American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Codes[edit]

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC) covers all aspects of design and
manufacture of boilers and pressure vessels. All sections contain welding specifications, however most relevant information is contained in
the following:

Code Description

ASME BPVC Section II Part C: Specifications for Welding Rods, Electrodes, and Filler Metals.[1]

ASME BPVC Section V Nondestructive Examination

ASME BPVC Section IX Welding and Brazing Qualifications

ASME B16.25 Buttwelding ends

American Welding Society (AWS) Standards[edit]

The American Welding Society (AWS) publishes over 240 AWS-developed codes, recommended practices and guides which are written in
accordance with American National Standards Institute (ANSI) practices.[2] The following is a partial list of the more common publications:

Standard Number† Title

Standard Number† Title

AWS A02.4 Standard symbols for welding, brazing, and non-destructive examination

AWS A03.0 Standard welding terms and definitions

AWS A05.1 Specification for carbon steel electrodes for shielded metal arc welding

AWS A05.18 Specification for carbon steel electrodes and rods for gas shielded arc welding

AWS B01.10 Guide for the nondestructive examination of welds

AWS B02.1 Specification for Welding Procedure and Performance Qualification

AWS D01.1 Structural welding (steel)

AWS D01.2 Structural welding (aluminum)

AWS D01.3 Structural welding (sheet steel)

Standard Number† Title

AWS D01.4 Structural welding (reinforcing steel)

AWS D01.5 Bridge welding

AWS D01.6 Structural welding (stainless steel)

AWS D01.7 Structural welding (strengthening and repair)

AWS D01.8 Structural welding seismic supplement

AWS D01.9 Structural welding (titanium)

AWS D08.1 Automotive spot welding

AWS D08.6 Automotive spot welding electrodes supplement

AWS D08.7 Automotive spot welding recommendations supplement

Standard Number† Title

AWS D08.8 Automotive arc welding (steel)

AWS D08.9 Automotive spot weld testing

AWS D08.14 Automotive arc welding (aluminum)

AWS D09.1 Sheet metal welding

AWS D10.10 Heating practices for pipe and tube

AWS D10.11 Root pass welding for pipe

AWS D10.12 Pipe welding (mild steel)

AWS D10.13 Tube brazing (copper)

AWS D10.18 Pipe welding (stainless steel)

Standard Number† Title

AWS D11.2 Welding (cast iron)

AWS D14.1 Industrial mill crane welding

AWS D14.3 Earthmoving & agricultural equipment welding

AWS D14.4 Machinery joint welding

AWS D14.5 Press welding

AWS D14.6 Industrial mill roll surfacing

AWS D15.1 Railroad welding

AWS D15.2 Railroad welding practice supplement

AWS D16.1 Robotic arc welding safety

Standard Number† Title

AWS D16.2 Robotic arc welding system installation

AWS D16.3 Robotic arc welding risk assessment

AWS D16.4 Robotic arc welder operator qualification

AWS D17.1 Aerospace fusion welding

AWS D17.2 Aerospace resistance welding

AWS D18.1 Hygienic tube welding (stainless steel)

AWS D18.2 Stainless steel tube discoloration guide

AWS D18.3 Hygienic equipment welding

†
The zero after the first letter is only placed there so the table can be sorted. i.e. D01.1 is actually D1.1).
American Petroleum Institute (API) Standards[edit]
The American Petroleum Institute (API) oldest and most successful programs is in the development of API standards which started with its
first standard in 1924. API maintains over 500 standards covering the oil and gas field.[3] The following is a partial list specific to welding:

Standard Number Description

API RP 577 Welding Inspection and Metallurgy

API 1104 Welding of pipelines and related facilities

Australian / New Zealand (AS/NZS) Standards[edit]

Standards Australia is the body responsible for the development, maintenance and publication of Australian Standards.[4] The following is a
partial list specific to welding:

Standard Number Description

AS/NZS 1554.1 Structural steel welding - Welding of steel structures

AS/NZS 1554.2 Structural steel welding - Stud welding (steel studs to steel)
Standard Number Description

AS/NZS 1554.3 Structural steel welding - Welding of reinforcing steel

AS/NZS 1554.4 Structural steel welding - Welding of high strength quenched and tempered steels

AS/NZS 1554.5 Structural steel welding - Welding of steel structures subject to high levels of fatigue loading

AS/NZS 1554.6 Structural steel welding - Welding stainless steels for structural purposes

AS/NZS 1554.7 Structural steel welding - Welding of sheet steel structures

AS/NZS 3992 Pressure equipment - Welding and brazing qualification

Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Standards[edit]

The Canadian Standards Association (CSA) is responsible for the development, maintenance and publication of CSA standards.[5] The
following is a partial list specific to welding:

Standard Number Description

CAN/CSA-G401-07 Corrugated Steel Pipe Products

Welding consumables - Wire electrodes and weld deposits for gas shielded metal arc welding of non alloy
CAN/CSA-ISO 14341:11
and fine grain steels -

CAN/CSA-W117.2-06
Safety in Welding, Cutting and Allied Processes
(R2011)

G40.20-04/G40.21-04
General Requirements for Rolled or Welded Structural Quality Steel/ Structural Quality Steel
(R2009)

W178.1-08 Certification of Welding Inspection Organizations

W178.2-08 Certification of Welding Inspectors

W47.1-09 Certification of companies for fusion welding of steel

W47.2-11 Certification of companies for fusion welding of aluminum

W48-06 (R2011) Filler Metals and Allied Materials for Metal Arc Welding

W55.3-08 Certification of companies for resistance welding of steel and aluminum

W59-13 Welded Steel Construction (Metal Arc Welding)

W59.2-M1991 (R2008) Welded Aluminum Construction

Z662-11 Oil and Gas Pipeline Systems

British Standards (BS)[edit]

British Standards are developed, maintained and published by BSI Standards which is UK's National Standards Body.[6] The following is a
partial list of standards specific to welding:

Standard
Description
Number

BS 499-1 Welding terms and symbols. Glossary for welding, brazing and thermal cutting

BS 499-2C Welding terms and symbols. European arc welding symbols in chart form
 Standard
Description
Number

BS 2633 Specification for Class I arc welding of ferritic steel pipework for carrying fluids

BS 2971 Specification for class II arc welding of carbon steel pipework for carrying fluids

Specification for welding of steel pipelines on land and offshore - Part 1: Carbon and carbon manganese steel
BS 4515-1
pipelines

BS 4515-2 Specification for welding of steel pipelines on land and offshore. Duplex stainless steel pipelines

PD 6705-2 Structural use of steel and aluminium. Recommendations for the execution of steel bridges to BS EN 1090-2

PD 6705-3 Structural use of steel and aluminium. Recommendations for the execution of aluminium structures to BS EN 1090-3

International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Standards[edit]

International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has developed over 18500 standards and over 1100 new standards are published
every year.[7] The following is a partial list of the standards specific to welding:
 Standard
Description
Number

ISO 2553 Welded, brazed and soldered joints - symbolic representation on drawings (1992)

ISO 2560 Welding consumables. Covered electrodes for manual metal arc welding of non-alloy and fine grain steels. Classification

ISO 3580 Covered electrodes for manual arc welding of creep-resisting steels - Code of symbols for identification

Covered electrodes for manual arc welding of stainless and other similar high alloy steels - Code of symbols for
ISO 3581
identification

ISO 3834 Quality requirements for fusion welding of metallic materials, five parts.

ISO 4063 Welding and allied processes - Nomenclature of processes and reference numbers

Welding. Fusion-welded joints in steel, nickel, titanium and their alloys (beam welding excluded). Quality levels for
ISO 5817
imperfections
 Standard
Description
Number

ISO 6520-1 Welding and allied processes — Classification of geometric imperfections in metallic materials — Part 1: Fusion welding

Welding and allied processes — Classification of geometric imperfections in metallic materials — Part 2: Welding with
ISO 6520-2
pressure

ISO 6947 Welds. Working positions. Definitions of angles of slope and rotation

ISO 9606 Qualification test of welders — Fusion welding, parts 1 to 5

Welding and allied processes. Recommendations for joint preparation. Manual metal-arc welding, gas-shielded metal-arc
ISO 9692-1
welding, gas welding, TIG welding and beam welding of steels

ISO 9692-2 Welding and allied processes. Joint preparation. Submerged arc welding of steels

ISO 9692-3 Welding and allied processes. Joint preparation. Part 3: TIG and MIG welding of aluminium and its alloys
 Standard
Description
Number

ISO 13847 Petroleum and natural gas industries - Pipeline transportation systems - Welding of pipelines

Welding - Guidance on the measurement of preheating temperature, interpass temperature and preheat mainteanance
ISO 13916
temperature

ISO 13918 Welding - Studs and ceramic ferrules for arc stud welding

ISO 13919-1 Welding - Electron and laser-beam welded joints - Guidance on quality level for imperfections - Part 1: Steel

Welding - Electron and laser-beam welded joints - Guidance on quality level for imperfections - Part 2: Aluminium and its
ISO 13919-2
weldable alloys

ISO 13920 Welding - General tolerances for welded constructions - Dimensions for lengths and angles - Shape and position

ISO 14112 Gas welding equipment - Small kits for gas brazing and welding
 Standard
Description
Number

Welding consumables — Gases and gas mixtures for fusion welding and allied processes. Replaced EN 439:1994 in
ISO 14175
Europe.

Welding consumables. Wire electrodes and deposits for gas shielded metal arc welding of non alloy and fine grain steels.
ISO 14341
Classification

ISO 14554 Resistance welding

ISO 14744 Electron beam welding, six parts

ISO 15607 Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials - General rules

ISO/TR 15608 Welding - Guidelines for a metallic material grouping system

ISO 15609 Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials - Welding procedure specification, five parts.
 Standard
Description
Number

Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials — Qualification based on tested welding
ISO 15610
consumables

Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials — Qualification based on previous welding
ISO 15611
experience

Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials — Qualification by adoption of a standard
ISO 15612
welding procedure

Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials — Qualification based on pre-production
ISO 15613
welding test

ISO 15614 Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials - Welding procedure test, 13 parts.

Gas welding equipment. Acetylene manifold systems for welding, cutting and allied processes. Safety requirements in
ISO 15615
high-pressure devices
 Standard
Description
Number

ISO 15618-1 Qualification testing of welders for under-water welding. Diver-welders for hyperbaric wet welding

ISO 15618-2 Qualification testing of welders for under-water welding. Diver-welders and welding operators for hyperbaric dry welding

ISO 17635 Non-destructive testing of welds. General rules for metallic materials

ISO/TR 20172 Welding — Grouping systems for materials — European materials

ISO/TR 20173 Welding — Grouping systems for materials — American materials

ISO/TR 20174 Welding — Grouping systems for materials — Japanese materials

Welding for aerospace applications. Qualification test for welders and welding operators. Fusion welding of metallic
ISO 24394
components

European Union (CEN) standards[edit]

The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) had issued numerous standards covering welding processes, which unified and
replaced former national standards. Of the former national standards, those issued by BSI and DIN were widely used outside their countries
of origin. After the Vienna Agreement with ISO, CEN has replaced most of them with equivalent ISO standards (EN ISO series).[8]

Standard
Description
Number

EN 287-1 Qualification test of welders — Fusion welding — Part 1: Steels[9] [10]

Execution of steel structures and aluminium structures - Part 1: Requirements for conformity assessment of structural
EN 1090-1
components

EN 1090-2 Execution of steel structures and aluminium structures - Part 2: Technical requirements for steel structures

EN 1090-3 Execution of steel structures and aluminium structures - Part 3: Technical requirements for aluminium structures

EN 1011-1 Welding — Recommendations for welding of metallic materials — Part 1: General guidance for arc welding

EN 1011-2 Welding — Recommendations for welding of metallic materials — Part 2: Arc welding of ferritic steels

EN 1011-3 Welding — Recommendations for welding of metallic materials — Part 3: Arc welding of stainless steels
 Standard
Description
Number

EN 1011-4 Welding — Recommendations for welding of metallic materials — Part 4: Arc welding of aluminium and aluminium alloys

EN 1011-5 Welding. Recommendations for welding of metallic materials. Welding of clad steel

EN 1011-6 Welding. Recommendations for welding of metallic materials. Laser beam welding

EN 1011-7 Welding — Recommendations for welding of metallic materials — Part 7: Electron beam welding

EN 1011-8 Welding. Recommendations for welding of metallic materials. Welding of cast irons

Welding personnel. Approval testing of welding operators for fusion welding and resistance weld setters for fully
EN 1418
mechanized and automatic welding of metallic materials

EN 1708-1 Welding. Basic welded joint details in steel. Pressurized components.

EN 1708-2 Welding. Basic weld joint details in steel. Non-internal pressurized components.
 Standard
Description
Number

EN 1708-3 Welding. Basic weld joint details in steel. Clad, buttered and lined pressurized components.

EN 1993-1-8 Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures – Part 1-8: General – Design of joints

EN 13133 Brazing - Brazer approval

EN 22553 Welded, brazed and soldered joints – Symbolic representation on drawings. (CEN version of ISO 2553)

Additional requirements for welding exist in CEN codes and standards for specific products, like EN 12952, EN 12953, EN 13445, EN
13480, etc.

German Standards (DIN and others)[edit]

NA 092 is the Standards Committee for welding and allied processes (NAS) at DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e. V.[11] The following is
a partial list of DIN welding standards:

Code Description

DIN 1910-100 Welding; terms dependent on materials for metal welding

 Code Description

Schweißgeeignete Feinkornbaustähle - Richtlinien für die Verarbeitung besonders für das Schmelzschweißen",
SEW 088
Stahlinstitut VDEh

Merkblatt DVS
Metall-Schutzgasschwißen von Feinkornbaustählen", Deutscher Verband für Schweißtechnik e.V.
0916

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