fattyfat1
Silver Member
the UA is what certifies you to section ix. this is your testing facility, this is your testing representative. once you pass this test, you are certified to section ix code. show me in section ix where a 6g stick weld is done downhill? please do it by pm so these people don't have to read it.none of these people here care about asme code, they want to know what welder will work best. so far you have danced around my question to you in my last post about why and are missing the point. as far as doing mt, pt, ut, and rt, good for you, you can run a magnet, an ultrasonic tester, and crank a handle on a camera. anyone with 1200$ can be a cwi, i know one who works for INTEL that did car upholstery before he inspected welds. never laid a bead in his life. at least you can weld, otherwise you have no credibility. we don't do much gas piping here. pulp and paper, refineries, nuclear, powerplants, hydroelectric, semiconductor, just about EVERYTHING but nat.gas. so don't think you are teaching me anything. you obviously specialize in a small niche of the piping industry, not taking into consideration that 99% of the piping out there is not gas pipe. 99% of pipe today is pre-fabbed and mig welded to minimize costly field welds. you are living in a dream world if you think otherwise.