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Interpretation Detail
Standa
BPV Section IX
rd
Design
ation:
Edition
/Adden
da:
Para./F
ig./Tabl
e No:
Subject
Section IX, QW-403.18
Descrip
tion:
Date
09/23/1986
Issued:
Record
BC86-330
Numbe
r:
Interpr
IX-86-41
etation
Numbe
r:
Questio
n(s)
Question (1): Would a welder qualified to a
and
WPS for P-No. 1 material and E7018
Reply(i
electrode be qualified to weld on P-No. 4 or
es):
P-No. 5 material using F-No. 4 electrodes
within the limits of QW-416 and QW-452 and
the limits of the specific WPS for the P-No. 4
or P-No. 5 material?
Reply (1): Yes.
Question (2): Would a welder qualified to a
WPS for P-No. 1 material and ER70S-2
electrode be qualified to weld on P-No. 4, PNo. 5, or P-No. 8 materials using F-No. 6
electrodes within the limits of QW-416 and
QW-452 and the limits of the specific WPS
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for the P-No. 4, P-No. 5, or P-No. 8 metals?
Reply (2): Yes.
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