AWS is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the science, technology, and application of welding and allied joining and cutting processes worldwide, including brazing, soldering and thermal spraying.

Learn about the American Welding Society's (AWS) Standard Welding Procedure Specifications (SWPS). Explore guidelines, procedures, and best practices for achieving welding excellence through SWPS documents.

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This specification provides the requirements for qualification of welding procedure specifications, welders, and welding operators for manual, semiautomatic, mechanized, and automatic welding.

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Among the joining processes reviewed are the arc, resistance, and solid-state welding processes as well as brazing, soldering, and adhesive bonding. The cut-ting processes examined include thermal and non-thermal methods. The thermal spraying processes considered include flame and plasma arc spraying as well as arc and detonation flame spraying.

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Oct 22, 2019 · The evolution of AWS A3.0M/A3.0, Standard Welding Terms and Definitions Including Terms for Adhesive Bonding, Brazing, Soldering, Thermal Cutting, and Thermal Spraying, is shown below: January 18, 1940 Tentative Definitions of Welding Terms and Master Chart of Welding Processes;

The American Welding Society and the Welding Research Council have joined in a cooperative effort to generate standard welding procedures for industry. The need for pretested welding procedures that are supported by adequate test data and

Sketches, production drawings, welding symbols, or written description should show the general arrangement of the parts to be welded. Where applicable, the root details of the weld groove may be specified.