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WELDING PROCEDURE SPECIFICATION (WPS)

COMPANY NAME WPS No. WPS REV. No. SUPPORTING PQR Nos. WELDING PROCESS(ES) JOINTS JOINT TYPE Joint Details TYPE
Manual, Semi-Automatic, Automatic, Robotic

BY DATE REV. DATE

BACKING BACKING MATERIAL (TYPE) GROOVE ANGLE ROOT OPENING RADIUS (U or J) ROOT FACE BACKGOUGING (YES or NO) BACKGOUGING METHOD
Sketches, production drawings, welding symbols, or written description should show the general arrangement of the parts to be welded. Where applicable, the root spacing details of the weld groove may be specified.

M-No. GROUP No. SPECIFICATION TYPE AND GRADE TO SPECIFICATION TYPE AND GRADE THICKNESS RANGE OF BASE METAL GROOVE DEPOSITED METAL GROOVE PIPE DIA. RANGE GROOVE OTHER FILLER METAL F-No. AWS CLASSIFICATION

BASE METAL(S) OR TO M-No.

GROUP No.

FILLET FILLET FILLET FILLER METALS OTHER

AWS SPECIFICATION WELD METAL ANALYSIS A-No. FILLER METAL SIZE ELECTRODE-FLUX (CLASS) FLUX TRADE NAME CONSUMABLE INSERT OTHER

OTHER

Sample WPS Form (continued)

WPS NUMBER (PAGE 2) POSITIONS

POSITION(S) OF GROOVE POSITION(S) OF FILLET

WELD PROGRESSION

PREHEAT PREHEAT TEMP. (MINIMUM) PREHEAT MAINTENANCE CONTINUOUS OR SPECIAL HEATING OR MAINTENANCE INTERPASS TEMP. (MAXIMUM)

POSTWELD HEAT TREATMENT TEMPERATURE TIME SHIELDING SHIELDING GAS(ES) COMPOSITION FLOW RATE FLUX Yes No FLUX TYPE / TRADE NAME ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS CURRENT TYPE AND POLARITY CURRENT (RANGE) WIRE FEED SPEED (RANGE) TUNGSTEN ELECTRODE SIZE AND TYPE PULSING PARAMETERS OTHER OTHER VARIABLES CUP OR NOZZLE SIZE CLEANING METHOD NUMBER OF ELECTRODES OTHER WELDING PARAMETERS FILLER METAL ELECTRICAL Type & Current Class Diameter Polarity Range TRAVEL SPEED RANGE COLLET BODY OR GAS LENS PULSING (YES OR NO) VOLTAGE (RANGE) BACKING TRAILING

LAYERS

PROCESS

Voltage Range

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