WELDING INSPECTION AND TESTING FWD 32503

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BS EN 287-1

QUALIFICATION TEST OF WELDERS FUSION WELDING PART 1: STEELS

INTRODUCTION

The practice of approval testing of welding procedures and welders has been employed for over half a century. Approval testing is carried out prior to production commencing and it is therefore essentially a quality assurance measure rather than a quality control activity.

WHAT IS BS EN 287-1? BS EN 287-1 is a European Standard that defines the qualification testing of welders for the fusion welding of steels.

HOW DOES IT HELP?

It provides a set of technical rules for a systematic qualification test for welders. It enables welding qualifications to be uniformly accepted independently of the type of product, location and examiner/examining body. It places emphasis on the welder's ability to manually manipulate the electrode / welding torch / welding blowpipe and to produce a weld of acceptable quality.

WHAT DOES IT COVER?

It covers fusion-welding processes which are designated as manual or partly mechanized welding. It does not cover fully mechanized and automated welding processes.

NORMATIVE REFERENCES

The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.

 EN 1320:1996, Destructive tests on welds in metallic materials Fracture test. EN 1435:1997, Non-destructive examination of welds Radiographic examination of welded joints. EN ISO 4063:2009, Welding and allied processes Nomenclature of processes and reference numbers

(ISO 4063:2009).
EN ISO 5173:2010, Destructive tests on welds in metallic materials Bend tests (ISO 5173:2009).

BS EN 288-1

Specification and approval of welding procedures for metallic materials.

Part 1. General rules for fusion welding

WHAT IS BS EN 288-1?
EN 288-1, one of the methods of welding procedure approval is by using a pre-production welding test.

Fusion welding, Welding, Process specification, Metals, Specification (approval), Qualification approval, Approval testing, Quality assurance systems, Definitions.

INTRODUCTION
Welding procedure specifications are needed in order to provide a well defined basis for planning of the welding operations and for quality control during welding. Welding is considered a special process in the terminology of standards for quality systems. Standards for quality systems usually require that special processes shall be carried out in accordance with written procedure specifications.

SCOPE

This standard defines general rules for the specification and approval of welding procedures for metallic materials. This standard also refers to several other standards as regards detailed rules for specific applications.

NORMATIVE REFERENCES
EN 287-1 Approval testing of welders Fusion welding Part 1: Steels

EN 287-2 Approval testing of welders Fusion welding Part 2: Aluminium and aluminium alloys
EN 288-1 Specification and approval of welding procedures for metallic materials general rules for fusion welding

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