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NCE
IMPERFECTION
DESIGNATION
REMARKS
THICKNESS,
t MM
QUALITY LEVEL, B
SURFACE IMPERFECTIONS
1
2
3
100
104
2017
Crack
Crater Crack
Surface pore
0.5
0.5
0.5 to 3
Not permitted
Not permitted
Not permitted
>3
Not permitted
0.5 to 3
>3
Not permitted
2025
401
Not permitted
4021
0.5
Lack
of
fusion
(incomplete fusion)
Micro lack of fusion
Incomplete
root
penetration
0.5
0.5
Not permitted
Not permitted
5011
5012
Continuous
undercut
Intermittent
undercut
0.5 to 3
Not permitted
>3
h 0.05
0.5mm
t,
but
max.
5013
Shrinkage groove
0.5 to 3
Not permitted
>3
Short imperfections:
h 0.05 t, but max. 0.5
mm
h 1mm + 0.1 b, but
max. 5mm
502
0.5
10
503
Excessive convexity
(fillet weld)
0.5
11
504
Excess penetration
0.5 to 3
h 1mm + 0.1 b
>3
12
505
13
506
Overlap
14
509
511
Sagging
Incompletely
groove
Butt welds
0.5
1500
Fillet welds
0.5
1100
0.5
Not permitted
0.5 to 3
Not permitted
>3
Short imperfections:
h 0.05 t, but max. 0.5
15
16
510
512
17
515
Excessive
asymmetry of fillet
weld
(excessive unequal leg
length)
Root concavity
18
516
Root porosity
19
517
Poor restart
0.5
0.5
mm
Not permitted
h 1.5mm + 0.15 a
0.5 to 3
Not permitted
>3
Short imperfections:
h 0.05 t, but max. 0.5
mm
0.5
Not permitted
0.5
Not Permitted
20
5213
Insufficient
thickness
throat
21
5214
Excessive throat
thickness
22
601
Stray arc
23
602
Spatter
0.5 to 3
Not permitted
>3
Not permitted
0.5
0.5
Not permitted,
0.5
Acceptance depends on
application, e.g. material,
corrosion protection
Acceptance depends on
application, e.g. material,
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610
Temper colour
(Discolouration)
0.5
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corrosion protection.
100
Cracks
1001
Microcracks
2011
Gas pore
2012
Uniformly
distributed porosity
INTERNAL IMPERFECTIONS
All types of cracks except microcracks
and crater cracks
A crack usually only visible under the
microscope (50x)
0.5
Not permitted
0.5
Acceptance depends on
type of parent material
with particular reference
to crack sensitivity.
0.5
0.5
1%
0.5
2013
Butt welds
Fillet welds
Clustered
(Localized porosity)
0.5
possibility
of
the
pore
cluster
cluster
porosity
is
not
dA1,
or
dAC,
permitted
dA
corresponds
to
dA2
whichever is applicable
5
2014
Linear porosity
Butt welds
0.5
Fillet welds
0.5
7
8
2015
2016
202
2024
Elongated cavity
wormholes
Butt welds
0.5
Fillet welds
0.5
Shrinkage cavity
Crater pipe
0.5
0.5 to 3
>3
10
300
301
302
303
304
11
3042
Solid inclusions
Slag inclusions
Flux inclusions
Oxide inclusions
Metallic
inclusions
other than copper
Copper inclusions
0.5
Fillet welds
0.5
Butt welds
Fillet welds
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
Not permitted
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12
401
4011
Lack of fusion
(incomplete fusion)
Lack of side wall
fusion
13
4012
Lack of inter-run
fusion
4013
402
Lack of penetration
0.5
Not permitted
0.5
Not permitted
0.5
Not permitted
507
Linear misalignment
5071
Linear misalignment
between plates
5072
Transversely circular
welds at cylindrical
hollow sections
Circumferential welds
h 0.2mm + 0.1 t
>3
0.5
617
None
Multiple
imperfections in any
cross section
MULTIPLE IMPERFECTIONS
h1 + h 2 + h 3 + h 4 = h
0.5 to 3
h 0.2mm + 0.1 a
>3
0.5 to 3
Not permitted
>3
h1 + h 2 + h 3 = h
None
0.5
h x l 4%
h1 x l 1+ h2 x l 2
h2+ h3
x D+h3 x l 3= h x l
2