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ASME BPV Code, Section IX: Welding & Brazing Qualifications

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This online, instructor-supported course explains the layout, scope, and use of Section IX of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code using illustrative examples. It explains and demonstrates the rules for qualification of welding and brazing procedures and personnel. The course also discusses basic rules for the use of Section IX in conjunction with other construction codes. These rules include the identification of responsibilities for procedure and personnel qualification and which activities can be subcontracted by the manufacturer.

Basic characteristics of the welding processes will be presented as a basis for understanding the essential and nonessential variables that are listed for the qualification of procedures and personnel. Some basic metallurgy will be presented to explain the philosophy supporting the essential variable rules of the Code. Examples of welding procedure and personnel qualification documentation will then be presented showing how the essential and nonessential variables are to be identified and documented. Finally, a brief discussion and demonstration will be conducted to show how supplementary essential variables can be addressed when impact toughness is required.

You Will Learn to:

Explain layout and scope of Section IX of the ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code
Identify basic rules for finding requirements in Section IX
Describe practical, instructive welding procedures that are compliant with Section IX
Describe the qualification of procedures & personnel in Section I
Describe the basic features of the commonly used welding process
Explain the concept of carbon equivalent and hardenability of steels
Identify the nonessential variables and essential variables in the WPS
Explain how to prepare and modify the PQR and WPS from fundamental data
Identify supplementary essential variables

Who Should Attend
This course is intended for engineers, supervisors, quality assurance/control personnel, auditors, and other technical personnel working in the boiler, pressure vessel, petrochemical, biopharmaceutical, or other industry whose welding qualifications are governed by ASME BPV Code Section IX.

To take this course you should have a personal computer, Web browser, Internet connection, and software to display PDF files (such as Adobe Reader^®).

About the Instructors

Paul L. Sturgill (CWE, B.S., SCWI, ASNT Level III VT) is president of Sturgill Welding & Code Consulting, an independent consulting firm in Fort Collins, Colorado. He has worked in the fabricated metal goods industry for more than 25 years, and he serves on several committees of both the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code and the ASME Bioprocessing Equipment Standard.

Mr. Sturgill is also a member of the Standards Committee for Qualifications for Authorized Inspection and the AWS D1K Subcommittee 11 on Structural Stainless Steel. He is a Certified Conformance Evaluator (CCE) for the 3-A Sanitary Standards, Inc. Third Party Verification Program, and an ASNT Level III VT Inspector (#141940). Mr. Sturgill’s experience includes weld development, production support, manufacturing engineering, failure analysis, inspection, and training in the nuclear, aerospace, structural, biopharmaceutical, and refinery industries. His expertise is welding metallurgy, welding processes and applications, regulatory documentation and high-purity welding.

Mr. Sturgill has made numerous presentations on metallurgy, welding, and inspection in both the US and Europe. He has a B.S. degree from the University of Tennessee. Mr. Sturgill teaches both the AWS CWI and the AWS CWI 9-Year Recertification Seminar and he has been an Adjunct Instructor for AWS since 2004.

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