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~ AS 1554.1-1991
Australian Standard
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STANDARDS AUSTRALIA
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This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee WD/3, Welding of Structures.
It was approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia on 8 January 1991
and published on 15 Ap"ril 1991.
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STANDARDS AUSTRALIA
Amendment No. 1
to
AS 1554.1-1991
Structural steel welding (known as the SAA Structural Steel Welding Code)
Part 1: Welding of steel structures
REVISED TEXT
The 1991 edition of AS 1554.1 is amended as follows; the amendments should be inserted in the appropriate place.
SUMMARY: This Amendment applies to Clauses 2.1, 3.1.2, 3.2.5 and 4.5.1.1, and Tables 4.4(8), 4.4(C), 4.5.1(A), 4.5.1(8), 4.5.2 and
5.3.4. and Appendices A and D.
Published on 14 September 1992.
No. 1
SEPT. Item (c), delete 'AS 3679' and substitute 'AS 3679.1, AS 3679.2'.
1992
AMDT Page 8 Clause 3.1.2
No. 1
SEPT. 1 In title, delete 'Permissible' and substitute 'Design'.
1992
2 Line 2, delete 'permissible'.
ISBN 072627751 7 x
AMDT Page 35 Table 4.5.1(B)
No. I
SEPT. Delete all existing Table and substitute the following:
1992
Steel Specification and grade numbers of parent metal
type AS 1163 AS 36781AS 3679.2 AS 3679.1 AS 1450 AS 1548 AS 1594 AS 1595 AS 2074 AS 2624
I C250 200 250 C200 7-430R Hdl All grades C2 S264
250 H200 7-430N Hd2 C3
300 C250 7-430T Hd3 C4-1
H250 7-430A Hd4
7-460R Hd200
7-460N Hd250
7-460T Hd300
7-460A Hd300/1
2 C250 LO - 50 LO - 7-430R LO - - - S264 LO
7-460R LO
3 - 250 LIS 250 LIS - 7-430N L20 - - - -
300 LIS 7-430T L20
7-430A L20
7-460N L20
7-460T L20
7-460A L20
4 C350 350 WR350/1 C350 5-490N Hd350 - Cl -
WR350/1 WR350/2 H350 5-490A Hd400 C4-2
400 350 7-490R HW350 LlA
7-490N
7-490T
7-490A
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4 -10 0 I +10
5 -30 -20 -10 I 0
6 -40 -30 -20 1 -10
7A -10 0 I +10
7B -30 -20 -10 J 0
NOTE: Table DJ applies for-
(a) elements of a member of connection component subject to tensile stress; and
(b) plates and sections, the flange thickness being used for the latter.
AS 1554.1-1991
Australian Standard
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PREFACE
This edition of this Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee on Welding of
Structures to supersede AS 1554.1-1985.
This edition is technically equivalent to the 1985 edition, but incorporates the following changes:
(a) The scope has been expanded to provide for steel structures complying with AS 4100, Steel
Structures, in addition to AS 1250, SAA Steel Structures Code.
(b) Requirements for safety precautions have been added (Clause 1.7).
(c) The requirements for plug and slot welds (Clause 3.6) have been revised to align with the latest
edition of A WS D1.l, Structural Welding Code-Steel.
(d) The prequalified welding consumables have been extended to cover those for gas metal-arc welding
to AS 2717.1.
(e) Tables 4.5.1(B), 4.5.1(C) and 5.3.4 have been updated to reflect changes in new and revised
Standards for steels.
(f) The equipment requirements for ultrasonic examination (Clause 6.4.2) have been revised.
(g) Table 6.3 has been revised to lower the permissible level of internal defects for SP category welds.
(h) Appendix D has been revised to align with AS 4100.
(i) Editorial changes and adjustments, including the following:
(i) Update of referenced Standards.
(ii) Alignment with current Standards Australia policy.
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The Standard provides rules for the welding of a wide range of welded constructions and, while it
is expected that its main use will be for static ally loaded welds, it applies also to some welds subject
to fatigue. The Standard has been specifically prepared for steel structures, but may be usefully applied
to machine frames and other types of steel constructions.
The Standard requires that weld preparations, welding consumables and welding procedures be qualified
before commencement of welding. Prequalified joint preparations, welding consumables and welding
procedures are also given in the Standard.
The Standard, in catering for structures subject to fatigue conditions as well as statically loaded
structures, provides two categories of welds with two differing levels of weld quality assurance associated
with the different types of service to which the welds are subjected. The intention is that the designer
should select the category suited to the severity of the service and nominate this on the drawings;
where a structure contains both categories, this will ensure that appropriate levels of supervision and
inspection will be applied to the relevant parts of the structure.
Strength capacity of welds is not covered in the Standard and designers are referred to AS 1250,
AS 4100, or other relevant design codes or specifications for this purpose.
Statements expressed in mandatory terms in notes to tables are deemed to be requirements to this
Standard.
CONTENTS
Page
SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL
1.1 SCOPE .... .... .... . .. . 5
1.2 INNOVATION.... .... . .. . 5
1.3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS 6
1.4 DEFINITIONS.... .... . ... 6
1.5 WELD CATEGORIES 6
1.6 BASIC WELDING REQUIREMENTS ... . 6
1.7 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS .... .... . .. . 6
SECTION 2 MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION
2.1 PARENT MATERIAL 7
2.2 BACKING MATERIAL 7
2.3 WELDING CONSUMABLES 7
SECTION 3 DETAILS OF WELDED CONNECTIONS
3.1 GENERAL 8
3.2 BUTT WELDS .... .... 8
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6.4 ULTRASONIC EXAMINATION.... .... .. .. 53
6.5 MAGNETIC PARTICLE EXAMINATION .... 53
6.6 LIQUID PENETRANT EXAMINATION 53
6.7 WELD DEFECTS ...... .. 53
6.8 REPORTING.... .. .. 53
SECTION 7 INSPECTION
7.1 GENERAL.... .. .. 57
7.2 QUALIFICATIONS OF INSPECTORS 57
7.3 VISUAL INSPECTION OF WORK 57
7.4 NON-DESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION OTHER THAN VISUAL EXA-
MINATION.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .. .. 57
APPENDICES
A LIST OF REFERENCED DOCUMENTS 58
B CHECK LIST OF MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION 60
C METHOD FOR JOINT AND PROCESS IDENTIFICATION 61
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