GB/T 31032-2023Welding and acceptance standard for steel pipings and pipelines (English PDF)
钢质管道焊接及验收
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Issued by
SAMR; SAC
Level / Type
National · Recommended
Issue date
December 28, 2023
Implementation date
April 1, 2024
Scope
GB/T 31032-2023 is the English-translated version of 钢质管道焊接及验收.
GB/T 31032-2023 is the Chinese national standard covering welding and acceptance standard for steel pipings and pipelines. Issued on 28 December 2023, it has been in force since 1 April 2024, replacing GB/T 31032-2014.
Document preview — GB/T 31032-2023
National Standard of the People's Republic of China
- ICS
- 25.160.40
- Classification
- P 94
- Replacing
- GB/T 31032-2014
Issued by: State Administration for Market Regulation; Standardization Administration of the PRC
Contents
- PrefaceV
- 1 Scope1
- 2 Normative references1
- 3 Terms and Definitions2
- 4 Abbreviations4
- 5 Basic regulations5
- 5:1 Welding equipment and appliances5
- 5:2 Materials5
- 5:3 Personnel5
- 5:4 Welding process6
- 5:5 Welding environment6
- 6 Welding procedure qualification6
- 6:1 General provisions6
- 6:2 Recording6
- 6:3 Process Specification6
- 6:4 Basic elements of welding procedure qualification8
- 6:5 Welding of test pipe joints---Butt welding10
- 6:6 Test of welded joints---butt welding10
- 6:7 Welding of test pipe joints---fillet welding21
- 6:8 Test of welded joints---fillet welding21
- 7 Welder qualifications22
- 7:1 General provisions22
- 7:2 Job examination22
- 7:3 Individual Qualifications23
- 7:4 Full qualification2425
- 7:5 Examination of appearance inspection of welding joint25
- 7:6 Destructive testing25
- 7:7 Non-destructive testing of test weldments---only for butt welding28
- 7:8 Make-up exam28
- 7:9 Record28
- 8 On-site welding28
- 8:1 General provisions28
- 8:2 Nozzle set28
- 8:3 Requirements for the use of mouthparts29
- 8:4 Bevel29
- 8:5 Climatic conditions29
- 8:6 Workspace29
- 8:7 Interlayer cleaning29
- 8:8 Welding29
- 8:9 Welding joint marking30
- 8:10 Preheating, interpass temperature, postheating and postweld heat treatment30
- 9 Weld inspection and personnel qualification3030
- 9:1 Inspection content30
- 9:2 Inspection methods30
- 9:3 Requirements for non-destructive testing personnel3030
- 10 Non-destructive testing acceptance30
- 10:1 Ray detection, X-ray digital imaging detection and X-ray computer-aided imaging detection30
- 10:2 Magnetic particle testing35
- 10:3 Penetration Detection36
- 10:4 Ultrasonic testing, fully automatic ultrasonic testing and phased array ultrasonic testing36
- 10:5 Visual inspection of undercut3738
- 10:6 Visual inspection of recesses38
- 11 Defect removal and repair38
- 11:1 Crack38
- 11:2 Non-crack defects3838
- 11:3 Repair requirements38
- 11:4 Rework welding process regulations38
- 11:5 Basic elements of rework welding procedure qualification39
- 11:6 Welding of butt weld test pipe joints39
- 11:7 Testing of butt welded joints39
- 11:8 Rework welder induction examination42
- 11:9 Acceptance Criteria44
- 12 Non-destructive testing methods44
- 12:1 Ray detection44
- 12:2 X-ray digital imaging detection44
- 12:3 X-ray computer-aided imaging detection44
- 12:4 Magnetic particle testing45
- 12:5 Penetration Detection45
- 12:6 Ultrasonic testing45
- 12:7 Phased array ultrasonic testing45
- 12:8 Fully automatic ultrasonic testing45
- 13 Motorized welding with filler metal45
- 13:1 Suitable welding methods45
- 13:2 Welding procedure qualification45
- 13:3 Record46
- 13:4 Welding procedure specification46
- 13:5 Basic elements of welding procedure qualification for motorized welding46
- 13:6 Welding of butt weld test pipe joints48
- 13:7 Motorized welding welder induction examination49
- 13:8 Records of Qualified Motorized Welding Operators5050
- 13:9 Inspection and testing of field welds50
- 13:10 Non-destructive testing acceptance criteria51
- 13:11 Repair and removal of defects51
- 13:12 Ray detection51
- 13:13 Ultrasonic testing51
- Appendix A (normative) Additional acceptance criteria for girth welds52 A:1 General52
- A:2 Stress Analysis52
- A:3 Welding process53
- A:4 Welder Qualification59 A:5 Detection and Acceptable Critical Dimensions59
- A:6 Record68
- A:7 Repair68 A:8 Symbol68
- Appendix B (Normative) In-Service Pipeline Welding Technology70
- B:1 General70
- B:2 Welding procedure qualification of in-service pipelines71 B:3 Welder qualifications for in-service pipelines80
- B:4 Recommended practices for in-service pipeline welding82 B:5 Inspection and testing of in-service pipeline welds85
- B:6 Non-destructive testing acceptance criteria (including visual inspection)85
- B:7 Weld repair of in-service pipelines8587
- Appendix C (Informative) Welding Record Form87
- Reference92
Foreword
This document complies with the provisions of GB/T 1:1-2020 "Standardization Work Guidelines Part 1: Structure and Drafting Rules of Standardization Documents" Drafting:
This document replaces GB/T 31032-2014 "Steel Pipe Welding and Acceptance": Compared with GB/T 31032-2014, except for structural adjustments In addition to editorial changes, the main technical changes are as follows:
a) The scope of application has been changed, changing "gas" in the applicable medium to "natural gas", and changing the scope of application to "transmission pipelines, pipe networks, valve chambers and "Station" was changed to "long-distance pipeline, gathering pipeline", the "gas welding" welding method was deleted, and X-ray digital imaging detection and X-ray Online computer-aided imaging inspection and other acceptance requirements (see Chapter 1, Chapter 1 of the:2014 edition);
b) Delete the terms "owner", "contractor", "root weld", "repair", "weld", "display", "qualified welder", "welder examination" and "welding procedure qualification" Terms and definitions (see 3:1, 3:2, 3:5, 3:9, 3:12, 3:16, 3:18, 3:19, 3:21 of the:2014 edition);
c) Added "Welding Process Assessment Report", "Automatic Welding", "Root Pass", "Back Welding", "Rework Welding", "Full Wall Thickness Repair" and "Partial Wall Thickness Repair" Repair", "Backside internal repair", "Second repair", "Repair", "Welding heat input", "Preheating temperature", "Interpass temperature", "Post-weld heat treatment", "Hollow Terms and definitions of “weld bead”, “tempering weld bead” and “surfacing repair” (see 3:2, 3:5, 3:10, 3:11, 3:15~3:24, 3:28~3:30);
d) Changed the definition of the terms "pre-welding procedure specification", "welding procedure specification", "motorized welding", "rotating welding", "stationary welding", "defect" and "recessed" Meaning (see 3:1, 3:3, 3:4, 3:7, 3:8, 3:26, 3:27, 3:20, 3:22, 3:3, 3:10, 3:11, 3:15, 3:17 of the:2014 edition);
e) Added abbreviations (see Chapter 4);
f) Added the contents of personnel, welding process and welding environment (see Chapter 5);
g) The specific requirements for pipes and fittings have been changed (see 5:2:1, 4:2:1 of the:2014 edition);
h) The filling material type and specifications have been changed (see 5:2:2:1, 4:2:2:1 of the:2014 edition);
i) The basic elements of welding procedure qualification have been changed, and Charpy impact toughness test, macroscopic metallographic test, tensile test, back bending and surface test have been added:
Bend test, side bend test, SSC test, HIC test, CTOD test, hardness test methods and requirements, etc: (see Chapter 6 Chapter, Chapter 5 of the:2014 edition);
j) Changed the on-the-job examination method, the applicable wall thickness range of a single examination, and added the technical requirements for a single examination of branch pipe connections (see Chapter 7, Chapter 6 of the:2014 edition);
k) The requirements for the misalignment of the nozzle group and the size requirements for the appearance inspection of the weld have been changed, and the groove form of butt welds with different wall thicknesses and the Requirements for the use of mouthparts, etc: (see Chapter 8, Chapter 7 of the:2014 edition);
l) The requirements for non-destructive testing personnel have been changed, and X-ray digital imaging testing, X-ray computer-aided imaging testing, and phased array testing have been added:
Ultrasonic testing, fully automatic ultrasonic testing and other methods (see Chapter 9, Chapter 8 of the:2014 edition);
m) X-ray digital imaging testing, X-ray computer-aided imaging testing, phased array ultrasonic testing, and fully automatic ultrasonic testing have been added and other assessment requirements, and changed the radiographic detection of pores, magnetic particle detection of round defects, penetrant detection of round defects, and ultrasonic detection of volumetric defects:
Evaluation indicators and other contents (see Chapter 10, Chapter 9 of the:2014 edition);
n) Added rework requirements, basic elements of welding procedure qualification for rework welding, rework welding procedures, rework welder induction examination, etc: (see Chapter 11);
o) X-ray digital imaging testing, X-ray computer-aided imaging testing, phased array ultrasonic testing, and fully automatic ultrasonic testing have been added and other contents, changes in radiographic testing, ultrasonic testing and other contents (see Chapter 12, Chapter 11 of the:2014 edition);
p) Changes have been made to the welding procedure regulations for motorized welding, the basic elements for qualification of motorized welding procedures, and the on-the-job examination for motorized welding workers (see Chapter 13, Chapter 12 of the:2014 edition);
q) The corresponding content of project criticality assessment has been changed (see Appendix A, Appendix C of the:2014 version);
r) The corresponding content of welding of pipelines in service has been changed (see Appendix B, Appendix D of the:2014 version);
s) The recommendation record form has been changed (see Appendix C, Appendix E of the:2014 version):
Please note that some content in this document may be subject to patents: The publisher of this document assumes no responsibility for identifying patents:
This document is proposed and coordinated by the National Petroleum and Natural Gas Standardization Technical Committee (SAC/TC355):
This document was drafted by: China Petroleum and Natural Gas Pipeline Research Institute Co:, Ltd:, China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau Engineering Co:, Ltd:, China Petroleum Group Engineering Technology Research Co:, Ltd:, National Oil and Gas Pipeline Network Group Co:, Ltd: Construction Project Management Branch, Sinopec Petroleum Engineering Construction Co:, Ltd:, National Pipeline Network Group Northern Pipeline Co:, Ltd:, Tianjin University:
The main drafters of this document: Sui Yongli, Yang Die, Yan Chen, Deng Jun, Xue Yan, Wang Feng, Chang Liang, Lu Fenghua, Li Zengzhen, Zhang Shuli, Yu Linchuan, Liu Quanli, Zhou Guangyan, Bruce Lee, Tang Riguang, Jiang Xiaohong, Li Jingchang, Liu Shaozhu, Lu Xiangyang, Wang Pengyu:
This document was first published in:2014 and this is the first revision:
Steel pipeline welding and acceptance
1 Scope
This document specifies the carbon steel and low alloy materials for long-distance pipelines and gathering pipelines for crude oil, refined oil, natural gas, carbon dioxide, nitrogen and other media:
Arc welding process for butt joints, corner joints and socket joints of steel pipes and fittings:
The welding methods applicable to this document are electrode arc welding, submerged arc welding, melting and non-melting electrode gas shielded arc welding, and flux-cored wire arc welding, plasma arc welding or a combination thereof: The welding method is manual welding, semi-automatic welding, motorized welding, automatic welding or a combination thereof: The welding position is fixed welding, spin welding or a combination thereof:
This document also specifies radiographic inspection of welded joints, X-ray digital imaging inspection, X-ray computer-aided imaging inspection, magnetic particle inspection Testing, penetrant testing, ultrasonic testing, fully automatic ultrasonic testing, phased array ultrasonic testing and acceptance requirements for destructive testing:
This document is applicable to the welding of newly built, renovated and expanded pipelines and pipelines in service:
2 Normative reference documents
GB/T 226
GB/T 228
GB/T 229
GB/T 2653
GB/T 3091
GB/T 4157
GB/T 4340
GB/T 5117
GB/T 5293
GB/T 5310
GB/T 6479
GB/T 8110
GB/T 8163
GB/T 8650
GB/T 9711
GB/T 10045
GB/T 13401
GB/T 14383
GB/T 20972
GB/T 28896
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Referenced standards
Normative references
- GB/T 226Test method for macrostructure and defect of steel by etching
- GB/T 229Metallic Materials — Charpy Pendulum Impact Test Method
- GB/T 3091Welded steel pipes for low pressure fluid delivery
- GB/T 4157Laboratory testing of metals for resistance to sulfide stress cracking and stress corrosion cracking in H2S environment
- GB/T 5310Seamless steel tubes and pipes for high pressure boiler
- GB/T 8163Seamless steel pipes for liquid service
GB/T 228 · GB/T 2653 · GB/T 4340 · GB/T 5117 · GB/T 5293 · GB/T 6479 · GB/T 8110 · GB/T 9711 · GB/T 10045 · GB/T 20972
Editions of GB/T 31032
| Edition | Title | Revision | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GB/T 31032-2023 | Welding and acceptance standard for steel pipings and pipelines | current edition | Current |
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