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(a) ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section IX, Qualification Standard for Welding, Brazing, and Fusing Procedures; Welders; Brazers; and Welding, Brazing, and Fusing Operators, 2019 Edition, issued July 1, 2019 (“Section IX of the ASME BPVC”); IBR approved for §§ 57.02-2; 57.02-4(a); 57.03-1(a) and (b); 57.04-1; 57.05-1(a); 57.06-1(c); 57.06-4(h).

(b) [Reserved]

(a) The qualifications for all types of welders and brazers, the qualification of welding procedures, and the production tests for all types of manual and machine arc and gas welding and brazing processes used in fabricating power boilers, heating boilers, pressure vessels and piping must be in accordance with Section IX of the ASME BPVC (incorporated by reference; see § 57.02-1), as limited, modified, or replaced by specific requirements in this part. For general information, table 1 to § 57.02-2(a) lists the various paragraphs in Section IX of the ASME BPVC which are limited, modified, or replaced by regulations in this part.

(b) References to the ASME Code, like paragraph QW-131.1 indicate:

(1) Q = Section IX, Welding and Brazing Qualifications, ASME BPVC.

(2) W = Part containing requirements for welding procedure, welder, and welding operator qualifications.

(3) 131 = Major division within the part.

(4) 131.1 = Specific subparagraph within the part.

(c) When a paragraph or a section of the regulations in this part relates to material in Section IX of the ASME BPVC, the relationship with the code will be shown immediately following the heading of the section or at the beginning of the paragraph as follows:

(1) (Modifies Q__.) This indicates that the material in Q__ is generally applicable but is being altered, amplified, or augmented.

(2) (Replaces Q__.) This indicates that Q__ does not apply.

(3) (Reproduces Q__.) This indicates that Q__ is being identically reproduced for convenience, not for emphasis.

(a) Within the limits of the qualification tests passed, the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, may accept welders who have been qualified by other agencies of the Federal Government; by the American Bureau of Shipping; or by the fabricator concerned.

(b) [Reserved]

(a) (Replaces QW 103 and QB 103.) Each manufacturer or contractor is responsible for the welding and brazing done by their organization and must conduct tests required in this part to qualify the welding and brazing procedures used and the performance of welders and brazers who apply these procedures. The manufacturer must bear the expense of conducting the tests. Each manufacturer must maintain a record of the test results obtained in welding and brazing procedure and welder and brazer performance qualifications. These required records, together with identification data, must be maintained by the manufacturer or contractor on the recommended forms illustrated in Section IX of the ASME BPVC (incorporated by reference; see § 57.02-1), or on any other form acceptable to the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection. Upon request, duplicate forms must be furnished by the manufacturer or contractor to the marine inspector.

(b) Except as otherwise provided for in § 57.02-2, the fabricator must notify the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, prior to conducting performance or procedure qualification tests, and arrange a suitable time and place for conducting the tests, so that a marine inspector may be present.

(a) Except as provided for in paragraph (b) of this section, when filler metal is used in a welded fabrication that is required to meet the requirements of this part the filler metal must be one that has been approved by the American Bureau of Shipping.

(b) In instances where a fabricator desires to use a filler metal which has not been approved by the American Bureau of Shipping the approval of the filler metal can be made by the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection on the basis of the fabricator passing the weld procedure qualification tests as outlined in this part. This alternate means of approval applies to wire-gas and wire-flux combinations as well as to stick electrodes. Filler metal approvals given in this manner will extend only to the specific fabricator to whom they are granted.