B31.3 Process Piping
2.5 AWS Specifications:
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A5.5/A5.5M Low-Alloy Steel Electrodes for Shielded Metal
Arc Welding
A5.23/A5.23M Low-Alloy Steel Electrodes and Fluxes for
Submerged Arc Welding
A5.28/A5.28M Low-Alloy Steel Electrodes and Rods for
Gas Shielded Arc Welding
A5.29/A5.29M Low-Alloy Steel Electrodes for Flux Cored
Arc Welding
3. General Conditions for Delivery
3.1 Except for investment castings and centrifugally cast
pipe, castings furnished to this specification shall conform to
the requirements of Specification A703/A703M, including any
supplementary requirements that are indicated in the purchase
order. Failure to comply with the general requirements of
Specification A703/A703M constitutes nonconformance with
this specification. In case of conflict between the requirements
of this specification and Specification A703/A703M, this
specification shall prevail.
3.2 Investment castings furnished to this specification shall
conform to the requirements of Specification A985/A985M,
including any supplementary requirements that are indicated in
the purchase order. Failure to comply with the general require-
ments of Specification A985/A985M constitutes nonconfor-
mance with this specification. In case of conflict between the
requirements of this specification and Specification A985/
A985M, Specification A985/A985M shall prevail.
3.3 Centrifugally cast pipe furnished under this specification
shall conform to the requirements of Specification A999/
A999M, including any supplementary requirements that are
indicated in the purchase order. Failure to comply with the
general requirements of Specification A999/A999M consti-
tutes nonconformance with this specification. In case of con-
flict between the requirements of this specification and Speci-
fication A999/A999M, this specification shall prevail.
4. Ordering Information
4.1 Orders for material under this specification shall include
the following, as required, to describe the desired material
adequately:
4.1.1 Except for centrifugally cast pipe:
4.1.1.1 A description of the casting by pattern number or
drawing (dimensional tolerances shall be included on the
casting drawing),
4.1.1.2 Grade and class of steel,
4.1.1.3 Options in the specification (see 5.1.5,5.2,7.1.4,
8.4,10.3.5, and 10.3.7,10.3.8.2, and 10.3.8.3),
4.1.1.4 Whether the castings are to be produced using the
investment casting process, and
4.1.1.5 The supplementary requirements desired including
the standards of acceptance.
4.1.2 Centrifugally cast pipe:
4.1.2.1 Quantity (feet, centimeters, or number of lengths),
4.1.2.2 Name of material (centrifugally cast pipe),
4.1.2.3 Grade of steel,
4.1.2.4 Size (outside or inside diameter and minimum wall
thickness),
4.1.2.5 Length (specific or random) (Section on Permissible
Variations in Length of Specification A999/A999M),
4.1.2.6 End finish (Section on Ends of Specification A999/
A999M),
4.1.2.7 Options in the specification (see 5.1.5,5.2,7.1.4,
8.4,10.3.5, and 10.3.7,10.3.8.2, and 10.3.8.3),
4.1.2.8 Whether the castings are to be used in ASME Boiler
and Pressure Vessel Code Sections I, III, IV, VIII, and XII
construction; or in ASME Codes B16.34, B31.1, B31.3, or
other ASME construction codes, and
4.1.2.9 The supplementary requirements desired.
5. Materials and Manufacture
5.1 Heat Treatment—Grades shall be furnished in the aus-
tenitized and tempered condition. Before heat treatment, cast-
ings shall be allowed to cool to a temperature below the
transformation range.
5.1.1 Grade C91 shall be heat treated by heating to a
temperature range of 1900 to 1975 °F [1040 to 1080 °C] and
either air cooled or accelerated cooled from the austenitizing
temperature by air blasting or liquid quenching, to a tempera-
ture of 200 °F [95 °C] or below, followed by tempering at 1350
to 1470 °F [730 to 800 °C].
5.1.2 Grade C933 shall be heat treated by heating to a
temperature range of 2010 to 2190 °F [1100 to 1200 °C] and
either air cooled or accelerated cooled from the austenitizing
temperature by air blasting or liquid quenching to a tempera-
ture of 200 °F [95 °C] or below, followed by tempering at 1350
to 1440 °F [730 to 780 °C].
5.1.3 Compliance with the temperature ranges specified in
5.1.1 and 5.1.2 for castings heat treated singly shall be verified
by a thermocouple or thermocouples placed directly on the
castings.
5.1.4 Compliance with the temperature ranges specified in
5.1.1 and 5.1.2 for castings heat treated in batches shall be
verified by thermocouples placed on selected castings in each
batch.
5.1.5 Unless specified by the purchaser, the number and
locations of thermocouples to be placed on each casting, or on
castings in each heat-treatment batch, shall be at the discretion
of the producer.
5.1.6 A record of the final austenitizing and tempering heat
treatment and, if specified in the order (see 10.3.7) of any and
all subsequent subcritical heat treatments, shall be made and
shall be shown on the material test report. The record shall
include both the number and locations of thermocouples
applied to each casting, or to each heat-treatment batch of
castings.
5.2 Machining—Centrifugally cast pipe shall be machined
on the inner and outer surfaces to a roughness value no greater
than 250 µin. [6.35 µm] arithmetical average deviation (AA)
from the mean line unless otherwise specified as in ANSI
B46.1.
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