MSS-SP-83 Steel Pipe Unions, Socket-Welding and
Threaded
MSS-SP-95 Swage(d) Nipples and Bull Plugs
MSS-SP-97 Integrally Reinforced Forged Branch Outlet
Fittings—Socket Welding, Threaded and Buttwelding
Ends
2.6 ASNT Standard:
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SNT-TC-1A Recommended Practice for Nondestructive
Testing Personnel Qualification and Certification
2.7 AWS Specifications
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A5.5/A5.5M Specification for Low-Alloy Steel Electrodes
for Shielded Metal Arc Welding
A5.23/A5.23M Specification for Low-Alloy Steel Elec-
trodes and Fluxes for Submerged Arc Welding
A5.28/A5.28M Specification for Low-Alloy Steel Elec-
trodes for Gas Shielded Arc Welding
A5.29/A5.29M Low-Alloy Steel Electrodes for Flux Cored
Arc Welding
3. Terminology
3.1 Definitions—For definitions of terms used in this speci-
fication refer to Specification A960/A960M.
4. Ordering Information
4.1 See Specification A960/A960M.
5. General Requirements
5.1 Product furnished to this specification shall conform to
the requirements of Specification A960/A960M, including any
supplementary requirements that are indicated in the purchase
order. Failure to comply with the requirements of Specification
A960/A960M constitutes non-conformance with this specifi-
cation. In case of a conflict between the requirements of this
specification and Specification A960/A960M, this specification
shall prevail.
6. Materials
6.1 The starting material for fittings shall be killed steel,
consisting of forgings, bars, plates, sheet, and seamless or
fusion-welded tubular products with filler metal added and
shall conform to the chemical requirements of Table 1. Unless
otherwise specified for carbon steel plates and sheet, the steel
may be made to either coarse grain or fine grain practice. Grade
WP9 shall be made to fine grain practice.
6.2 A starting material specification that specifically re-
quires the addition of any element beyond those listed for the
materials in Table 1 for the applicable grade of material is not
permitted. This does not preclude the use of deoxidizers or the
judicious use of elements for grain size control.
7. Manufacture
7.1 Forging or shaping operations may be performed by
hammering, pressing, piercing, extruding, upsetting, rolling,
bending, fusion welding, machining, or by a combination of
two or more of these operations. The forming procedure shall
be so applied that it will not produce injurious imperfections in
the fittings.
7.2 Fittings NPS-4 and under may be machined from
hot-forged or rolled, cold-sized, and straightened bar stock
having the chemical composition of the Grade in Table 1 and
the mechanical properties of the Grade in Table 2. Heat
treatment shall be in accordance with Section 8. All caps
machined from bar stock shall be examined by liquid penetrant
or magnetic particle in accordance with S52 or S53 in
Specification A960/A960M.
7.3 All welds including welds in tubular products from
which fittings are made shall be (1) made by welders, welding
operators, and welding procedures qualified under the provi-
sions of ASME Section IX, (2) heat treated in accordance with
Section 8of this specification, and (3)radiographically exam-
ined throughout the entire length of each weld in accordance
with Article 2, ASME Section V with acceptance limits in
accordance with Paragraph UW-51 of ASME Section VIII,
Division 1 of the ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code. In
place of radiographic examination, welds may be ultrasonically
examined in accordance with Appendix 12 of Section VIII. The
NDE of welds in Grades WPB, WPC, WP1, WP11 Class 1,
WP11 Class 2, WP11 Class 3, WP12 Class 1, WP12 Class 2,
and WPR may be performed either prior to or after forming.
NDE of welds in Grades WP5, WP9, WP91 Types 1 and 2,
WP911, WP92, WP22 Class 1, WP22 Class 3, and WP24 shall
be done after forming.
7.3.1 All welds in WP91 Types 1 and 2 shall be made with
one of the following welding processes and consumables:
SMAW, A5.5/A5.5M E90XX-B9; SAW, A5.23/A5.23M EB9 +
flux; GTAW, A5.28/A5.28M ER90S-B9; and FCAW A5.29/
A5.29M E91T1-B9. In addition, the Ni+Mn content of all
welding consumables used to fabricate WP91 Type 1 and Type
2 fittings shall not exceed 1.0 %.
7.3.2 All welds in WP92 and WP911 shall be made using
welding consumables meeting the chemical requirements for
the grade in Table 1.
7.3.3 All welds in WP115 shall be made using deposited
filler metal suitable for the composition being welded. Any
defects shall be thoroughly chipped or ground out before
welding and each welded length shall be re-heat treated or
stress relieved as required by the application specification.
Alternately, the weld shall be made with the welding products
and procedures of 7.3.1.
7.4 Personnel performing NDE examinations shall be quali-
fied in accordance with SNT-TC-1A.
7.5 The welded joints of the fittings shall be finished in
accordance with the requirements of Paragraph UW-35 (a) of
ASME Section VIII, Division 1.
7.6 All butt-weld tees manufactured by cold-forming meth-
od(s) shall be liquid penetrant or magnetic particle examined
by one of the methods specified in Supplementary Requirement
S52 or S53 in Specification A960/A960M. This examination
shall be performed after final heat treatment. Only the side wall
area of the tees need be examined. This area is defined by a
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Available from American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT), P.O. Box
28518, 1711 Arlingate Ln., Columbus, OH 43228-0518, http://www.asnt.org.
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Available from American Welding Society (AWS), 550 NW LeJeune Rd.,
Miami, FL 33126, http://www.aws.org.
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