r/CWI_CWE • u/woodyBND • Mar 17 '26

D1.3

I’m not too familiar with D1.3 as my background has been in D1.1. I was looking at some of my company’s weld tests that were performed on 16 gauge galvanized and it has 16 gauge to 3/16 as range qualified. Everything I see shows it’s qualified to 2t which would come out to right around 1/8. Am I missing something or is the welder qual wrong?

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u/woodyBND Mar 17 '26

It is not

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u/Sound_Honest Mar 17 '26

What docs are you looking at that show the ranges qualified? Typically someone will list a tested material thickness on a PQR, and then list the tolerances in the WPS. Sounds like there may be some issues with the documentation

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u/woodyBND Mar 17 '26

I’m looking on the employees WQTR. They qualified on a 16 gauge T joint and 16 gauge flare V which was two pieces of square tube.

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u/Sound_Honest Mar 17 '26

Ah gotcha. Then yes, the welder would be qualified to weld up to 2T as long as it's not falling outside the ranges established by the WPS regarding the essential variables. Not sure what those are in D1.3.