QW-482 SUGGESTED FORMAT FOR WELDING PROCEDURE SPECIFICATIONS (WPS)
(See QW-200.1, Section IX, ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code)
1 Company Name By:
2 Welding Procedure Specification No. Date Supporting PQR No.(s)
3 Revision No. Date
4 Welding Process(es) 5 Type(s)(Automatic, Manual, Machine, or Semi-Auto.)
5 JOINTS (QW-402)
6 Details
7 Joint Design
8 Backing (Yes) (No)
9 Backing Material (Type)
10 Sketches, Production Drawings, Weld Symbols or Written Description should show the general arrangement of the parts to be welded. Where applicable, the root spacing and the details of weld groove may be specified.
(At the option of the Mfgr., sketches may be attached to illustrate joint
design, weld layers and bead sequence, e.g., for notch toughness proce-dures,
for multiple process procedures, etc.)
*BASE METALS (QW-403)
11 P-No. Group No. to P-No. Group No.
OR
Specification type and grade
to Specification type and grade
OR
Chem. Analysis and Mech. Prop.
to Chem. Analysis and Mech. Prop.
12 Thickness Range:
13 Base Metal:
14 Groove
15 Fillet
Other
*FILLER METALS (QW-404)
16 Spec. No. (SFA)
17 AWS No. (Class)
18 F-No.
19 A-No.
20 Size of Filler Metals
21 Weld Metal Thickness Range:Groove / Fillet
22 Electrode-Flux (Class)
23 Flux Trade Name
24 Consumable Insert
Other
*Each base metal-filler metal combination should be recorded individually.
TYPICAL INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION VARIES DEPENDING ON THE CODE USED, WELDING PROCESS, AND OTHER ATTRIBUTES INCLUDING IMPACT REQUIREMENTS, HEAT TREATMENT, ETC.
