Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
National Capital Region
Division of City Schools – Manila

TECHNOLOGY AND LIVELIHOOD EDUCATION

Shielded Metal Arc Welding

Grade 10

International Welding Codes and

Standards

QUARTER 1
Module 2

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 HOW DO YOU USE THIS MODULE?

Before starting the module, I want you to set aside other tasks that will disturb you while
enjoying the lessons. Read the simple instructions below to successfully enjoy the objectives of
this kit. Have fun!

1. Follow carefully all the contents and instructions indicated in every page of this module.

2. Write on your notebook the concepts about the lessons. Writing enhances learning that is
important to develop and keep in mind.

3. Perform all the provided activities in the module.

4. Let your facilitator/guardian assess your answers using the answer keycard. 5. Analyze
conceptually the posttest and apply what you have learned.

6. Enjoy studying!

PARTS OF THE MODULE

 Expectations - These are what you will be able to know after completing the lessons in the
module.

Pre-test - This will measure your prior knowledge and the concepts to be mastered throughout
the lesson.

Looking Back to your Lesson - This section will measure what learnings and skills did you
 understand from the previous lesson.
 Brief Introduction- This section will give you an overview of the lesson.
 Activities - This is a set of activities you will perform with a partner.
Remember - This section summarizes the concepts and applications of the lessons.

 Check your Understanding- It will verify how you learned from the lesson.
Post-test - This will measure how much you have learned from the entire module.

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 International Welding Codes and
Standard
LESSON 1 – WELD CARBON STEEL PLATES IN FLAT POSITION (1F)

LESSON 2 - WELD CARBON STEEL PLATES IN HORIZONTAL POSITION (2F)

EXPECTATION:

1. Perform stringer or layered beads in accordance with welding standards.

2. Observe uniformity of bead ripples in accordance with welding standards.
3. Observe weld capping/ final pass not exceeding allowable tolerances
specified by welding codes/ standards.
4. Conducts visual inspection on the finished weldment in accordance with
welding standards.
5. Use appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
6. Perform proper housekeeping (5S).

PRE-TEST:

I. Multiple Choices: Write in your paper the letter of your choice.

1. The largest producer of welding codes and standards in the USA that
publishes many documents addressing the use and quality control of welding.

a. American Welding Society

b. American Society of Mechanical Engineers
c. American Petroleum Institute
d. All of the above

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2. This society is responsible for the development of the Boiler and Pressure
Vessel Code, which contains eleven sections and covers the design,
construction, and inspection of boilers and pressure vessels.

a. American Petroleum Institute

b. American Society of Mechanical Engineers
c. American Welding Society
d. All of the above

3. This institute publishes many documents relating to petroleum production, a

number of which include welding requirements. The most well known is possibly
API Std 1104 – Standard for Welding Pipelines and Related Facilities.
1. American Society of Mechanical Engineers
2. American Welding Society
3. American Petroleum Institute
4. All of the above

4. Code Rules for Construction of Power Boilers

a. ASME BPVC Section I

b. ASME BPVC Section II
c. ASME BPVC Section III
d. All of the above

5. Standard symbols for welding, brazing, and non-destructive examination.

a. AWS A5.18
b. AWS A5.1
c. AWS A3.0
d. AWS A2.4

6. Standard number for sheet metal welding.

a. AWS D9.1
b. AWS D9.10
c. AWS D9.11
d. AWS D9.12

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7. Specification for Welding Procedure and Performance Qualification.

a. AWS B2.1
b. AWS D9.10
c. AWS D9.11
d. AWS D9.12

8. Sheet metal welding.

a. AWS D9.1
b. AWS B2.1
c. AWS D9.10
d. AWS D9.11

9. This section of the document will typically address the welding inspector’s
qualification requirements and responsibilities, acceptance criteria for
discontinuities, and requirements relating to procedures for non-destructive
testing.
a. Fabrication
b. Design
c. Inspection
d. Qualification

10.This section may contain information and requirements on such items as base
materials, welding consumable classification requirements, shielding gas
quality, heat treatment requirements, preparation and care of base material, and
other welding fabrication requirements.
a. Fabrication
b. Qualification
c. Inspection
d. Design

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LOOKING BACK TO YOUR LESSON

I. Multiple Choices: Write in your paper the letter of your choice.

1. Steel where the main alloying constituent is carbon.

a. Carbon steel
b. Alloy steel
c. Steel plate
d. Hard steel

2. As the carbon content rises, the metal becomes

a. Softer
b. Harder
c. Brittle
d. Breakable

3. These plates are in high demand especially from oil and gas industry as they
require thick plates of extremely good quality; the steel used is certified because
a small lamellar tear can be fatal.

a. Boiler steel plate

b. Tank steel plate
c. Shipbuilding steel plate
d. Structural steel plate
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4. Low carbon steel plate has a carbon content of_______?

a. 0.06% to 0.25%
b. 0.25% to 0.55%
c. 0.55% to 1.0%
d. None of the above

5. The most common standards of carbon steel plate.

a. ASTM A516 plate

b. ASTM A36 plate
c. ASTM A537 plate
d. ASTM A572 plate

6. This is a straightforward bead in which you either "drag" (pull) or push the torch
across the joint with minimal (if any) side-to-side movement.

a. Fillet beads
b. Weave beads
c. Stringer beads
d. All of the above

7. A surfacing operation that helps extend the life of scoops, fenders, plows and
other exterior metal parts on industrial equipment. Here the beads are not meant
to fuse with the base metal, however, but to create a protective surface over it.

a. Dragging operation
b. Hard facing operation
c. Fusion
d. Weaving

8. Welding produce smoke of various types, which in some cases can lead to
medical conditions like

a. Hypertension
b. Metal fume fever
c. Arthritis
d. Rheumatism
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 9. A type of welding which is also often used in underwater welding in the
construction and repair of ships.

a. Submerged Arc Welding

b. Shielded Metal Arc Welding
c. Gas Tungsten Arc Welding
d. Gas Metal Arc Welding

10. Which of the following is not a normal precautionary measure?

a. clean tools and machines after using them

b. keep flammable materials always when working
c. remove watches, bracelets while working
d. sharpen tools properly for work efficiency

BRIEF INTRODUCTION

Many aspects of the design and fabrication of welded components are governed
by documents known as codes and standards. Other names used for such documents
include guides, recommended practices, regulations, rules, and specifications. These
documents are often specified by an end user/purchaser as a contractual agreement in
order to control the characteristics of the welded fabrication that may affect its service
requirements. They are also used by the manufacturer to assist in the development and
implementation of their welding quality system. Many end users of welded components
have developed and issued specifications that have been compiled by them to address
their specific requirements. Such specifications may be limited in application and related
only to that customer’s situation and requirements. National interest in areas such as
public safety and reliability has promoted the development of welding codes and
standards that command broader recognition both on a national and industry-specific
basis.

Numerous committees have been developed over the years within national
engineering and technical societies that continue to evaluate the needs of industry and
develop new welding codes and standards.

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Such committees are comprised of members who are technical experts and represent
all interested parties such as manufacturers, end users, inspection authorities, and
government agencies. The membership of these committees is balanced in order to
prevent any one interest group from controlling the committee. On completion of a new
or revised document by the specific committee, it is usually then reviewed and
approved by a review committee, and if accepted, then published in the name of the
applicable engineering society.

Sources of Codes and Standards of Interest to the Welding Industry

The following are some of the more popular sources of welding codes and standards
found in the USA.
American Welding Society (AWS) – Probably the largest producer of welding codes
and standards in the USA. The AWS publishes many documents addressing the use
and quality control of welding. These documents include such general subjects as
Welding Definitions and Symbols, Classification of Filler Metals, Qualification and
Testing, Welding Processes, Welding Applications, and Safety.
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) – This society is responsible for
the development of the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, which contains eleven
sections and covers the design, construction, and inspection of boilers and pressure
vessels.

ASME also produces the Code for Pressure Piping, which consists of seven sections.
Each section prescribes the minimum requirements for the design, materials,
fabrication, erection, testing and inspection of a particular type of piping system. Both of
these documents are American National Standards.

American Petroleum Institute (API) – This institute publishes many documents

relating to petroleum production, a number of which include welding requirements. The
most well known is possibly API Std 1104 – Standard for Welding Pipelines and Related
Facilities.

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What the Welding Code and Standard Generally Provides
The specific content and requirements of a welding code or standard can vary in detail,
however, there are a number of elements within these types of documents which are
common and which we will examine.

The Scope and General Requirements: This is found at the beginning of the
document and is important as it will normally provide a description as to the type and
extent of welding fabrication for which the document was developed and intended to be
used. It may also provide information relating to the limitations for the use of the
document. Care should be taken to use codes and standards that are applicable for
your particular application.

Design: If the document provides a section for design, it may refer the user to a
secondary source of information, or it may contain minimum requirements for the design
of specific welded connections.

Qualification: This section of the document will typically outline the requirements for
qualification testing of welding procedure specifications (WPS) and also those
requirements for qualification of welding personnel. It may provide the essential
variables, these being the change limitations that govern the extent of qualification.
Such variables are typically the welding process, type and thickness of base metal, filler
metal type, electrical parameters, joint design, welding position, and others.

This section of the document may also provide the qualification testing requirements.
Usually this is divided into welding procedure and welder performance testing
requirements. Typically, it will provide the types and sizes of test samples to be welded
and prepared for testing, the testing methods to be used, and the minimum acceptance
criteria to be used for the evaluation of test samples.

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 Fabrication: This section, when included in the document, will typically provide
information associated with the fabrication methods and/or workmanship standards. It
may contain information and requirements on such items as base materials, welding
consumable classification requirements, shielding gas quality, heat treatment
requirements, preparation and care of base material, and other welding fabrication
requirements.

Inspection: This section of the document will typically address the welding inspector’s
qualification requirements and responsibilities, acceptance criteria for discontinuities,
and requirements relating to procedures for nondestructive testing.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel
Code (BPVC) covers all aspects of design and manufacture of boilers and pressure
vessels. All sections contain welding specifications, however most relevant information
is contained in the following:

Code Description

ASME BPVC
Rules for Construction of Power Boilers
Section I

ASME BPVC
Part C: Specifications for Welding Rods, Electrodes, and Filler Metals. [a]
Section II

ASME BPVC Rules for Constructions of Nuclear Facility Components-Subsection

Section III NCA-General Requirements for Division 1 and Division 2

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 Code Description

ASME BPVC
Rules for Construction of Heating Boilers
Section IV

ASME BPVC
Nondestructive Examination
Section V

ASME BPVC
Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels Division 1 and Division 2
Section VIII

ASME BPVC
Welding and Brazing Qualifications
Section IX

ASME B16.25 Buttwelding ends

ASME B31.1 Power Piping

ASME B31.3 Process Piping

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American Welding Society (AWS) Standards
The American Welding Society (AWS) publishes over 240 AWS-developed codes,
recommended practices and guides which are written in accordance with American
National Standards Institute (ANSI) practices.[1] The following is a partial list of the more
common publications:

Standard
Title
Number

Standard symbols for welding, brazing, and non-destructive

AWS A2.4
examination

AWS A3.0 Standard welding terms and definitions

Specification for carbon steel electrodes for shielded metal arc

AWS A5.1
welding

Specification for carbon steel electrodes and rods for gas shielded
AWS A5.18
arc welding

AWS B1.10 Guide for the nondestructive examination of welds

Specification for Welding Procedure and Performance

AWS B2.1
Qualification

AWS D1.1 Structural welding (steel)

AWS D1.2 Structural welding (aluminum)

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 Standard
Title
Number

AWS D1.3 Structural welding (sheet steel)

AWS D1.4 Structural welding (reinforcing steel)

AWS D1.5 Bridge welding

AWS D1.6 Structural welding (stainless steel)

AWS D1.7 Structural welding (strengthening and repair)

AWS D1.8 Structural welding seismic supplement

AWS D1.9 Structural welding (titanium)

AWS D3.6R Underwater welding (Offshore & inland pipelines)

AWS D8.1 Automotive spot welding

AWS D8.6 Automotive spot welding electrodes supplement

AWS D8.7 Automotive spot welding recommendations supplement

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 Standard
Title
Number

AWS D8.8 Automotive arc welding (steel)

AWS D8.9 Automotive spot weld testing

AWS D8.14 Automotive arc welding (aluminum)

AWS D9.1 Sheet metal welding

AWS D10.10 Heating practices for pipe and tube

AWS D10.11 Root pass welding for pipe

AWS D10.12 Pipe welding (mild steel)

AWS D10.13 Tube brazing (copper)

AWS D10.18 Pipe welding (stainless steel)

AWS D11.2 Welding (cast iron)

AWS D14.1 Industrial mill crane welding

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 Standard
Title
Number

AWS D14.3 Earthmoving & agricultural equipment welding

AWS D14.4 Machinery joint welding

AWS D14.5 Press welding

AWS D14.6 Rotating Elements of Equipment

AWS D15.1 Railroad welding

AWS D15.2 Railroad welding practice supplement

AWS D16.1 Robotic arc welding safety

AWS D16.2 Robotic arc welding system installation

AWS D16.3 Robotic arc welding risk assessment

AWS D16.4 Robotic arc welder operator qualification

AWS D17.1 Aerospace fusion welding

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 Standard
Title
Number

AWS D17.2 Aerospace resistance welding

AWS D18.1 Hygienic tube welding (stainless steel)

AWS D18.2 Stainless steel tube discoloration guide

AWS D18.3 Hygienic equipment welding

American Petroleum Institute (API) Standards

The American Petroleum Institute (API) oldest and most successful
programs is in the development of API standards which started with its
first standard in 1924. API maintains over 500 standards covering the oil
and gas field.[2] The following is a partial list specific to welding:

Standard Number Description

API RP 577 Welding Inspection and Metallurgy

API RP 582 Welding Guidelines for the Chemical, Oil, and Gas Industries

API 1104 Welding of pipelines and related facilities

API 1169 Basic Inspection Requirements for New Pipeline Construction

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ACTIVITY 1
Direction: Read and answer the given questions. Write your answer on your notebook.

1. What were the Welding Code and Standard Generally provides.

REMEMBER
American Welding Society (AWS) – Probably the largest producer of
welding codes and standards in the USA. The AWS publishes many
documents addressing the use and quality control of welding. These
documents include such general subjects as Welding Definitions and
Symbols, Classification of Filler Metals, Qualification and Testing,
Welding Processes, Welding Applications, and Safety.

CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING

FILL IN THE BLANKS:

1. ___ _ _____________________This is found at the beginning of the

document and is important as it will normally provide a description as to the type
and extent of welding fabrication for which the document was developed and
intended to be used. These are high-pressure plates generally used in designing
vessels, boilers, and heat containers.

2. ___ _ ___________ If the document provides a section for design, it

may refer the user to a secondary source of information, or it may contain
minimum requirements for the design of specific welded connections.

3. The ___ ___________________publishes many documents addressing the use

and quality control of welding. These documents include such general subjects
as Welding Definitions and Symbols, Classification of Filler Metals, Qualification
and Testing, Welding Processes, Welding Applications, and Safety.

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4. ___ _ _________________ also produces the Code for Pressure Piping,
which consists of seven sections. Each section prescribes the minimum
requirements for the design, materials, fabrication, erection, testing and
inspection of a particular type of piping system. Both of these documents are
American National Standards.

5. The ___ ______________________oldest and most successful programs are

in the development of API standards which started with its first standard in 1924.
API maintains over 500 standards covering the oil and gas field.

POST TEST

I. Multiple Choices: Write in your paper the letter of your choice.

1. The largest producer of welding codes and standards in the USA that
publishes many documents addressing the use and quality control of
welding.

a. American Welding Society

b. American Society of Mechanical Engineers
c. American Petroleum Institute
d. All of the above

2. This society is responsible for the development of the Boiler and

Pressure Vessel Code, which contains eleven sections and covers the
design, construction, and inspection of boilers and pressure vessels.

a. American Petroleum Institute

b. American Society of Mechanical Engineers
c. American Welding Society
d. All of the above

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3. This institute publishes many documents relating to petroleum production,
a number of which include welding requirements. The most well known is
possibly API Std 1104 – Standard for Welding Pipelines and Related
Facilities.
a. American Society of Mechanical Engineers
b. American Welding Society
c. American Petroleum Institute
d. All of the above

4. Code Rules for Construction of Power Boilers

a. ASME BPVC Section I

b. ASME BPVC Section II
c. ASME BPVC Section III
d. All of the above

5. Standard symbols for welding, brazing, and non-destructive examination.

a. AWS A5.18
b. AWS A5.1
c. AWS A3.0
d. AWS A2.4

6. Standard number for sheet metal welding.

a. AWS D9.1
b. AWS D9.10
c. AWS D9.11
d. AWS D9.12

7. Specification for Welding Procedure and Performance Qualification.

a. AWS B2.1
b. AWS D9.10
c. AWS D9.11
d. AWS D9.12

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 8. Sheet metal welding.

a. AWS D9.1
b. AWS B2.1
c. AWS D9.10
d. AWS D9.11
9. This section of the document will typically address the welding inspector’s
qualification requirements and responsibilities, acceptance criteria for
discontinuities, and requirements relating to procedures for non-destructive
testing.
a. Fabrication
b. Design
c. Inspection
d. Qualification
10. This section may contain information and requirements on such items as
base materials, welding consumable classification requirements,
shielding gas quality, heat treatment requirements, preparation and care
of base material, and other welding fabrication requirements.
a. Fabrication
b. Qualification
c. Inspection
d. Design

FILL IN THE BLANKS:

1. ___ _ _____________________This is found at the beginning of the

document and is important as it will normally provide a description as to the
type and extent of welding fabrication for which the document was developed
and intended to be used. These are high-pressure plates generally used in
designing vessels, boilers, and heat containers.

2. ____________________ If the document provides a section for design, it

may refer the user to a secondary source of information, or it may contain
minimum requirements for the design of specific welded connections.

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2. The ___ ___________________publishes many documents addressing the
use and quality control of welding. These documents include such general
subjects as Welding Definitions and Symbols, Classification of Filler Metals,
Qualification and Testing, Welding Processes, Welding Applications, and
Safety.

4. ___ _ ____________________also produces the Code for Pressure Piping,

which consists of seven sections. Each section prescribes the minimum
requirements for the design, materials, fabrication, erection, testing and
inspection of a particular type of piping system. Both of these documents are
American National Standards.

5. The ____ _____________________oldest and most successful programs

are in the development of API standards which started with its first standard in
1924. API maintains over 500 standards covering the oil and gas field.

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Acknowledgements Writer: Elesio P. Tabacon Jr.
Head Teacher VI
Raja Soliman Science and Technology High School

Management Team: Maria Magdalena M. Lim

Schools Division Superintendent Manila

Aida H. Rondilla
Chief Education Supervisor

Dr. Ariel Tosio

Education Program Supervisor

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