Qualification for Brazing

Mathias Lundin, Swedish Welding Commission

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 Activities to controll = Tasks
Review of requirements Operating procedures

Technical review Documentation

Sub-contracting Testing, storage and handling of bra-

zing consumables and parent material
Brazers and operators
Heat treatment
Brazing coordination
Inspection prior, during and post
Inspection and testing personnel
brazing
Production equipment
Non-conformance and corrective
Maintenance of equipment actions
Production planning Calibration and validation
Brazing procedure specifications (BPS) Identification and traceability
Qualification of brazing procedures Quality records

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 Qualification of brazing personnel
ISO 13585 Brazing — Qualification test of brazers and brazing operators
”brazer ability to by hand manipulate the device for heating following a specification
to reproduce a braze joint with acceptable quality”
”operator ability to follow a specification to reproduce a braze joint with acceptable
quality”

Key elements Essential variables => Range of qualification

Standardized test pieces a) brazing process

b) product type
Essential variables
c) type of joint
Ranges of qualification
d) parent material group(s)
Requirements for testing e) brazing filler metal type
Acceptance criteria f) brazing filler application
g) dimension (material thickness, outside pipe
Requirements for validity
diameter and overlap length)
Requirements for certificate h) filler metal flow direction
i) degree of mechanization

ISO/FDIS 13585
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 Qualification of brazing procedures
ISO/PWI xxxxx Brazing – Qualification and specification of brazing procedures
(revision of EN 13134)

Verifying joint properties

”special process – since joint properties and integrity can not be fully verified with NDT
after brazing, a procedure needs to be qualified and reproduced during production”

Essential variables/range of qualification – different compared to personnel

brazing process
parent material group
brazing filler and flux
dimensions
working temperature
etc

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 Qualification of brazing procedures

Working order for procedure test

preliminary “work
pBPS instruction

Braze test (brazing of standardized test piece)

Verifing tests + evaluation

(visual testing, NDT, destructive testing)

essential variables =>

Brazing Procedure Qualification Record (BPQR) range of qualification

closer tollerances for

BPS BPS BPS instructing the operator

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