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Standard Specification For Seamless and Welded Steel Pipe For Low-Temperature Service and Other Applications With Required Notch Toughness
Standard Specification For Seamless and Welded Steel Pipe For Low-Temperature Service and Other Applications With Required Notch Toughness
for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
Designation: A333/A333M − 18
3.1.11 Supplementary requirements, if any (subsize impact into the plate surface. No concavity of contour is permitted
specimens, pipe for hydrofluoric acid alkylation service). unless the resulting thickness of weld metal is equal to or
greater than the minimum thickness of the adjacent base metal.
4. Materials and Manufacture 4.2.3 Radiographic Examination—All welded joints shall
4.1 Manufacture—Except as provided in paragraph 4.2, the be fully radiographed in accordance with the requirements of
pipe shall be made by the seamless or welding process with the the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII,
addition of no filler metal in the welding operation. Grade 4 Division 1, latest edition, paragraph UW-51.
shall be made by the seamless process. 4.2.3.1 As an alternative, the welded joints may be ultra-
sonically examined in accordance with Appendix 12 of the
NOTE 2—For electric-fusion-welded pipe, with filler metal added,
fabricated of pressure vessel quality plates, see Specification A671/ ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII, Division
A671M. 1.
4.2 Grade 11 pipe may be produced by welding with or 4.2.4 Repair Welding—Weld metal defects shall be repaired
without the addition of filler metal. The following requirements by removal to sound metal and repair welding if approved by
shall apply for Grade 11 welded with the addition of filler the purchaser.
metal. 4.2.4.1 The repair shall be blended smoothly into the
4.2.1 The joints shall be full-penetration, full fusion double- surrounding base metal surface and examined by the magnetic
welded or single-welded butt joints employing fusion welding particle examination in accordance with Practice E709, or by
processes as defined in “Definitions,” ASME Boiler and the liquid penetrant method in accordance with Practice
Pressure Vessel Code, Section IX. This specification makes no E165/E165M.
provision for any difference in weld quality requirements 4.2.4.2 Each repair weld of a cavity where the cavity, before
regardless of the weld joint type employed (single or double) in repair welding, has a depth exceeding the lesser of 3⁄8 in. [9.5
making the weld. Where backing strips are employed, the ring mm] or 10.5 % of the nominal thickness shall be radiographi-
or strip material shall be the same as the plate being joined. cally examined as required for the original welds.
Backing rings or strips shall be completely removed after 4.2.5 Transverse Tension Test—One test shall be made to
welding, prior to any required radiography, and the exposed represent each lot (Note 3) of finished pipe. The test specimens
weld surface shall be examined visually for conformance to the shall be taken across the welded joint. The tension test results
requirements of 4.2.2. Welds made by procedures employing of the welded joints shall conform to the tensile properties for
backing strips or rings which remain in place are prohibited. Grade 11 in Table 2.
Welding procedures and welding operators shall be qualified in 4.2.5.1 The test specimens shall be taken from the end of the
accordance with ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, finished pipe. As an alternative, the tension test specimens may
Section IX. be taken from a welded prolongation of the same material as
4.2.2 The weld surface on either side of the weld may be the pipe, which is attached to the end of the pipe and welded as
flush with the base plate or may have a reasonably uniform a prolongation of the pipe longitudinal seam.
crown, not to exceed 1⁄8 in. [3 mm]. Any weld reinforcement 4.2.5.2 The test specimens shall be in accordance with
may be removed at the manufacturer’s option or by agreement Section IX, Part QW, paragraph QW-150 of the ASME Boiler
between the manufacturer and purchaser. The contour of the and Pressure Vessel Code and shall be one of the types shown
reinforcement shall be reasonably smooth and free from in QW-462.1 of that code. The tension test specimen may be
irregularities. The deposited metal shall be fused uniformly flattened cold before final machining to size.
4.2.6 Transverse Guided-Bend Weld Test—One transverse 4.2.6.1 The two bend test specimens shall be taken from the
guided bend test (two specimens) shall be made to represent weld at the end of the finished pipe. As an alternative, by
each lot (Note 3) of finished pipe. agreement between the purchaser and the manufacturer, the test
SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS
The following supplementary requirement shall apply only when specified by the purchaser in the
contract or order.
S1. Subsize Impact Specimens S2.2 The carbon equivalent shall be determined using the
S1.1 When the size of the finished pipe is insufficient to following formula:
permit obtaining subsize impact specimens, testing shall be a CE = C + Mn/6 + (Cr + Mo + V)/5 + (Ni + Cu)/15
matter of agreement between the manufacturer and the pur- S2.3 Based upon heat analysis in mass percent, the vana-
chaser. dium content shall not exceed 0.02 %, the niobium content
shall not exceed 0.02 % and the sum of the vanadium and
S2. Requirements for Pipe for Hydrofluoric Acid Alky- niobium contents shall not exceed 0.03 %.
lation Service
S2.4 Based upon heat analysis in mass percent, the sum of
S2.1 The carbon equivalent (CE), based on heat analysis, the nickel and copper contents shall not exceed 0.15 %.
shall not exceed 0.43 % if the specified wall thickness is equal
S2.5 Based upon heat analysis in mass percent, the carbon
to or less than 1 in. [25.4 mm] or 0.45 % if the specified wall
content shall not be less than 0.18 %.
thickness is greater than 1 in. [25.4 mm].
APPENDIX
(Nonmandatory Information)
X1.1 Under the circumstances stated in 14.1.2, the impact required reduction in test temperature is computed by taking
test temperatures specified in Table 4 must be lowered. The the difference between the temperature reduction values shown
following examples are offered to describe the application of in Table 6 for the actual pipe thickness and the specimen width
the provisions of 14.1.2. used.
X1.1.1 When subsize specimens are used (see 10.1) and the X1.1.2.1 For example, if the pipe were 0.262 in. [6.67 mm]
width along the notch of the subsize specimen in 80 % or thick and the width along the Charpy specimen notch was 3.33
greater of the actual wall thickness of the original material, the mm (1/3 standard size), the test temperature would have to be
provisions of 14.1.2 do not apply. lowered by 25 °F [14 °C]. That is, the temperature reduction
X1.1.1.1 For example, if the actual wall thickness of pipe corresponding to the subsize specimen is 35 °F [19 °C]; the
was 0.200 in. [5.0 mm] and the width along the notch of the temperature reduction corresponding to the actual pipe thick-
largest subsize specimen obtainable is 0.160 in. [4 mm] or ness is 10 °F [5 °C]; the difference between these two values is
greater, no reduction in test temperature is required. the required reduction in test temperature.
X1.1.2 When the width along the subsize specimen notch is
less than 80 % of the actual wall thickness of the pipe, the
SUMMARY OF CHANGES
Committee A01 has identified the location of selected changes to this specification since the last issue,
A333/A333M – 16, that may impact the use of this specification. (Approved Nov. 1, 2018)
(1) Deletion of the word “minimum” from Table 4. (3) Replaced test temperature tolerance with reference to Test
(2) Deletion of the word “minimum” from 14.1 and 14.1.2, and Methods and Definitions A370, Section 25 in 14.3.
clarified special impact test temperature in 14.1.1.
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