Table of Contents
1SCOPE
1.1CLASSIFICATIONS
1.1.1WELDINGPROCESSES
1.1.2MATERIALS
1.1.3WELDCLASSES
2APPLICABLEDOCUMENTS
2.1DOCUMENTS
2.1.1FEDERAL
2.1.2MILITARY
2.1.3NASA
2.1.4AWS
2.1.5ASTM
2.1.6NAS
2.1.7SAE(AMS,ARP)
3REQUIREMENTS
3.1EQUIPMENT
3.1.1WELDINGEQUIPMENT
3.1.2TOOLINGANDFIXTURES
3.2MATERIALS
3.2.1BASEMETALS
3.2.2FILLERMETALS
3.2.3SHIELDINGGAS
3.2.4TUNGSTENELECTRODES
3.3WELDPROCEDUREANDPERFORMANCEQUALIFICATION
3.3.1WELDERPERFORMANCEQUALIFICATION
3.3.2WELDPROCEDURESPECIFICATION(WPS)
3.3.3WPSQUALIFICATION
3.3.4RECORDS
3.4PREWELDOPERATIONS
3.4.1JOINTDESIGN
3.4.2CLEANING
3.4.3INSPECTION
3.5PRODUCTIONWELDING
3.5.1EQUIPMENTOPERATIONALCHECK
3.5.2TEMPERATURECONTROL
3.5.3TACKWELDING
3.5.4WELDINGTECHNIQUE
3.5.5WELDINGPROCEDURE
3.5.6PROCEDUREDEPARTURE
3.5.7EBWELDING
3.6POSTWELDOPERATIONS
3.6.1INSPECTION
3.6.2GENERALWORKMANSHIPREQUIREMENTS
3.6.3DIMENSIONALREQUIREMENTS
3.6.4WELDMENTSTRAIGHTENING
3.6.5POSTWELDHEATTREATREQUIREMENTS
3.7WELDJOINTSTRENGTHREQUIREMENTS
3.7.1CLASSIWELDEDJOINTS
3.7.2FILLETWELDS
3.8REPAIRWELDING
3.9WELDMENTEXTERNALQUALITYREQUIREMENTS
3.10WELDMENTINTERNALQUALITYREQUIREMENTS
4QUALITYASSURANCE
4.1RESPONSIBILITYFORPERFORMANCE
4.2NDEPROCEDURES
4.3JOINTDESIGNANDWPSQUALITYASSURANCE
4.4PRE-WELDANDWELDINSPECTION
4.4.1DOCUMENTATIONINSPECTION
4.4.2FILLERMETALINSPECTION
4.4.3SHIELDINGGASINSPECTION
4.4.4WELDJOINTANDTOOLINGINSPECTION
4.4.5WELDINGSURFACESINSPECTION
4.4.6WELDINGEQUIPMENTINSPECTION
4.5POST-WELDINSPECTION
4.5.1VISUALINSPECTION
4.5.2DIMENSIONALINSPECTION
4.5.3INTERNALQUALITYINSPECTION
4.5.4SURFACEQUALITYINSPECTION
4.5.5RECORDS
5NOTES
5.1INTENDEDUSE
5.2ORDERINGDATA
5.3DEFINITIONS
5.4SYMBOLS
5.5CHANGES Abstract
Covers the requirements for manual and mechanized welding of carbon and alloy steels, maraging steels, corrosion resistant steels, nickel and nickel alloys, cobalt alloys, and all other corrosion and heat resistant alloys used for flight and support.