BS 3571-1:1985
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MIG welding Specification for MIG welding of aluminium and aluminium alloys
Hardcopy , PDF
11-15-2000
English
01-31-1985
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Foreword
Committees responsible
Specification
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 Information and requirements to be agreed and
documented
4 Details of welding procedure
5 Parent metal
6 Welding consumables
7 Equipment
8 Welding details
9 Preparation of joint faces
10 Assembly for welding
11 Alignment of butt joints
12 Fit-up of parts joined by fillet welds
13 Tack welds
14 Temporary attachments
15 Protection from the weather
16 Preheating
17 Stray arcing on work
18 Inter-run cleaning
19 Approval and testing of welding procedures
20 Approval and testing of welders
21 Identification
22 Peening of weldments
23 Removal of temporary attachments
24 Inspection and testing
25 Quality of welds
26 Correction of faulty welds
27 Post-weld heat treatment
Appendices
A Comparison of aluminium alloy designation systems
B Guidance on selection of filler metals
C Recommendations on welding current
D Guidance on the use and maintenance of welding
equipment
E Recommended joint details, welding conditions and
joint preparation
F Guidance on back gouging
Tables
1 Parent metals
2 Filler wires
3 Aluminium alloy designations
4a Groupings used in table 4b
4b Selection of filler wires
5 Typical welding current for MIG welding
6 Recommended joint details and typical welding
conditions for butt joints
7 Recommended joint details and typical welding
conditions for butt joints: permanent backing
(joints with access one side only)
8 Recommended joint details and typical welding
conditions for 'T' butt joints: unbacked
9 Recommended joint details and typical welding
conditions for fillet joints
10 Recommended joint details and typical welding
conditions for corner joints
11 Butt welded hollow sections
Figures
1 Temporary backing
2 Butt joints of unequal cross section
3 Typical details for branch connections for circular
structural hollow sections: butt welds
4 Typical details for branch connections for
rectangular structural hollow sections: butt welds
5 Typical details for branch connections for circular
structural hollow sections: fillet welds
6 Typical details for branch connections for
rectangular structural hollow sections: fillet welds
7 Narrow chisel
8 Wide chisel
9 'C' chisel
Parent metals, welding consumables, equipment, welding details, preparation of joint faces, assembly, alignment and other welding conditions. Covers also welding procedures, approval of welders, testing, correction and quality of welds. Appendices give guidance on selection of filler wires, welding current, and welding equipment.
| Committee |
WEE/36
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
34
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Superseded
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| SupersededBy | |
| Supersedes |
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| BS 1500-3:1965 | Specification for fusion welded pressure vessels for general purposes. Aluminium |
| BS 5649-3:1982 | Lighting columns Specification for materials and welding requirements |
| BS 1139-3:1994 | Metal scaffolding Specification for prefabricated mobile access and working towers |
| BS 5974:1990 | Code of practice for temporarily installed suspended scaffolds and access equipment |
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| BS 6779-3:1994 | Highway parapets for bridges and other structures Specification for vehicle containment parapets of combined metal and concrete construction |
| BS 3495:1972 | Specification for aluminium refuse storage containers |
| BS 7430:1998 | Code of practice for earthing |
| BS 6037:1990 | Code of practice for permanently installed suspended access equipment |
| BS 336:1989 | Specification for fire hose couplings and ancillary equipment |
| BS 1139-5:1990 | Metal scaffolding Specification for materials, dimensions, design loads and safety requirements for service and working scaffolds made of prefabricated elements |
| BS 6180:1982 | Code of practice for protective barriers in and about buildings |
| BS 5045-5:1986 | Transportable gas containers Specification for aluminium alloy containers above 0.5 litre up to 130 litres water capacity with welded seams |
| BS 6779-1:1987 | Parapets for vehicle containment on highways. Specification for parapets of metal contruction |
| BS 1139-3:1983 | Metal scaffolding Specification for prefabricated access and working towers |
| BS 2901-4:1990 | Filler rods and wires for gas-shielded arc welding Specification for aluminium and aluminium alloys and magnesium alloys |
| BS 7430:1991 | Code of practice for earthing |
| BS 6779-1:1998 | Highway parapets for bridges and other structures Specification for vehicle containment parapets of metal construction |
| BS 6779-1:1992 | Highway parapets for bridges and other structures Specification for vehicle containment parapets of metal construction |
| BS 7818:1995 | Specification for pedestrian restraint systems in metal |
| BS 2830:1973 | Specification for suspended safety chairs and cradles for use in the construction industry |
| BS 5222-1:1975 | Specification for aluminium piping systems Dimensions, materials and construction of components |
| BS 5400-9.2:1983 | STEEL, CONCRETE AND COMPOSITE BRIDGES - BRIDGE BEARINGS - SPECIFICATION FOR MATERIALS, MANUFACTURE AND INSTALLATION OF BRIDGE BEARINGS |
| BS 3989:1966 | Specification for aluminium street lighting columns |
| BS 8118-1:1991 | Structural use of aluminium Code of practice for design |
| BS 5222-2:1976 | Specification for aluminium piping systems Design |
| BS 4870-2:1982 | Specification for approval testing of welding procedures TIG or MIG welding of aluminium and its alloys |
| BS 5222-2:1976 | Specification for aluminium piping systems Design |
| BS 4300-14(1973) : 1973 | WROUGHT ALUMINIUM AND ALUMINIUM ALLOYS FOR GENERAL ENGINEERING PURPOSES (SUPPLEMENTARY SERIES) - 7020 PLATE, SHEET STRIP |
| BS 4300-15(1973) : 1973 | WROUGHT ALUMINIUM AND ALUMINIUM ALLOYS FOR GENERAL ENGINEERING PURPOSES (SUPPLEMENTARY SERIES) - 7020 BAR, EXTRUDED ROUND TUBE AND SECTIONS |
| BS 499-1:1983 | Welding terms and symbols. Glossary for welding, brazing and thermal cutting |
| BS 4300-11(1969) : 1969 | ALUMINIUM AND ALUMINIUM ALLOYS FOR GENERAL ENGINEERING PURPOSES (SUPPLEMENTARY SERIES) - 5454 FORGING STOCK AND FORGINGS |
| BS 4300-12(1969) : 1969 | WROUGHT ALUMINIUM AND ALUMINIUM ALLOYS FOR GENERAL ENGINEERING PURPOSES (SUPPLEMENTARY SERIES) - 5454 BARS, EXTRUDED ROUND TUBE AND SECTIONS |
| BS 4300-13(1969) : 1969 | WROUGHT ALUMINIUM AND ALUMINIUM ALLOYS FOR GENERAL ENGINEERING PURPOSES (SUPPLEMENTARY SERIES) - 5554 WELDING WIRE |
| BS 3019-1:1984 | TIG welding Specification for TIG welding of aluminium, magnesium and their alloys |
| BS 4870-2:1982 | Specification for approval testing of welding procedures TIG or MIG welding of aluminium and its alloys |
| BS 4300-10(1969) : 1969 | WROUGHT ALUMINIUM AND ALUMINIUM ALLOYS FOR GENERAL ENGINEERING PURPOSES (SUPPLEMENTARY SERIES) - 5454 DRAWN TUBE |
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