CASTI Presentation on Temper Bead Welding

On September 28, 2016, Kimberley Meszaros of CASTI gave a presentation to the CWA Calgary chapter on Connecting-the-Codes from Temper Bead Welding to the ASME Codes, CSA Codes and the NBIC. There was a full audience and, due to popular demand, we have now made the presentation slides available for download here.

Temper Bead Welding (TBW) was adopted into the 2004 Edition of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Section IX code; the adoption of TBW has permitted welders to strategically exploit the effects of welding. Of particular note, is the ability to utilize TBW to create a weldment with improved strength and low temperature impact properties without the application of post weld heat treatment (PWHT). However, to reliably obtain these benefits requires development of a robust welding procedure, performance qualification and parameter controls during production welding.

Section IX- QW-290 describes the rules for TBW procedure qualification, upgrading of existing procedures to include TBW, restrictions on the use of TBW, qualification of welders and variables for TBW, among other topics. The rules for TBW in Section IX and a selection of other codes will be discussed.

Kimberley Meszaros, (P.Eng, MSc) is a professional engineer who practices materials engineering. She is a certified welding inspector. Kimberley is a BSc (Materials Engineering) and MSc (Materials Engineering- Welded Composite Coatings for Oil Sands) graduate of the University of Alberta. Kimberley has worked in the Alberta energy sector developing and troubleshooting welding procedures, consulting on various projects, and has worked in research and development for both private and government organizations.

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