Recent content by verdiblue

scuse me for breathing. not overly familiar with 650 but found it anyway.

Hi all - im having a bit of trouble determining whether a tank built to api 650 requires reinforcement plates to be magnetic particle tested. i note that pneumatic testing is required however apart from the distinction of the material, i can find no requirement for MT testing on the welds for re...

thats fantastic dekdee - just what i was looking for. thanks very much

thread725-238462 referring back to this thread in regard to thickness i have a welder qualified on a two process pqr and another who is not - gtaw for root/hot pass i was reffring to qw451 in my answer to the project manager with the proviso that furher info is req'd. question is, can i use the...

hi fellas interesting comments. im in australia and we only use welders for bridge tacking or pipefitters who have been tested - usually with a 2,3,4f plate. this is always a client spec and is normal practice.

thanks gtaw - i dont work with this standard often.

hello people so referring back to this thread - http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=315118 - if i have a pqr that qualifies a double sided cjp with backgouging and the wps refers to a single sided cjp with backing strip without backgouging is the wps applicable and does this comply under...