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 AS / NZS 3992/Amdt 1/2000-04-28

STANDARDS AUSTRALIA / STANDARDS NEW ZEALAND

Amendment No. 1
to
AS / NZS 3992:1998
Pressure equipmentWelding and brazing qualification

REVISED TEXT

The 1998 edition of AS / NZS 3992 is amended as follows; the amendments should be inserted in the
appropriate place.

SUMMARY : This Amendment applies to Clauses 1.4.12 and 2.1, Tables 2.1, 5.2 to 5.4 and 6.1, Clauses 7.4.2
and 7.7.1, Tables 7.1 and 7.2, Clauses 7.8.2, 8.2.2, 9.2 and 9.7, Tables 9.1 and 10.1 and Appendices B and
C.

Published on 28 April 2000.

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2000.

AMDT Page 9 Clause 1.4.12

No. 1
APR.
2000 Note, delete Note and substitute the following:
NOTE: This definition is intended to include the use of prequalified welding procedures as
detailed in Section 2.

AMDT Page 10 Clause 2.1

No. 1
APR.
2000 Item (c) delete ; and and substitute but not Table 5.4 which does not apply to
prequalified procedures; and.

AMDT Page 10 Table 2.1

No. 1
APR.
2000 Second column, second line, delete effective and (see Table 5.1).

ISBN 0 7337 3316 6

 AMDT Page 21 Table 5.2
No. 1
APR.
2000 Delete Table 5.2 but not Notes and substitute the following:

Material group(s) of original Other material groups or combinations of steel groups

qualified welding procedure (see Note 1)
A1 to A1 A1 to A2 (see Note 2(b); A2 to A2 (see Note 2)
A1 to A2 A1 to A1; A2 to A2 (see Note 2)
A2 to A2 A1 to A1; A1 to A2
A3 to A1, A2 or A3 Nil
B to B
B to A2 or A1
B to A2 or A1
C to C
C to B, A2 or A1
C to B, A2 or A1
D1 to D1 D1 to D2 (Note 3), D1 to C
D2 to D2 (Note 3) D2 (Note 2) to C, B, A2 or A1 (Note 4)
D2 to C, B, A2
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K to A1, A2, B, C, D1 or D2 K to any lower ferritic steel group provided nickel based
alloy welding consumables are used (see Table 5.5)

AMDT Pages 22-23 Table 5.3

No. 1
APR.
2000 1 Material Group A1, third column, insert ASTM A 106B.
2 Delete row for material Group D2 and substitute the following:

D2 Alloy steel (3 total 2Cr-1Mo 5A 1

alloy <10)
5Cr-Mo; 5B 1
9Cr-1Mo; 1
9Cr-1Mo-V 2

3 Material Group H, third column, insert 12Cr-1Mo-V(W).

4 Insert new material group following Ti 52 as follows:

Zirconium
Zr 61 Unalloyed Zr 99.0 Zr 61
Zr 62 Alloyed Zr 95.5 Zr-2.5 Nb 62

AMDT Page 23 Table 5.4

No. 1
APR.
2000 Item 4, second column, delete text and substitute the following:
Single or multi-run manual metal-arc (except for Item 2), submerged arc, gas-tungsten arc, gas metal-
arc welding (except short-circuiting arc transfer) and flux cored-arc welding.
 AMDT Page 33 Table 6.1
No. 1
APR.
2000 1 For test specimen Face bend, in columns 2 and 4 delete the number 1.
2 Note 11, delete Note and substitute the following:
11 Refer to Figure 7.1 for location, size and number of test specimens.

Page 34 Notes to Table 6.1

AMDT
No. 1 Note 14, delete Note and substitute the following:
APR.
2000 14 Single-sided welds require one face bend test and double-sided welds require one bend test for each
side.

AMDT Page 39 Clause 7.4.2

No. 1
APR.
2000 Insert new paragraph after the second paragraph as follows:
Where the transverse tensile test uses multiple test specimens to represent the full test
piece and one test specimen fails, the test may be repeated with a full thickness test
piece.

AMDT Page 41 Table 7.1

No. 1
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APR.
2000 Insert the following at the end of Table 7.1:

Zr 61 Unalloyed Zr 10t
Zr 62 Alloyed Zr 10t

AMDT Page 42 Clause 7.7.1

No. 1
APR.
2000 Delete Item (e) and substitute the following:
(e) Where impact testing is required in accordance with Note 2(b) to Table 10.1 of this
Standard, the test temperature shall be as specified in Note 2(b) to Table 10.1.

AMDT Page 44 Table 7.2

No. 1
APR.
2000 1 Material Group K, Type Austenitic Cr-Ni steel (except steels to Note 7), delete
(except steels to Note 7) and substitute (except steels to Note 6).
2 Material Group K, Type Austenitic Cr-Ni steel (Note 7), delete (Note 7) and
substitute (Note 6).

AMDT Page 45 Table 7.2

No. 1
APR.
2000 Note 7, Item (a), delete ; and and substitute or welds without filler metal are made
between 304, 304L, 316, 316L, 321 and 347 materials; and.

AMDT Page 46 Clause 7.8.2

No. 1
APR.
2000 After Item (b), insert new paragraph as follows:
Excess weld reinforcement or penetration shall not be cause for rejection of a welding
procedure test but shall be reported.

AMDT Page 49 Clause 8.2.2

No. 1
APR.
2000 Add new Item (c) as follows:
(c) A reduction in the number of layers of weld metal.
 AMDT Page 52 Clause 9.2
No. 1
APR.
2000 1 Item (e), delete The first production weld and substitute Part of the first
production weld or a complete pipe weld.
2 Add new Item (f) as follows:
(f) The length of weld examined in a production weld or test piece shall be at
least 300 mm or the circumference of a pipe weld, whichever is less.

AMDT Page 53 Clause 9.7

No. 1
APR.
2000 1 Insert new second paragraph as follows:
Where the failure of a welder qualification is determined by radiographic or
ultrasonic examination of a test piece or production weld, an additional test piece
or production weld shall be made and examined in accordance with the
requirements of Clause 9.5.
2 Second last and last paragraphs, first line, after the additional test, delete
specimens and substitute specimens, test piece or production weld.

AMDT Page 54 Table 9.1

No. 1
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APR.
2000 1 Second column, Item 5:
Second line, delete specimen and substitute test piece and delete 20 mm and
substitute 10 mm (twice).
2 Second column, delete Item 6 and substitute the following:
Requalification is required when the pipe outside diameter is smaller than the following values:
(a) D where D < 25 mm.
(b) 25 mm where 25 D < 73 mm.
(c) 73 mm where D 73 mm.
D = outside diameter of the welders test pipe.
NOTE: Requalification is not required for pipe diameters greater than the welders test pipe.

AMDT Page 58 Table 10.1

No. 1
APR.
2000 Note 2(b), delete Table 2.6.2(b) and substitute Table 2.6.2.

AMDT Page 81 Paragraph B2, Appendix B

No. 1
APR.
2000 Item (o), add last sentence Where a welding procedure is prequalified, insert
prequalified for the welding procedure number in the last paragraph of Figure B1.

AMDT Page 82 Figure B1, Appendix B

No. 1
APR.
2000 Heading of Column 1 in Table, delete Testing location and substitute Pass number.

AMDT Page 83 Paragraph C2, Appendix C

No. 1
APR.
2000 Item (h), insert new last sentence as follows:
Show the deposit thickness for each process for multiple pass process.
AMDT Page 84 Figure C1, Appendix C
No. 1
APR.
2000 Delete figure and substitute the following:
 PROCEDURE QUALIFICATION RECORD (PQR)
Company name Shop Welder
Address Site Date of test
Welding procedure No. ............ (Material Plate mm
Material
to thickness) Pipe mm
Weld type specification
............ Pipe OD mm
Thickness . . . . . . . . . . mm
Weld position Group No. range to
qualified . . . . . . . . . . mm
Joint details
Root opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Root face . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Groove angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interrun cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Thermal treatment
Heat No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preheat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C
Plate No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Max. interrun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C
Joint detail (sketch) Pass sequence (sketch) PWHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C
Show deposit thickness for each Heating rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
process used Cooling rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
Welding details
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Electrode Travel Current Flux or Arc

Layer Runs per Welding Electrode
Classifi- Amps Volts speed type and shielding energy
No. layer process diameter
cation mm/min polarity gas kJ/mm

NDE tests and Mechanical tests and test

Additional details
test certificate reference certificate reference
Test Cert. Ref.
Electrode stickout
....... mm Visual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transverse tensile . . . . . . .
RT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All-weld tensile . . . . . . . . . .
Shielding gas UT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
flow rate ...... L/min MT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Impacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Macro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other ........... Hardness . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Notes

The statements in this record are correct. The test welds were prepared, welded and tested in accordance with
the requirements of AS/NZS 3992.

Fabricator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (signed) Witnessed by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (signed)

Position ................................. Organization .............................

Date .................................. Date ..................................

FIGURE C1 RECOMMENDED FORM FOR RECORDING THE QUALIFICATION

OF WELDING PROCEDURE