EN ISO 15614-2:2025

Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials - Welding procedure test - Part 2: Arc welding of aluminium and its alloys (ISO 15614-2:2025)

This document specifies how a preliminary welding procedure specification (pWPS) is qualified by welding procedure tests.
This document applies to production welding, repair welding and build-up welding.
This document defines the conditions for the execution of welding procedure tests and the range of qualification for welding procedures for all practical welding operations within the qualification of this document.
This document applies to the arc welding of wrought and cast aluminium and its alloys. In this document the term aluminium stands for aluminium and for aluminium alloys.
This document does not apply to finishing welding of aluminium castings, which is addressed in ISO 15614-4.
Arc welding of aluminium is covered by the following welding processes in accordance with ISO 4063:2023:
131 — MIG welding with solid wire electrode;
141 — TIG welding with solid filler material (wire/rod);
142 — Autogenous TIG welding;
15 — plasma arc welding.

Anforderung und Qualifizierung von Schweißverfahren für metallische Werkstoffe - Schweißverfahrensprüfung - Teil 2: Lichtbogenschweißen von Aluminium und seinen Legierungen (ISO 15614-2:2025)

Dieses Dokument legt fest, wie eine vorläufige Schweißanweisung (pWPS, en: preliminary welding procedure specification) durch Schweißverfahrensprüfungen qualifiziert wird.
Dieses Dokument ist anwedbar für Produktionsschweißen, Ausbesserungsschweißen und Auftragschweißen.
Dieses Dokument legt die Bedingungen für die Durchführung der Schweißverfahrensprüfungen und den Geltungsbereich für Schweißverfahren für alle praktischen schweißtechnischen Tätigkeiten innerhalb der Qualifikation nach diesem Dokument fest.
Dieses Dokument ist anwedbar für das Lichtbogenschweißen von Aluminium-Knet- und -Gusswerkstoffen und ihren Legierungen. In diesem Dokument wird der Begriff Aluminium für Aluminium und Aluminiumlegierungen verwendet.
Dieses Dokument ist nicht anwendbar für das Fertigungsschweißen von Aluminium-Gusswerkstoffen, das in ISO 15614 4 behandelt wird.
Lichtbogenschweißen von Aluminium umfasst die folgenden Schweißprozesse nach ISO 4063:2023:
131 — Metall-Inertgasschweißen mit Massivdrahtelektrode (MIG-Schweißen);
141 — Wolfram-Inertgasschweißen mit Massivdraht- oder Massivstabzusatz (WIG-Schweißen);
142 — Wolfram-Inertgasschweißen ohne Schweißzusatz;
15 — Plasmaschweißen.

Descriptif et qualification d'un mode opératoire de soudage pour les matériaux métalliques - Épreuve de qualification d'un mode opératoire de soudage - Partie 2: Soudage à l'arc de l'aluminium et de ses alliages (ISO 15614-2:2025)

Le présent document spécifie comment un descriptif de mode opératoire de soudage préliminaire (DMOS-P) est qualifié par une épreuve.
Le présent document s’applique au soudage de fabrication, de réparation et de reconstitution.
Le présent document définit les conditions d’exécution des épreuves de qualification du mode opératoire de soudage et le domaine de validité du mode opératoire de soudage pour toutes les opérations pratiques de soudage couvertes par la qualification selon le présent document.
Le présent document s’applique au soudage à l’arc de l’aluminium corroyé et moulé et de ses alliages. Dans le présent document le terme "aluminium" sous-entend l’aluminium et les alliages d’aluminium.
Le présent document ne s’applique pas à la réparation par soudage pour les travaux de finition des pièces moulées en aluminium qui est traitée par l’ISO 15614-4.
Le soudage à l’arc est couvert par les procédés de soudage suivants, conformément à l’ISO 4063:2023:
131 — Soudage MIG avec fil-électrode fusible;
141 — Soudage TIG avec fil d'apport;
142 — Soudage TIG autogène;
15 — Soudage plasma.

Popis in kvalifikacija varilnih postopkov za kovinske materiale - Preskus varilnega postopka - 2. del: Obločno varjenje aluminija in njegovih zlitin (ISO 15614-2:2025)

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 23-Sep-2025
• ICS: 25.160.10 - Welding processes
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 121 - Welding
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 121/SC 4 - Quality management in the field of welding
• Current Stage: 6060 - Definitive text made available (DAV) - Publishing
• Start Date: 24-Sep-2025
• Completion Date: 24-Sep-2025
• Directive: 2014/29/EU - Directive 2014/29/EU of The European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2016 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of simple pressure vessels
• Directive: 2014/68/EU - Directive 2014/68/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of pressure equipment
• Mandate: M/071 - Mandate to CEN for standardization in the field of Pressure equipment
• Mandate: M/601 - COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 1.3.2024 on a standardisation request to the European Committee for Standardization and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization as regards pressure equipment and assemblies in support of Directive 2014/68/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council
• Mandate: M/602 - COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION on a standardisation request to the European Committee for Standardization as regards simple pressure vessels in support of Directive 2014/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council
• Mandate: M/BC/CEN/89/2 - Standardization mandate to CEN concerning supporting standards in the context of pressure vessels
• Ref Project: SIST EN ISO 15614-2:2025 - Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials - Welding procedure test - Part 2: Arc welding of aluminium and its alloys (ISO 15614-2:2025)

Relations

• Replaces: EN ISO 15614-2:2005 - Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials - Welding procedure test - Part 2: Arc welding of aluminium and its alloys (ISO 15614-2:2005)
• Effective Date: 19-Jan-2023
• Replaces: EN ISO 15614-2:2005/AC:2009 - Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials - Welding procedure test - Part 2: Arc welding of aluminium and its alloys (ISO 15614-2:2005/Cor 2:2009)
• Effective Date: 09-Feb-2021

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-november-2025
Nadomešča:
SIST EN ISO 15614-2:2005
SIST EN ISO 15614-2:2005/AC:2009
Popis in kvalifikacija varilnih postopkov za kovinske materiale - Preskus varilnega
postopka - 2. del: Obločno varjenje aluminija in njegovih zlitin (ISO 15614-2:2025)
Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials - Welding
procedure test - Part 2: Arc welding of aluminium and its alloys (ISO 15614-2:2025)
Anforderung und Qualifizierung von Schweißverfahren für metallische Werkstoffe -
Schweißverfahrensprüfung - Teil 2: Lichtbogenschweißen von Aluminium und seinen
Legierungen (ISO 15614-2:2025)
Descriptif et qualification d'un mode opératoire de soudage pour les matériaux
métalliques - Épreuve de qualification d'un mode opératoire de soudage - Partie 2:
Soudage à l'arc de l'aluminium et de ses alliages (ISO 15614-2:2025)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 15614-2:2025
ICS:
25.160.10 Varilni postopki in varjenje Welding processes
77.120.10 Aluminij in aluminijeve zlitine Aluminium and aluminium
alloys
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN ISO 15614-2
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
September 2025
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 25.160.10 Supersedes EN ISO 15614-2:2005, EN ISO 15614-
2:2005/AC:2009
English Version
Specification and qualification of welding procedures for
metallic materials - Welding procedure test - Part 2: Arc
welding of aluminium and its alloys (ISO 15614-2:2025)
Descriptif et qualification d'un mode opératoire de Anforderung und Qualifizierung von Schweißverfahren
soudage pour les matériaux métalliques - Épreuve de für metallische Werkstoffe -
qualification d'un mode opératoire de soudage - Partie Schweißverfahrensprüfung - Teil 2:
2: Soudage à l'arc de l'aluminium et de ses alliages (ISO Lichtbogenschweißen von Aluminium und seinen
15614-2:2025) Legierungen (ISO 15614-2:2025)
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 8 August 2025.

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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential
Requirements of EU Directive 2014/68/EU (PED) aimed to be covered . 4
Annex ZB (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential
Requirements of EU Directive 2014/29/EU (SPVD) aimed to be covered . 8

European foreword
This document (EN ISO 15614-2:2025) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 44 "Welding
and allied processes" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 121 “Welding and allied
processes” the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by March 2026, and conflicting national standards shall
be withdrawn at the latest by March 2026.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN ISO 15614-2:2005, EN ISO 15614-2:2005/AC:2009.
This document has been prepared under a standardization request addressed to CEN by the European
Commission. The Standing Committee of the EFTA States subsequently approves these requests for its
Member States.
For the relationship with EU Legislation, see informative Annex ZA or ZB, which is an integral part of
this document.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards
body/national committee. A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of
North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the
United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 15614-2:2025 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 15614-2:2025 without any
modification.
Annex ZA
(informative)
Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential
Requirements of EU Directive 2014/68/EU (PED) aimed to be covered
This European Standard has been prepared under a Commission’s standardization request M/601 to
provide one voluntary means of conforming to Essential Safety Requirements of the New Approach
Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/EU.
Once this standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union under that Directive,
compliance with the normative clauses of this standard given in Table ZA.1 and application of the
edition of the normatively referenced standards as given in Table ZA.2 confers, within the limits of the
scope of this standard, a presumption of conformity with the corresponding Essential Safety
Requirements of that Directive and associated EFTA regulations.
Table ZA.1 — Correspondence between this European Standard and Annex I of the Directive
2014/68/EU (PED)
Essential Requirements of
Clauses of this EN Remarks/Notes
Directive 2014/68/EU (PED)
Permanent joining. For pressure
resistant components of
pressure equipment in the
3.1.2, paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 Clauses 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
categories II, III and IV the
examiner/examining body is a
competent third party.
Table ZA.2 — Normative references from Clause 2 of this document and their corresponding
European publications
Column 1 Column 2 International Column 3 Column 4
Reference in Standard Edition Title Corresponding
Clause 2 European Standard
Edition
ISO 2107 ISO 2107:2007 Aluminium and aluminium None
alloys — Wrought products For applicable standard
— Temper designations edition see Column 2
ISO 3452-1 ISO 3452-1:2021 Non-destructive testing — EN ISO 3452-1:2021
Penetrant testing — Part 1:
General principles
ISO 4136 ISO 4136:2022 Destructive tests on welds in EN ISO 4136:2022
metallic materials —
Transverse tensile test
ISO 5173 ISO 5173:2023 Destructive tests on welds in EN ISO 5173:2023
metallic materials — Bend
tests
ISO 6520-1 ISO 6520-1:2007 Welding and allied EN ISO 6520-1:2007
Column 1 Column 2 International Column 3 Column 4
Reference in Standard Edition Title Corresponding
Clause 2 European Standard
Edition
processes — Classification
of geometric imperfections
in metallic materials —
Part 1: Fusion welding
ISO 6947 ISO 6947:2019 Welding and allied EN ISO 6947:2019
processes — Welding
positions
ISO 9017 ISO 9017:2017 Destructive tests on welds in EN ISO 9017:2018
metallic materials —
Fracture test
ISO 10042 ISO 10042:2018 Welding — Arc-welded EN ISO 10042:2018
joints in aluminium and its
alloys — Quality levels for
imperfections
ISO 10863 ISO 10863:2020 Non-destructive testing of EN ISO 10863:2020
welds — Ultrasonic testing
— Use of time-of-flight
diffraction technique
(TOFD)
ISO 13588 ISO 13588:2019 Non-destructive testing of EN ISO 13588:2019
welds — Ultrasonic testing
— Use of automated phased
array technology
ISO 14175 ISO 14175:2008 Welding consumables — EN ISO 14175:2008
Gases and gas mixtures for
fusion welding and allied
processes
ISO 15607 ISO 15607:2019 Specification and EN ISO 15607:2019
qualification of welding
procedures for metallic
materials — General rules
ISO 15609-1 ISO 15609-1:2019 Specification and EN ISO 15609-1:2019
qualification of welding
procedures for metallic
materials — Welding
procedure specification —
Part 1: Arc welding
ISO 15613 ISO 15613:2004 Specification and EN ISO 15613:2004
qualification of welding
procedures for metallic
materials — Qualification
based on pre-production
welding test
Column 1 Column 2 International Column 3 Column 4
Reference in Standard Edition Title Corresponding
Clause 2 European Standard
Edition
ISO 17636-1 ISO 17636-1:2022 Non-destructive testing of EN ISO 17636-1:2022
welds — Radiographic
testing — Part 1: X- and
gamma-ray techniques with
film
ISO 17636-2 ISO 17636-2:2022 Non-destructive testing of EN ISO 17636-2:2022
Corrected version 2023–02 welds — Radiographic
testing — Part 2: X- and
gamma-ray techniques with
digital detectors
ISO 17637 ISO 17637:2016 Non-destructive testing of EN ISO 17637:2016
welds — Visual testing of
fusion-welded joints
ISO 17639 ISO 17639:2022 Destructive tests on welds in EN ISO 17639:2022
metallic materials —
Macroscopic and
microscopic examination of
welds
ISO 17640 ISO 17640:2018 Non-destructive testing of EN ISO 17640:2018
welds — Ultrasonic testing
— Techniques, testing
levels, and assessment
ISO 18273 ISO 18273:2015 Welding consumables — EN ISO 18273:2015
Wire electrodes, wires and
rods for welding of
aluminium and aluminium
alloys — Classification
ISO 18491 ISO/DIS 18491: Welding and allied None
processes — Measurement For applicable standard
of arc energies edition see Column 2
ISO/TR 25901- ISO/TR 25901-1:2016 Welding and allied None
1 processes — Vocabulary — For applicable standard
Part 1: General terms edition see Column 2
ISO 25901-2 ISO 25901-2:2022 Welding and allied EN ISO 25901-2:2023
processes — Vocabulary —
Part 2: Health and safety
ISO/TR 25901- ISO/TR 25901-4:2016 Welding and allied None
4 processes — Vocabulary — For applicable standard
Part 4: Arc welding edition see Column 2
The documents listed in the Column 1 of Table ZA.2, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in
this document, i.e. are indispensable for its application. The achievement of the presumption of
conformity is subject to the application of the edition of Standards as listed in Column 4 or, if no
European Standard Edition exists, the International Standard Edition given in Column 2 of Table ZA.2.
WARNING 1 Presumption of conformity stays valid only as long as a reference to this European
Standard is maintained in the list published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Users of this
standard should consult frequently the latest list published in the Official Journal of the European
Union.
WARNING 2 Other Union legislation may be applicable to the product(s) falling within the scope of
this standard.
Annex ZB
(informative)
Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential
Requirements of EU Directive 2014/29/EU (SPVD) aimed to be covered
This European Standard has been prepared under a Commission’s standardization request M/602 to
provide one voluntary means of conforming to Essential Safety Requirements of the New Approach
Simple pressure vessels Directive 2014/29/EU.
Once this standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union under that Directive,
compliance with the normative clauses of this standard given in Table ZB.1 and application of the
edition of the normatively referenced standards as given in Table ZA.2 confers, within the limits of the
scope of this standard, a presumption of conformity with the corresponding Essential Safety
Requirements of that Directive and associated EFTA regulations.
Table ZB.1 — Correspondence between this European Standard and Annex I of the Directive
2014/29/EU (SPVD)
Essential Requirements of
Clauses of this EN Remarks/Notes
Directive 2014/29/EU (SPVD)
Welds on pressurized parts
3.2, paragraph 2 Clauses 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
The examiner/examining body is
a notified body.
The documents listed in the Column 1 of Table ZA.2, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in
this document, i.e. are indispensable for its application. The achievement of the presumption of
conformity is subject to the application of the edition of Standards as listed in Column 4 or, if no
European Standard Edition exists, the International Standard Edition given in Column 2 of Table ZA.2.
WARNING 1 Presumption of conformity stays valid only as long as a reference to this European
Standard is maintained in the list published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Users of this
standard should consult frequently the latest list published in the Official Journal of the European
Union.
WARNING 2 Other Union legislation may
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