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WELDING AND BRAZING PROCEDURE APPROVAL

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NUMBER: 60-77TITLE: WELDING AND BRAZING PROCEDURE APPROVALSCOPE: REQUIREMENTS FOR MILITARY AND COMMERCIAL WELDING AND BRAZINGACRONYMS:ACN (ADVANCE CHANGE NOTICE)BPS (BRAZING PROCEDURE SPECIFICATION OR BRAZING PROCEDURE)NDT (NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING)PQR (PROCEDURE QUALIFICATION RECORD)RT (RADIOGRAPHIC TEST)SPARS VES (SHIPBUILDING PARTNERS AND SUPPLIERS VIRTUAL ENTERPRISESERVER)VIR (VENDOR INFORMATION REQUEST)VPAR (VENDOR PROCEDURE APPROVAL REQUEST)VT (VISUAL TEST)WPQ (WELDER PERFORMANCE QUALIFICATION RECORDS)WPS (WELDING PROCEDURE SPECIFICATION OR WELD PROCEDURE)CLAUSE: THE REQUIREMENTS CONTAINED HEREIN APPLY TO PROCEDURES USED INFULFILLING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS PURCHASE ORDER. THE REQUIREMENTSARE APPLICABLE TO BOTH SUPPLIERS AND THEIR SUBCONTRACTOR(S).EFFECTIVITY: THIS STANDARD CLAUSE REVISION IS APPLICABLE TO PURCHASEORDERS INITIATED FROM 05/31/2019 FORWARD. ANY PURCHASE ORDERS DATEDPRIOR TO 05/31/2019 MAY UTILIZE REVISION 20 OF THIS STANDARD CLAUSE.INDEX:SECTION I - GENERAL REQUIREMENTSSECTION II- VPAR APPROVAL LIMITATIONSSECTION III - FABRICATION AND QUALIFICATION DOCUMENT APPLICABILITYSECTION IV -USE OF UNLISTED BASE OR FILLER MATERIALSSECTION V - PREPARATION OF WELDING OR BRAZING PROCEDURESSECTION VI -WPS, BPS AND PQR REQUIREMENTSSECTION VII -WPS, BPS, PQR REVISION CONTROLSECTION VIII - USE OF NAVWELD FOR WELDING/BRAZING PROCEDURES ANDQUALIFICATION RECORDSSECTION IX -CLARIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR SINGLE PASS WELDQUALIFICATION, MINIMUM PREHEAT FOR CARBON STEEL, SUBMERGED ARC WELDINGOF HY-MATERIALS, REVISIONS TO PULSED GAS METAL ARC WELDING PROCEDURESAND REPAIR OF BASE MATERIALSSECTION X -WELDER WORKMANSHIP TRAINING (WWT) APPLICABLE TO NAVSEATECHNICAL PUBLICATION OR MILITARY STANDARD FABRICATION DOCUMENTSSECTION XI - HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES NEWPORT NEWS OPERATIONSSUBMITTALSSECTION XII -COMMERCIAL WELDING/BRAZINGSECTION XIII -EB TRANSFER OF WPS OR PQR ALLOWANCESECTION XIV -USE OF AWS NAVSEA SWPS-N PROCEDURESSECTION XV - COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENT STATEMENTI) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:A) WRITTEN PROCEDURES SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE BUYER PRIOR TOPERFORMANCE OF WELDING OR BRAZING AND SHALL BE SUBMITTED FOR APPROVALWITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS OF SUPPLIER'S RECEIPT OF A PURCHASE ORDER.THE PRIME SUPPLIER WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SUBMITTING FOR APPROVALTHEIR SUBCONTRACTOR?S WRITTEN PROCEDURES AND ONCE APPROVED BY EB, THEAPPROVAL DOCUMENT SHALL BE FLOWED DOWN TO THE SUBCONTRACTOR.B) FOR CASES WHERE THE SUPPLIER IS NOT ABLE TO SUBMIT PROCEDURESWITHIN THE THIRTY DAY REQUIREMENT, THE SUPPLIER IS REQUIRED TO NOTIFYTHE BUYER AND PROVIDE A SCHEDULE FOR WHEN THE PROCEDURES WILL BESUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL.C) FOR PURCHASE ORDERS THAT ORIGINATE FROM HUNTINGTON INGALLSINDUSTRIES NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING (HII-NNS) SEE SECTION XI OF THISSTANDARD CLAUSE.D) **WARNING ** MATERIAL WELDED OR BRAZED WITH UNAPPROVED PROCEDURESOR UNAPPROVED PROCEDURE REVISIONS IS SUBJECT TO REJECTION AT THESUPPLIERS EXPENSE. SUPPLIERS MUST WORK TO THE MOST RECENT APPROVEDREVISION OF THEIR PROCEDURE LISTED IN THE CORRECTIVE ACTION BLOCK FORELECTRONIC VPARS OR BLOCK 13 OF THE PAPER VERSION. EACH VPAR APPROVALFOR A NEW PROCEDURE REVISION SUPERSEDES THE PREVIOUS REVISIONAPPROVAL.E) ** WARNING** PROCEDURES SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE BUYERELECTRONICALLY THROUGH THE SPARS VPAR SYSTEM OR A PROPERLY COMPLETEDVENDOR PROCEDURE APPROVAL REQUEST (VPAR), (EB FORM 84-01-2974) WHENREQUIRED BY SECTION I.G. SUBMITTAL SHALL INCLUDE AT A MINIMUM ITEMSIN SECTION I.K BELOW.F) COMMERCIAL WELDING AND BRAZING:1) WHEN THIS STANDARD CLAUSE IS INVOKED ON APPLICATIONS PERMITTINGCOMMERCIAL WELDING AND BRAZING, WPS AND BPS SHALL BE SUBMITTED ON AVPAR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS CLAUSE.G) WPS OR BPS AND SUPPORTING PQR(S) SHALL BE SUBMITTED WHEN ANY OF THEFOLLOWING APPLIES:1) IT IS A NEW PROCEDURE OR A PROCEDURE WHICH HAS NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLYAPPROVED.2) IT IS A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PROCEDURE THAT IS REVISED. SUBMITTALIS REQUIRED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE ONLY REVISION.3) IT IS A PROCEDURE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED SPECIFICALLY FOR A SINGLEPURCHASE ORDER OR SINGLE APPLICATION, AS DEFINED IN THE CORRECTIVEACTION BLOCK FOR ELECTRONIC VPARS (OR BLOCK 13 OF THE PAPER VPAR),THAT WILL BE USED ON A DIFFERENT PURCHASE ORDER OR APPLICATION.4) IF THE PROCEDURE APPROVAL IS ONLY FOR A DRAWING NUMBER, IF AREVISION IS MADE TO THAT DRAWING AFFECTING THE WELDING OR BRAZING ONTHAT DRAWING.5) FOR EB-PURCHASED MATERIAL, IT IS A PROCEDURE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BYAN ORGANIZATION OTHER THAN EB BUT NOT BY EB. FOR NNS-PURCHASEDMATERIAL, IT IS A PROCEDURE APPROVED BY AN ORGANIZATION OTHER THAN NNSBUT NOT BY NNS.I. TO EXPEDITE APPROVAL, THE SUBMITTAL SHALL CONTAIN THE SUPPORTINGQUALIFICATION DATA AND COPIES OF ALL APPROVAL DOCUMENTATION FROM OTHERORGANIZATIONS. FOR EXAMPLE: A NAVSEA LETTER OF APPROVAL, AN AUTHORIZEDREPRESENTATIVE LETTER OF APPROVAL, NNS FORM 9014.H) PROCEDURES ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED FOR THE FOLLOWINGCASES:1) PROCEDURES WHICH HAVE PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED THE BUYER'S WRITTENAPPROVAL ON A VPAR NEED NOT BE RESUBMITTED PROVIDED THAT THEPROCEDURE, INCLUDING REVISION AND DATE, IS THE SAME AS THAT LISTED ONTHE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED VPAR AND THE APPROVAL IS NOT FOR SPECIFICAPPLICATIONS AS LISTED IN SECTION II.B2) WHEN SPECIFICALLY EXEMPTED BY NAVSEA APPROVED SPECIFICATIONS,DRAWINGS; AS ALLOWED BY FABRICATION DOCUMENTS; OR AS OTHERWISEAPPROVED BY EB.I) FOR HARDWARE INVOLVING WELDING/BRAZING, WHERE THE WPS/BPS REQUIRESAPPROVAL, THE SUPPLIER SHALL ATTACH A PHOTOCOPY OF THE APPROVED VPARFOR EACH WPS/BPS USED TO THE FOLLOWING:1) THE PACKING SLIP2) THE WELD OR BRAZE RECORDS, WHEN RECORDS ARE REQUIREDJ) ONLY ONE WELDING/BRAZING PROCEDURE (INCLUDING SUPPORTINGQUALIFICATION DATA, TEST REPORTS AND PREVIOUS APPROVAL INFORMATION)PER VPAR SHALL BE SUBMITTED. RECORDS FOR MORE THAN ONE SUPPORTINGQUALIFICATION TEST MAY BE SUBMITTED WITH A VPAR, AS NECESSARY, INSUPPORT OF A SINGLE WELDING/BRAZING PROCEDURE.K) VPAR DETAIL REQUIREMENTS: VPAR SUBMITTAL FOR INITIAL PQR/WPS/BPSAPPROVAL SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS (SEE SECTIONS V, VI ANDVII FOR DETAILED REQUIREMENTS FOR WPS, BPS AND PQR).1) WPS OR BPS2) SUPPORTING PQR(S). FOR PQRS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLYAPPROVED, ALSO INCLUDE:I. SUPPORTING TEST LAB REPORTSII. MATERIAL CERTIFICATIONS FOR DUAL-CERTIFIED FILLER MATERIALIII. APPROVED RT VPAR (SEE SECTION VI.D.4), FOR QUALIFICATIONSREQUIRING RT.3) NAVSEA OR NAVSEA AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE APPROVAL DOCUMENTATIONFOR PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PQR(S), WHEN APPLICABLE.L) IN CASES WHERE WELDING OR BRAZING PROCEDURES CONSIST OF A MAIN ORGENERAL PROCEDURE AND A SUPPLEMENTAL TECHNIQUE SHEET, AND ESSENTIALWELDING/BRAZING PROCEDURE ELEMENTS ARE CONTAINED IN BOTH DOCUMENTS,BOTH DOCUMENTS SHALL BE SUBMITTED. NOTE THAT IN SOME CASES, A WELDINGOR BRAZING PROCEDURE IS CALLED A SCHEDULE; SCHEDULES SHALL BESUBMITTED FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL AS WELL. GENERAL PROCEDURES WRITTENTO BOTH MILITARY AND COMMERCIAL SPECIFICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.II) VPAR APPROVAL LIMITATIONS:A) WPS OR BPS WRITTEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH NAVSEA TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS(I.E. NAVSEA T9074-AD-GIB-010/1688 OR S9074-AR-GIB-010/278) ORMILITARY STANDARDS (I.E. MIL-STD-278) ARE TYPICALLY APPROVED FORGENERAL USE WITHOUT RESTRICTION.B) APPROVAL OF WPS OR BPS FOR NON-CRITICAL APPLICATIONS (AS DEFINED BYPARAGRAPH 4.2 OF SEAWOLF PPD 802-6335694 AND/OR PARAGRAPH 4.2.1.1 OFMIL-STD-278 OR NAVSEA S9074-AR-GIB-010/278), MINOR STRUCTURE (ASDEFINED IN PARAGRAPH 3.33.3.1 OF NAVSEA T9074-AD-GIB-010/1688) OR TOCOMMERCIAL OR OTHER SPECIFICATIONS, IS LIMITED TO ONE OF THEFOLLOWING:1) A SINGLE PURCHASE ORDER.2) SINGLE APPLICATION. SINGLE APPLICATION APPROVAL IS BASED ON DRAWINGNUMBER AND PART NUMBER.C) LIMITED APPROVAL MAY ALSO BE DUE TO NAVSEA APPROVAL OF SPECIAL WELDPROCEDURES WHERE SPECIFIC APPLICATION APPROVAL IS REQUIRED BYMIL-STD-278 / NAVSEA S9074-AR-GIB-010/278, PARAGRAPH 6.2.D) EACH VPAR APPROVAL IS ISSUED FOR A SPECIFIC SINGLE WPS OR BPSREVISION AND DATE.1) SUPPLIERS SHALL WORK TO THE MOST RECENT APPROVED REVISION OF THEIRPROCEDURE LISTED IN THE CORRECTIVE ACTION BLOCK FOR ELECTRONIC VPARS(OR BLOCK 13 OF THE PAPER VPAR) ONCE APPROVAL IS GRANTED.2) EACH NEW VPAR APPROVAL FOR A NEW PROCEDURE REVISION SUPERSEDES THEPREVIOUS REVISION APPROVAL.I. THE USE OF EARLIER REVISIONS OF A PROCEDURE IS PROHIBITED UNLESSUSE IS SPECIFICALLY APPROVED. REQUESTS TO DO SO SHALL BE SUBMITTED ONA VIR.II. THE VIR SUBMITTAL SHALL IDENTIFY WHAT APPLICATION THE EARLIERREVISION OF THE PROCEDURE WILL BE USED ON.III. THE VIR SHALL PROVIDE JUSTIFICATION FOR USING THAT REVISION OFTHE PROCEDURE.3) IF A VPAR APPROVAL IS RESCINDED, USE OF A PREVIOUSLY APPROVEDREVISION OF THE PROCEDURE IS NOT AUTHORIZED.III) FABRICATION AND QUALIFICATION DOCUMENT APPLICABILITY:A) WELDING AND BRAZING SHALL BE PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ELECTRICBOAT SPECIFICATION 5341 (EB-5341).B) THE EFFECTIVE DOCUMENT AND REVISION, INCLUDING MODIFICATIONSTHERTO, OF WELDING AND BRAZING SPECIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS SHALL BEAS SPECIFIED BY EB-5341.C) THE APPLICABLE FABRICATION AND QUALIFICATION SPECIFICATION ANDREVISION LEVEL SHALL BE EXPLICITLY LISTED IN FULL ON THE REQUIREDDOCUMENTATION (WELDING OR BRAZING PROCEDURES, PROCEDURE QUALIFICATIONRECORDS, AND CERTIFICATIONS) E.G. WRITING "NAVSEAS9074-AQ-GIB-010/248" AS "248" IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.IV) USE OF UNLISTED BASE OR FILLER MATERIALS:A) WELDING OR BRAZING OF UNLISTED BASE MATERIALS OR WITH UNLISTEDFILLER MATERIAL/ELECTRODE IS PROHIBITED EXCEPT AS SPECIFIED BELOW:1) WELDING: ALL BASE METALS (SPECIFICATION, TYPE AND CLASS OR GRADE)THAT ARE NOT LISTED S-GROUP NUMBERS IN NAVSEA S9074-AQ-GIB-010/248TABLE I OR NAVSEA S9074-AR-GIB-010/278 TABLE I MUST HAVE NAVSEA ORNAVSEA AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE APPROVAL PRIOR TO WELDING.2) BRAZING: ALL BASE METALS (SPECIFICATION, TYPE AND CLASS OR GRADE)THAT ARE NOT LISTED P-GROUP NUMBERS IN NAVSEA 0900-LP-001-7000 TABLE4-4 OR NAVSEA S9074-AQ-GIB-010/248 TABLE XIII MUST HAVE NAVSEA ORNAVSEA AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE APPROVAL PRIOR TO BRAZING.3) FILLER MATERIAL/ELECTRODE SPECIFICATION AND TYPE: ALL FILLERMATERIALS/ELECTRODES THAT ARE NOT LISTED A-/F-GROUP NUMBERS IN NAVSEAS9074-AR-GIB-010/278 TABLE II, NAVSEA T9074-AD-GIB-010/1688 TABLES10-1, 10-2, 10-3, 10-4, NAVSEA S9074-AQ-GIB-010/248 TABLE II OR TABLEXIV, OR NAVSEA 0900-LP-001-7000 TABLE 4-2 MUST HAVE NAVSEA OR NAVSEAAUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE APPROVAL PRIOR TO WELDING OR BRAZING.B) IF THE SUPPLIER DOES NOT HAVE AN APPROVAL FOR A BASE OR FILLERMATERIAL/ELECTRODE, THE SUPPLIER MUST REQUEST APPROVAL VIA A VIR. THEVIR MUST PROVIDE THE MATERIAL SPECIFICATION, TYPE, CONDITION, ANDAPPLICATION WHERE THE MATERIAL IS BEING USED.C) IN ADDITION, IF A LISTED MATERIAL SPECIFICATION IS FOUND TO BEOBSOLETE AND POINTS TO A REPLACEMENT SPECIFICATION, THE REPLACEMENTSPECIFICATION SHALL NOT BE USED UNLESS THAT MATERIAL SPECIFICATION ISAPPROVED AS AN S-/P-/A-/F-GROUP MATERIAL.D) THE NAVWELD SOFTWARE, DISCUSSED IN SECTION VIII, CONTAINS A LISTINGOF MATERIALS APPROVED TO BE LISTED, BY GROUP NUMBERS.NOTE: APPROVAL TO CLASSIFY A MATERIAL TO AN S-, P-, A-, OR F-GROUPDOES NOT CONSTITUTE APPROVAL TO USE THAT MATERIAL FOR A PARTICULARAPPLICATION OR TO AUTHORIZE SUBSTITUTION OF A MATERIAL ON A DRAWING.V) PREPARATION OF WELDING OR BRAZING PROCEDURES:A) WPS, BPS AND SUPPORTING PQRS SHALL BE WRITTEN IN ACCORDANCE WITHTHE APPLICABLE NAVSEA TECHNICAL PUBLICATION OR APPLICABLE COMMERCIALREQUIREMENTS AND REQUIREMENTS IN THIS PURCHASE ORDER.B) VPAR WELD PROCEDURE INSTRUCTION BROCHURE OFFERS GUIDANCE FORPREPARATION AND CAN BE FOUND BY GOING TO THE EB WEB SITEHTTP://WWW.GDEB.COM. THESE INSTRUCTIONS OFFER A GUIDE TO PREPARINGAND PRESENTING THE QUALIFICATION AND WELDING PROCEDURE INFORMATIONSUCH THAT IT WILL CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF SPECIFICATIONS LISTEDIN EB-5341. IN ADDITION, USE OF NAVWELD (SEE SECTION VIII) WILLGREATLY AID SUPPLIERS IN PREPARING AND PRESENTING QUALIFICATION ANDWELDING PROCEDURE INFORMATION.C) WPS, BPS AND PQR SHALL BE WRITTEN USING ONE OF THE FOLLOWINGFORMATS:1) PREFERRED: NAVWELD SOFTWARE. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT BOTH NEWSUPPLIERS AND, FOR STANDARDIZATION PURPOSES, EXISTING SUPPLIERS USETHE NAVWELD SYSTEM IN PREPARING PROCEDURES AND QUALIFICATION DATA.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS PRESENTED IN SECTION VIII.2) SUPPLIER?S OWN EXISTING FORMAT.VI) WPS, BPS AND PQR REQUIREMENTS:A) THE FOLLOWING SECTION PROVIDES CLARIFICATION OF SPECIFICATIONREQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS INVOKED BY THE BUYER.B) ALL NEW WELDING PROCEDURES SHALL BE LIMITED TO ONE FABRICATIONSPECIFICATION. WELDING PROCEDURES WRITTEN AND QUALIFIED TO MULTIPLESPECIFICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. THE EXCEPTION TO THIS IS WHENNAVSEA S9074-AR-GIB-010/278 AND NAVSEA T9074-AD-GIB-010/1688PROCEDURES HAVE BEEN QUALIFIED TO NAVSEA S9074-AQ-GIB-010/248.C) PROCEDURES WRITTEN TO BOTH MILITARY AND COMMERCIAL SPECIFICATIONSWILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.D) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW PQRS:1) EACH PQR (TEST ASSEMBLY AND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS) SHALL BE IDENTIFIEDBY A UNIQUE PQR NUMBER. WHERE MULTIPLE TEST ASSEMBLIES ARE PERFORMED,THEY SHALL BE UNIQUELY IDENTIFIED.I. THE UNIQUE PQR NUMBER SHALL BE DIFFERENT FROM THE WELDING ORBRAZING PROCEDURE NUMBER OR ANOTHER PQR NUMBER, E.G. WPS-123 ANDPQR-123 WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE.II. THE UNIQUE PQR NUMBER SHALL APPEAR ON ALL QUALIFICATION SUPPORTINGDOCUMENTS, INCLUDING TEST LAB REPORTS.III. THE UNIQUE PQR NUMBER REQUIREMENT APPLIES TO BOTH MILITARY ANDCOMMERCIAL WELDING AND BRAZING.IV. REPLACEMENT PQR FOR A FAILED PQR SHALL HAVE ITS OWN UNIQUE NUMBER.2) THE UNIQUE PQR NUMBER(S) SHALL BE LISTED ON THE WPS OR BPS WHICH ITSUPPORTS.3) BOTH THE PQR AND THE TEST LAB REPORTS SHALL IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWINGAS APPLICABLE OR BE SUBJECT TO REJECTION:I. THE NDT PERFORMANCE STANDARD AND REVISION (E.G. NAVSEAT9074-AS-GIB-010/271, ACN 1)II. NDT ACCEPTANCE STANDARD AND REVISION (E.G. MIL-STD-2035, REVISIONA, CLASS 1)III. DESTRUCTIVE TEST PERFORMANCE STANDARD AND REVISION (E.G. AWSB4.0, 2007)IV. DESTRUCTIVE TEST ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA (STANDARD, PARAGRAPH, ANDSUBPARAGRAPH IF APPLICABLE) (E.G. MACROS IN ACCORDANCE WITH (IAW)NAVSEA S9074-AQ-GIB-010/248, PARAGRAPH 4.5.2.6.B)V. BEND TESTS SHALL REPORT BEND ANGLE, THICKNESS, AND BEND RADIUS, ASA MINIMUM OF INFORMATIONVI. ALL CHANGES TO LAB REPORTS SHALL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY THE COGNIZANTLAB, WITHOUT EXCEPTIONS.4) RADIOGRAPHY (RT) OF PQRS FOR WPS IN ACCORDANCE WITH NAVSEATECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS OR MILITARY STANDARDS, FOR WHICH RT INSPECTIONOF TEST ASSEMBLY FINAL WELD IS REQUIRED AND WHERE THE PQR HAS NOT BEENPREVIOUSLY APPROVED, SHALL REQUIRE SUBMITTAL OF THE RT FILM AND RTDATA FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL ON A VPAR SEPARATE FROM THE WELDINGPROCEDURE VPAR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:I. THE RT VPAR SHALL BE APPROVED PRIOR TO SUBMITTAL OF THE WPS VPAR.II. PQR TEST ASSEMBLIES TO BE QUALIFIED WITH POST WELD HEAT TREATMENT(PWHT) SHALL RECEIVE PWHT AFTER WELDING AND PRIOR TO FINAL RTINSPECTION, WHEN THE PWHT INVOLVES QUENCHING IN A LIQUID MEDIUM.III. VISUAL INSPECTION (VT) SHALL BE CONDUCTED AND FOUND SATISFACTORYBEFORE PERFORMING FINAL RT OF THE TEST ASSEMBLY.IV. THE RT FILM WITH ASSOCIATED SET-UP (TECHNIQUE) AND READER?S SHEETSHALL BE SUBMITTED ON THE VPAR.V. THE RT VPAR SHALL CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING ITEMS IN THE VPARDESCRIPTION OF DOCUMENT BLOCK FOR ELECTRONIC VPARS (OR BLOCK 13 FORTHE PAPER VPAR) OR BE SUBJECT TO REJECTION:A. THE STATEMENT: "RT FILM AND DATA FOR WELDING PROCEDUREQUALIFICATION"B. PQR NUMBERC. WELDING PROCEDURE NUMBERD. THE STATEMENT: "VISUAL INSPECTION (VT) WAS CONDUCTED AND THE WELDFOUND TO BE SATISFACTORY."E. RT PROCEDURE IDENTIFIED BY: PERFORMING ACTIVITY, NUMBER, REVISION,AND DATE (AND ANY ADDENDA)F. JOINT TYPE I.E. BUTT, SINGLE BEVEL, DOUBLE BEVEL, BACKING BAR, ETC.G. STATEMENT IF BACKING BAR WAS REMOVED OR LEFT ON DURING SHOOTINGH. BASE MATERIAL TYPEI. FILLER MATERIAL TYPEJ. JOINT THICKNESSK. JOINT FORM (PLATE/ PIPE)L. IF THE TEST ASSEMBLY RECEIVED PWHT, THE RT VPAR SHALL IDENTIFY IFPWHT WAS PERFORMED BEFORE OR AFTER RT.VI. THE RT PERFORMANCE STANDARD AND ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA SHALL BELISTED IN THE CORRECTIVE ACTION BLOCK FOR ELECTRONIC VPARS (OR BLOCK13 OF THE PAPER VPAR) PER A. OR B. BELOW:A. FOR NAVSEA TECHNICAL PUBLICATION QUALIFICATIONS THE RT PERFORMANCESTANDARD SHALL BE NAVSEA T9074-AS-GIB-010/271; ACCEPTANCE TOMIL-STD-2035A CLASS I.B. FOR MIL-STD AND PPD QUALIFICATIONS THE PERFORMANCE STANDARD SHALLBE NAVSEA T9074-AS-GIB-010/271 OR MIL-STD-271F; ACCEPTANCE TOMIL-STD-2035A CLASS I.VII. THE RT FILM AND ASSOCIATED DATA SHOULD BE SUBMITTED FOR REVIEWAND APPROVAL PRIOR TO SECTIONING THE QUALIFICATION TEST ASSEMBLY FORDESTRUCTIVE TESTING. DOING SO MAY AVOID HAVING TO WELD ADDITIONAL TESTASSEMBLIES SHOULD THE FILM RESULTS BE DISPUTED.VIII. A COPY OF THE VPAR THAT APPROVED THE RT PROCEDURE SHALL BEATTACHED TO THE PQR RT VPAR SUBMITTAL. SEE SECTION VI.D.5.5) PRIOR TO RT OF A PQR TEST ASSEMBLY, ANY ACTIVITY PERFORMING THE RTEVALUATION OF WELDING PQR TEST ASSEMBLIES SHALL HAVE THEIR RTPROCEDURE APPROVED BY THE BUYERS NON-DESTRUCTIVE TEST (NDT)ENGINEERING. THE SUBMITTAL OF A VPAR FOR AN RT PROCEDURE FOR APPROVALOR EXTENDING A PREVIOUS APPROVAL SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEREQUIREMENTS OF STANDARD CLAUSE 60-67.I. FOR PQRS IN ACCORDANCE WITH NAVSEA TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS, RTPROCEDURES SHALL BE WRITTEN TO NAVSEA T9074-AS-GIB-010/271II. FOR PQRS IN ACCORDANCE WITH MILITARY STANDARDS, RT PROCEDURESSHALL BE WRITTEN TO NAVSEA T9074-AS-GIB-010/271 OR MIL-STD-271F.6) RADIOGRAPHIC FILMS SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW SHOULD CONTAIN, AT AMINIMUM, 2 FILMS PER VIEW IN THE CASE THAT AN ARTIFACT IS FOUND WHICHIMPAIRS FILM INTERPRETATION.VII) WPS, BPS, PQR REVISION CONTROL:A) WHEN REVISIONS ARE REQUIRED TO CORRECT DISCREPANCIES TO WPS, BPSAND/OR PQR/SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION, THE FOLLOWING SHALL APPLY:1) WPS OR BPS THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR PRODUCTION SHALLREQUIRE BOTH A CHANGE IN THE REVISION LEVEL AND THE DATE. PROCEDURESTHAT HAVE NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR PRODUCTION NEED NOT CHANGETHE REVISION LEVEL, BUT SHALL HAVE THE DATE CHANGED.2) PQR/SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS SHALL LIST THE ORIGINAL DATE THAT THE TESTASSEMBLY WAS WELDED/BRAZED. THE CORRECTIONS SHALL IDENTIFY WHAT ITEMSWERE CORRECTED AND THE DATE. PQR DATE AND A NEW CERTIFICATION DATESHALL BE APPLIED WHEN CORRECTIONS ARE MADE.VIII) USE OF NAVWELD FOR WELDING/BRAZING PROCEDURES AND QUALIFICATIONRECORDSA) NAVWELD (HTTP://WWW.NAVWELD.COM) IS A SECURE, INTERNET-BASEDAPPLICATION THAT ASSISTS THE USER IN DEVELOPING PQRS, WPS, BPS, ANDWELDER PERFORMANCE QUALIFICATION RECORDS (WPQ) THAT MEET THEREQUIREMENTS OF VARIOUS U.S. NAVY SPECIFICATIONS.B) ALTHOUGH USE OF NAVWELD IS NOT A PURCHASE ORDER REQUIREMENT, GDEBAND HII-NNS STRONGLY RECOMMEND SUPPLIERS UTILIZE THIS SOFTWARE, AS ITHAS BEEN SHOWN TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ERRORS IN SUPPLIERSUBMITTALS. THIS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES APPROVAL CYCLE TIME. THECREATION OF DETAILED WELDING/BRAZING PROCEDURES OR QUALIFICATIONRECORDS REQUIRING CUSTOMER APPROVAL IS AN AREA WHERE SUPPLIERS,ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH LITTLE OR NO EXPERIENCE, HAVE DIFFICULTIESOBTAINING APPROVAL. DELAYS IN RECEIVING APPROVAL CAN RESULT IN DELAYSTO THE START OF FABRICATION OR HARDWARE DELIVERY BY THE SUPPLIER.C) THERE IS NO COST TO THE SUPPLIERS OF GDEB OR HII-NNS FOR USE OFNAVWELD. THIS INCLUDES BOTH DIRECT SUPPLIERS AND SUB-TIER SUPPLIERS.D) TO OBTAIN ACCESS TO NAVWELD, CONTACT TROY PASKELL ATPASKELL@WELDQC.COM OR 614-487-7207 TO OBTAIN A USER-AGREEMENT. ONCETHE USER-AGREEMENT IS RETURNED, A USER-NAME AND PASSWORD IS PROVIDED.E) NAVWELD CONTAINS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ARC WELDING, STUD WELDING,BRAZING AND RESISTANCE WELDING ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWINGSPECIFICATIONS:1) NAVSEA S9074-AQ-GIB-010/2482) NAVSEA S9074-AR-GIB-010/2783) MIL-STD-1689A4) NAVSEA T9074-AD-GIB-010/16885) ABS/ NVR - 20076) NAVSEA 0900-LP-001-70007) AMERICAN WELDING SOCIETY D17.2F) NAVWELD AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINES:1) ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS FOR PQR, WPS/BPS & WPQ2) NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTS FOR PQR & WPQ3) DESTRUCTIVE TESTS FOR PQR & WPQ4) QUALIFIED RANGES OF THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS FOR PQR & WPQ5) REQUIREMENTS OF THE FABRICATION DOCUMENT FOR PQR & WPS/BPS6) PREHEAT & INTERPASS TEMPERATURES7) BASE & FILLER COMBINATIONSG) ADDITIONAL FEATURES INCLUDE:1) LOCATIONS FOR ENTRIES ARE MARKED "AS REQUIRED" OR "OPTIONAL", ANDDOCUMENTS ARE MARKED AS "COMPLETE" OR "INCOMPLETE".2) NAVWELD AUTOMATICALLY CREATES A WPS/BPS BASED ON THE QUALIFIEDRANGES OF A PQR.3) PROVIDES THE ABILITY TO TRACK VISION TESTS, WORKMANSHIP TRAININGAND WELDING/BRAZING HISTORY FOR PERSONNEL.4) PROVIDES THE ABILITY TO SEARCH FOR WELDERS & BRAZERS BASED ON THEIRQUALIFICATIONS.IX) CLARIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR SINGLE PASS WELD QUALIFICATION,BUTTERING UNDER HARDFACING OR CLADDING, SUBMERGED ARC WELDING OFHY-MATERIALS, AND REPAIR OF BASE MATERIALSA) SINGLE PASS WELD QUALIFICATION:1) MULTI PASS WELD QUALIFICATIONS CAN QUALIFY SINGLE PASS WELDING FORTHE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS, PROVIDED THE REQUIREMENTS OF NAVSEAS9074-AQ-GIB-010/248 ARE MET:I. FILLET WELDSII. BUILD UP OR REPAIR WELDINGIII. JOINT DESIGNS LISTED IN MIL-STD-22 WHICH ARE RESTRICTED TO BASEMATERIAL THICKNESSES LESS THAN 1/4- INCH E.G. B1S.1, B1S.2, C1S.1,ETC.B) BUTTERING UNDER HARDFACING OR CLADDING (SOME DRAWINGS REFER TO THISAS A BUFFER LAYER):1) IF A PROCEDURE IS QUALIFIED WITHOUT BUTTERING, THE ADDITION OFBUTTERING SHALL REQUIRE REQUALIFICATION.2) THE MINIMUM QUALIFIED THICKNESS OF THE BUTTERING LAYER IS T (THETHICKNESS USED FOR THE QUALIFICATION WELD). THE MAXIMUM QUALIFIEDTHICKNESS OF THE BUTTERING LAYER IS 2T.3) THE MINIMUM QUALIFIED NUMBER OF BUTTERING LAYERS IS EQUAL TO THENUMBER OF BUTTERING LAYERS UTILIZED FOR THE QUALIFICATION TESTASSEMBLY (RECORD NUMBER OF LAYERS ON PQR).4) ELIMINATION OF BUTTERING SHALL REQUIRE REQUALIFICATION.5) THE FINAL BUTTERING LAYER SURFACE SHALL BE VT AND PT INSPECTED INACCORDANCE WITH NAVSEA S9074-AQ-GIB-010/248 BEFORE HARDFACING ORCLADDING.6) IF A BUTTER LAYER IS APPLIED BY ITSELF (I.E. IT FORMS THE FINALWELD SURFACE) THEN IT IS A PAD AND SHALL REQUIRE QUALIFICATION BY ABUTT WELD AS SPECIFIED IN NAVSEA S9074-AQ-GIB-010/248.C) REPAIR OF BASE MATERIALS:WELD REPAIR OF BASE MATERIALS SHALL BE CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITHTHE REQUIREMENTS OF EB-4186.1) WHEN REQUIRED BY EB-4186, PERMISSION TO PERFORM REPAIR WELDINGSHALL BE REQUESTED VIA A PROPERLY COMPLETED VIR SUBMITTED BY THESUPPLIER ELECTRONICALLY USING THE APPROVED SPARS VES (VIRTUALENTERPRISE SERVER). THE SUPPLIER SHALL SEND THESE DOCUMENTS TO THEBUYER DESIGNATED ON THE PURCHASE ORDER. WHERE PERMISSION TO PERFORMREPAIRS IS REQUIRED, BUYER AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE OBTAINED PRIOR TOPERFORMING THE REPAIRSD) SUBMERGED ARC WELDING OF HY-80/100 AND HSLA-80 STEELS:1) ADDITIONAL PREHEAT/INTERPASS, HEAT SOAKING AND FLUX HANDLINGREQUIREMENTS FOR SUBMERGED ARC WELDING OF HY-80/100 AND HSLA-80 STEELSARE SPECIFIED IN EB-4906. CONTACT THE BUYER FOR COPIES OF ELECTRICBOAT SPECIFICATIONS.X) WELDER WORKMANSHIP TRAINING (WWT) APPLICABLE TO NAVSEA TECHNICALPUBLICATION OR MILITARY STANDARD FABRICATION DOCUMENTSA) WELDER WORKMANSHIP TRAINING SHALL COMPLY WITH EB-4186 APPENDIX A ORAPPENDIX B, AS APPLICABLE. IF REQUESTED, THE BUYER CAN PROVIDEADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION TO THE SUPPLIER TO SUPPORT THIS TRAINING.COMPLIANCE WITH EB 4186 APPENDIX A OR APPENDIX B IS NOT APPLICABLE TOFABRICATORS THAT HAVE WELDER WORKMANSHIP PROCEDURES THAT AREPREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY NAVSEA OR A NAVSEA AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE.B) NAVNDT CAN BE USED TO ASSIST IN CREATING A WELDER WORKMANSHIPTRAINING PROGRAM. THE COGNIZANT NDT LEVEL III MUST STILL VERIFY ANDCERTIFY THAT THE PROGRAM IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH EB-4186, APPENDICES AOR B, AS APPLICABLE. FOLLOW SECTION VIII.D OF THIS STANDARD CLAUSE TOOBTAIN ACCESS TO NAVNDT.XI) HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDINGSUBMITTALS:A) FOR PURCHASE ORDERS THAT ORIGINATE FROM NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING,REFER TO STANDARD CLAUSE 38-4 FOR SUBMITTAL OF ALL UNAPPROVED PURCHASEORDER SOFTWARE DELIVERABLES.B) SOFTWARE DELIVERABLES PREVIOUSLY APPROVED SHALL BE PROVIDED AS PARTOF THE HARDWARE DELIVERABLES.XII) COMMERCIAL WELDING / BRAZING:A) COMMERCIAL WELDING / BRAZING SHALL BE PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITHWRITTEN PROCEDURES APPROVED BY THE BUYER PRIOR TO THE START OFPRODUCTION. THIS REQUIREMENT DOES NOT APPLY WHERE SUBMITTAL / APPROVALOF SUCH PROCEDURES IS EXPLICITLY EXEMPTED BY THE PURCHASE ORDER, PARTDATA, OR PROCUREMENT SPECIFICATION, OR IS OTHERWISE SPECIFICALLYWAIVED BY THE BUYER VIA VIR.B) COMMERCIAL STANDARD WELDING / BRAZING: DEFINED AS WELDING / BRAZINGPERFORMED TO AN ESTABLISHED COMMERCIAL STANDARD, SUCH AS ABS, AWS,ASME BOILER & PRESSURE VESSEL CODE, ETC.1) WHERE COMMERCIAL STANDARD WELDING / BRAZING IS SPECIFIED ORAUTHORIZED, ALL APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STANDARD SHALL BE MET.2) COMMERCIAL STANDARD WELDING / BRAZING PROCEDURES AND SUPPORTINGQUALIFICATION DATA (IF REQUIRED) SHALL STATE THE STANDARD AND REVISIONUSED.3) PRE-QUALIFIED PROCEDURES ARE NOT EXEMPTED FROM THE SUBMITTAL ANDAPPROVAL REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED IN SECTION XII.A.4) THE SUPPLIER IS ADVISED THAT COMMERCIAL STANDARD PROCEDURES USEDFOR WELDING OF TUBULAR JOINTS MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATION.5) FOR APPLICATIONS WHERE A DRAWING SPECIFIES WELD JOINT DESIGNS INACCORDANCE WITH MIL-STD-22, BUT AWS PRE-QUALIFIED WELDING PROCEDURESARE TO BE USED, THE SUPPLIER SHALL SUBMIT A VIR TO THE BUYER TO OBTAINVERIFICATION THAT THE PRE-QUALIFIED JOINT DESIGNS ARE EQUIVALENT TOTHOSE SPECIFIED ON THE DRAWING. A COPY OF THE APPROVED VIR SHALL BESUBMITTED WITH THE VPAR FOR THE PRE-QUALIFIED PROCEDURE.C) COMMERCIAL BEST PRACTICE WELDING / BRAZING: DEFINED AS WELDING /BRAZING PERFORMED WITHOUT DIRECTION FROM ANY PARTICULAR SPECIFICATION,BASED ON SUPPLIERS KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE.1) COMMERCIAL BEST PRACTICE WELDING / BRAZING PROCEDURES SHALL DEFINEALL PARAMETERS NECESSARY TO PRODUCE A SOUND WELD, INCLUDING CLEANINGPRIOR TO WELDING / BRAZING, AND WORKMANSHIP EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS.2) THE BUYER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REQUEST TESTING IN ORDER TO PROVIDEOBJECTIVE QUALITY EVIDENCE THAT THE PROCEDURE WILL PRODUCESATISFACTORY RESULTS.D) WHERE COMMERCIAL STANDARD OR COMMERCIAL BEST PRACTICE WELDING /BRAZING IS SPECIFIED OR AUTHORIZED, THE SUPPLIER SHALL, AT A MINIMUM,ENSURE THAT BASE MATERIALS ARE CLEANED TO BRIGHT METAL FREE OF GREASE,PAINT, OIL, DIRT, RUST, OR OTHER CONTAMINANTS PRIOR TO WELDING /BRAZING, AND THAT A WORKMANSHIP EXAMINATION OF COMPLETED WELDS /BRAZES IS PERFORMED TO ENSURE FREEDOM FROM CRACKS, EXCESSIVE POROSITY,POOR FUSION, OR OTHER CONDITIONS DETRIMENTAL TO THE OPERATION OF THEHARDWARE, AND THAT ANY DRAWING-SPECIFIED WELD / BRAZE SIZEREQUIREMENTS ARE MET.E) SUPPLIERS THAT ARE UNSURE OF WHETHER COMMERCIAL STANDARD ORCOMMERCIAL BEST PRACTICE WELDING / BRAZING IS ALLOWED FOR A PARTICULARAPPLICATION SHOULD SUBMIT A VIR, THROUGH THE BUYER, TO THE COGNIZANTELECTRIC BOAT COMPONENT ENGINEER FOR APPROVAL. WHERE APPROVED, A COPYOF THE VIR SHALL BE SUBMITTED WITH THE WELDING / BRAZING PROCEDUREVPAR.XIII) EB TRANSFER OF WPS OR PQR ALLOWANCEA) FOR EB PURCHASED MATERIAL, IF THE SUPPLIER IS IN NEED OF A WPS,UNDER LIMITED CONDITIONS A QUALIFIED PQR/WPS PACKAGE FROM ELECTRICBOAT CAN BE TRANSFERRED TO THE SUPPLIER. THESE TRANSFERRED PQR/WPSWILL BE MANAGED ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS AND THE SUPPLIER SHOULDREQUEST THE BUYER TO PROVIDE EB SPECIFICATION 5877 FOR SPECIFICGUIDANCE ON THE TRANSFER AND USE OF ELECTRIC BOAT TRANSFERREDPROCEDURES.XIV) USE OF AWS NAVSEA SWPS-N PROCEDURESA) FOR EB PURCHASED MATERIAL, NAVAL SEA SYSTEMS COMMAND (NAVSEA)CURRENTLY ALLOWS THE USE OF AMERICAN WELDING SOCIETY (AWS)-NAVSEASTANDARD WELDING PROCEDURE SPECIFICATIONS FOR NAVAL APPLICATIONS(SWPS-NS) FOR SHIP CONSTRUCTION IN LIEU OF FULL NAVSEA TECHNICALPUBLICATION S9074-AQ-GIB-010/248 QUALIFICATION. EB HAS BEEN GIVENPERMISSION TO ALLOW SUPPLIERS TO UTILIZE AWS-NAVSEA SWPS-NS. AWS ANDNAVSEA MAINTAIN A PROCEDURE LIBRARY OF PUBLISHED AWS-NAVSEA SWPS-NS.THEY CAN BE FOUND BY SEARCHING "AWS-NAVSEA" AT THE AWS ONLINEBOOKSTORE HTTP://PUBS.AWS.ORG. NEW "AWS-NAVSEA" PROCEDURES CONTINUETO BE ADDED, THEREFORE, THIS WEBSITE SHOULD BE CHECKED OFTEN FOR NEWPROCEDURES. THE SUPPLIER SHOULD REQUEST THE BUYER TO PROVIDE EBSPECIFICATION EB-5877 FOR SPECIFIC GUIDANCE ON THE USE OF AWS NAVSEASWPS-N PROCEDURES FOR THESE PRE-QUALIFIED WELDING PROCEDURES.XV) COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENT STATEMENTA) THE ABOVE REQUIREMENTS DO NOT RELIEVE THE SUPPLIER OF ITSRESPONSIBILITY TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PURCHASE ORDER.ANY DEVIATIONS FROM OR REQUESTS FOR WAIVERS TO THE PURCHASE ORDERREQUIREMENTS MUST BE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED AND JUSTIFIED AS SUCH BY THESUPPLIER AND MUST BE SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL VIA A VIR AND APPROVED ASSOON AS POSSIBLE PRIOR TO THE START OF PRODUCTION.EB POSC 60-77 REVISION 21 DATED 05/31/201910 | PAGE