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AWS C5.7 : 2000

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RECOMMENDED PRACTICES FOR ELECTROGAS WELDING
Withdrawn date

01-15-2017

Published date

01-01-2006

Personnel (Reaffirmation)
Personnel (Original)
Foreword
List of Tables
List of Figures
1. General
    1.1 Scope
    1.2 Introduction
2. Referenced Standards
3. Definitions
4. Fundamentals
    4.1 Process Description
    4.2 Principles of Operation
    4.3 Electrode Variations
    4.4 Consumable Guide Variations
5. Equipment
    5.1 Welding Power Source
    5.2 Wire (Electrode) Feeder
    5.3 Electrode Guide Oscillators
    5.4 Electrode Guide
    5.5 Backing Shoes (Dams)
    5.6 Controls
6. Electrodes and Shielding Gas
    6.1 Electrodes
    6.2 Shielding
    6.3 AWS Specification for Electrogas Filler Metal
7. Applications
    7.1 Base Metals
    7.2 Joint Design
    7.3 Assembly and Alignment
    7.4 Typical Applications
8. Metallurgical Advantages and Limitations
    8.1 Electrogas Welding Thermal Cycle
    8.2 Weld Macrostructure
    8.3 Preheat
    8.4 Postweld Heat Treatment
    8.5 Residual Stresses and Distortion
    8.6 Mechanical Properties
9. Selection of Process Variables and Other Welding
    Conditions
    9.1 Welding Voltage
    9.2 Welding Current-Wire Feed Speed
    9.3 Form Factor
    9.4 Electrode Extension
    9.5 Electrode Oscillation
    9.6 Joint Opening
    9.7 Work Lead
    9.8 EGW Procedures
10. Inspection of Welds and Rework
    10.1 Methods of Inspection
    10.2 Acceptance
    10.3 Quality Control
    10.4 Rework
11. Training
    11.1 Process Variables
    11.2 Equipment Familiarization
12. Qualifications
    12.1 Process and Equipment
    12.2 Welding Procedure
    12.3 Welding Operator
13. Troubleshooting Guide
    13.1 Weld Start Porosity
    13.2 Weld Porosity
    13.3 Weld Termination Porosity
    13.4 Centerline Weld Cracking
    13.5 Incomplete Fusion at Weld Toes
    13.6 Incomplete Fusion to One Groove Face
    13.7 Overlap and Poor Fusion
    13.8 Underfill
    13.9 Starting Tab Melt-Through
    13.10 Copper Pickup
    13.11 Metal Spillage
    13.12 Electrode Wander
    13.13 Arcing to Groove Faces
    13.14 Hourglass Nugget Shape
14. Safety Recommendations
    14.1 Radiant Energy
    14.2 Burn Protection
    14.3 Electrical Hazards
    14.4 Fumes and Gases
    14.5 Noise and Hearing Protection
    14.6 Safety and Health Information Sources
Annex A (Informative) - Safety and Health References
Annex B (Informative) - Supplementary Reading List
Annex C (Informative) - Guidelines for the Preparation of
                        Technical Inquiries
List of AWS Documents on Arc Welding and Cutting

Specifies recommended practices for electrogas welding low carbon pressure vessel, and structural steels. Aluminum and stainless steel are excluded because of a lack of general commercial use of electrogas welding for these materials.

DocumentType
Standard
PublisherName
American Welding Society
Status
Withdrawn

AWS C5.10/C5.10M : 2003 RECOMMENDED PRACTICES FOR SHIELDING GASES FOR WELDING AND CUTTING
AWS WHC2.08 : 0 WELDING PROCESSES - PART 1, WELDING HANDBOOK, 9TH EDITION, VOL. 2 - CHAPTER 8: ELECTROGAS WELDING

W59-13 Welded steel construction (metal arc welding)
AWS F6.1 : 78(R1988) SOUND LEVEL MEASUREMENT OF MANUAL ARC WELDING AND CUTTING PROCESSES, METHOD FOR,
ASTM A 573/A573M : 2013 : REDLINE Standard Specification for Structural Carbon Steel Plates of Improved Toughness
ASME PV CODE 9 : 2017 BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL CODE - WELDING, BRAZING, AND FUSING QUALIFICATIONS - QUALIFICATION STANDARD FOR WELDING, BRAZING, AND FUSING PROCEDURES; WELDERS; BRAZERS; AND WELDING, BRAZING, AND FUSING OPERATORS
ASTM A 537/A537M : 2013 Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Heat-Treated, Carbon-Manganese-Silicon Steel
CFR 29(PTS1900-1910) : 0 LABOR - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
ASTM A 516/A516M : 2017 : REDLINE Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, for Moderate- and Lower-Temperature Service
API 620 : 2013 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF LARGE, WELDED, LOW-PRESSURE STORAGE TANKS
AWS A4.3 : 1993 DETERMINATION OF THE DIFFUSIBLE HYDROGEN CONTENT OF MARTENSITIC, BAINITIC, AND FERRITIC STEEL WELD METAL PRODUCED BY ARC WELDING
AWS A3.0 : 0 STANDARD WELDING TERMS AND DEFINITIONS - INCLUDING TERMS FOR ADHESIVE BONDING, BRAZING, SOLDERING, THERMAL CUTTING, AND THERMAL SPRAYING
AWS B2.1 : 2005 SPECIFICATION FOR WELDING PROCEDURE AND PERFORMANCE QUALIFICATION
ASME PV CODE 1 : 2017 BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL CODE - RULES FOR CONSTRUCTION OF POWER BOILERS
AWS FGW : 0 FUMES AND GASES IN THE WELDING ENVIRONMENT
AWS A5.01 : 93(R1999) FILLER METAL PROCUREMENT GUIDELINES
ANSI Z87.1 : 2015 OCCUPATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL PERSONAL EYE AND FACE PROTECTION DEVICES
AWS A5.32/A5.32M : 2011 WELDING CONSUMABLES - GASES AND GAS MIXTURES FOR FUSION WELDING AND ALLIED PROCESSES
ANSI Z49.1 : 2012 SAFETY IN WELDING, CUTTING, AND ALLIED PROCESSES
API 650 : 2013 WELDED TANKS FOR OIL STORAGE
AWS D1.1 : 2000 STRUCTURAL WELDING CODE - STEEL
ASTM A 515/A515M : 2017 : REDLINE Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, for Intermediate- and Higher-Temperature Service
ASTM A 203/A203M : 2017 : REDLINE Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Nickel
AWS B4.0:2016 STANDARD METHODS FOR MECHANICAL TESTING OF WELDS
ASTM A 588/A588M : 2015 : REDLINE Standard Specification for High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel, up to 50 ksi [345 MPa] Minimum Yield Point, with Atmospheric Corrosion Resistance
AWS B1.10 : 1999 GUIDE FOR THE NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION OF WELDS
ASTM A 285/A285M : 2017 : REDLINE Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, Low- and Intermediate-Tensile Strength
ANSI/ASSE Z244.1 : 2016 THE CONTROL OF HAZARDOUS ENERGY LOCKOUT, TAGOUT AND ALTERNATIVE METHODS

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