Where in the ASME code says excesive penetration is a criteria for rejecting a weld by radiography?
Where in the ASME code says excesive penetration is a criteria for rejecting a weld by radiography?
A collegue, with vast experience, at least 15 years, from other company rejected a weld for excesive penetration, supposedly ASME VIII on a 3/4" pipe weld. But other 2 collegues from other 2 different companies, say the weld is acceptable. I too think that is acceptable but because after carefully reading the code, it does not say that you can reject a weld by excesive penetration, only lack of fusion, lack of penetration, pores and cracks. Im talking about UW 52 and UW 51 (if i recall correctly).
So where in the code a radiographed weld could be rejected by excessive penetration?
u/Single_Foundation_40 — 4 days ago