AWS Amendment Notice The following Amendments have been

AWS Amendment Notice
The following Amendments have been made and incorporated into the current edition of this
document.
2nd Printing: October, 2013
AWS Standard:
Amendment Number:
Subject:
D15.1/D15.1M:2012
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Subclause 10.4 (Position of Welds)
10.4 Position of Test Welds. All welds used in actual construction shall be classified as: (1) flat,
(2) horizontal, (3) vertical, or (4) overhead in accordance with the definitions of welding
positions given in Figures 10.1 and 10.2. Each procedure shall be tested in the manner stated
below for each position for which it is to be qualified (see also Table 10.4).
AWS Standard:
Amendment Number:
Subject:
D15.1/D15.1M:2012
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Table 10.1 – PQR Essential Variable Changes Requiring WPS
Requalification for SMAW, SAW, GMAW, FCAW, and GTAW
(See 10.1); line 14
Table 10.1 (Continued)
PQR Essential Variable Changes Requiring WPS Requalification for
SMAW, SAW, GMAW, FCAW, and GTAW (See 10.1)
Process
Essential Variable Changes to PQR Requiring
Requalification:
SMAW
SAW
GMAW FCAW
Filler Metals
(14) A change in brands of electrodes with a “G”
classification or when a filler metal or filler metal/flux
combination with a minimum required tensile strength
less than the base metal is used, the manufacturer,
brand, and grade shall be essential variables.
X
X
X
X
GTAW
X
The purpose of this amendment notice is to inform the public that a published standard has been technically corrected. An amendment is the
correction of an error in substantive content in a published standard that had been inadvertently approved by the required approval procedures.
(Amendment Notice: January 24, 2014)
AWS Standard:
Amendment Number:
Subject:
D15.1/D15.1M:2012
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Table 10.1 – PQR Essential Variable Changes Requiring WPS
Requalification for SMAW, SAW, GMAW, FCAW, and GTAW
(See 10.1); line 38
Table 10.1 (Continued)
PQR Essential Variable Changes Requiring WPS Requalification for
SMAW, SAW, GMAW, FCAW, and GTAW (See 10.1)
Process
Essential Variable Changes to PQR Requiring
Requalification:
SMAW
SAW
GMAW
FCAW
GTAW
X
X
X
X
General (Continued)
(38) In vertical welding a change in progression for
any pass from upward to downward or vice versa.
Vertical down welding downward progression
requires separate qualification welding of aluminum
is not recommended except to fill undercut.
AWS Standard:
Amendment Number:
Subject:
X
D15.1/D15.1M:2012
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Table 10.1 – PQR Essential Variable Changes Requiring WPS
Requalification for SMAW, SAW, GMAW, FCAW, and GTAW
(See 10.1); Supplemental Essential Variables category
Table 10.1 (Continued)
PQR Essential Variable Changes Requiring WPS Requalification for
SMAW, SAW, GMAW, FCAW, and GTAW (See 10.1)
Process
Essential Variable Changes to PQR Requiring Requalification:
SMAW
SAW
GMAW
FCAW
Supplemental Essential Variables (When Notch Toughness is a Requirement)
The purpose of this amendment notice is to inform the public that a published standard has been technically corrected. An amendment is the
correction of an error in substantive content in a published standard that had been inadvertently approved by the required approval procedures.
(Amendment Notice: January 24, 2014)
GTAW
AWS Standard:
Amendment Number:
Subject:
D15.1/D15.1M:2012
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Table 10.1 – PQR Essential Variable Changes Requiring WPS
Requalification for SMAW, SAW, GMAW, FCAW, and GTAW
(See 10.1); line 43
Table 10.1 (Continued)
PQR Essential Variable Changes Requiring WPS Requalification for
SMAW, SAW, GMAW, FCAW, and GTAW (See 10.1)
Process
Essential Variable Changes to PQR Requiring Requalification:
SMAW
SAW
GMAW
FCAW
GTAW
Supplemental Essential Variables (When Notch Toughness is a Requirement)
(43) A change in the base metal group number
AWS Standard:
Amendment Number:
Subject:
X
X
X
X
X
D15.1/D15.1M:2012
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Table 10.1 – PQR Essential Variable Changes Requiring WPS
Requalification for SMAW, SAW, GMAW, FCAW, and GTAW
(See 10.1); line 45 and table footnote a
Table 10.1 (Continued)
PQR Essential Variable Changes Requiring WPS Requalification for
SMAW, SAW, GMAW, FCAW, and GTAW (See 10.1)
Process
Essential Variable Changes to PQR Requiring Requalification:
SMAW
SAW
GMAW
FCAW
GTAW
Supplemental Essential Variables (When Notch Toughness is a Requirement)
(45) A change in the manufacturer’s, brand, name or grade type of
X
X
X
X
X
a
electrode filler metal.
a
Applies only when the minimum impact values associated with a filler metal classification do not meet the minimum
impact values required by the governing contract or specification.
The purpose of this amendment notice is to inform the public that a published standard has been technically corrected. An amendment is the
correction of an error in substantive content in a published standard that had been inadvertently approved by the required approval procedures.
(Amendment Notice: January 24, 2014)
AWS Standard:
Amendment Number:
Subject:
D15.1/D15.1M:2012
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Table 10.5 – Procedure Qualification Type and Position
Limitations (When Notch Toughness is a Requirement) (See 10.5);
numerous modifications
Table 10.5
Procedure Qualification Type and Position Limitations
(When Notch Toughness is a Requirement)
a
Type of Weld and Position of Welding Qualified
Plate
Pipe
Qualification Test
Weld
Plate-Groove
Complete Joint
Penetration
Plate-Fillet
Plate or Pipe
b
Positions
1G
2G
e
3G
4G
1F
2F
e
3F
4F
Groove
F
F, H
All V
OH
Fillet
F
F, H
All V
OH
F
F, H
All V
OH
Groove
Fillet
c
F
c
F, H
F
c
F, H
c
c
F
c
F, H
c
V
c
OH
The purpose of this amendment notice is to inform the public that a published standard has been technically corrected. An amendment is the
correction of an error in substantive content in a published standard that had been inadvertently approved by the required approval procedures.
(Amendment Notice: January 24, 2014)
AWS Standard:
Amendment Number:
Subject:
D15.1/D15.1M:2012
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Table 11.3 – Number and Type of Specimens and Range of
Thickness Qualified – Welder and Welding Operator
Qualification; numerous modifications
Table 11.3
Number and Type of Specimens and Range of Thickness Qualified―
Welder and Welding Operator Qualification
1. Test on Plate
i
Thickness
of Test Plate
(T) as Welded,
Type of
in [mm]
Weld
3/8 ≤ T < 1/2 3/4
g
Groove
[10 ≤ T <13 19]
1/2 3/4 [13 19] or
g
Groove
over
2. Test on Pipe
Visual
Screening
Inspection Face
Bend Tests
j
Root
Side
Number of Specimens
Macroetch
T-Joint Thickness
Break
Test
―
―
2
―
―
1/8 [3]-2T
Yes
―
―
2
―
―
1/8 [3]
c
Unlimited
All Positions Except
5G and 6G Only
Type of
Weld
Groove
> 2-7/8 [73]
and over
c,d
Yes
Plate, Pipe, or
Tube Wall
Thickness
Qualified,
In [mm]
Number of Specimens
Outside
Diameter,
in [mm]
Qualified,
In [mm]
5G and 6G
Positions Only
Outside
Diameter
Qualified,
in [mm]
Face
Bend
Root
Bend
Side
Bend
Face
Bend
Root
Bend
Side
Bend
Macro
and
Break
1
1
―
2
2
―
―
> ≥2-7/8 [73]
T2
2T
―
1
> ≥2-7/8 [73]
1/8
[3]
Unlimited
Fillet
Option
> 2-7/8 [73]
―
―
―
―
―
f
3
k
T ≥ 1/2 in [13 mm] thickness qualifies unlimited thickness for plate and pipe.
Min.
Max.
c,k
The purpose of this amendment notice is to inform the public that a published standard has been technically corrected. An amendment is the
correction of an error in substantive content in a published standard that had been inadvertently approved by the required approval procedures.
(Amendment Notice: January 24, 2014)

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