Highlights about CSA welding standards and AWS welding codes, and Welding Procedure Specifications (CSA-WPS) for each of the major arc welding processes are also hands-on welding documents that are prepared, by our code experts in downloadable PDF formats.

Members have access to highlights of main industry standard codes, CSA welding standards and AWS welding codes.

AWS D1.1 Structural Welding Code-Steel
AWS D1.2 Structural Welding Code-Aluminum
AWS D1.3 Structural Welding Code-Sheet Steel
AWS D1.6 Structural Welding Code-Stainless Steel
AWS D9.1 Sheet Metal Welding Code
AWS D17.1 Specification for Fusion Welding Aerospace Applications
AASHTO/AWS D1.5 Bridge Welding Code
CSA W59    Welded Steel Construction-Metal Arc Welding
CSA W59.2 Welded Aluminum Construction
CSA W47.1 Certification of Companies for Fusion Welding of Steel
CSA W47.2 Certification of Companies for Fusion Welding of Aluminum

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Welding Procedure Specifications (CSA-WPS) are hands-on and helpful welding documents that prepared, by our professional engineers, based on industry standard welding codes (CSA W59, CSA W47.1, AWS D1.1, AWS D1.3 and AWS D1.6), for both steel and stainless steel.

Our Welding Procedure Specifications (CSA-WPS) includes welding techniques with references to Clauses from standard or welding codes for welding of each material group, and for each of the major arc welding processes (SMAW, GMAW, MCAW, FCAW, SAW). These welding documents are provided to members in downloadable PDF formats.

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- Scope based on structural welding codes for each of the major arc welding processes

- Base metal groups, conform to each welding code, as well as industry information, like types of stainless steel, all fact about stainless steel, etc.

- Mode of welding process application: manual welding, semi-automatic welding, machine welding or automatic welding

- Filler metal, welding electrode, welding rod and welding wire that are most in use for each welding process, variables that affect electrode selection

- Storage and conditioning of filler metal, welding electrode, welding rod and welding wire

- Types of welding procedure data sheet, prequalified welding procedure data sheet (pWPDS) or non-prequalified welding procedure data sheet (WPDS)

- Code limitation of variables for prequalified welding procedure data sheet (pWPDS)

- Shielding gas selection for gas arc welding, based on metal transfer methods (short circuit, spray or globular mode of transfer)

- Flux types, an active flux versus neutral flux for submerged arc welding

- Welding positions as recommended by codes for various weld joint, and weld types like butt weld or fillet weld

- Electrical characteristics of arc welding, ac or dc welding, effect of electricity on the arc welding process, electrical variables

- Minimum preheat and interpass temperature for welding

- Heat treatment and stress relieving after welding

- Preparation of base material prior to welding

- Welding techniques for each process for fillet weld and butt weld or welding groove, stringer bead or weaving bead, torch angle, forehand or backhand method (push or pull method), whipping technique, ways on how to minimize the possibility of cracking, methods for starting and extinguishing the arc, electrode orientation, etc.

- Quality of welds, acceptable and unacceptable weld profiles for fillet weld or butt weld after welding, inspection criteria as per requirements of each code.

- Weld metal cleaning, method for removing slag during and after welding

- Welding symbols, welding safety and more

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