ASTM A488/A488M-18 Standard Practice for Steel Castings, Welding, Qualifications of Procedures and Personnel.pdf

This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards Guides and Remendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)Committee. Designation:A488/A488M-182 INTERNATIONAL Standard Practice for Steel Castings Welding Qualifications of Procedures and Personnel1 This standard is issued under the fixed designation A488/A488M:the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of original adoption or in the case of revision the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A superscript epsilon (e)indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval. This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the U.S.Department of Defense. e'NOTE-Grade designations in Table I and Table X1.I were corrected editorially in January 2020. 2 NOTE-Grade designation HGIOMNN in Table I was corrected editorially in February 2020. 1.Scope* 1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the 1.1 This practice covers the qualification of procedures safety concerns if any associated with its use.It is the welders and operators for the fabrication and repair of steel responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro- castings by electric arc welding. priate safety health and environmental practices and deter- 1.1.1 Qualifications of a procedure and either or both the mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. operator or welder under Section IX of the ASME Boiler and 1.6 This international standard was developed in accor- Pressure Vessel Code shall automatically qualify the procedure dance with internationally recognized principles on standard- and either or both the operator or welder under this practice. ization established in the Decision on Principles for the P-number designations in the ASME gro...