BS 3571-1:1985
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MIG welding Specification for MIG welding of aluminium and aluminium alloys
Hardcopy , PDF
15-11-2000
English
31-01-1985
Foreword
Committees responsible
Specification
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 Information and requirements to be agreed and
documented
4 Details of welding procedure
5 Parent metal
6 Welding consumables
7 Equipment
8 Welding details
9 Preparation of joint faces
10 Assembly for welding
11 Alignment of butt joints
12 Fit-up of parts joined by fillet welds
13 Tack welds
14 Temporary attachments
15 Protection from the weather
16 Preheating
17 Stray arcing on work
18 Inter-run cleaning
19 Approval and testing of welding procedures
20 Approval and testing of welders
21 Identification
22 Peening of weldments
23 Removal of temporary attachments
24 Inspection and testing
25 Quality of welds
26 Correction of faulty welds
27 Post-weld heat treatment
Appendices
A Comparison of aluminium alloy designation systems
B Guidance on selection of filler metals
C Recommendations on welding current
D Guidance on the use and maintenance of welding
equipment
E Recommended joint details, welding conditions and
joint preparation
F Guidance on back gouging
Tables
1 Parent metals
2 Filler wires
3 Aluminium alloy designations
4a Groupings used in table 4b
4b Selection of filler wires
5 Typical welding current for MIG welding
6 Recommended joint details and typical welding
conditions for butt joints
7 Recommended joint details and typical welding
conditions for butt joints: permanent backing
(joints with access one side only)
8 Recommended joint details and typical welding
conditions for 'T' butt joints: unbacked
9 Recommended joint details and typical welding
conditions for fillet joints
10 Recommended joint details and typical welding
conditions for corner joints
11 Butt welded hollow sections
Figures
1 Temporary backing
2 Butt joints of unequal cross section
3 Typical details for branch connections for circular
structural hollow sections: butt welds
4 Typical details for branch connections for
rectangular structural hollow sections: butt welds
5 Typical details for branch connections for circular
structural hollow sections: fillet welds
6 Typical details for branch connections for
rectangular structural hollow sections: fillet welds
7 Narrow chisel
8 Wide chisel
9 'C' chisel
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