ASME Definitions, Consumables, Welding Positions

ASME has adopted their own designation for welding processes, which are very different from the ISO definitions adopted by EN24063.   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 Straight polarity = Electrode -ve Reverse polarity = Electrode +ve   ASME F Numbers    F Number General Description 1 Heavy rutile coated iron powder electrodes :- A5.1 : E7024 2 Most Rutile consumables such as :- A5.1 : E6013 3 Cellulosic electrodes such as :- A5.1 : E6011 4 Basic coated electrodes such as : A5.1 : E7016 and E7018 5 High alloy austenitic stainless steel and duplex :- A5.4 : E316L-16 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  These refer to the chemical analysis of the deposited weld and not the parent material.  They only apply to welding procedures in steel materials.   A1 Plain unalloyed carbon manganese steels. A2 to A4 Low alloy steels containing Moly and Chrome Moly A8 Austenitic stainless steels such as type 316. ASME Welding Positions   Graphic Representation Note the welding progression, (vertically upwards or downwards), must always be stated and it is an essential variable for both procedures and performance qualifications.  Welding Positions For Groove welds:- Welding Position Test Position ISO and  EN Flat 1G  PA Horizontal 2G PC Vertical Upwards Progression 3G PF Vertical Downwards Progression 3G PG Overhead 4G PE Pipe Fixed Horizontal 5G PF Pipe Fixed @ 45 degrees Upwards 6G HL045 Pipe Fixed @ 45 degrees Downwards 6G JL045 Welding Positions For Fillet welds:- Welding Position Test Position ISO and  EN Flat (Weld flat joint at 45 degrees) 1F PA Horizontal  2F PB Horizontal Rotated 2FR PB Vertical Upwards Progression 3F PF Vertical Downwards Progression 3F PG Overhead 4F PD Pipe Fixed Horizontal 5F PF Welding Positions QW431.1 and QW461.2 Basically there are three inclinations involved. Flat, which includes from 0 to 15 degrees inclination 15 - 80 degrees inclination Vertical, 80 - 90 degrees For each of these inclinations the weld can be rotated from the flat position to Horizontal to overhead.

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