![]() In 2010, a pipeline blew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. Regardless, the reason why this is becoming a more pressing issue, is because of news like these: While other readers might be thinking: My projects usually have tens of thousands of welds, and I have a dedicated quality team for this purpose. You as a reader might be thinking: Well, I’ve had projects that had hundreds of welds, keeping track of all that information would be too much to keep track of. ![]() PWHT reports, Welders, Welder Qualifications, WPS’, PQR’s, etc, while for other types of companies, the only information required are the materials used, some NDT reports, list of welders and their qualifications. For most situations, weld tracking is the record keeping of information related to the welds that are/were fabricated in your company.įor some companies and construction codes this will mean keeping track of each and every weld, associate base and filler metals and their MTR’s with each weld, and do the same with NDT reports, There are varying degrees, and usually depends on the requirements at your company. So if you’re welding gates at a residential neighbourhood, you do not need these kind of records, but if you’re welding super austenitic stainless steel piping for a nuclear plant, you probably do. ![]() First of all let me preface that weld tracking or weld mapping is only necessary for a certain type of structures.
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