Designation:A488/A488M−17StandardPracticeforSteelCastings,Welding,QualificationsofProceduresandPersonnel1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationA488/A488M;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ThisstandardhasbeenapprovedforusebyagenciesoftheU.S.DepartmentofDefense.1.Scope*1.1Thispracticecoversthequalificationofprocedures,welders,andoperatorsforthefabricationandrepairofsteelcastingsbyelectricarcwelding.1.1.1QualificationsofaprocedureandeitherorboththeoperatororwelderunderSectionIXoftheASMEBoilerandPressureVesselCodeshallautomaticallyqualifytheprocedureandeitherorboththeoperatororwelderunderthispractice.P-numberdesignationsintheASMEgroupingofbasemetalsforqualificationmaybedifferentthanthecategorynumberslistedinTable1.RefertoAppendixX1foracomparisonofASTMcategorynumberswiththecorrespondingASMEP-Numberdesignations.1.2Eachmanufacturerorcontractorisresponsiblefortheweldingdonebyhisorganizationandshallconductthetestsrequiredtoqualifyhisweldingprocedures,welders,andoperators.1.3Eachmanufacturerorcontractorshallmaintainarecordofweldingprocedurequalificationtests(Fig.1),welderoroperatorperformancequalificationtests(Fig.2),andweldingprocedurespecification(Fig.3),whichshallbemadeavailabletothepurchaser’srepresentativeonrequest.1.4ThevaluesstatedineitherSIunitsorinch-poundunitsaretoberegardedseparatelyasstandard.Thevaluesstatedineachsystemmaynotbeexactequivalents;therefore,eachsystemshallbeusedindependentlyoftheother.Combiningvaluesfromthetwosystemsmayresultinnonconformancewiththestandard.1.4.1SIUnits—Withinthetext,theSIunitsareshowninbrackets.1.5Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofreg...
