API 577 WELDING INSPECTION AND METALLURGY
READING CHECKLISTS
1 SCOPE 9 NON-DESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION
2 REFERENCES 9.1 Discontinuities
2.1 Codes and Standards 9.2 Materials Identification
2.2 Other References 9.3 Visual Examination (VT)
3 DEFINITIONS 9.4 Magnetic Particle Examination (MT)
4 WELDING INSPECTION 9.5 Alternating Current Field Measurement
4.1 General (ACFM)
4.2 Tasks Prior to Welding 9.6 Liquid Penetrant Examination (PT)
4.3 Tasks during Welding Operations 9.7 Eddy Current Inspection (ET)
4.4 Tasks Upon Completion of Welding 9.8 Radiographic Inspection (RT)
4.5 Non-conformances and Defects 9.9 Ultrasonic Inspection (UT)
4.6 NDE Examiner Certification 9.10 Hardness Testing
4.7 Safety Precautions 9.11 Pressure and Leak Testing (LT)
5 WELDING PROCESSES 9.12 Weld Inspection Data Recording
5.1 General 10 METALLURGY
5.2 Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) 10.1 General
5.3 Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) 10.2 The Structure of Metals and Alloys
5.4 Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) 10.3 Physical Properties
5.5 Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW) 10.4 Mechanical Properties
5.6 Submerged Arc Welding (SAW) 10.5 Preheating
5.7 Stud Arc Welding (SW) 10.6 Post-weld Heat Treatment
6 WELDING PROCEDURE 10.7 Hardening
6.1 General 10.8 Material Test Reports
6.2 Welding Procedure Specification (WPS) 10.9 Weldability of Steels
6.3 Procedure Qualification Record (PQR) 10.10 Weldability of High-alloys
6.4 Reviewing a WPS and PQR 11 REFINERY AND PETROCHEMICAL PLANT
7 WELDING MATERIALS WELDING ISSUES
7.1 General 11.1 General
7.2 P-number Assignment to Base Metals 11.2 Hot Tapping and In-service Welding
7.3 F-number Assignment to Filler Metals 11.3 Lack of Fusion with GMAW-S Welding
7.4 AWS Classification of Filler Metals Process
7.5 A-number APPENDIX A TERMINOLOGY AND SYMBOLS
7.6 Filler Metal Selection APPENDIX B ACTIONS TO ADDRESS
7.7 Consumable Storage and Handling IMPROPERLY MADE PRODUCTION WELDS
8 WELDER QUALIFICATION APPENDIX C WELDING PROCEDURE REVIEW
8.1 General APPENDIX D GUIDE TO COMMON FILLER
8.2 Welder Performance Qualification METAL SELECTION
(WPQ) APPENDIX E EXAMPLE REPORT OF RT RESULTS
8.3 Reviewing a WPQ
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