ASME Terms and Welding Positions

  • ASME Terms and Welding Positions

    Posted by doug on 06/11/2020 at 7:10 am

    Designation Description

    OFW Oxyfuel Gas Welding

    SMAW Shielded Metal Arc Welding (MMA)

    SAW Submerged Arc Welding

    GMAW Gas Metal Arc Welding (MIG/MAG)

    FCAW Flux Cored Wire

    GTAW Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (TIG)

    PAW Plasma Arc Welding

    Note

    Straight polarity = Electrode -ve

    Reverse polarity = Electrode +ve

    ASME P Numbers

    BaseMetal Welding

    Steel and steel alloys P‐No. 1 through P‐No. 15F

    Aluminum and aluminum‐base alloys P‐No. 21 through P‐No. 26

    Copper and copper base alloys P‐No. 31 through P‐No. 35

    Nickel and nickel base alloys P‐No. 41 through P‐No. 49

    Titanium and titanium‐ base alloys P‐No. 51 through P‐No. 53

    Zirconium and zirconium‐base alloys P‐No. 61 and P‐No. 62

    ASME F Numbers

    F Number General Description

    1 Heavy rutile coated iron powder electrodes :- A5.1

    2 Most Rutile consumables such as :- A5.1

    3 Cellulosic electrodes such as :- A5.1

    4 Basic coated electrodes such as : A5.1

    5 High alloy austenitic stainless steel and duplex :- A5.4

    6 Any steel solid or cored wire (with flux or metal)

    2X Aluminium and its alloys

    3X Copper and its alloys

    4X Nickel alloys

    5X Titanium

    6X Zirconium

    7X Hard Facing Overlay

    Note:- X represents any number 0 to 9

    ASME A Numbers

    A1 Plain unalloyed carbon manganese steels.

    A2 to A4 Low alloy steels containing Moly and Chrome Moly

    A8 Austenitic stainless steels

    ASME Welding Positions

    Welding Positions For Groove welds

    Welding Position Test Position

    Flat 1G

    Horizontal 2G

    Vertical Upwards Progression 3G

    Vertical Downwards Progression 3G

    Overhead 4G

    Pipe Fixed Horizontal 5G

    Pipe Fixed @ 45 degrees Upwards 6G

    Pipe Fixed @ 45 degrees Downwards 6G

    Welding Positions For Fillet welds

    Welding Position Test Position ISO and EN

    Flat (Weld flat joint at 45 degrees) 1F

    Horizontal 2F

    Horizontal Rotated 2FR

    Vertical Upwards Progression 3F

    Vertical Downwards Progression 3F

    Overhead 4F

    Pipe Fixed Horizontal 5F

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