DEUTSCHE NORM October 1997 ‘Specification and approval of procedures for — welding metallic materials DIN Part 8: Welding procedure tests for the arc welding of steel (includes Amendment At: 1997) EN 288-3 English version of DIN EN 288-3: 1992 + A1: 1997 ICs 25.160.10 ‘Supersedes April 1992 edition. Descriptors: Welding, welding procedures approval, arc welding. ‘Anforderung und Anerkennung von SchweiBverfahren far mmetallischo Werkstoffe Teil 3: SchweiBverfahrensprifungen fur das LichtbogenschweiBen von Stahlen (enthalt Anderung At : 1997) European Standard EN 288-3 : 1992 + A1: 1997 has the status of a DIN Standard. ‘A comma is used as the decimal marker. National foreword This standard has been prepared by CEN/TC 121. The responsible German body involved in the preparation of this standard was the NormenausschuB SchweiBtechnik (Welding Standards Committee). Welding procedure approval tests are intended to verity that a fabricator is adequately qualified to perform ‘welding operations using a particular procedure (including weld preparation, preheating and any post-weld heat treatment). It shall be the fabricator's responsibility to establish whether this procedure suits the particular application, and to document this. ‘The aim of this series of standards is to introduce uniform documented procedures throughout Europe to facilitate quality management in welding. The standards thus provide a basis for mutual recognition of welding procedure approval certificates by the bodies responsible for the various fields of application. house purposes of Amendments In comparison with the April 1992 edition, the following amendments have been made: a) The scope of the standard has been extended to cover welding processes 122 and 137 and more steel grades (cf. tables 2 to 5). b) Details of sampling, test piece preparation and testing have been amended. ‘Besides this ls a copy and only for ‘SMS Sehioemann-Siemag AG, (ace, to DIN reference sheet 3) Incase of changes this printout isnot taken into account! Previous edition DIN EN 288-3: 1992-04. EN comprises 26 pages. 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English version Specification and approval of welding procedures for metallic materials Part 3: Welding procedure tests for the arc welding of steels \oludes Amendment At: 997) Descriptif et qualification d'un mode —_Anforderung und Anerkennung von opératoire de soudage pour les maté- SchweiBverfahren flr metallische riaux métalliques -PartieS: Epreuvede — Werkstoffe - Teil 3: SchweiBver- qualification d'un mode opératoire de _fahrensprifungen fir das Lichtbogen- soudage a arc sur acier schwelBen von Stahlen {amendement A1 1997 inclus) {enthalt Anderung At: 1997) ‘This European Standard was approved by CEN on 1992-02-21 and Amendment At on 1996-12-11. CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regul 8 ‘which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national stand- ards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any CEN member. ‘The European Standards existin three official versions (English, French, German). Aversion in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzeriand, and the United Kingdom, CEN European Committee for Standardization Comité Européen de Normalisation Europaisches Komitee fiir Normung Central Secretariat: rue de Stassart 36, B-1050 Brussels (© 1997. CEN ~ All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means Ff, No. EN 286-8: 1992 + A1: 1997 E reserved worldwide for CEN national members.Page 2 EN 288-3 : 1992 + At: 1997 Contents Pace Page Foreword to EN 268-3: 1992 = 2 14 Destructive tests... ro Foreword to EN 288-3: 1992/A1 : 1997 . 2 7.5 Re-testing ... . 10 4 Scope . 3 & Range of approval 10 8.1 General... 10 fe eoaete references 2 8.2. Related to the manufacturer 10 Sg ocenéons id 8.3 Related to the material 10 4. Proliminary welding procedure 8.4 Common to all welding Provedures 12 specification (pWPS) feces 85 Specific to processes. 14 5. Welding procedure test ..... 9 Welding procedure approval 6 Test piece record (WPAR) 14 6.1 General 6.2. Shape and dimensions of test pieces 6.3 Welding of test pieces 7 Examination and testing ........... 7.1 Extent of testing . 72 Location and cutting of test specimens 7.3. Non-destructive examination ‘Annex A (informative) Welding Procedure Approval Record form (WPAR) ..... 16 ‘Annex B (informative) Groups of steel according to the grouping system given in table 3 prior to the publica- tion of European Standards ....... 19 Pooaoranna Foreword to EN 288-3 : 1992 This standard has been prepared by Working Group 1 ‘Specification and approval of welding procedures for metallic materials’ of CEN/TC 121 ‘Welding’. For this standard, document ISO/TC 44/SC 10 N 177 was considered and used as a basis. However, alterations were necessary owing to the experience gained and updated knowledge. In accordance with the Internal CEN/CENELEC Regulations, the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Neth- erlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Foreword to EN 288-3 : 1992/A1 : 1997 ‘This Amendment has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 121 ‘Welding’, the Secretariat of which Is held by DS. ‘This Amendment shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement and conflicting national standards withdrawn, by December 1997 at the latest. In accordance with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the follow- ing countries are bound to implement this European Standard: ‘Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. 0 Introduction All new welding procedure approvals are to be in accordance with this standard from the date of Its Issue. However, this standard does not invalidate previous welding procedure approvals made to former national standards or specifications providing, the intent of the technical requirement is satisfied and the previous procedure approvals are relevant to the application and production work on which they are to be employed. Also, where additional tests have to be carried out to make the approval technically equivalent, it is only necessary to do the additional tests on a test piece which should be made in accordance with this standard. Consideration of previous procedure approvals to former national standards or specifications should be at the time of the enquiry or contract stage and agreed between the contracting parties.