ASTM A488/A488M-06
(Practice)Standard Practice for Steel Castings, Welding, Qualifications of Procedures and Personnel
Standard Practice for Steel Castings, Welding, Qualifications of Procedures and Personnel
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1.1 This practice covers the qualification of procedures, welders, and operators for the fabrication and repair of steel castings by electric arc welding.
1.1.1 Qualifications of a procedure and either or both the operator or welder under Section IX of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code shall automatically qualify the procedure and either or both the operator or welder under this practice. P-number designations in the ASME grouping of base metals for qualification may be different than the category numbers listed in Table 1. Refer to Appendix X1 for a comparison of ASTM category numbers with the corresponding ASME P-Number designations.
1.2 Each manufacturer or contractor is responsible for the welding done by his organization and shall conduct the tests required to qualify his welding procedures, welders, and operators.
1.3 Each manufacturer or contractor shall maintain a record of welding procedure qualification tests (Fig. 1), welder or operator performance qualification tests (Fig. 3), and welding procedure specification (Fig. 2), which shall be made available to the purchaser's representative on request.
1.4 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI units are to be regarded separately as standard. Within the text, the SI units are shown in brackets. The values stated in each system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each system must be used independently of the other. Combining values from the two systems may result in nonconformance with this practice.
This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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Designation: A 488/A 488M – 06
Standard Practice for
Steel Castings, Welding, Qualifications of Procedures and
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Personnel
This standard is issued under the fixed designationA 488/A 488M; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year
of original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.
A superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
1. Scope* 2. Referenced Documents
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1.1 This practice covers the qualification of procedures, 2.1 ASTM Standards:
welders, and operators for the fabrication and repair of steel A 27/A 27M Specification for Steel Castings, Carbon, for
castings by electric arc welding. General Application
1.1.1 Qualifications of a procedure and either or both the A 128/A 128M Specification for Steel Castings, Austenitic
operator or welder under Section IX of the ASME Boiler and Manganese
PressureVessel Code shall automatically qualify the procedure A 148/A 148M Specification for Steel Castings, High
and either or both the operator or welder under this practice. Strength, for Structural Purposes
P-number designations in the ASME grouping of base metals A 216/A 216M Specification for Steel Castings, Carbon,
for qualification may be different than the category numbers Suitable for Fusion Welding, for High-Temperature Ser-
listed in Table 1. Refer to Appendix X1 for a comparison of vice
ASTM category numbers with the corresponding ASME A 217/A 217M Specification for Steel Castings, Martensitic
P-Number designations. Stainless and Alloy, for Pressure-Containing Parts, Suit-
1.2 Each manufacturer or contractor is responsible for the able for High-Temperature Service
welding done by his organization and shall conduct the tests A 351/A 351M Specification for Castings, Austenitic, for
required to qualify his welding procedures, welders, and Pressure-Containing Parts
operators. A 352/A 352M SpecificationforSteelCastings,Ferriticand
1.3 Each manufacturer or contractor shall maintain a record Martensitic, for Pressure-Containing Parts, Suitable for
of welding procedure qualification tests (Fig. 1), welder or Low-Temperature Service
operator performance qualification tests (Fig. 2), and welding A 356/A 356M Specification for Steel Castings, Carbon,
procedure specification (Fig. 3), which shall be made available Low Alloy, and Stainless Steel, Heavy-Walled for Steam
to the purchaser’s representative on request. Turbines
1.4 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI units A 370 Test Methods and Definitions for MechanicalTesting
are to be regarded separately as standard. Within the text, the of Steel Products
SI units are shown in brackets. The values stated in each A 389/A 389M Specification for Steel Castings,Alloy, Spe-
system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each system must cially Heat-Treated, for Pressure-Containing Parts, Suit-
be used independently of the other. Combining values from the able for High-Temperature Service
two systems may result in nonconformance with this practice. A 447/A 447M Specification for Steel Castings,
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the Chromium-Nickel-Iron Alloy (25-12 Class), for High-
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the Temperature Service
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro- A 487/A 487M Specification for Steel Castings Suitable for
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica- Pressure Service
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use. A 494/A 494M Specification for Castings, Nickel and
Nickel Alloy
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This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel,
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Stainless Steel and RelatedAlloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
A01.18 on Castings. contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
Current edition approved Sept. 1, 2006. Published September 2006. Originally Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
approved in 1963. Last previous edition approved in 2004 as A 488/A 488M – 04. the ASTM website.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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A 488/A 488M – 06
TABLE 1 Categories of Base Materials
Category
Material Description ASTM Specification Grades
Number
1 Carbon steel (carbon less than 0.35 %, tensile strength less than or A 27/A 27M all grades
equal to 70 ksi [480 MPa]).
A 216/A 216M WCA, WCB
A 352/A 352M LCB, LCA
A 356/A 356M 1
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