BS EN ISO 15614‑1:2017+A1:2019

Incorporating corrigenda July 2017 and May 2018

BSI Standards Publication

Specification and qualification of welding procedures

for metallic materials — Welding procedure test

Part 1: Arc and gas welding of steels and arc welding of nickel and nickel alloys

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National foreword
This British Standard is the UK implementation of
EN ISO 15614‑1:2017+A1:2019. It is identical to ISO 15614‑1:2017,
incorporating amendment 1:2019. It supersedes BS EN ISO 15614‑1:2017,
which is withdrawn.
BSI, as a member of CEN, is obliged to publish EN 15614-1:2017+A1:2019
as a British Standard. However, attention is drawn to the fact that during
the development of this standard, the UK committee voted against
its approval.
The UK committee is concerned that the format of this standard may
cause a problem when working to either of the two welding procedure
test levels. Level 1 is based on the requirements of ASME BPVC Section
IX, Welding, Brazing, and Fusing Qualifications, and Level 2, for which
the extent of testing is greater, is based on the previous version of this
standard; BS EN ISO 15614-1:2004+A2:2012. It is important to note
that a procedure test carried out to Level 2 automatically qualifies for
Level 1 requirements, but not vice-versa. Furthermore, when no level is
specified in a contract or application standard, all the requirements of
Level 2 should be applied.
Users should be aware that, as the requirements of the two levels are
often specified in the same clause, vigilance is required to identify the
testing requirements and the range of qualification for the particular
welding procedure test level.
The start and finish of text introduced or altered by amendment is
indicated in the text by tags. Tags indicating changes to ISO text carry
the number of the ISO amendment. For example, text altered by ISO
amendment 1 is indicated by  .
The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical
Committee WEE/36, Qualification of welding personnel and
welding procedures.
A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on
request to its secretary.
This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions
of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.
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legal obligations.
This British Standard was published under the authority of the
Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 July 2017.

Amendments/corrigenda issued since publication

Date Text affected

31 July 2017 Missing Annexes ZA and ZB added

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31 May 2018 Implementation of ISO corrected text 01 October

2017: Table 5 and Figure 6 corrected

31 August 2019 Implementation of ISO amendment 1:2019 with

CENELEC endorsement A1:2019
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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN ISO 15614-1:2017+A1

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM August 2019

ICS 25.160.10

English Version

Specification and qualification of welding procedures for

metallic materials - Welding procedure test - Part 1: Arc
and gas welding of steels and arc welding of nickel and
nickel alloys (ISO 15614-1:2017)
Descriptif et qualification d'un mode opératoire de Anforderung und Qualifizierung von Schweißverfahren
soudage pour les matériaux métalliques - Épreuve de für metallische Werkstoffe -
qualification d'un mode opératoire de soudage - Partie Schweißverfahrensprüfung - Teil 1: Lichtbogen- und
1: Soudage à l'arc et aux gaz des aciers et soudage à Gasschweißen von Stählen und Lichtbogenschweißen
l'arc du nickel et des alliages de nickel (ISO 15614- von Nickel und Nickellegierungen (ISO 15614-1:2017)
1:2017)

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 17 April 2017.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this
European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references
concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN
member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by
translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management
Centre has the same status as the official versions.

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Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey and United Kingdom.

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EN ISO 15614-1:2017+A1:2019 (E)

European foreword

This document (EN ISO 15614-1:2017) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 44 "Welding
and allied processes" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 121 “Welding and allied
processes” the secretariat of which is held by DIN.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by December 2017 and conflicting national standards
shall be withdrawn at the latest by December 2017.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document supersedes EN ISO 15614-1:2004.

This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the
European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).

For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annex ZA, B, which is an integral part of this
document.

According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey and the United Kingdom.

Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 15614-1:2017 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 15614-1:2017 without any
modification.

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Foreword to amendment A1

This document (EN ISO 15614-1:2017/A1:2019) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 44
"Welding and allied processes" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 121 “Welding and
allied processes” the secretariat of which is held by DIN.

This Amendment to the European Standard ISO 15614-1:2017 shall be given the status of a national
standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by February 2020,
and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by February 2020.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the
European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).

For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annex ZA and ZB, which is an integral part of this
document.

According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of
North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the
United Kingdom.

Endorsement notice

The text of ISO 15614-1:2017/Amd 1:2019 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 15614-
1:2017/A1:2019 without any modification.

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Contents Page

Foreword...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................v
Introduction................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. vi
1 Scope.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1
2 Normative references....................................................................................................................................................................................... 2
3 Terms and definitions...................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
4 Preliminary welding procedure specification (pWPS).................................................................................................. 3
5 Welding procedure test.................................................................................................................................................................................. 3
6 Test piece....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
6.1 General............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 3
6.2 Shape and dimensions of test pieces.................................................................................................................................... 4
6.2.1 General...................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
6.2.2 Butt joint in plate with full penetration........................................................................................................ 4
6.2.3 Butt joint in pipe with full penetration.......................................................................................................... 4
6.2.4 T-joint......................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
6.2.5 Branch connection........................................................................................................................................................... 4
6.3 Welding of test pieces........................................................................................................................................................................ 4
7 Examination and testing................................................................................................................................................................................ 8
7.1 Type and extent of testing.............................................................................................................................................................. 8
7.2 Location and taking of test specimens................................................................................................................................ 9
7.3 Non-destructive testing................................................................................................................................................................. 13
7.4 Destructive testing............................................................................................................................................................................. 13
7.4.1 Transverse tensile test.............................................................................................................................................. 13
7.4.2 Bend test............................................................................................................................................................................... 13
7.4.3 Macroscopic examination...................................................................................................................................... 13
7.4.4 Impact testing................................................................................................................................................................... 14
7.4.5 Hardness testing............................................................................................................................................................ 14
7.5 Acceptance levels................................................................................................................................................................................ 15
7.6 Re-testing................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
8 Range of qualification...................................................................................................................................................................................16
8.1 General......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
8.2 Related to the manufacturer..................................................................................................................................................... 16
8.3 Related to the parent material................................................................................................................................................. 17
8.3.1 Parent material grouping....................................................................................................................................... 17
8.3.2 Material thickness........................................................................................................................................................ 19
8.3.3 Diameter of pipes and branch connections............................................................................................ 21
8.3.4 Angle of branch connection.................................................................................................................................. 21
8.4 Common to all welding procedures.................................................................................................................................... 22
8.4.1 Welding processes........................................................................................................................................................ 22
8.4.2 Welding positions.......................................................................................................................................................... 22
8.4.3 Type of joint/weld........................................................................................................................................................ 23
8.4.4 Filler material, manufacturer/trade name, designation............................................................. 24
8.4.5 Filler material size........................................................................................................................................................ 24
8.4.6 Type of current................................................................................................................................................................ 25
8.4.7 Heat input (arc energy)............................................................................................................................................ 25
8.4.8 Preheat temperature.................................................................................................................................................. 25
8.4.9 Interpass temperature.............................................................................................................................................. 25
8.4.10 Post-heating for hydrogen release.................................................................................................................. 26
8.4.11 Heat-treatment................................................................................................................................................................ 26
8.5 Specific to processes........................................................................................................................................................................ 26
8.5.1 Submerged arc welding (process 12).......................................................................................................... 26
8.5.2 Gas-shielded metal arc welding (process 13)....................................................................................... 27
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8.5.3 Gas-shielded arc welding with non-consumable electrode (process 14)..................... 29

8.5.4 Plasma arc welding (process 15)..................................................................................................................... 29
8.5.5 Oxy-acetylene welding (process 311)......................................................................................................... 29
8.5.6 Backing gas......................................................................................................................................................................... 29
9 Welding procedure qualification record (WPQR)............................................................................................................29
Annex A (normative) Filler material, designation...............................................................................................................................31
Annex B (informative) Welding procedure qualification record form (WPQR)....................................................33
Bibliography.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 38

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Foreword
ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards
bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out
through ISO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical
committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. International
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ISO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of
electrotechnical standardization.
The procedures used to develop this document and those intended for its further maintenance are
described in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1. In particular the different approval criteria needed for the
different types of ISO documents should be noted. This document was drafted in accordance with the
editorial rules of the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2 (see www.iso.org/directives).
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. Details of
any patent rights identified during the development of the document will be in the Introduction and/or
on the ISO list of patent declarations received (see www.iso.org/patents).
Any trade name used in this document is information given for the convenience of users and does not
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For an explanation on the voluntary nature of standards, the meaning of ISO specific terms and
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URL: www.iso.org/iso/foreword.html.
This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 44, Welding and allied processes,
Subcommittee SC 10, Quality management in the field of welding.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO 15614-1:2004), which has been
technically revised. It also incorporates the Amendments ISO 15614-1:2004/Amd 1:2008 and
ISO 15614-1:2004/Amd 2:2012 and the Technical Corrigendum ISO 15614-1:2004/Cor. 1:2005.
A list of all parts in the ISO 15614 series can be found on the ISO website.
Requests for official interpretations of any aspect of this document should be directed to the Secretariat
of ISO/TC 44/SC 10 via your national standards body. A complete listing of these bodies can be found at
www.iso.org.
This corrected version of ISO 15614-1:2017 incorporates the following corrections:
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— in Table 5, the value “10-5” has been added for test piece material A of group 10 for test piece material
B of group 5;
— Figure 6 has been updated to match the Key.

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Introduction
All new welding procedure tests are to be carried out in accordance with this document from the date
of its issue. However, this document does not invalidate previous welding procedure tests made to
former national standards or specifications or previous issues of this document.
Two levels of welding procedure tests are given in order to permit application to a wide range of welded
fabrication. They are designated by levels 1 and 2.
Level 1 is based on requirements of ASME Section IX and level 2 is based on the previous issues of this
document.

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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 15614-1:2017+A1:2019(E)

Specification and qualification of welding procedures for

metallic materials — Welding procedure test —
Part 1:
Arc and gas welding of steels and arc welding of nickel and
nickel alloys

1 Scope
This document specifies how a preliminary welding procedure specification is qualified by welding
procedure tests.
This document applies to production welding, repair welding and build-up welding.
This document defines the conditions for the execution of welding procedure tests and the range of
qualification for welding procedures for all practical welding operations within the qualification of this
document.
The primary purpose of welding procedure qualification is to demonstrate that the joining process
proposed for construction is capable of producing joints having the required mechanical properties for
the intended application.
Two levels of welding procedure tests are given in order to permit application to a wide range of welded
fabrication. They are designated by levels 1 and 2. In level 2, the extent of testing is greater and the
ranges of qualification are more restrictive than in level 1.
Procedure tests carried out to level 2 automatically qualify for level 1 requirements, but not vice-versa.
When no level is specified in a contract or application standard, all the requirements of level 2 apply.
This document applies to the arc and gas welding of steels in all product forms and the arc welding of
nickel and nickel alloys in all product forms.
Arc and gas welding are covered by the following processes in accordance with ISO 4063.
111 — manual metal arc welding (metal-arc welding with covered electrode);
114 — self-shielded tubular-cored arc welding;
12 — submerged arc welding;
13 — gas-shielded metal arc welding;
14 — gas-shielded arc welding with non-consumable electrode;
15 — plasma arc welding;
311 — oxy-acetylene welding.
The principles of this document may be applied to other fusion welding processes.
NOTE A former process number does not require a new qualification test according to this document.

Specification and qualification of welding procedures that were made in accordance with previous
editions of this document may be used for any application for which the current edition is specified. In
this case, the ranges of qualification of previous editions remain applicable.
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It is also possible to create a new WPQR (welding procedure qualification record) range of qualification
according to this edition based on the existing qualified WPQR, provided the technical intent of the
testing requirements of this document has been satisfied. Where additional tests have to be carried out
to make the qualification technically equivalent, it is only necessary to perform the additional test on a
test piece.

2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 148-1, Metallic materials — Charpy pendulum impact test — Part 1: Test method
ISO 3452-1, Non-destructive testing — Penetrant testing — Part 1: General principles

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ISO 4063, Welding and allied processes — Nomenclature of processes and reference numbers
ISO 4136, Destructive tests on welds in metallic materials — Transverse tensile test
ISO 5173, Destructive tests on welds in metallic materials — Bend tests
ISO 5817, Welding — Fusion-welded joints in steel, nickel, titanium and their alloys (beam welding
excluded) — Quality levels for imperfections
ISO 6520-1, Welding and allied processes — Classification of geometric imperfections in metallic
materials — Part 1: Fusion welding
ISO 6947, Welding and allied processes — Welding positions
ISO 9015-1, Destructive tests on welds in metallic materials — Hardness testing — Part 1: Hardness test on
arc welded joints
ISO 9016, Destructive tests on welds in metallic materials — Impact tests — Test specimen location, notch
orientation and examination
ISO 14175, Welding consumables — Gases and gas mixtures for fusion welding and allied processes
ISO 15609-1, Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials — Welding
procedure specification — Part 1: Arc welding
ISO 15609-2, Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials — Welding
procedure specification — Part 2: Gas welding
ISO 15613, Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials — Qualification
based on pre-production welding test
ISO 17636-1, Non-destructive testing of welds — Radiographic testing — Part 1: X- and gamma-ray
techniques with film
ISO 17636-2, Non-destructive testing of welds — Radiographic testing — Part 2: X- and gamma-ray
techniques with digital detectors
ISO 17637, Non-destructive testing of welds — Visual testing of fusion-welded joints
ISO 17638, Non-destructive testing of welds — Magnetic particle testing
ISO 17639, Destructive tests on welds in metallic materials — Macroscopic and microscopic examination
of welds
ISO 17640, Non-destructive testing of welds — Ultrasonic testing — Techniques, testing levels, and
assessment

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ISO/TR 15608, Welding — Guidelines for a metallic materials grouping system

ISO/TR 17671-1, Welding — Recommendations for welding of metallic materials — Part 1: General
guidance for arc welding
ISO/TR 18491, Welding and allied processes — Guidelines for measurement of welding energies
ISO/TR 20172, Welding — Grouping systems for materials — European materials
ISO/TR 20173, Welding — Grouping systems for materials — American materials
ISO/TR 20174, Welding — Grouping systems for materials — Japanese materials
ISO/TR 25901 (all parts), Welding and allied processes — Vocabulary

3 Terms and definitions

For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in ISO/TR 25901 (all parts) and the
following apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at http://www.iso.org/obp
— IEC Electropedia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/
3.1
run out length
length of a run produced by the melting of a covered electrode
Note 1 to entry: See ISO/TR 17671-2.

3.2
build-up welding
addition of weld metal to obtain or restore required dimensions

4 Preliminary welding procedure specification (pWPS)

The preliminary welding procedure specification shall be prepared in accordance with ISO 15609-1 or
ISO 15609-2.

5 Welding procedure test

The welding and testing of test pieces shall be in accordance with Clauses 6 and 7.
The welder or welding operator who undertakes the welding procedure test satisfactorily in accordance
with this document is qualified according to the relevant national/international standard being applied,
provided that the relevant testing requirements of that standard are met.

6 Test piece

6.1 General
The welded joint to which the welding procedure will relate in production shall be represented by
making a standard test piece or pieces, as specified in 6.2.
If required by the application standard, the direction of plate rolling shall be marked on the test piece
when impact tests are required to be taken in the Heat Affected Zone (HAZ) and shall be mentioned in
the impact test report.
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