GENERAL
API 1104 provides a list of permitted welding processes, anddoes not allow for substitutions without formal consideration bythe API 1104 Committee.
The following list, in the same order as in Section 1, givescommon industry abbreviations and nonstandard names for thepermitted processes:
• Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW), also called stickwelding.
• Submerged arc welding (SAW), also called subarc.
• Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW), also called tungsten inertgas (TIG) and heliarc welding.
• Gas metal arc welding (GMAW), also called metal inert gas(MIG) welding.
• Flux-cored arc welding (FCAW).
• Plasma arc welding (PAW).
• Oxyacetylene welding (OAW), also called gas welding.
• Flash butt welding (FW).
API 1104 also discusses the use of manual, semiautomatic,mechanized, or automatic welding techniques. For definitions ofthese techniques, see Section 3 of API 1104. Study Guide Table 1.1indicates which of the permitted welding processes you may performusing each technique.
API 1104 covers procedures and acceptance standards for variouskinds of nondestructive testing. The following list, in the sameorder as in Section 1, gives common industry abbreviations andnonstandard names:
• Radiographic testing (RT) (x-ray and gamma radiationtesting).
• Magnetic particle testing (MT).
• Liquid penetrant testing (PT).
• Ultrasonic testing (UT).
• Visual testing (VT).
API 1104 contains values stated in U.S. Customary (inch-pound)Units and SI (metric) Units. The U.S. Customary values appearfirst, followed by the SI Units in parentheses, but the SI Unitsare an approximation of the corresponding U.S. Customary Units. API1104 emphasizes that you must use one system or the other, and notcombine them.
- Edition:
- 20
- Published:
- 01/01/2008
- Number of Pages:
- 104
- File Size:
- 1 file , 550 KB
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