Purpose: To provide guidance and consistency in the evaluation of Welding Consumable Procurement and Control Stations.

Number of Pages:____6________ Revision: 3 Effective Date:

09/04/2008

Reviewed By: __William R. Wingfield__ Signature:___ (On File)_______ Z Number:____220365______ Date:__09/04/2008__

QA-IA Filler Material Procurement and Control Checklist

Checklist Quality Assurance Requirement/Evaluation Criteria Results Summary of Evaluation/Objective Evidence of Implementation
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THIS IS AN UNCONTROLLED DOCUMENT - FOR REFERENCE ONLY

1 Procurement of Filler Materials

1 Do procurement documents (Form 838c) require the manufacturer or

vendor provide Certified Material Test Reports (CMTR) for the
materials? [A Cert. of Compliance may be substituted for a CMTR if
approved by the Welding Program Administrator (WPA)].

Program Reference: LANL Engineering Standards Manual ISD 341-2,

Chapter 13, Volume 1, General Welding Standards, Rev. 5, 7/21/08,
(GWS) 1-03 – Welding and Brazing Material Procurement & Control,
Sec. 5.1, A.5 & A.6
2 Do CMTR’s include the actual test results of chemical analysis,
mechanical tests, and examinations in accordance with GWS 1-03,
Attach 5, - Filler Material Procurement Required Tests and are
traceable by Lot, Batch, or Heat Number to the material delivered fo
use?

Reference: GWS 1-03 – Welding and Brazing Material Procurement &

Control, Sec. 5.1, A.1
3 Do low hydrogen SMAW electrodes (EXXX5, 6, and 8) meet diffusible
hydrogen of 4 mL/100 grams maximum and labeled with “H4”.

Reference: GWS 1-03 – Welding and Brazing Material Procurement &

Control Sec. 5.1, A.2
4 Do low hydrogen FCAW electrodes (EXXT-X) meet diffusible hydrogen
of 8 mL/100 grams maximum and labeled with “H8”.

Reference: GWS 1-03 – Welding and Brazing Material Procurement &

Control Sec. 5.1, A.3

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5 Is weld filler material traceability maintained through point of use and

then filed in the project/program/facility files? [Note: Applies to ASME
Sec(s) I, III, VIII, and B31.3 Cat K & M, Safety Class, Safety
Significant, VSS, defense in depth, ML-1 & ML-2, and welding
procedure qualification tests.]

Reference: GWS 1-03 – Welding and Brazing Material Procurement &

Control Sec. 5.1, A, 4
6 Are special chemistry filler materials not included in ASME SFA or
AWS specifications purchased only after approval of LANL Welding
Program Administrator (WPA) or Engineering Standards Manager?

Reference: GWS 1-03 – Welding and Brazing Material Procurement &

Control Sec. 5.1, B
2 Program Implementation

1 Is all weld filler material inspected for shipping damage by LANL QA-
PQ Receipt Inspection or Support Services Subcontractor (SSS) QC
Inspectors?

Reference: GWS 1-03 – Welding and Brazing Material Procurement &

Control Sec. 5.2, A
2 Are CMTR’s or Certificates of Analyses, checked against the original
purchase order requirements and verified against the chemical and
Mechanical requirements of ASME SFA, or AWS specifications?

Reference: GWS 1-03 – Welding and Brazing Material Procurement &

Control Sec. 5.2, B
3 Is weld material stored so that it’s on pallets or bins so that it’s not in
contact with concrete floors?

Reference: GWS 1-03 – Welding and Brazing Material Procurement &

Control Sec. 5.2, C
4 Are weld material storage areas clean, dry, enclosed, and controlled at
all times?

Reference: GWS 1-03 – Welding and Brazing Material Procurement &

Control Sec. 5.2, C & 5.3 Local or Field Satellite Storage Areas.

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5 Is the weld material storage area temperature between 40˚F and

140˚F?

Reference: GWS 1-03 – Welding and Brazing Material Procurement &

Control Sec. 5.2, C
6 Are bags of granular flux or spooled wire laying flat on pallets or
boards and in maintained in weather-proof packets or bags?

Reference: GWS 1-03 – Welding and Brazing Material Procurement &

Control Sec. 5.2, D
7 Are electrodes, wires, etc. stacked separately and segregated from
each other? (i.e. E6010 not stored with E7018)?

Reference: GWS 1-03 – Welding and Brazing Material Procurement &

Control Sec. 5.2, E
8 Is sufficient space and electrical power available to support electrode
storage ovens as well as portable ovens or heaters?

Reference: GWS 1-03 – Welding and Brazing Material Procurement &

Control Sec. 5.3, A Local or Field Satellite Storage Areas
9 Are weld filler materials properly stored? (i.e. not in craft gang boxes,
lockers, vehicles, or left in work areas overnight or for the next shift.)

Reference: GWS 1-03 – Welding and Brazing Material Procurement &

Control Sec. 5.5 Weld Filler Material Issue and Control.
3 Storage Oven Requirements

1 Are all coated low-hydrogen electrodes, stored in welding electrode

storage ovens once the hermetically sealed container has been
opened? (i.e. E7018, E8018-B2L, E9018, E10018, etc)

Reference: GWS 1-03 – Welding and Brazing Material Procurement &

Control Sec. 5.4, A Storage Oven Requirements
2 Are electrode storage ovens tagged or labeled on the door, identifying
the electrodes stored in each section of the oven?

Reference: GWS 1-03 – Welding and Brazing Material Procurement &

Control Sec. 5.4, A, 1 Storage Oven Requirements

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3 Are Electrode storage ovens capable of maintaining a temperature of
300 ˚F ± 50˚? (Note: Per Attachment 1, Portable heaters producing
less than 250˚F are considered as ambient storage.)

Reference: GWS 1-03 – Welding and Brazing Material Procurement &

Control Sec 5.4, A, 2, & Attachment 1
4 Is a calibrated thermometer or other temperature measuring devise
maintained to perform daily temperature checks of rod storage ovens?
(Note: Documentation of this check is not required.)

Program Reference: GWS 1-03 – Welding and Brazing Material

Procurement & Control Sec. 5.5, A, 1.
5 Are copies of CMTR’s or C of C’s maintained for all filler materials?

Reference: GWS 1-03 – Welding and Brazing Material Procurement &

Control Sec. 5.5, A, 1, Weld Filler Material Issue and Control
6 Is there a process to determine if a loss of power has occurred to the
rod storage ovens, or a reduction in minimum required temperature?

Reference: GWS 1-03 – Welding and Brazing Material Procurement &

Control Sec. 5.5, I
7 Are portable rod ovens or heaters available where it is known the
Welding electrodes will exceed the ambient environment exposure
limits, listed in Sec. 5.7? Portable rod ovens for EXX18 & EXXX18
electrodes shall have the thermostat set between 250˚F & 350˚F.

Reference: GWS 1-03 – Welding and Brazing Material Procurement &

Control Sec. 5.5, J
8 Are low-hydrogen electrodes that are returned to the issue station in
portable ovens that have not been exposed to an ambient
environment, logged in and placed in a storage oven, and controlled to
prevent re-issue within 8 hours?

Reference: GWS 1-03 – Welding and Brazing Material Procurement &

Control Sec. 5.8, C
9 Has an AWS-CWI or the WPA verified the Welding Checklist is correct
and complete and signed off, as the SME, on the Checklist?

Per 5.5, B, “The tool room attendant or designated person shall verify
the Checklist against the material requisition form for filler material
and welder names and then issue material if appropriate. Control of
the filler material is required to be in place with excluded and exempted
welding. The original welding-related documents shall be kept in the
job or project document package until project completion. A copy of the
checklist and Weld Material Issue Cards shall be kept with the tool
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room attendant. After project completion the records shall be
forwarded to the facility or project/program record files for retention.”

Reference: GWS 1-03 – Welding and Brazing Material Procurement &

Control Sec. 5.5, B
10 Are Weld Material Requisitions, available and being used to authorize
the specific AWS Designation, size, and quantity of filler material the
issue station attendants can issue to welders?

Reference: GWS 1-03 – Welding and Brazing Material Procurement &

Control Sec. 5.5, A.2
11 Are low-hydrogen electrodes that have been exposed to ambient
environment conditions discarded?

Reference: GWS 1-03 – Welding and Brazing Material Procurement &

Control Sec. 5.8, Return and Reissue Requirements for Welding Filler
Materials, paragraph B.
12 Are returned bare wire, flux-cored wire and other filler materials placed
in their storage location until reissue?

Reference: GWS 1-03 – Welding and Brazing Material Procurement &

Control Sec. 5.8, Return and Reissue Requirements for Welding Filler
Materials, paragraph E.
13 Is weld rod being returned at the end of the shift?

Reference: GWS 1-03 – Welding and Brazing Material Procurement &

Control Sec. 5.8, Return and Reissue Requirements for Welding Filler
Materials, paragraph A.
4 Consumable Usage Requirements

1 Are waste ends, stubs and low-hydrogen electrodes exceeding the

exposure limits of Section 5.7, properly discarded in a scrap or trash
bin?

Reference: GWS 1-03 – Welding and Brazing Material Procurement &

Control Sec. 5.6, E
2 Are weld rod exposure limits posted so welders and attendants are
aware of exposure limits? (Note this is not a hard requirement.)

Reference: GWS 1-03 – Welding and Brazing Material Procurement &

Control Sec. 5.6, D

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3 Are welding consumables left lying around where inadvertent or

intentional use is possible?

Reference: GWS 1-03 – Welding and Brazing Material Procurement &

Control Sec. 5.6, G
4 If spooled wire is left on wire feeds, is a weld wire usage log
maintained for the applicable machine?

Reference: GWS 1-03 – Welding and Brazing Material Procurement &

Control Sec. 5.8, D.1
5 At all times through point of consumption, does bare wire in straight
lengths retain the manufacturer’s flag tag or identification; and spooled
wire retain the spool identification?

Reference: GWS 1-03 – Welding and Brazing Material

Procurement and Control Sec. 5.6, H
5 Training

1 Does each authorized issue station have an attendant and back-up

identified?

Reference: GWS 1-03 – Welding and Brazing Material Procurement &

Control Sec. 5.5, A,1
2 Has each attendant and back-up completed Training Plan 9781
(Course # 43390) – Filler Material Control – Rod Issue Attendant?

Reference: GWS 1-03 – Welding and Brazing Material Procurement &

Control Sec. 5.5, A,1
3 Has each welder completed Training Plan 9780 (Course # 43389) –
Filler Material Control – Welder?

Reference: GWS 1-03 – Welding and Brazing Material Procurement &

Control Sec. 5.6 Control of Welding Filler Material during Welding, B.

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Lead Auditor ____________________ Signature___________________ Date___________________

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