EN ISO 5817:2014

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Welding - Fusion-welded joints in steel, nickel, titanium and their alloys (beam welding
excluded) - Quality levels for imperfections (ISO 5817:2014)
Schweißen - Schmelzschweißverbindungen an Stahl, Nickel, Titan und deren
Legierungen (ohne Strahlschweißen) - Bewertungsgruppen von Unregelmäßigkeiten
(ISO 5817:2014)
Soudage - Assemblages en acier, nickel, titane et leurs alliages soudés par fusion
(soudage par faisceau exclu) - Niveaux de qualité par rapport aux défauts (ISO
5817:2014)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 5817:2014
ICS:
25.160.40 Varjeni spoji in vari Welded joints
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN ISO 5817
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
February 2014
ICS 25.160.40 Supersedes EN ISO 5817:2007
English Version
Welding - Fusion-welded joints in steel, nickel, titanium and their
alloys (beam welding excluded) - Quality levels for imperfections
(ISO 5817:2014)
Soudage - Assemblages en acier, nickel, titane et leurs Schweißen - Schmelzschweißverbindungen an Stahl,
alliages soudés par fusion (soudage par faisceau exclu) - Nickel, Titan und deren Legierungen (ohne
Niveaux de qualité par rapport aux défauts (ISO 5817:2014) Strahlschweißen) - Bewertungsgruppen von
Unregelmäßigkeiten (ISO 5817:2014)
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Foreword .3

Foreword
This document (EN ISO 5817:2014) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 44 “Welding and
allied processes” in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 121 “Welding” the secretariat of which is
held by DIN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical
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This document supersedes EN ISO 5817:2007.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following
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Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 5817:2014 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 5817:2014 without any modification.
INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 5817
Third edition
2014-02-15
Welding — Fusion-welded joints in
steel, nickel, titanium and their alloys
(beam welding excluded) — Quality
levels for imperfections
Soudage — Assemblages en acier, nickel, titane et leurs alliages
soudés par fusion (soudage par faisceau exclu) — Niveaux de qualité
par rapport aux défauts
Reference number
ISO 5817:2014(E)
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 2
4 Symbols . 3
5 Assessment of imperfections . 4
Annex A (informative) Examples of determination of percentage (%) porosity .21
Annex B (informative) Additional information and guidelines for use of this
International Standard .23
Annex C (informative) Additional requirements for welds in steel subject to fatigue .24
Bibliography .27
ISO 5817:2014(E)
Foreword
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The committee responsible for this document is ISO/TC 44, Welding and allied processes, Subcommittee
SC 10, Unification of requirements in the field of metal welding.
This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition (ISO 5817:2003,), which has been technically
revised. It also incorporates Technical Corrigendum ISO 5817:2003/Cor 1:2006.
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Introduction
This International Standard should be used as a reference in the drafting of application codes and/or
other application standards. It contains a simplified selection of fusion weld imperfections based on the
designations given in ISO 6520-1.
Some of the imperfections described in ISO 6520-1 have been used directly and some have been grouped
together. The basic numerical referencing system from ISO 6520-1 has been used.
The purpose of this International Standard is to define dimensions of typical imperfections which might
be expected in normal fabrication. It may be used within a quality system for the production of welded
joints. It provides three sets of dimensional values from which a selection can be made for a particular
application. The quality level necessary in each case should be defined by the application standard or
the responsible designer in conjunction with the manufacturer, user and/or other parties concerned.
The quality level shall be prescribed before the start of production, preferably at the enquiry or order
stage. For special purposes, additional details may be prescribed.
The quality levels given in this International Standard provide basic reference data and are not
specifically related to any particular application. They refer to types of welded joint in fabrication and
not to the complete product or component itself. It is possible, therefore, that different quality levels are
applied to individual welded joints in the same product or component.
It would normally be expected that for a particular welded joint the dimensional limits for imperfections
could all be covered by specifying one quality level. In some cases, it may be necessary to specify different
quality levels for different imperfections in the same welded joint.
The choice of quality level for any application should take account of design considerations, subsequent
processing (e.g. surfacing), mode of stressing (e.g. static, dynamic), service conditions (e.g. temperature,
environment) and consequences of failure. Economic factors are also important and should include not
only the cost of welding but also of inspection, testing and repair.
Although this International Standard includes types of imperfection relevant to the fusion welding
processes listed in Clause 1, only those which are applicable to the process and application in question
need to be considered.
Imperfections are quoted in terms of their actual dimensions, and their detection and evaluation
may require the use of one or more methods of non-destructive testing. The detection and sizing of
imperfections is dependent on the inspection methods and the extent of testing specified in the
application standard or contract.
This International Standard does not address the methods used for the detection of imperfections.
However, ISO 17635 contains a correlation between the quality level and acceptance level for different
NDT methods.
This International Standard is directly applicable to visual testing of welds and does not include details
of recommended methods of detection or sizing by non-destructive means. It should be considered that
there are difficulties in using these limits to establish appropriate criteria applicable to non-destructive
testing methods such as ultrasonic, radiographic, eddy current, penetrant, magnetic particle testing and
may need to be supplemented by requirements for inspection, examining and testing.
The values given for imperfections are for welds produced using normal welding practice. Requirements
for smaller (more stringent) values as stated in quality level B may include additional manufacturing
processes, e.g. grinding, TIG dressing.
Annex C gives additional guidance for welds subject to fatigue.
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 5817:2014(E)
Welding — Fusion-welded joints in steel, nickel, titanium
and their alloys (beam welding excluded) — Quality levels
for imperfections
1 Scope
This International Standard provides quality levels of imperfections in fusion-welded joints (except
for beam welding) in all types of steel, nickel, titanium and their alloys. It applies to material
thickness ≥ 0,5 mm. It covers fully penetrated butt welds and all fillet welds. Its principles can also be
applied to partial-penetration butt welds.
(Quality levels for beam welded joints in steel are presented in ISO 13919-1.)
Three quality levels are given in order to permit application to a wide range of welded fabrication. They
are designated by symbols B, C and D. Quality level B corresponds to the highest requirement on the
finished weld.
Several types of loads are considered, e.g. static load, thermal load, corrosion load, pressure load.
Additional guidance on fatigue loads is given in Annex C.
The quality levels refer to production and good workmanship.
This International Standard is applicable to
a) non-alloy and alloy steels,
b) nickel and nickel alloys,
c) titanium and titanium alloys,
d) manual, mechanized and automatic welding,
e) all welding positions,
f) all types of welds, e.g. butt welds, fillet welds and branch connections, and
g) the following welding processes and their sub-processes, as defined in ISO 4063:
— 11 metal-arc welding without gas protection;
— 12 submerged-arc welding;
— 13 gas-shielded metal-arc welding;
— 14 gas-shielded arc welding with non-consumable tungsten electrodes;
— 15 plasma arc welding;
— 31 oxy-fuel gas welding (for steel only).
Metallurgical aspects, e.g. grain size, hardness, are not covered by this International Standard.
2 Normative references
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are
indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated
references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 5817:2014(E)
ISO 6520-1:2007, Welding and allied processes — Classification of geometric imperfections in metallic
materials — Part 1: Fusion welding
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
3.1
quality level
description of the quality of a weld on the basis of type, size and amount of selected imperfections
3.2
fitness-for-purpose
ability of a product, process or service to serve a defined purpose under specific conditions
3.3
short imperfections
imperfections whose total length is not greater than 25 mm in the 100 mm
of the weld which contains the greatest number of imperfections
3.4
short imperfections
imperfections whose total length is not greater than 25 % of the length
of the weld
3.5
systematic imperfections
imperfections that are repeatedly distributed in the weld over the weld length to be examined, the size
of a single imperfection being within the specified limits
3.6
projected area
area where imperfections distributed along the volume of the weld under consideration are imaged
two-dimensionally
Note 1 to entry: In contrast to the cross-sectional area, the occurrence of imperfections is dependent on the weld
thickness when exposed radiographically (see Figure 1).
3.7
cross-sectional area
area to be considered after fracture or sectioning
3.8
smooth weld transition
even surface with no irregularities or sharpness at the transition between the weld bead and the parent
material
3.9
fatigue class
FATx
classification reference to S-N curve, in which x is the stress range in MPa at 2· 10 cycles
Note 1 to entry: Fatigue properties are described by S-N-Curves (Stress-Number of cycle- curves).
Note 2 to entry: See Annex C.
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Key
1 direction of X-rays 3 6-fold thickness 5 2-fold thickness
2 4 pores per volume unit 4 3-fold thickness 6 1-fold thickness
Figure 1 — Radiographic films of specimens with identical occurrence of pores per volume unit
4 Symbols
The following symbols are used in Table 1 and Table C.1.
a nominal throat thickness of the fillet weld (see also ISO 2553)
A area surrounding the gas pores
b width of weld reinforcement
d diameter of gas pore
d diameter of area surrounding the gas pores
A
h height or width of imperfection
l length of imperfection in longitudinal direction of the weld
l length of projected or cross-sectional area
p
s nominal butt weld thickness (see also ISO 2553)
t wall or plate thickness (nominal size)
w width of the weld or width or height of the cross-sectional area
p
z leg length of a fillet weld (see also ISO 2553)
α angle of weld toe
β angle of angular misalignment
i penetration in fillet welds
r radius of weld toe
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5 Assessment of imperfections
Limits for imperfections are given in Table 1.
If, for the detection of imperfections, macro-examination is used, only those imperfections shall be
considered which can be detected with a maximum of tenfold magnification. Excluded from this are
micro lack of fusion (see Table 1, 1.5) and microcracks (see Table 1, 2.2).
Systematic imperfections are only permitted in quality level D, provided other requirements of Table 1
are fulfilled.
A welded joint should usually be assessed separately for each individual type of imperfection (see
Table 1, 1.1 to 3.2).
Different types of imperfection occurring at any cross-section of the joint need special consideration
(see multiple imperfections in Table 1, 4.1).
The limits for multiple imperfections (see Table 1) are only applicable for cases where the requirements
for a single imperfection are not exceeded.
Any two adjacent imperfections separated by a distance smaller than the major dimension of the smaller
imperfection shall be considered as a single imperfection.

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Table 1 — Limits for imperfections
t Limits for imperfections for quality levels
Reference to Imperfection
No. Remarks
ISO 6520-1 designation
mm D C B
1  Surface imperfections
1.1 100 Crack ≥ 0,5 Not permitted Not permitted Not permitted
1.2 104 Crater crack ≥ 0,5 Not permitted Not permitted Not permitted
1.3 2017 Surface pore Maximum dimension of a single pore for 0,5 to 3 Not permitted Not permitted
— butt welds d ≤ 0,3 s
— fillet welds d ≤ 0,3 a
Maximum dimension of a single pore for > 3 Not permitted
— butt welds d ≤ 0,3 s, but max. 3 mm d ≤ 0,2 s, but max. 2 mm
— fillet welds d ≤ 0,3 a, but max. 3 mm d ≤ 0,2 a, but max. 2 mm
1.4 2025 End crater 0,5 to 3 h ≤ 0,2 t Not permitted Not permitted
pipe
> 3 h ≤ 0,2 t, but max. 2 mm h ≤ 0,1 t, but max. 1 mm Not permitted
1.5 401 Lack of fusion ≥ 0,5 Not permitted Not permitted Not permitted
(incomplete —
fusion)
Micro lack of Only detectable by micro examination ≥ 0,5 Permitted Permitted Not permitted
fusion
1.6 4021 Incomplete Only for single side butt welds ≥ 0,5 Short imperfections: Not permitted Not permitted
root penetra- h ≤ 0,2 t but max. 2 mm
tion
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t Limits for imperfections for quality levels
Reference to Imperfection
No. Remarks
ISO 6520-1 designation
mm D C B
1.7 5011 Continuous Smooth transition is required. 0,5 to 3 Short imperfections: Short imperfections: Not permitted
undercut This is not regarded as a systematic imperfec- h ≤ 0,2 t h ≤ 0,1 t
tion.
5012 Intermittent > 3 h ≤ 0,2 t, but max. 1 mm h ≤ 0,1 t, but max. 0,5 mm h ≤ 0,05 t, but max.
undercut 0,5 mm
1.8 5013 Shrinkage Smooth transition is required. 0,5 to 3 Short imperfections: Short imperfections: Not permitted
groove h ≤ 0,2 mm + 0,1 t h ≤ 0,1 t
> 3 Short imperfections: Short imperfections: Short imperfections:
h ≤ 0,2 t, but max. 2 mm h ≤ 0,1 t, but max.1 mm h ≤ 0,05 t, but max.
0,5 mm
1.9 502 Excess weld Smooth transition is required. ≥ 0,5 h ≤ 1 mm + 0,25 b, but h ≤ 1 mm + 0,15 b, but h ≤ 1 mm + 0,1 b,but max.
metal (butt max. 10 mm max. 7 mm 5 mm
weld)
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t Limits for imperfections for quality levels
Reference to Imperfection
No. Remarks
ISO 6520-1 designation
mm D C B
1.10 503 Ex
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