)
S (Seamless construction)
W (Welded construction)
S (Seamless construction)
W (Welded construction)
S (Seamless construction)
W (Welded construction)
S (Seamless construction)
W (Welded construction)
S (Seamless construction)
W (Welded construction)
S (Seamless construction)
W (Welded construction)
S (Seamless construction)
W (Welded construction)
S (Seamless construction)
W (Welded construction)
S (Seamless construction)
W (Welded construction)
S (Seamless construction)
W (Welded construction)
S (Seamless construction)
W (Welded construction)
S (Seamless construction)
W (Welded construction)
S (Seamless construction)
WPBWA
WPB
WPCWA
WPC
WP1WA
WP1
WP12 CL1WA
WP12 CL1
WP12 CL2WA
WP12 CL2
WP11 CL1WA
WP11 CL1
WP11 CL2WA
WP11 CL2
WP11 CL3WA
WP11 CL3
WP22 CL1WA
WP22 CL1
WP22 CL3WA
WP22 CL3
WP5 CL1WA
WP5 CL1
WP5 CL3WA
WP5 CL3
WP9 CL1WA
WP9 CL1
WP9 CL3WA
WP9 CL3
WPRWA
WPR
WP91WA
WP91
WPC
WP1
WP12
WP11
WP22
WP5
WP9
WPR
WP91
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