Standard
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AS/NZS 1554.7:2006
[Superseded]Structural steel welding, Part 7: Welding of sheet steel structures
Proposes requirements for the arc welding of steel structures made up of combinations of steel plate, sheet or sections, including pipe, hollow sections and built-up sections (collectively referred to herein as sheet steels) up to 4.8 mm in thickness.
Published: 14/12/2006
Pages: 86
Table of contents
Cited references
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Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
1 Scope and general
1.1 Scope
1.2 Application
1.3 Exclusions
1.4 Innovation
1.5 Referenced documents
1.6 Definitions
1.7 Symbols
1.8 Basic welding requirements
1.9 Safety
1.9.1 Safety equipment and procedures
1.9.2 Welding equipment
1.9.3 Other hazards
2 Materials of construction
2.1 Parent material
2.2 Backing material
2.3 Welding consumables
2.3.1 Electrodes and filler wires
2.3.2 Care of electrodes and filler wires
2.3.3 Flux
2.3.4 Shielding gas
3 Details of welded connections
3.1 General
3.1.1 Permissible weld types
3.1.2 Design stresses
3.1.3 Drawings
3.2 Butt welds
3.2.1 Size of weld
3.2.2 Design throat thickness
3.2.3 Effective length
3.2.4 Effective area
3.2.5 Transition of thickness or width
3.3 Fillet welds
3.3.1 Size of weld
3.3.2 Design throat thickness
3.3.3 Effective length
3.3.4 Effective area
3.3.5 Minimum size of fillet welds
3.3.6 Maximum size of fillet welds along edges
3.4 Compound welds
3.4.1 Description
3.4.2 Design throat thickness (DTT)
3.5 Flare welds
3.6 Arc spot (puddle) welds
3.7 Arc seam welds
3.8 Arc plug welds
4 Qualification of procedures and personnel
4.1 Qualification of welding procedure
4.1.1 General
4.1.2 Butt welds
4.1.3 Fillet welds
4.1.4 Flare welds
4.1.5 Qualification of multiple welding positions
4.2 Methods for qualifying a welding procedure
4.3 Prequalified welding procedures
4.4 Portability of qualified welding procedures
4.5 Prequalified joint preparations
4.5.1 General
4.5.2 Prequalified complete penetration butt welds
4.5.3 Prequalified flare welds
4.5.4 Prequalified fillet welds
4.5.5 Additional requirements for welds in hollow section members
4.5.5.1 Complete penetration butt welds
4.5.5.2 Fillet welds
4.5.5.3 Combination of fillet and butt welds
4.5.5.4 Circular hollow section connections
4.5.5.5 End-to-surface connections of rectangular hollow sections
4.5.6 Prequalified arc spot welds
4.5.7 Prequalified arc seam welds
4.5.8 Prequalified arc plug welds
4.6 Qualification of welding consumables
4.6.1 Prequalified welding consumables
4.6.1.1 General
4.6.1.2 Weather‑resistant steels
4.6.2 Qualification of welding consumables by testing
4.7 Qualification of welding procedure by testing
4.7.1 Method of qualification
4.7.2 Preparation of special test piece
4.7.3 Dimensions of test pieces
4.7.4 Bend tests
4.7.4.1 Butt welds
4.7.4.2 Fillet welds
4.7.4.3 Flare welds
4.7.4.4 Arc seam welds
4.7.5 Torsion test
4.7.6 Hardness comparison test for parent metal and weld metal
4.7.7 Hardness test for weld-heat‑affected zones
4.7.8 Transverse butt tensile test
4.7.9 Macro test
4.7.10 Retests
4.8 Extension of qualification
4.9 Combination of processes
4.10 Records of tests
4.11 Requalification of welding procedures
4.12 Qualification of welding personnel
4.12.1 Welding supervisor
4.12.2 Welders
5 Workmanship
5.1 Preparation of edges for welding
5.1.1 General
5.1.2 Thermal cutting
5.2 Assembly
5.2.1 General
5.2.2 Alignment of butt-welded joints
5.2.3 Alignment of fillet welds and incomplete penetration butt welds
5.2.4 Separation of a backing material
5.3 Preheating and inter-run control
5.3.1 General
5.3.2 Need for preheating
5.3.3 Extent of preheating and cooling after welding
5.3.4 Determination of preheating temperature
5.4 Welding under adverse weather conditions
5.5 Tack welds
5.6 Weld depth‑to‑width ratio
5.7 Control of distortion and residual stress
5.7.1 General
5.7.2 Stressed parts
5.7.3 Peening
5.7.4 Correction of distortion
5.8 Backgouging and repair of defects in welds
5.8.1 General
5.8.2 Removal of weld metal
5.8.3 Grinding
5.8.4 Stop starts
5.9 Temporary attachments
5.10 Arc strikes
5.11 Cleaning of finished welds
5.12 Dressing of butt welds
6 Quality of welds
6.1 Methods of inspection and permissible levels of imperfections
6.1.1 Methods of inspection of completed welds
6.1.2 Permissible levels of imperfection
6.1.3 Adjacent imperfections
6.1.3.1 Aligned
6.1.3.2 Overlapping
6.1.3.3 Overlapping vertical displacement
6.1.4 Interpretation of tests
6.2 Magnetic particle examination
6.3 Liquid penetrant examination
6.4 Weld defects
6.5 Reporting
7 Inspection
7.1 General
7.2 Qualifications of inspectors
7.3 Visual inspection of work
7.4 Non-destructive examination other than visual
Appendix A
Appendix B
B1 General
B2 Design service temperature
B2.1 General
B2.2 Basic design temperature
B2.3 Modifications to the basic design temperature
Appendix C
Appendix D
Appendix E
E1 Notation for joint identification
E2 Notation for dimensions, positions and backing material
E3 Notation for processes
E4 Example
Appendix F
F1 General
F2 Consumables
F2.1 Shielding gas
F2.2 Brazing consumables
F3 Joint preparations
F4 Qualification of procedures
F5 Quality of welds
Appendix G
G1 Bend tests for butt welds
G2 Bend tests for fillet welds
G3 Bend tests for flare welds
G4 Bend tests for arc seam welds
G5 Torsion tests for arc spot and arc plug welds
Cited references in this standard
[Current]
Arc welding equipment, Part 1: Welding power sources (IEC 60974-1:2017+AMD1:2019 CSV (ED.5.1) MOD)
[Current]
Filters for eye protectors, Part 1: Filters for protection against radiation generated in welding and allied operations
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