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1″ AWS Test Kits
ABOUT OUR TEST KITS:
We offer the following test kits to provide you the materials and information you need to become a qualified welder in accordance with AWS D1.1 Structural Welding Code-Steel. This performance qualification is a specifically devised test to determine a welder’s ability to produce sound welds.
Each kit contains: Welding instructions, positional drawing(s), mill test reports, welder qualification form, shipping form, plates, and backing for practice and test.
Test Plate Thickness & Qualification (Groove weld):
- 3/8″ test plate qualifies for 1/8″ to 3/4″ thickness, as well as fillet welds 1/8″ and greater on plate, pipe or tubing.
- 1″ test plate qualifies for 1/8″ to unlimited thickness, as well as fillet welds 1/8″ and greater on plate, pipe or tubing.
You can choose your test kit with or without backing:
- Qualifying with backing (E7018) qualifies welding with backing or back gouging only.
- Qualifying without backing (E6010 root, E7018 fill) qualifies welding with or without backing.
Test Position(s) Groove Weld | Position(s) Qualified Groove Weld | Position(s) Qualified Fillet Weld |
1G Flat | 1G | 1F & 2F |
2G Horizontal | 1G & 2G | 1F & 2F |
3G Vertical | 1G, 2G, 3G | 1F, 2F, 3F |
4G Overhead | 1G & 4G | 1F, 2F, 4F |
3G & 4G | All Positions | All Positions |