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1. PURPOSE 4

2. SCOPE 4

3. REFERENCES 4

4. RESPONSIBILITY 4

5. PROCEDURE 4

6. RECORDING 5

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1. PURPOSE

To provide guidelines for calibration of welding machines and ovens at Project.

2. SCOPE

This procedure shall cover all the welding machines deployed for and under use at Project.

3. REFERENCES

Manufacturer’s literature and standards.

Welding — Calibration, verification and validation of equipment used for welding, including

ancillary activities- ISO 17662:2016(en)

4. RESPONSIBILITY

Calibration technician / Electrician, QA/QC

5. PROCEDURE

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The AC/DC digital clamp meters intend to be used for calibration of welding machines and
temperature scanner for ovens shall have a valid calibration certificate.
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AC/DC digital clamp & Digital pyrometer shall be calibrated in PMC/client approved NABL
independent Lab / thru agency.

Open circuit voltage of the machine shall be recorded. The welder shall short the welding
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electrode to the work pieces on compatible material (steel) specimen.

Ovens shall be calibrated with reference to temperature indicator provided on ovens.

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The indicative reading / display on the welding machine (current and voltage) and ovens
(temperature) shall be recorded.

The above operation shall be performed for minimum of current and temperature setting as per
the following criteria:

 The recorded readings shall be compared with the clamp meter and temperature
scanner readings.
 The difference in readings shall be under 0.5% only.
 Similarly voltage reading shall be taken to ensure that set voltage and actual readings
are within plus & minus 0.5%
 Correction if any shall be made on the machine dial or a calibration chart shall be
prepared and displayed on the respective machine if the variations in readings are
more than +5% (Max).
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 The frequency of re-calibration shall be 6 months or in case of any repair.

 Rejected machines/ ovens shall be put separately from usable oven/welding machines
and sticker of not in use shall be pasted. The relevant oven/welding machine
identification number shall be clearly mentioned in list of calibration reports.

Calibration certificate shall be prepared and signed off by technician. A sticker shall be pasted
indicating date of calibration and re-calibration.

Recalibration required immediately. In case of any welding machine /oven found repeatedly
more than two times out of order as per calibration acceptable variation respective machine
/oven shall be rejected.

Calibration shall be done for all required welding consumables/ type/grades/size and dia by
welding and backing. Calibration shall be done at actual different-different working conditions.

Appropriate quality and sizes stickers shall be used.

In case of welding machines, type of material welding should be also considered such as-
plates/ structure/pipe/forging/casting etc.

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After calibration stickers shall be provided with detail of calibration validity.

6. RECORDING
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Calibration Reports with details reading recorded for during calibration of each welding
machine and ovens.
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