MIL-HDBK-1941 Base Document:1998
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METAL-ARC WELDING OF HOMOGENEOUS ARMOR
09-09-2016
Foreword
1 SCOPE
1.1 Scope
1.2 Classification
2 APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS
2.1 General
2.1 Government documents
2.2.1 Specifications, standards, and handbooks
2.3 Non-Government publications
2.4 Order of precedence
3 DEFINITIONS
3.1 Contractor and manufacturer
3.2 Welding symbols
3.3 Welding terms and definitions
3.4 Routine positions
3.5 Random positions
4 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
4.1 Weldments
4.2 Armor
4.3 Preparation of welding procedures and drawings
4.4 Welders qualification
4.5 Number of radiographs
4.6 Metric units
5 DETAILED REQUIREMENTS
5.1 Recorded joint-welding procedure
5.2 Types of electrodes used in conjunction with the
various welding methods
5.2.1 Method 1
5.2.2 Method 2
5.2.3 Method 3
5.2.4 Method 4
5.2.5 Method 5
5.3 Shielding gas
5.3.1 Composition
5.3.2 Dew point
5.3.3 Volume
5.4 Heating of weldments
5.4.1 Preheating
5.4.2 Postheating
5.4.3 Interpass temperature
5.5 Repair welding procedures
5.6 Welded attachment procedures
5.7 Qualification for radiographic and joint welding
procedures
5.7.1 Test samples and workmanship specimens
5.7.2 Sample production weldment
5.8 Ballistic testing requirements
5.8.1 Test samples
5.8.2 Preparation of the ballistic test plate
5.8.3 Identification marking of test plates
5.8.4 Ballistic test requirements
5.8.5 Test methods
5.8.6 Visual examination of test plates
5.8.7 Radiographic inspection of the test plate
5.8.8 Repair of test plate
5.8.9 Rejection of ballistic test plate
5.9 Workmanship
5.9.1 Test specimens
5.10 Radiographic procedure
5.10.1 Radiographic drawings
5.10.2 Pilot vehicles
5.10.3 Initial weldments
5.11 Inspection of production weldments
5.11.1 Visual
5.11.2 Radiographic
5.11.3 Quality control
6 NOTES
6.1 Intended use
6.2 Subject term (key word) listing
6.3 Changes to previous issue
FORM
A-1 Cover sheet
A-2 Table of contents for the welding procedure
A-4 Summary of qualification tests for recorded joint
welding procedure
A-5 Summary of armor types and compositions
A-6 Summary of electrodes with welding currents and voltages
A-7 Recorded joint welding procedure No. 1 joint A-A
A-8 Recorded joint welding procedure No. 2 joint B-B
A-9 Recorded joint welding procedure No. 3 joint C-C
A-11 Recorded joint welding procedure No. 8a joint H-H
A-12 Recorded joint welding procedure No. 8b joint H-H
A-13 Armor welding data sheet No.1
A-14 Armor welding data sheet No.2
A-15 Armor welding data sheet No.3
FIGURE
A-3 Perspective drawing of a complete hull
A-10 Recorded joint welding procedure for joints D-D, E-E,
F-F and G-G
B-16 Ballistic test plate
B-17 Some weld cracks (W.C.) which could occur from projectile
impact, and measurement of total W.C. for acceptance
purposes (see table B-IV)
FIGURE
B-18 General form of workmanship specimens for joint types
1, 2 and 3
B-19 General form of workmanship specimen for joint types
4, 5, 6 and 7
B-20 General form of workmanship specimen for joint types
8 and 9
B-21 Groove weld test specimen for qualification of welders
or welding operators - for plate thickness of 0.5 in
(12.7 mm) or less
B-22 Groove weld test specimen for qualification of welders
or welding operators - for plate thickness of more than
0.5 in (12.7 mm) or less
B-23 Fillet weld test specimen for qualification of welders
or welding operators
TABLE
B-I Welder evaluation with the 'K' qualification plate
B-II Requirements for the joint-welding procedure
B-III Thickness of ballistic test plates
B-IV Requirements for ballistic tests
B-V Workmanship specimen sizes
APPENDIX
A Forms, workmanship specimens and test plates for the
joint welding procedure
B Evaluation of welder capability
CONCLUDING MATERIAL
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