Impact testing Requirments UCS67 (for PQR) and UG 84i(Production test)

UCS 67

Impact test on Weld

procedure and Production
testing not required

Is impact testing exempted by UG20(f), UCS-66, and UCS-68

YES

NO
The MDMT used shall be either the
MDMT stamped
on the nameplate or the exemption
temperature of the welded
component before applying the
temperature reduction permitted by
UCS-66(b) or UCS-68(c).

Weld Procedure Require Impact tests on

Weld Metal and HAZ as per UG84 at
MDMT

UCS 67 (b)
Welds Made WITHOUT FILLER Metal.
WHEN ANY OF BELOW IS TRUE IMPACT IS REQUIRED
This clause is NOT Applicable for part of the material
specification (i.e. for Sec II material)

UCS 67 (a)
Welds Made WITH FILLER METAL
WHEN ANY OF BELOW IS TRUE IMPACT IS
REQUIRED

Impact
Exempted

UCS 67 (a)(1)
EITHER base metal is
required to be Impact
tested

NO

Weld procedure impact

Required.
Further analysis not
required

YES

UCS 67 (b)(1)
EITHER base metal is
required to be Impact
tested

YES

NO

UCS 67 (a)(2)
thickness of any individual weld pass
exceeds 13 mm and the MDMT is
colder than (21C)

YES

Weld procedure impact

Required.
Further analysis not
required

YES

UCS 67 (b)(2)
thickness at the weld exceeds 13 mm
Regardless of MDMT

UCS 67 (a)(3)
If base metals exempt from impact testing by
UCS66(g) or Fig UCS66, Curve C & D AND
NO
MDMT is between -29 to -48 Deg C.
Impact
Weld procedure with impact is not required if no
Exempted
individual pass is greater than 6 mm & each
batch of filler metal is impact tested as per SFA
at temp. not less than MDMT. Testing beyond
scope of SFA is acceptable
UCS66(j) When the base metal is
exempt from impact testing by
UCS66(g) or by Fig UCS-66
Curves C or D, 29C is the
coldest MDMT to be assigned for
OR
welded components that do not
meet the requirements of UCS67(a)(3).

NO

NO

Impact
Exempted

OR

OR

Impact
Exempted

Impact
Exempted

OR

OR

Impact
Exempted

NO

UCS 67 (a)(4)
When joining base metals exempt from
impact by UCS66(g) and MDMT is
greater than -48 Deg C

YES

Weld procedure impact

Required.
Further analysis not
required

YES

UCS 67 (b)(3)
thickness at the weld exceeds 8 mm
And MDMT is Colder than 10 Deg C

NO

Impact
Exempted

OR

YES

Weld procedure impact

Required.

YES

UCS 67 (a)(4)
When joining base metals exempt
from impact by UCS66(g) and
MDMT is greater than -48 Deg C

NO

Impact
Exempted

Since Weld Procedure Impact test is REQUIRED as per UCS 67.

PRODUCTION Test Plate is REQUIRED as per UG 84 (i) (2) for ALL joints.
Extent of testing will be as per weld procedure i.e. UG84(h) [Weld metal & HAZ]

UG 84 (i)(3) Number of Vessel Impact Test Plates Required

UG84 (i) (1)
UG 84 (h) details testing requirement for weld procedure
UG 84 (g) details sampling and acceptance criteria
Test will be for each weld procedure used on each vessel or group
of vessels as defined in UG 84 (i) (3)
Test plate shall be from one of the heats of steel used.
Cat A joints, test plate shall where practicable, extension to the end
of a production joint (as nearly as practicable the quality and type
of welding in vessel joint).
Cat B joints, that are welded using a different weld procedure than
Cat A, test plate shall be welded under production welding
conditions used for the vessel, using same type of equipment and
at the same location, same procedures used for joints. This
shall be welded concurrently with the production welds or as close
to the start of production welding as practicable.

(-a) For each vessel, one test plate shall be made for each welding procedure used for joints of
Cat A & B, unless the vessel is one of several as defined in
(-b) or (-c) below.
In addition, for Category A and B joints the following requirements shall apply:
(-1) If automatic, machine, or semiautomatic welding is performed, a test plate shall be made in
each position employed in the vessel welding.
(-2) If manual welding is also employed, a test plate shall be made in the flat position only,
except if welding is to be performed in other positions a test plate need be made in the vertical
position only (where the major portions of the layers of welds are deposited in the vertical
upward direction). The vertically welded test plate will qualify the manual welding in all
positions.
(-b) For several vessels or parts of vessels, welded
within any 3 month period at one location, the plate thickness of which does not vary by more
than 6 mm, or 25%, whichever is greater, and of the same specification & grade of material, a
test plate shall be made for each 400 ft (120 m) of joints welded by the same procedure.
(-c) For small vessels not exceeding the volume limitations defined in U-1(j) made from one
heat of material requiring impact tests, one welded test joint made from the same heat of
material and welded with the same electrode and the same welding procedure may represent
one lot of 100 vessels or less, or each heat treatment furnace batch, whichever is smaller.

UG 84 (j)
If vessel test plate fails to meet
the impact requirements, the
welds represented by the plate
shall be unacceptable. Reheat
treatment and retesting or
retesting only are permitted.