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NASA SPEC 5004A : 2003

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The latest, up-to-date edition.

WELDING OF AEROSPACE GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT AND RELATED NONCONVENTIONAL FACILITIES
Published date

12-01-2013

PARAGRAPH
DOCUMENT HISTORY LOG
FOREWORD
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES AND APPENDICES
1 SCOPE
  1.1 Scope
  1.2 Purpose
  1.3 Applicability
2 APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS
  2.1 General
  2.2 Government documents
  2.3 Non-government publications
  2.4 Order of precedence
3 DEFINITIONS AND ACRONYMS
  3.1 General
4 DESIGN REQUIREMENTS
  4.1 General
  4.2 Weld classifications
  4.3 Classification of weld reinspection
  4.4 Materials
  4.5 Heating requirements
  4.6 Data required in design and fabrication documentation
5 FABRICATION REQUIREMENTS
  5.1 General
  5.2 Calibration
  5.3 Materials
  5.4 Welding procedure and welder/welding operator
      performance qualifications
  5.5 Preweld operations
  5.6 Production welding
  5.7 Welding repairs
6 INSPECTION AND TESTING REQUIREMENTS
  6.1 Inspection and testing
  6.2 Certified welding inspector
  6.3 Qualification of NDT personnel
  6.4 Preweld and welding inspection
  6.5 Postweld inspection
7 NOTES
  7.1 Intended use
LIST OF TABLES
TABLE
I. Applicable Welding Codes
II. Allowable Stainless Steel Base Metal and Filler
     Metal Combinations
III. Allowable Nickel Alloy Base Metal and Filler
     Metal Combinations
IV. Filler Metal Requirements for Aluminum Piping and Tubing
V. Modified Invar 36 Filler Metal Composition
VI. Recommended Filler Metals for Selected Dissimilar Metal
     Combinations
VII. Shielding and Purging Gases
APPENDIX
A Recommended ANSI/AWS Publications

Establishes the minimum requirements for the design, fabrication (including the qualification of welders, welding operators, and welding procedures), and inspection of manual, semiautomatic, and automatic welds in aerospace ground support equipment (GSE) and related nonconventional facilities used by or for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) with the exclusion of pressure vessels.

DevelopmentNote
Supersedes NASA SPEC 5004. (03/2004)
DocumentType
Standard
PublisherName
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Status
Current
Supersedes

AWS D1.2 : 1997 STRUCTURAL WELDING CODE - ALUMINUM
AWS D10.11 : 1987(R1992) RECOMMENDED PRACTICES FOR ROOT PASS WELDING OF PIPE WITHOUT BACKING
ASNT SNT TC 1A : 2016 TOPICAL OUTLINES FOR QUALIFICATION OF NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING PERSONNEL
AWS D10.7 : 86(R1992) GAS SHIELDED ARC WELDING OF ALUMINUM AND ALUMINUM ALLOY PIPE, RECOMMENDED PRACTICES FOR,
AWS A5.4 : 92(R2000) STAINLESS STEEL ELECTRODES FOR SHIELDED METAL ARC WELDING, SPECIFICATION FOR
AWS A5.10 : 1992 BARE ALUMINUM AND ALUMINUM ALLOY WELDING ELECTRODES AND RODS, SPECIFICATION FOR
MIL-PRF-27407 Revision D:2014 PROPELLANT PRESSURIZING AGENT, HELIUM
BB-O-925 Revision A:1961 OXYGEN, TECHNICAL, GAS AND LIQUID
NASA STD 6001 : 2011 FLAMMABILITY, OFFGASSING, AND COMPATIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AND TEST PROCEDURES
AWS D10.8 : 1996 RECOMMENDED PRACTICES FOR WELDING OF CHROMIUM-MOLYBDENUM STEEL PIPING AND TUBING
AWS A5.22 : 1995 SPECIFICATION FOR STAINLESS STEEL ELECTRODES FOR FLUX CORED ARC WELDING AND STAINLESS STEEL FLUX CORED RODS FOR GAS TUNGSTEN ARC WELDING
MIL A 18455 : C ARGON, TECHNICAL
AWS D10.4:1986 RECOMMENDED PRACTICES FOR WELDING AUSTENITIC CHROMIUM-NICKEL STAINLESS STEEL PIPING AND TUBING
AWS A5.12 : 1992 TUNGSTEN AND TUNGSTEN ALLOY ELECTRODES FOR ARC WELDING AND CUTTING, SPECIFICATION FOR
SAE AMS H 6088 : 2000 HEAT TREATMENT OF ALUMINUM ALLOYS
AWS A5.14 : 1989 NICKEL AND NICKEL-ALLOY BARE WELDING RODS AND ELECTRODES, SPECIFICATION FOR,
AWS D10.10 : 1990 LOCAL HEATING OF WELDS IN PIPING AND TUBING, RECOMMENDED PRACTICE FOR
AWS A3.0 : 0 STANDARD WELDING TERMS AND DEFINITIONS - INCLUDING TERMS FOR ADHESIVE BONDING, BRAZING, SOLDERING, THERMAL CUTTING, AND THERMAL SPRAYING
MIL-I-23413 Revision C:1981 INSERTS, WELDING, FILLER MATERIAL, COILED AND SOLID RINGS
BB-C-101 Revision D:2011 CARBON DIOXIDE (CO[2]): TECHNICAL AND USP
AWS QC1 : 2007 STANDARD FOR AWS CERTIFICATION OF WELDING INSPECTORS
AWS D10.12 : 1989 WELDING LOW CARBON STEEL PIPE, RECOMMENDED PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES FOR
AWS A5.9 : 93(R1999) BARE STAINLESS STEEL WELDING ELECTRODES AND RODS, SPECIFICATION FOR
AWS A5.11 : 1990 NICKEL AND NICKEL ALLOY WELDING ELECTRODES FOR SHIELDED METAL ARC WELDING
AWS A5.30 : 1997 CONSUMABLE INSERTS, SPECIFICATION FOR
AWS D1.3 : 1998 ERRATA 1998 STRUCTURAL WELDING CODE - SHEET STEEL
AWS D1.1 : 2000 STRUCTURAL WELDING CODE - STEEL
AWS D14.1 : 1997 SPECIFICATION FOR WELDING INDUSTRIAL AND MILL CRANES AND OTHER MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT

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