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What is the Certified Welding Inspector Program? World-wide recognized qualifications for Welding Inspectors.
The importance of CWI in the International market. CWI American National Standard AWS B5.1:2013-AMD1, Specification for the Qualification of Welding Inspectors. The necessity of CWI for the welding Industry. B5.1:2013-AMD1 - Specification for the Qualification of Welding Inspectors. The main purpose of welding inspection and the acceptance criteria of a specific code, and standard. The CWI responsibilities and activities. The required knowledge of welding processes. The knowledge of NDT inspections. Required knowledge of welding Metallurgy. Knowledge of Quality procedures, Quality Assurance Audits, and surveillance. Knowledge of Drawings and Welding Symbols. Knowledge of base materials, filler metals and electrodes, storage, and handling of electrodes. Knowledge of Procedure Qualifications Records, Performance Qualifications, Production welds, and Production personnel qualifications. Shall have Good and sufficient knowledge of applicable safety requirements in the workplace. CWI Exam pattern and minimum marks to be obtained to pass the exams. Guidance plan to study the required subjects and reference books.
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Metals and their structures, formation of Crystalline solids, Disarray of atoms at grain boundaries, Unit cell structures, body-centred Cubics, Face Centered Cubics, Hexagonal Close Pack, Engineering metals and alloys, Interstitial and Substitutional solid solutions, Substitution and diffusion, grain boundaries,
Allotropic Transformation / Phase Transformation in the metals, Crystalline Structures, Equilibrium/constitution diagram, Pure copper and Nickel phase diagram, the Phase diagram for Silver -copper alloys, welding the precipitation hardening alloys, solid solution alloys, Weldability of metals, weld metal solidification cracking, Postweld heat treatment cracking, stress corrosion cracking, Heat effected zone and thermal behaviour, Dispersion strengthening, Welding of specific alloy families, Method of increasing the strength of the aluminium alloy, Tempering of aluminium, Basic tempering designations for aluminium alloys, welding non-heat-treatable and heat-treatable aluminium, the effect of welding heat on aged alloys
Change of temperature during welding, Heat conductivity and Heat affected zone and grain growth, Thermal characteristics of weld, Factors that influence the temperature change, The heat energy calculations, Thermal characteristics, Thermal diffusion, Thermal behaviour in the weld, Metallurgy of steels, types of steels, Plain carbon steels, Low alloy steels, High strength low alloy structural steels, High alloy steels, the type of steels and weldability.
The metallurgy of steels, chemical elements in steel, Phase transformation in pure Iron,
Transformation temperature of Alpha Iron, Delta Iron, Gama Iron.
Phase Transformation in Steels
Iron-Iron Carbide Equilibrium Diagram.
Microstructures of Iron carbon Alloys- Ferrite- Pearlite- Cementite -
Hypo Eutectoid steels, Eutectoid Steels, Hyper Eutectoid SteelsHeat Treatment of Steels,
Effect of cooling rates
Bainite, Martensites
Heat Treatment processes - Furnace annealing, Normalizing, Quenching, Oil and brain bath etc.,
The cooling rate curves of different quenching media
Isothermal Transformation - TTT diagram
The CWI exam consists of three parts
Part A – Fundamentals
Part B – Practical,
Part C – Code Book Applications.
Part A is a closed-book exam that consists of 150 questions on the welding fundamentals, terms and definitions, welding processes, nondestructive examination, procedures, symbols, calculations, safety practices, and duties and responsibilities of a CWI.
Part B is a practical hands-on test to find the ability to visually identify welding discontinuities and to determine the acceptance or rejection of a weld.
Part C is an open book test of Code application to evaluate the applicant’s familiarity and ability with a selected code application.
The pass marks for Part- A, B & C is 72%
You can refer to the full details of AWS Certification and Qualification Standards in the following documents available at free of cost on the AWS website:
QC1:2016-AMD1 - Specification for AWS Certification of Welding Inspectors
B5.1:2013-AMD1 - Specification for the Qualification of Welding Inspectors
(Study the documents and be prepared well to answer any question from the document.)
In this course, the candidate will learn the following :
Preparation of reports
Complete knowledge and understanding of the following welding processes:
SAW, PAW, RW, SMAW, SW, FCAW, GTAW, OFW, ESW, GMAW.
Thermal Spraying Soldering
Mechanical Cutting Thermal Cutting/Gouging
Brazing/Braze Welding
Welding Metallurgy- part-1/2/3/4
Structure of Metals, Formation of Crystalline Solids, BCC, FCC, HCP Structures, Disarray of Grain boundaries, Substitutional and Interstitial solid solutions, Phase Transformation (critical points), Physical Structure of metals, Copper Silver phase Diagram, Welding the precipitation -hardening alloys, Dispersion Strengthening, Welding of Specific alloy Families, Aluminum alloys, Welding the heat treatable grades, Basic Metallurgy of steels, Chemical elements of Steels, Phase Transformation in Pure Iron, and Steel, The Iron -Iron Carbon Equilibrium Diagram, Heat Treatment of Steels, Effect of Cooling Rate on Transformation, Isothermal Transformation or TTT Diagram, Thermal characteristics of welds and Heat Affected Zone, Change of Temperature during welding, Factors influencing temperature changes in weld
The fundamental principles of the following ND Tests:
VT, MT, UT, PT, RT, LT
He will acquire knowledge of quality procedures and Quality audits/surveillance.
Knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of welding metallurgy
Knowledge and understanding of all the welding symbols and engineering drawings.
Base material compliance
Filler metal compliance
Filler metal storage, handling
Inspection records compliance
Verification of proper documentation compliance
Base material and filler metal compatibility
Certification of documented results and compliance
Procedure qualification records compliance
Welding procedure compliance
NDE procedures compliance
Applicable safety requirements in the workplace as per the International Standards