BZOF-MT-PRO-00035 - 0 DATA Logger Recording Procedure

OFFSHORE – WELDLOGGER WORK INSTRUCTION
BARZAN PIPELINE PROJECT EPC
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................... 4
2. SCOPE .................................................................................................. 5
3. REFERENCE DOCUMENTS ................................................................ 6
3.1 COMPANY PROJECT DOCUMENTS ............................................................................................... 6
3.2 CONTRACTOR DOCUMENTS ......................................................................................................... 6
3.3 CODES AND STANDARDS .............................................................................................................. 6
4. DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS ................................................ 7
4.1 DEFINITIONS ................................................................................................................................... 7
4.2 ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................................................................. 7
5. SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE .................................................................. 8
5.1 SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE ....................................................................................................... 10
6. RESPONSIBILITY............................................................................... 11
6.1 Responsibility matrix ....................................................................................................................... 12
TABLE 1 – RESPONSIBILITY MATRIX ................................................... 12
6.2 Decision diagram............................................................................................................................. 13
FIGURE 5 - DECISION DIAGRAM ............................................................ 13
7. STANDARD CASE OPERATIONS ..................................................... 14
FIGURE 6 - OPERATOR GUI MAIN PAGE IN STANDARD OPERATION14
7.1 Pipe Lay .......................................................................................................................................... 15
FIGURE 7 - WELD NUMBER MANAGEMENT DURING PIPE PULL ...... 15
7.1.1 Pipe pull-back.................................................................................................................. 16
7.1.2 “Manual Pipe Lay” ........................................................................................................... 16
7.2 Welding Activity ............................................................................................................................... 16
7.3 Daily Report Generation .................................................................................................................. 17
8. WELD REJECTION FOR “OUT-OF-WPS” ........................................ 18
9. DISCARD OF A WELD PASS SECTION ........................................... 21
10. RE-WELD OF A JOINT ....................................................................... 22
11. CHANGE OF A WELD NUMBER ....................................................... 23
12. APPENDIX .......................................................................................... 24
Appendix 1 – Example of a DAILY SHIFT REPORT ................................................................................ 24
Appendix 2 – Example of aN OUT-OF-WPS REPORT ............................................................................ 25
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1. INTRODUCTION
The Barzan Pipeline Project includes decommissioning and installation of new pipeline to deliver sour gas
from three well sites with unmanned wellhead platforms (BRZ-WHP1, BRZ-WHP2 and BRZ-WHP3), all
located in the North Field Offshore of the State of Qatar, to an onshore Gas Plant located at Ras Laffan
Industrial City (RLC), Qatar.
The project will include also the installation of new MEG delivery system.
Figure 1 - Project Location
2. SCOPE
The document describes the WeldLogger system in detail and is intended as the user’s manual of the
WeldLogger operator. A general overview is provided at beginning of the document describing the system
architecture, components and interconnections. Afterward the system core and each single interface is
described in detail on functions, operations, data processing and reporting.
WeldLogger is the system used and implemented by Saipem to monitor the welding parameters during
production performed by SWS, SAW and IPW proprietary welding equipment. SWS is an automatic orbital
welding system consisting of a double or single torch welding bug operated by a control unit on the basis of a
pre-configured parameters set. IPW is the internal plasma welding system used to re-melt the internal root
pass on the Mainline fabrication. SAW is a welding system used to add one single internal layer on the DJ
fabrication.
Main system task is to acquire, store and report electrical parameters from every torch of the welding
equipment during operations. Heat input is calculated from those measures and reported for each weld pass.
Figure 2 – System Concept
Measures are collected per weld number and weld pass, then stored on a centralized database. Those
parameters can be inspected for validation with the possibility of extracting the single recorded samples.
3. REFERENCE DOCUMENTS
Unless otherwise noted, the latest approved revisions of the following references shall be followed:
3.1 COMPANY PROJECT DOCUMENTS
# Document Number Rev Document Title
[1] BZOF-MT-PRO-00021 D Internal CRA Girth Weld Inspection

[2] BZOF-MT-SPC-00004 B Specification for CRA Clad Carbon Steel Line Pipe
[3] BZOF-MT-SPC-00011 G Specification for Welding of CRA Steel Line Pipe
Bulletin No. -
[4] Update to Line Pipe
BPP-EPCQ-BLT-069
Bulletin No. -
[5] Welding specification clarification
BPP-EPCQ-BLT-070
3.2 CONTRACTOR DOCUMENTS
# Document Number Document Title
Offshore – Mainline WPS For Pipeline Construction (All pipe

[6] BZOF-MT-PRO-00026
source)
Offshore – Double Joint WPS For Pipeline Construction (All pipe
[7] BZOF-MT-PRO-00028
source)
[8] 133943-5-RD-W-MM-003 SWS Configurator v.2.1 – User’s Manual
[9] KE01-C0-000-EA-V-BS-2000-000 Offshore – SOW For Welding Data Logger
3.3 CODES AND STANDARDS
# Document Number Rev Document Title
[10] DNV-OS-F101 2013 Submarine Pipeline Systems

Welding Consumables - Gases And Gas Mixtures For Fusion
[11] AWS A5.32/A5.32M Latest
Welding And Allied Processes
4. DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS
4.1 DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of this document the following definitions shall be applied:
COMPANY The party which initiates the project and ultimately pays for its design and
construction. The Company will generally specify the technical
requirements. The Company may also include an agent or consultant
authorized to act for, and on behalf of, the Company.
CONTRACTOR The party which carries out all or part of the design, engineering,
procurement, construction, commissioning or management of a project,
or operation or maintenance of a facility. The Company may undertake all
or part of the duties of the CONTRACTOR.
SUPPLIER The party which manufactures or supplies equipment and services to

(MANUFACTURER/VENDOR) perform the duties specified by the CONTRACTOR.
PROJECT Barzan Pipeline Project
The word shall indicates a requirement.
The word should indicates a recommendation.
4.2 ABBREVIATIONS
GMAW Gas Metal Arc Welding

GUI Graphical User Interface
IPW Internal Plasma Welding equipment
PC Personal Computer
SW Abbreviation used to indicate STERweld monitoring system
SWS Saipem Welding System
WIM Welding Interface Module (analog input acquisition board of SWS control unit)
WTE Welding Technology Engineer
5. SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
WeldLogger system has been configured for interfacing with a multiple welding stations of the barge
production line.
Each station is supervised by a dedicated PC (namely “Station PC”) interconnected with the welding systems
(SWS, IPW or SAW).
WeldLogger acquires additional information also form other barge equipment. This includes, for example,
numeric data regarding the pipe lay from tensioner control unit. This data is then integrated with the welding
parameters acquired from the stations in order to be properly organized into the database.
As shown in Figure 3, each welding station in firing line uses two welding bugs (single-torch) at the same time.
So the maximum work load for the WeldLogger is eight torches welding at the same time on the production
line.
Figure 3 – WeldLogger system architecture
The “Operator-PC” (laptop) is connected to the system and works as an interface (GUI) between the user and
the central database. Typically, the operator station is located inside the welding office but the operator can
connect his laptop also in one of the welding stations (to the StationPC) if the welding activities have to be
monitored more closely.
In the final station there is a second operator PC (namely “Validation-PC”) used for validation and giving the
information about the final acceptance of the whole weld.
Hardware installation of the WeldLogger system consists on the main following devices located around the
barge and interconnected through an Ethernet network as shown on Figure 3Figure 3 – WeldLogger system
architecture
description location
WeldLogger server (rack) welding office
Station PC welding station
Operator-PCs welding office / welding area
Validation-PCs welding area (last station)
The following pictures show the system components as installed on board.
ETHERNET
CONNECTIONS
ETHERNET
SWITCH
WELDLOGGER
SERVER
UPS
WELDLOGGER WELDLOGGER
SIDE VIEW INTERNAL FRONT VIEW
OPERATOR‐PC

VALIDATION‐PC
STATION PC
Figure 4 – System Hardware Components
5.1 SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE
WeldLogger uses SQL Server Database platform for storing and organizing data in a central repository.
A set of software modules work as an interface between the real-time data coming from the field (welding
systems and pipe management control units) and the database in order to merge and process data in a
consistent and synchronized way.
The following tasks are performed by the different processing software modules:
Log Engine Collects data from a single station PC and stores it on the database with the
pre-configured sample frequency. Samples are stored into the “CollectedData” table with
additional information (as time stamp, weld number, pass number, etc.)
Process Engine Every time a welding pass is completed it processes the relevant samples to calculate
average values and heat input.
Report Engine At the end of a working shift, or on demand, produces a report (in pdf format) indicating
the summary values for the welds produced on that shift or time period.
In the database information is organized in different tables, connected one each other through logical
relationships.
Operator and validation PCs connect directly to the database through the SQL server to retrieve data of the
performed welds. The user accesses those information through an interactive graphical interface.
6. RESPONSIBILITY
The use and maintenance of WeldLogger during operations is not delegated to a single person or role. The
proper working of the system and the consistency of the data produced is the team work result of all people
involved in welding operations.
In this document welding technology engineers (WTE), welding technicians, supervisors and QC inspectors
are all briefly indicated as “WeldLogger users”, as all of them contribute on the proper working of the system
and use the produced data for their own specific scope.
Starting from the welding bug operations, the welders have the responsibility of selecting the right welding
pass and checking the welding parameters to maintain a stable welding process and guarantee the welding
quality.
Welding supervisors and technology engineers are the persons in charge to maintain the system functionality
during operations and monitor the welding activities on the basis of the information provided on the user’s
interface (user’s PC GUI). They will be responsible of checking that each weld has been performed according
to WPS acceptance criteria in terms of average welding parameters. In case of an out-of-range event, they will
prompt the welding team to stop operations immediately and take the necessary actions to recover the
situation. For SWS and IPW systems the out-of-WPS event is triggered by an automatic interlock which stops
the welding equipment immediately.
If, during welding operations, for any reason the WeldLogger system fails on recording data or triggers any
communication error the operators have the duty of prompt the welding team to stop operations immediately
and take the necessary actions to recover the situation. As per the out-of-WPS event, also in case a
comm-loss, for SWS and IPW systems this event is automatically triggered by an interlock.
Note
The interlock (i.e. automatic lock of welding equipment triggered by the WeldLogger in
case of an out-of-wps or communication loss events) is implemented only for SWS and
IPW. SAW systems are not interlocked and in this case, only an alarm indication is given
by WeldLogger on GUI interfaces. Thus it is responsibility of the WeldLogger users
involved in station and welding area to warn the welders and stop the welding operations.
The WeldLogger system automatically creates a production report with the summary results of each weld
performed every 24hours, with at least one shift delay. QC inspectors are the persons in charge to check that
the reports have been actually produced and are complete of all the necessary information. In case of missing
reports or reports with missing or wrong information, it is QC inspectors responsibility to inform the
WeldLogger operators (WTE) about the situation and undertake the necessary actions to fix it.
QC inspectors have the responsibility of checking that the weld numbers automatically assigned by the system
after each pipe lay are correct in each welding station of the firing line. This can be done in a single step on the
user’s PC GUI.
QC inspectors are the persons in charge to verify and collect the WeldLogger daily reports of the entire Project
and submit them to the Client on a regular basis, every 24 hours with at least one shift delay.
In firing line, if the communication link between WeldLogger and tensioner PLC drops the system is not able to
update automatically the weld number in each station. In this emergency situation the “manual lay” procedure
has to be manually performed after each lay by the WTE or the QC inspector on duty.
In prefabrication areas, line-up operators are in charge of checking the weld numbers assigned automatically
by the system. This shall be done through dedicated interfaces available on line-up stations. In case of a wrong
weld number automatically assigned, the line-up operator has the duty to inform the QC inspector who has the
responsibility to finally check and correct the number.
6.1 RESPONSIBILITY MATRIX

Stated the above description, for integration here below the responsibility matrix of the operations related to
WeldLogger system during production.
Responsibility
Activity QC Line-up When
Welders WTE
inspector operator
Welding bath control X Constantly during welding
Always before starting a

Passes selection X
new welding pass
Frequently during welding
Monitor welding activity X
operations
After each pipe lay
Check correct weld
completion and in general
numbers on each welding X X
before starting any welding
station
activity in station
Check correct weld
numbers in welding station After each pipe fit-up and
X
of the prefab (only for before start welding
Prefab. Vessels)
Check WPS limit conditions Frequently during welding
X X
during operations operations
Check out of WPS events of
Frequently during welding
essential variables during X X
operations
operations
Check communication
X X Spot during production
integrity
Check consistency of data Spot during welding
X X
recorded operations
After each pipe lay
“Manual lay” operation X X (in case of comm loss with
tensioner)
Check daily reports

X Once per day
production
Collect and check daily
X Once per day
reports content
On a regular time basis
Deliver daily reports to the
X Once per day with at least
Client
one shift delay
Table 1 – Responsibility matrix
6.2 DECISION DIAGRAM

Figure 5 shows the detailed decision path the WeldLogger user has to follow during operations.
In particular, as weld passes are completed the averages of welding parameters are produced by the system.
Essential welding variables monitored during operations are:
Arc Voltage [V]
Torch travel speed [cm/min]
Heat Input [KJ/mm]
If one of those values is outside the specific acceptable range welding operations have to be stopped
immediately and necessary recovery actions undertaken, otherwise welding activity can proceed. SWS and
IPW welding equipment are automatically interlocked by this event triggered by the WeldLogger system.
Figure 5 - Decision diagram
Note
No parameters check has to be performed directly on the welding systems (SWS, IPW or
SAW) as the average values are calculated and provided by the WeldLogger. All welding
parameters checks and evaluations have to be performed on the WeldLogger GUIs and
on the detail of the recorded samples.
7. STANDARD CASE OPERATIONS

This chapter describes the standard case of operations: WeldLogger works properly and no indications are
reported by the system about “out-of-WPS” conditions. Even in this case the operator has to perform some
checks during working cycle to monitor the welding process and validate the proper working of the system.
This paragraph describes how to perform those checks using the WeldLogger GUI.
The standard production cycle consists of the following main steps in relation with WeldLogger system:
Pipe pull Welding Start of Proceed on End of

and fit-up equipment welding welding welding
setup operations operations
 check the recording of weld passes

 check the weld  check that all
is performed by the system
number is properly performed passes
updated  at the end of each weld pass check are within
that recorded average values are acceptable ranges
acceptable
WELD NUMBER BUGS ACTIVITY AND LOGGER STATUS ACTIVE WPS

IN STATION RECORDING STATUS
WELDLOGGER STATIONS
ACTIVITY CHECK CONNECTIONS
Figure 6 - Operator GUI main page in standard operation
In particular, on the WeldLogger system interface (DBInspector) the user has to check the following points:
1. Connection leds for welding stations (WS1, WS2, WS3, WS…) must be all green. This indicates that
the WeldLogger server properly communicates with the StationPCs in welding stations.
2. Activity leds for WeldLogger (CTRL, PROC) must be both green. This indicates, respectively, that the
WeldLogger engine is running (CTRL) and the data processing engine is running (PROC).
3. On top side of the main page there must be the indication (name) of the active WPS.
4. On each station there must be the indication of the current weld number.
5. On each station the logger status led must be green, indicating that the logger engine for that station is
running.
6. On each station, leds indicating the bug activity status (“Heads” row) of the bug must be green for all
bugs present in station. When a bug is welding led colour turns into orange.
7. On each station, leds indicating the recording status (“Rec” row) must be yellow blinking when the bug
is welding (indicating that the logger engine is recording data for that bug).
8. No red error labels have to be present on screen.
If all the above conditions are true welding operations are proceeding well and the WeldLogger system is
working properly.
7.1 PIPE LAY

Production cycle starts with pipe pull. During this operation the user has to check the weld number indication
which is automatically updated by the system. In particular weld numbers in stations 1 and 2 have to shift to 2,
3 & 4, respectively, and in station 1 a new weld number has to be generated (i.e. previous weld number
incremented by 1).
As an example see the following figure showing the top section of the main page:
BEFORE PIPE LAY
DURING PIPE LAY
AT END OF PIPE LAY
NEW WELD NUMBER
GENERATED IN FIRST STATION
Figure 7 - Weld Number management during pipe pull
7.1.1 PIPE PULL-BACK

If the pipe is pulled back, the weld number on each station is recovered from the following one.
Even if weld numbers are recovered automatically, the operator has to check the weld number consistency. In
particular:
1. Wait that the full pipe recovery has completed
2. At the end of the pipe recovery, BEFORE welding operations beginning, check the weld number
appearing on the user interface to be consistent with those in station
3. If some of the weld numbers are not correct, change them with “New WN” button (see § 11)
7.1.2 “MANUAL PIPE LAY”

In firing line, the automatic update of the weld numbers in stations relies on the acquisition of the pipe meters
laid by the tensioner system. If the communication link between WeldLogger and tensioner PLC drops the
system is not able to update automatically the weld numbers.
In this emergency situation the “manual pipe lay” procedure has to be performed after each lay by the WTE or
the QC inspector on duty.
This consists essentially in pressing the “Lay FWD” or “Lay BWD” arrows just once in case of pipe lay forward
or pipe lay backward, respectively. When the operation is completed the user has to check that the weld
numbers have been properly updated with the sequence as shown on Figure 7.
This operation has to be performed and checked by the user during pipe lay or at lay completion, anyway
always before the start of any welding activity in any station of the firing line.
7.2 WELDING ACTIVITY

As the welding activity starts in a specific station, welding bugs are highlighted with orange bullets in station
monitor section (see Figure 8). The user has to check that for each welding bug the relevant “recording” bullet
blinks in yellow colour indicating that the WeldLogger is acquiring and storing data.
HEADS GREATER PASS BEING
AVAILABLE PERFORMED
HEADS
WELDING
LOGGER
RECORDING
Figure 8 - Station Monitor in welding conditions

Every time a torch stops welding the average values for the current weld pass are updated in the table below,
reporting data for each performed pass (CW and CCW side).
 Values in GREEN colour are fully acceptable
 Values in RED colour are out of WPS
Note
Acceptance range is based to the minimum and maximum average values qualified
during WPQT with additional tolerances as described in Ref [3]
7.3 DAILY REPORT GENERATION

The system generates daily report automatically once a day, with at least one shift delay, at predefined time (to
be agreed with Company).
The report structure is reported in APPENDIX 1 (see § 12).
Reports are generates in PDF format and stored in a specific folder of WeldLogger server, accessible pressing
the “OPEN” button on the toolbar.
Filename format is: Report_YYYY-MM-DD_HH-mm-ss.pdf depending on the shift it refers to.
8. WELD REJECTION FOR “OUT-OF-WPS”

When, at the end of a weld pass, one of the average values is out of WPS acceptable ranges, then an
indication is given on the data table highlighting the value in red colour and showing an error banner on bottom
side.
VALUE
OUT‐OF‐WPS
ERROR INDICATION
Figure 9 - Example of an "out of WPS" event
At the same time, SWS welding systems are interlocked by the error and inhibited to start a new weld pass.
This status is indicated in welding station both on StationPC and SWS cabinets display as shown here below:
INDICATION ON
STATION‐PC
INDICATION ON
SWS DISPLAY
Figure 10 - Out-Of-WPS condition as shown in welding station
In this situation the user has to stop immediately the welding activity informing the welding team (welding
supervisor, welding foreman and welders in station) about the error. As indicated in § 6, the SWS welding
equipment is automatically interlocked, while for SAW systems welding operations have to be manually
stopped warning the welding operators.
At this point the WTE and the QC inspectors have to analyse the situation and identify the cause of the
out-of-wps condition. The following “analysis checklist” is recommended for this operation:
1. Check that the performed weld has been processed with the right WPS (i.e. check that the active
WPS is the right one)
2. Check that the active WPS has the right acceptance ranges
3. Check that the recorded samples of the welding pass out-of-wps are in the right sequence (i.e. no
doubled or additional samples that have to be removed, for example for grinded sections)
4. Check the recorded samples of the welding pass out-of-wps: start position, stop position, time
stamps of all samples, check in detail all welding arcs composing the welding pass and which
head and torch has performed each section
After this analysis, operations shall proceed accordingly to the decision taken by the QC and the COMPANY
representatives and, if the weld is considered “acceptable”:
o the QC inspector and the Client representative shall immediately produce and sign the report
(see Appendix 2 § 0) indicating the cause of the out-of-wps condition and the reasons why it is
anyway acceptable (the report shall be archived by the QC)
o the out-of-wps condition has to be acknowledged by the WeldLogger operator in order to
unlock (only for SWS and IPW) the welding station and allow the welding activities to proceed.
Acknowledgment of this error condition is possible for all parameters, and in any case after proper approval by
the personnel involved in the decision (being QC, Welding Coordinator and COMPANY representative).
Acknowledgment of an out-of-threshold condition is done by the WeldLogger operator following the steps here
below:
1. Double click on the row with the out-of-wps value
Double click
OUT‐OF‐WPS VALUE
2. Press the “ACK” button
3. Check that out-of-wps values are acknowledged (black background) and errors in
station are gone
ERROR
DISAPPEARD
9. DISCARD OF A WELD PASS SECTION

In case of a weld pass section is re-performed by the welder, the recorded samples of the old pass section
have to be “invalidated” into the system.
Re-perform a weld pass section means to carry out the following three steps.
FIRST PASS
PERFORMED
LAST SECTION TO GRINDED NEW SECTION

BE GRINDED SECTION PERFORMED
In this case, from the “weld pass samples” window the “discard” button allows to invalidate a selected number
of samples.
“invalidate” means that the samples are not considered by the system in the averages calculations for that
pass, but not that they are deleted from the database. At any time the operation is reversible, re-validating the
samples again.
INVALIDATED
PASS SAMPLES
10. RE-WELD OF A JOINT

If a weld has to be repeated on a pipe joint, a new specific weld number has to be generated on the relevant
station BEFORE beginning of welding operations.
In this case the operator has to manually input the new weld number pressing the “New WN” button on the
relevant station section.
Pressing the “New WN” button the following dialog appears for the construction of the new weld number:
PREFIX NUMBER SUFFIX
INCREMENT/DECREMENT
BUTTONS
The system proposes a number following the current weld number. The user can set the right weld number
working with the arrow buttons. A suffix can be appended to the weld number indicating that the following will
be a re-weld. Possible combinations for the suffix string are:
 -RW
 -RWn (where n is a number)
 empty
Note that no consistency check is done by the WeldLogger system on the weld number inserted, so only the
user is responsible for the right value of weld number inserted respect to the previous welds recorded.
11. CHANGE OF A WELD NUMBER

If, once completed, a specific weld needs to be changed with a different weld number the procedure is as
follows:
1. Set the original weld number on the box on top right of the main page and clock the
“Extract” button
WELD NUMBER TO
BE EXTRACTED
2. On the new dialog click the “Change WN” button
CHANGE WELD
NUMBER BUTTON
3. On the dialog box select the new weld number with the arrow buttons and click OK.
PREFIX NUMBER SUFFIX
INCREMENT/DECREMENT
BUTTONS
12. APPENDIX
APPENDIX 1 – EXAMPLE OF A DAILY SHIFT REPORT
APPENDIX 2 – EXAMPLE OF AN OUT-OF-WPS REPORT

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OFFSHORE – WELDLOGGER WORK INSTRUCTION

BARZAN PIPELINE PROJECT EPC

Hold Nr.. Section Description of Hold

Figure 1 - Project Location

Figure 2 – System Concept

3.1 COMPANY PROJECT DOCUMENTS

# Document Number Rev Document Title

[1] BZOF-MT-PRO-00021 D Internal CRA Girth Weld Inspection

3.2 CONTRACTOR DOCUMENTS

# Document Number Document Title

Offshore – Mainline WPS For Pipeline Construction (All pipe

3.3 CODES AND STANDARDS

# Document Number Rev Document Title

[10] DNV-OS-F101 2013 Submarine Pipeline Systems

4. DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS

SUPPLIER The party which manufactures or supplies equipment and services to

PROJECT Barzan Pipeline Project

The word shall indicates a requirement.

The word should indicates a recommendation.

GMAW Gas Metal Arc Welding

Figure 3 – WeldLogger system architecture

Station PC welding station

Operator-PCs welding office / welding area

Validation-PCs welding area (last station)

The following pictures show the system components as installed on board.

Figure 4 – System Hardware Components

5.1 SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE

6.1 RESPONSIBILITY MATRIX

Welding bath control X Constantly during welding

Always before starting a

Check daily reports

6.2 DECISION DIAGRAM

Figure 5 - Decision diagram

7. STANDARD CASE OPERATIONS

Pipe pull Welding Start of Proceed on End of

 check the recording of weld passes

WELD NUMBER BUGS ACTIVITY AND LOGGER STATUS ACTIVE WPS

Figure 6 - Operator GUI main page in standard operation

7.1 PIPE LAY

Figure 7 - Weld Number management during pipe pull

7.1.1 PIPE PULL-BACK

7.1.2 “MANUAL PIPE LAY”

7.2 WELDING ACTIVITY

Figure 8 - Station Monitor in welding conditions

7.3 DAILY REPORT GENERATION

8. WELD REJECTION FOR “OUT-OF-WPS”

Figure 9 - Example of an "out of WPS" event

Figure 10 - Out-Of-WPS condition as shown in welding station

1. Double click on the row with the out-of-wps value

2. Press the “ACK” button

9. DISCARD OF A WELD PASS SECTION

LAST SECTION TO GRINDED NEW SECTION

10. RE-WELD OF A JOINT

PREFIX NUMBER SUFFIX

11. CHANGE OF A WELD NUMBER

2. On the new dialog click the “Change WN” button

PREFIX NUMBER SUFFIX

APPENDIX 1 – EXAMPLE OF A DAILY SHIFT REPORT