Welding to Code Compliance Seminar

WELDING TO CODE COMPLIANCE SEMINAR
Thursday, March 7th, 2019

The Museum of Flight
9404 E Marginal Way S.
Seattle, WA 98108

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Speaker Presentations

Walter Sperko: A summary of changes to ASME Section IX, 2019 version

Dr. Richard Campbell: AWS D1.6:2017 — Structural Welding Code for Stainless Steel

Ernest Levert: AWS D17.1/D17.1M:2017 Specification for Fusion Welding for Aerospace Applications
Review of PQR/WPS procedure qualification for International Space Station.

Bill Newell: Welding Consumables versus Code of Construction
Many different materials are utilized in the manufacture and construction of todays’ power, refinery and chemical plants. A variety of alloys are used for interconnection power piping, steam turbines, structural and gas path components. Low carbon steels, austenitic and martensitic stainless steels, nickel base alloys, traditional chrome moly steels plus the creep strength enhanced ferritic chrome moly steels are all found in most plant configurations. Temperature, pressure and ultimate service conditions dictate which materials are best suited to achieve the required operational properties. Welding consumables to join this wide variety of materials usually are obtained from a variety of sources and continents. This presentation will illustrate how one deals with various codes and welding consumables highlighting potential challenges created during manufacture, erection and maintenance.

Chris Sundberg: AWS D1.1 Structural Code – Large Diameter Water Pipe Welding Procedure Qualification to AWS D1.1
With increasing pressure from the general public to provide safe, reliable, long-lasting infrastructure, large diameter water pipelines that deliver potable water supply to large municipal populations are under increasing scrutiny. Code welding provides an important framework for infrastructure. Municipalities typically utilize the AWWA (American Water Works Association) Standards for design and construction of their water and waste water projects; for example, AWWA C206 Field Welding of Steel Water Pipe provides minimum requirements for field welding and inspection of steel water pipe. AWWA C206 refers to AWS D1.1-Structural Welding Code-Steel for qualification of field welding procedure specifications (WPSs) of large diameter welded steel water pipe.

This presentation will focus on current AWS D1.1-15 requirements for documentation of field WPSs for joining sections of large diameter welded steel water pipe. Economic considerations favor single or double fillet welded bell and spigot joints for joining large diameter thin wall pipes however, where bends are required, girth fillet welds may not be practical, and changes of direction may require mitered CJP (complete joint penetration) groove welds. The presentation will include a step-by-step approach for Code development of both fillet girth weld and mitered CJP groove weld WPSs that provide useful examples relevant to field joining welded steel water pipes used in the water industry. Mitered groove welds require special consideration because the joint geometry is complex. An example problem, showing how to calculate bevel angles, using D1.1 Appendix O, Local Dihedral Angle will be presented.

Tony Anderson: An overview of the AWS D1.2 Structural Welding Code – Aluminum, and an update of the AWS A5.10 Aluminum filler metal specification
Using the AWS D1.2 structural code to help control the quality of welding, welding procedures, welder performance, and weld inspection, and new developments with the AWS A5.10 Aluminum filler metal standard.

Richard Holdren: A3.0 Terms, Definitions & Confusion Update
A new edition of A3.0 will be available later this year. An attempt will be made to explain the basis for this document and its importance to the welding community. Some of the expected changes in this new edition will be discussed. Additionally, there will be some discussion of how misuse of standard terminology can lead to confusion, and potentially, legal disputes.

B2.1 Procedure Qualifications – Elimination of Unnecessary Regulation
The AWS Technical Activities Committee launched a program to minimize the existing variations in the way in which welding procedures were qualified within the AWS community. When initiated more than 10 years ago, more than a dozen different approaches were being used among the various AWS standards. AWS B2.1 is the AWS Standard devoted specifically to the topic of qualification, so other standards were encouraged to reference this standard rather than create separate requirements. This talk will discuss the progress made this far and attempt to place this topic of qualification in the proper perspective in terms of the cost of conducting unnecessary qualification tests.

Duane Miller: AWS D1.8 Seismic Welding Supplement was first issued in 2005. It was developed in response to the 1994 Northridge earthquake where unexpected damage occurred in welded connections of moment frame buildings. This presentation will review the damage to the welded connections from the 1994 event and discuss the factors that contributed to the damage. The role of W1 indications will be presented, as well as an overview of the unique aspects of seismic loading. AISC seismic standards will be summarized. With this background, the key aspects of AWS D1.8 will be reviewed, with a focus on the heat input envelope testing required for filler metals, supplemental welder qualification testing in the restricted access test, and unique fabrication requirements.

Dr. Barbara Henon: Qualification of a 12 Inch Ultra-High Purity (UHP) Pipe Weld and Proposed Changes to the ASME B31.3 Process Piping Code Chapter X High Purity Piping
This presentation describes work done by Mark Nastari, Quality Assurance Manager of Harder Mechanical Contractors in Oregon to qualify a weld on 12 inch diameter pipe to UHP semiconductor standards. The weld was done using mechanized (machine) orbital GTAW welding equipment and weld examination was done by phased array ultrasonic testing (PAUT). The procedures used represented a scale-up from work done on fusion welds on UHP semiconductor tubing using automatic orbital GTAW equipment and the use of weld coupon examination as a method of examination. As a result of this work, a proposal was introduced at a recent meeting of the High Purity Subgroup of the B31.3 Code to extend the use of weld coupon examination in Chapter X of B31.3 which is presently limited to autogenous automatic orbital welds and automatic orbital welds with the use of consumable inserts. The proposed change would allow weld coupon examination of welds done with machine orbital welding with or without the use of filler metal and with or without the use of consumable inserts.

Speaker Bios

Walter Sperko, PE, holds a BA in Engineering and a BS in Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science from Notre Dame. He is a Code Committee member for both ASME and AWS. Mr. Sperko has provided engineering consulting services through his company, Sperko Engineering Services, since 1981.

Dr. Richard Campbell is a Bechtel Fellow and Welding Technical Specialist with Bechtel Corporation, the largest privately owned engineering and construction company in the world, with over 50,000 employees. Instrumental in assisting the company’s welding program to receive the AWS/WEMCO Excellence in Welding Award for the Large Business Category in 2015, Dr. Campbell provides technical direction to the company and its’ executives in areas related to welding and metallurgy.

After earning a BS degree in Welding and Mechanical Engineering from LeTourneau University in 1978 and a PhD in Materials Engineering from RPI in 1987, he has worked for nearly 40 years in the welding industry. He is an AWS SCWI and CWE, an ASNT Level III Visual Testing Inspector, a Level 2 Certified Welding Inspector with the Canadian Welding Bureau, and holds a PE license in Metallurgical Engineering.

He is a member of several AWS D1 Structural Welding Code committees including the AWS D1 Main Committee, D1 Executive Committee, and is Chair of the D1K Stainless Steel Subcommittee. Rich is also an officer or member of several ASME B31 and B31.3 subcommittees, the ASME Bioprocessing Equipment Standard committee and numerous subcommittees, including chairing the Materials Joining Subcommittee for six years, the AWS D18 Welding in Sanitary Applications committee, and is Chair of the AWS C5C Gas Tungsten Arc Welding Subcommittee and member of the C5 Arc Welding Committee. Rich has taught the 44 hour AWS CWI classes for over 20 years, including twice a year in Denver. Dr. Campbell has been instrumental in writing and updating the CWI training and examination program through the years, including the new 2-day training for the revised practical examination which began in 2016. He also presents a 2-day seminar on Welding of Stainless Steels at the annual Fabtech Show plus a 1-day Welding Symbols seminar. Dr. Campbell is author of more than 20 articles, and as a recognized expert in stainless steel welding, he authored AWS’s book The Professional’s Advisor on Welding of Stainless Steels.

After starting his career with Westinghouse Bettis Atomic Power Lab for the naval reactors program, he worked as a welding engineer at the Rocky Flats Plant west of Denver for 9 years, including 2 years at the AWS Precision Joining Center in Wheatridge. He owned his own welding shop and welding consulting business before joining Bechtel in 2006.

Ernest Levert is A Lockheed Martin Fellow and a past President of the American Welding Society. Levert grew up in Cleveland where he attended Max S. Hayes High School and interned with NASA at the John H. Glenn Research Center as a sophomore. He graduated from Max S. Hayes High School in 1972. Then, after working briefly as a tool and die welder at Club Products in Cleveland, Levert served a tour of duty in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War and attended the U.S. Navy’s C-1 Welding School. Levert went on to graduate from Ohio State University in 1982 with his B.S. degree in welding engineering, specializing in laser-beam and electron-beam welding.

In 1986, Levert joined Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control Division in Dallas, Texas where he worked on projects under NASA and the U.S. Department of Defense that included International Space Station and the Army Tactical Missile System. Levert’s division created and implemented photovoltaic radiators for the International Space Station’s crew areas and the removal of excess heat. He also developed a system of elbow tubing designed to carry coolant gases in radiators that are part of the Space Station. In 1996, Levert was appointed senior staff manufacturing engineer at Lockheed Martin; and, by 2000, Levert’s team had successfully welded 284 missiles. Throughout his career, Levert has developed standard policies and processes that provide structural integrity for many Lockheed Martin products. He also contributed a chapter to the book, Sparking the Future: National Center for Welding Education and Training, published by the Welding Education Center in 2009.

In 2002, Levert became the first African American to serve as president of the American Welding Society. He was honored with the Outstanding Alumni Award from Ohio State University’s School of Engineering in 2004 and with the NOVA Award for Outstanding leadership from Lockheed Martin in 2006.

Bill Newell, Jr. is Co-Founder/Vice President of Euroweld, Ltd., a supplier of specialty welding consumables and technology. He is also the President and Founder of W. F. Newell & Associates, a consulting firm that specializes in welding engineering. Mr. Newell has been heavily involved in the power generation (nuclear, fossil, hydro), industrial, manufacturing, heavy & highway construction and auto racing industries for over 40 years, both domestic and internationally. Particular expertise includes piping, structural, pressure vessels, valves, and associated components as they relate to welding, materials, and nondestructive testing. Mr. Newell utilizes his diversified experience in implementing welding technologies toward procedure and process evaluation, development and implementation of dry/wet welding techniques, corrosion control, and reduction of residual stresses. He also provides primary and third party review of procedures and specifications, including domestic and international research and development.

Clientele ranges from small operations to Fortune 500 corporations. Mr. Newell has been very successful assisting clients during planned and unplanned shutdowns or turnarounds as well as new projects. In addition to technical consulting, he actively provides component/hardware failure evaluations and project management of major turn-key repair operations. Specialized approaches, techniques and/or equipment are utilized depending upon clients’ needs.
An authority in his field, Mr. Newell also provides expert testimony in welding-related areas. For nearly four decades, he has been giving technical presentations for AWS, EPRI, WRC and other venues. In the last decade, much attention has been given to committee participation with ASME and AWS welding codes as well as making presentations in a variety of conferences and seminars. He also prepares and implements training programs for management, engineering, craft, supervision and Quality Assurance personnel.

Mr. Newell holds an International Institute of Welding (IIW) International Welding Engineer (IWE) diploma and is a licensed Professional Engineer in Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Alberta, Canada. He holds four patents and a Bachelor of Science in Welding Engineering from The Ohio State University.

Chris Sundberg Mr. Sundberg works out of his home in Issaquah, WA as a technical advisor to Victaulic, Easton, PA, where he is Director of Infrastructure, Water & Power. He is a Registered Structural Engineer (SE) in Washington State and Senior Certified Welding Inspector (SCWI) with a background in design of global water projects. He is active on several national committees including AWWA (American Water Works Association), Steel Pipe and Stainless Steel technical committees. He is past chair of AWWA C301 (Pre-stressed Concrete Cylinder Pipe), C303 (Bar-Wrapped Concrete Cylinder Pipe) & C304 (Design of Pre-stressed Concrete Cylinder Pipe) technical committees. He is nationally recognized and has provided pipeline and welding consultation for New York City, San Francisco and London, England.

Tony Anderson is the Director of Aluminum Technology for ITW North America. He is based at the ITW Global Welding Center in Appleton WI and works very closely with Miller Electric – Welding Equipment and Maxal International – Aluminum Welding Wire. Mr. Anderson has spent over 40 years in the welding industry and is a Fellow of the TWI (British welding Institute) and a Registered Chartered Engineer with the British Engineering Council UK. He is an American Welding Society (AWS) Certified Welding Inspector, Certified Welding Educator and Certified Welding Engineer.

Mr. Anderson’s Professional activities include:

Chairman – Aluminum Association Technical Advisory Committee for Welding & Joining.
Chairman – AWS D10.7 Specification for Arc Welding of Aluminum Alloy Pipe.
Chairman – AWS A5.10 Specification for Bare Aluminum Welding Electrodes and Rods.
Chairman – AWS D3.7 Guide for Aluminum Hull Welding.
Advisor and past Vice Chairman – AWS D1.2 Structural Welding Code – Aluminum
Past Chairman – AWS D8.14 Specification for Automotive Weld Quality – Aluminum.
Vice Chairman – AWS Conference Committee. • Chairman – AWS Aluminum Conference Committee.
Member of the AWS Professional Welders Competition Committee
Chairman – AWS Handbook Committee (Volume 5 – Ninth Edition) – Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys.
Member of the AWS Board of Directors.

Mr. Anderson writes a regular aluminum welding question and answer column (10th consecutive year) for the American Welding Society Welding Journal

Richard Holdren is a Director at Large for the American Welding Society. He holds a BS in Welding Engineering from the Ohio State University, and was a Principal Welding Engineer with the Edison Welding Institute from 1995 to 2006. Holdren is a Senior Welding Engineer with Arc Specialties Engineering (Houston, TX) and also is President/Principal for Welding Consultants, llc (Columbus, OH).

Duane Miller is a recognized authority on the design of welded connections. He is in demand as a speaker on the subject all over the world and has lectured in Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, as well as across North America. Dr. Miller publishes frequently in the industry press and on three occasions, has been awarded the coveted Silver Quill Award of the American Welding Society (AWS) for the excellence of his published work, most recently in 1998. In 2001, he received the American Institute of Steel Construction’s T. R. Higgins Lectureship Award, which annually recognizes an outstanding lecturer and author whose technical papers are considered an outstanding contribution to the engineering literature. In 2005, he received AISC’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He has authored and co-authored chapters of many texts, including the AISC Design Guide on Welding and the Mark’s Handbook of Engineering, 10th Edition. He is the co-presenter of the Lincoln Electric’s Blodgett Design Seminar series, and a frequent speaker at seminars sponsored by professional groups such as AWS and the AISC.

Dr. Miller earned a B.S. degree in Welding Engineering from LeTourneau University in Longview, Texas, an M.S. in Materials Engineering from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree from LeTourneau University in 1997. An AWS member since he was 19, he currently serves as First Vice Chair of the AWS D1 Structural Welding Code Committee and Chair of the Seismic Welding Subcommittee. He is a former co-chair of the AASHTO-AWS D1.5 Bridge Welding Code Committee, a member of the AISC Specification Committee, a Professional Engineer, Certified Welding Inspector and Qualified Welder. He is a member of Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, LeTourneau University’s Gold Key Club, and NSPE.

Dr. Barbara Henon has a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from the University of Southern California and did postdoctoral research at the Division of Neurosciences at the City of Hope Research Institute in California. In 1984 Dr. Henon joined Arc Machines, Inc. and became an instructor of orbital GTA tube welding for the semiconductor and biotechnology industries. In 1989 she joined an American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) committee to develop the ASME Bioprocessing Equipment (BPE) Standard first published in 1997. Dr. Henon served on several subcommittees of the BPE Standard including the Materials Joining Subcommittee and was Vice Chair of the BPE Main Committee for two terms. She was part of the task group that helped to write the High Purity Chapter X of the ASME B31.3 Code that was introduced in the 2010 Edition of the Code, and she was the official liaison between the BPE Committee and the B31.3 Code for several years.