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PWL#063B - PWHT, Post Weld Heat Treatment, Stress Relief, Repair Procedures, Code Exemptions, etc.
November 14, 2008

November 14, 2008
Mid Month Bulletin 31

PWL#063B - Resources on PWHT, Post Weld Heat Treatment, Stress Relief, Repair Procedures, Code Exemptions, Temper Bead Procedures, Toughness, Cracking, Creep Rupture, Weldability, Qualification Record and more...


Mid November Bulletin

14 November 2008 - Resources on Post Weld Heat Treatment - Bulletin 31


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A short note on PWHT was published (11) in Issue 09 of Practical Welding Letter for May 2004. Click on PWL#09 to see it.

A note on Temper Bead was published (9.2) in the Short Items Issue 15 of Practical Welding Letter for November 2004. Click on PWL#015 to see it. After opening the following Resources, if the content looks interesting to you, save the files in a special folder you will have opened with a meaningful name, for your future reference.

Resources

Post Weld Heat Treatment of Welded Structures (10 pages)
http://www.wtia.com.au/pdf/GN6%20PWHT.pdf

What is Meant by Postweld Heat Treatment/Stress Relief Heat Treatment?
http://www.twi.co.uk/content/faqjmn012.html

Guidelines for Selection of Number and Location of Thermocouples during PWHT
http://www.twi.co.uk/content/kssr001.html

What is the Procedure for Welding En24 Low Alloy Steel, under High Restraint?
http://www.twi.co.uk/content/faqjw016.html

Repair Welding Cr-Mo Steels without PWHT
http://www.twi.co.uk/content/power_casenon1.html

Avoiding PWHT - Can it be Justified?
http://www.twi.co.uk/content/spjsmay2005.html

Can a Welded Repair to a Pressure Vessel be carried out without subsequent PWHT?
http://www.twi.co.uk/content/faqdja006.html

A review of Postweld Heat Treatment Code Exemption - Part 1
http://www.twi.co.uk/content/spdjamar2006pt1.html

Assessing Toughness Levels for Steels to determine the Need for PWHT - Part 2
http://www.twi.co.uk/content/spdjamay2006pt2.html

Sulphide Stress Cracking of Welded Joints in Weldable Martensitic Stainless Steels
http://www.twi.co.uk/content/sppwfeb2001.html

What is the Holloman-Jaffe Parameter?
http://www.twi.co.uk/content/faqbkl008.html

Postweld Heat Treatment to avoid Intergranular Stress Corrosion Cracking of Supermartensitic Stainless Steels
http://www.twi.co.uk/content/sppawnov05.html

The Significance of Softened HAZs in High Strength Structural Steels
http://www.twi.co.uk/content/sphgpmay03.html

Welding new Stainless Steels for the Oil and Gas Industry
http://www.twi.co.uk/content/sptggmar2000.html

Controlled Deposition Repair Welding
http://www.twi.co.uk/content/ksdja002.html

The Influence of Ti, Al and Nb on the Toughness and Creep Rupture Strength of Grade 92 Steel Weld Metal
http://www.twi.co.uk/content/spdjaapr07.html

PWHT Services
http://www.industrial-inspection.in/pwht.htm

A Review of Postweld Heat Treatment Code Exemptions (7 pages) http://files.aws.org/wj/2006/03/wj200603/wj200603-63.pdf

A New Look at Time-Temperature-Thickness Requirements for PWHT
(2 pages)
http://files.aws.org/conferences/abstracts/2003/11d.pdf

Assessing Toughness Levels for Steels to Determine the Need for PWHT (7 Pages)
http://files.aws.org/wj/2006/05/wj200605/wj0506-29.pdf

Defects - Hydrogen Cracks in Steels - Prevention and Best Practice
http://www.twi.co.uk/content/jk46.html

The Effect of Multiple Postweld Heat Treatment Cycles on the Weldability of Waspaloy® (6 pages)
http://files.aws.org/wj/supplement/11-2002-QIAN-s.pdf

Postweld Heat Treatment (2 pages)
http://www.jflf.org/pdfs/papers/keyconcepts4.pdf

Procedure Qualification for Fusion Welding in accordance with API 6A & API 16A (33 pages)
http://sections.asme.org/nwhss/PWHT/HEMPS_11.100_A1.pdf

Welding "Grade 91" Alloy Steel (5 pages)
http://www.sperkoengineering.com/html/Grade%2091%20R%2010-05.pdf

Hot Tapping in Atmospheric Storage Tanks
http://www.carmagen.com/news/engineering_articles/news9.htm

Inspection and Welding Repairs of Pressure Vessels
http://www.arcraftplasma.com/inspection.htm

Martensite Transformation, Microsegregation, and Creep Strength of
9 Cr-1 Mo-V Steel Weld Metal
(6 pages)
http://www.ornl.gov/~webworks/cppr/y2001/pres/113751.pdf

Welding & Heating Chromium Molybdenum (P91) Pipe
http://www.millerwelds.com/education/articles/articles51.html

Filler Metal Options for Chrome-Moly Pipe
http://www.hobartbrothers.com/aboutus/fillermetals_chromemoly_pipe/

Development of a Gleeble based Test for PWHT Cracking in Nickel Alloys
http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?osu1057177289

General Guidelines for STELLITE® Hardfacing onto Steel Substrates
http://www.stellite.co.uk/Portals/0/Guidelines%20for%20hardfacing%20onto%20steels.pdf

Welding and Coating Metallurgy
http://www.castolin.com/wCastolin_com/pdf/publications/Welding_Coating.pdf

C-spec Welding Procedure Qualification Record
http://www.cspec.com/sample/asme-PQR00001-Page-1.html

C-spec Welding Procedure Qualification Record (4 pages)
http://www.cspec.com/sample/pqr.pdf

Hydrogen Embrittlement in Power Plant Steels (21 pages)
http://www.ias.ac.in/sadhana/Pdf2003JunAug/Pe1102.pdf

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