About the BPVC

Since its first issuance in 1914, ASME’s Boiler and PressureVessel Code (BPVC) has pioneered modern standards-development,maintaining a commitment to enhance public safety and technologicaladvancement to meet the needs of a changing world.  More than100,000 copies of the BPVC are in use in 100 countries around theworld. 

Product Scope / Abstract

This Section contains rules relating to the qualification ofwelding, brazing, and fusing procedures as required by other BPVCSections for component manufacture.  It also covers rulesrelating to the qualification and requalification of welders,brazers, and welding, brazing and fusing machine operators in orderthat they may perform welding, brazing, or plastic fusing asrequired by other BPVC Sections in the manufacture ofcomponents.  Welding, brazing, and fusing data cover essentialand nonessential variables specific to the joining processused.

Careful application of this Section will help users to complywith applicable regulations within their jurisdictions, whileachieving the operational, cost and safety benefits to be gainedfrom the many industry best-practices detailed within thesevolumes.

Intended for manufacturers, users,constructors, designers and others concerned with the design,fabrication, assembly, erection, examination, inspection andtesting of pressure vessels, plus all potential governingentities.

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