Amendment No. 1 To AS 4458 - 1997 Pressure Equipment-Manufacture

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AS 4458/Amdt 1/1999-12-05

STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

Amendment No. 1
to
AS 4458 — 1997
Pressure equipment—Manufacture

REVISED TEXT

The 1997 edition of AS 4458 is amended as follows; the amendment(s) should be inserted in the appropriate
place.

SUMMARY : This Amendment applies to Clauses 1.4.4 and 1.4.6, Section 2, Clauses 3.1 and 3.6, Table 6.1,
Clause 6.3.1, Tables 7.1 and 7.2, Clauses 8.3.1 and 8.3.3, Tables 8.1 and 8.2, Clauses 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 and 9.5.2,
Tables 10.1 and 11.1, Clauses 13.3, 14.2 and 14.3, Table 14.1, Clauses 14.5.1, 14.6.6, 14.7 and 14.11,
Table 19.2 and Appendices A, C and F.

Published on 5 December 1999.

AMDT Page 9 Clause 1.4.4


No. 1
DEC.
1999 Delete Clause and substitute as follows:
1.4.4 Fabrication inspection body — a body corporate, firm or person, able to provide
the inspection services of materials and construction of pressure equipment.
NOTE: In this Standard, ‘fabrication inspection body’ is referred to as the ‘inspection body’.
Where such a body is not appointed, the owner should refer to the purchaser.

AMDT Page 9 Clause 1.4.6


No. 1
DEC.
1999 Delete the words ‘for use in a workplace or pressure equipment intended to be used in a
workplace’.

AMDT Page 10 Section 2


No. 1
DEC.
1999 Second paragraph, add the following as the last sentence:
The design strength tables of AS 1210, AS 1228 and AS 4041 contain the material
grouping for each specification listed.

AMDT Page 12 Clause 3.1


No. 1
DEC.
1999 Item (a) after ‘constructed’ insert ‘, the class of construction’.

AMDT Page 13 Clause 3.6


No. 1
DEC.
1999 Delete the last paragraph and substitute the following:
For boilers constructed to AS 1228, the report shall be the manufacturer’s data report as
given in Appendix A of AS 1228.
For piping constructed to AS 4041, the report shall be the manufacturer’s data report as
given in Clause 1.11 of AS 4041.

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AMDT Page 23 Table 6.1
No. 1
DEC.
1999 1 Material group A1 & A2, Recommended forming temperature range 850–950,
Recommended heat treatment after hot forming, delete ‘(Note 2)’ and substitute
‘(Notes 1 and 2)’.
2 Material group A1 & A2, Recommended forming temperature range 950–1050,
Recommended heat treatment after hot forming, add ‘(Note 1)’.
3 Note 1, first line, delete ‘group A3’.
4 Note 1, add the following as the final sentence:
This testing will apply to some grades of AS 1548, AS 1594 and AS 3678 materials.

AMDT Page 27 Clause 6.3.1


No. 1
DEC.
1999 Item (a), delete ‘A3 3920.1’ and substitute ‘AS 4343’.

AMDT Page 34 Table 7.1


No. 1
DEC.
1999 1 First column, delete ‘Outside diameter’ and substitute ‘Outside diameter (D o)’.
2 Delete all entries for outside diameter and substitute as follows:
Do ≤ 100
100 < Do ≤ 200
200 < Do ≤ 300
300 < Do ≤ 600
Do > 600

AMDT Page 35 Table 7.2


No. 1
DEC.
1999 1 First column, after ‘. . . diameter’ insert ‘(D)’.
2 First column for ‘Nominal inside diameter’, delete all entries and substitute as
follows:
D ≤ 900
900 < D ≤ 1500
D > 1500

AMDT Page 42 Clause 8.3.1


No. 1
DEC.
1999 Informal table, Item (b), delete ‘12 < t ≤ 40’ and substitute ‘20 < t ≤ 40’.

AMDT Page 43 Clause 8.3.1, Note to informal Table


No. 1
DEC.
1999 First line, delete ‘Class H’ and substitute ‘Classes 1H and 2H’.

AMDT Page 44 Clause 8.3.3


No. 1
DEC.
1999 Item (a), fifth line, delete ‘30°’ and substitute ‘15°’.

AMDT Page 45 Table 8.1


No. 1
DEC.
1999 1 First column, delete ‘Bore of pipe’ and substitute ‘Nominal bore of pipe (DN)’.
2 First column, delete values for Bore of pipe and substitute as follows:
DN ≤ 100
100 < DN ≤ 300
DN > 300
AMDT Page 46 Table 8.2
No. 1
DEC.
1999 1 First column, after ‘. . . pipe’ insert (T)’.
2 First column, delete values for Nominal thickness of pipe and substitute as follows:
T ≤ 3
3< T ≤ 4
4< T ≤ 5
T > 5
3 Delete last column ‘Minimum weld leg length’.

AMDT Page 48 Clause 9.1


No. 1
DEC.
1999 1 First paragraph, add the following last sentence:
Welders of pressure piping shall be supervised in accordance with AS 4041.
2 First paragraph, third line before ‘. . . application Standard’, insert ‘design and’.
3 Second paragraph, delete last sentence and substitute as follows:
Production welding carried out by welders not holding an AS 1796 certification,
but otherwise qualified in accordance with AS/NZS 3992 shall be supervised by a
welding supervisor certificated in accordance with AS 1796, or by a person having
qualifications and experience acceptable to the inspection body.

AMDT Page 48 Clause 9.2


No. 1
DEC.
1999 Delete Clause and substitute as follows:
The manufacturer shall qualify welding procedures in accordance with the requirements
of AS/NZS 3992 or equivalent and nominate any welding procedures that do not require
qualification to be applied in manufacture.

AMDT Page 48 Clause 9.3


No. 1
DEC.
1999 Delete Clause and substitute as follows:
9.3 WELDING PERSONNEL
9.3.1 Competence of welding supervisors All welding on pressure components shall
be carried out under the supervision of a person who has had suitable training or
experience in the forms of fabrication and the processes of welding employed in the
manufacturing process, except where otherwise agreed by the parties concerned.
Supervisors required to supervise non-certificated welders shall hold an AS 1796
supervisors certificate or equivalent.
9.3.2 Competence of welders Each welder engaged in the welding of pressure
components shall —
(a) hold an appropriate welder’s certificate in accordance with AS 1796; or
(b) have had training or experience in the particular welding process to be used and be
qualified in accordance with the requirements of AS/NZS 3992 for each welding
procedure to be used.

AMDT Page 49 Clause 9.5.2


No. 1
DEC.
1999 Item (g), Delete item and substitute as follows:
Mixture of gas — where the qualified welding procedure requires the use of a gas
mixture, it shall comply with the essential variable in Table 5.1 of AS/NZS 3992.
AMDT Page 52 Clause 10.6.4
No. 1
DEC.
1999 Delete Clause and substitute as follows:
For joints in materials of different thicknesses, the recommended minimum preheat
temperature should be that applicable to the thinner of the materials at the joint from
Table 10.1 unless the welding procedure qualification has proven that another
temperature is acceptable.

AMDT Page 52 Table 10.1


No. 1
DEC.
1999 Delete Table 10.1 not including Notes to Table 10.1, and substitute the following:
TABLE 10.1
RECOMMENDED PREHEAT TEMPERATURES FOR ARC WELDING OF STEEL
ASME Recommended minimum preheat
Typical temperature, °C (Note 2)
Material P and
Material specifications or for following thicknesses (Note 3)
group sub- Notes
type nominal
(Note 1) group >12 mm >25 mm >50
compositions ≤12 mm
No. ≤25 mm ≤50 mm mm
CARBON, CARBON-MANGANESE AND LOW ALLOY STEELS
A1 1.1 Carbon and carbon- AS 1548: 7-430 0 20 40 75 6, 7
manganese steel (low 7-460
strength) ASTM A 106-B
A2 1.2 Carbon and Carbon- AS 1548: 5-490 20 50 80 125 7, 8
manganese steel- 7-490
(medium strength) ASTM A 106-C
A3 — Carbon and carbon AS 1594: XF 400, 0 25 50 75 7
manganese steel (High XF 500
yield strength) API 5L X52
B 3.1 Alloy steel (alloy <¾) C-½ Mo 50 75 100 125 7, 8
½C-½Mo
1¼Mn-½Mo
C 4.1 Alloy steel 1 Cr-½Mo 50 75 100 125 7, 8
(¾ ≤ total alloy < 3) 1¼ Cr-½Mo
D1 — Alloy steel ½ Cr-½ Mo-¼V 200 200 200 200 7, 8
(vanadium type) Mn-V
D2 5A.1 Alloy steels 2¼ Cr-1 Mo 150 200 200 200 7, 8
5B.1 (3 ≤ total alloy < 10) 5 Cr-½ Mo 200 200 200 200 7, 8
9Cr-1 Mo,
9Cr-1 Mo-V
E 9B.1 3½ Ni steel 3½ Ni 150 150 150 150 7, 8
F 11A.1 9 Ni steel 9 Ni 25 25 25 25 7, 8, 9
G 11B.1 Quenched and ASTM A 517 10 for 75 for 75 75 7, 8, 9
to tempered low alloy AS 3597:700 PV ≤15 mm >15 mm
11B.8 steel
HIGH ALLOY STEELS
H — 12Cr-1Mo-V(W)
6.1 Martensitic 13Cr 200 200 200 250 7,8,10
6.2 Chromium steels 15Cr
J 7.1 Ferritic high Types 405, 410S, 10 10 10 10 —
chromium steel 430
K — Austenitic Types 302, 304, 10 10 10 10 —
Cr-Ni steel 304L, 310S, 316,
316L, 321, 347
L 10.5 High chromium steel Types 442, 446 200 200 200 200 7, 10
M — Ferritic-austenitic 22Cr-5Ni-3Mo 10 10 10 10 —
Cr-Ni steel
AMDT Page 53 Notes to Table 10.1
No. 1
DEC.
1999 1 Note 2, delete Note and substitute the following:
Higher or lower temperatures may be required to achieve the qualified welding
procedure. In both cases, preheat, interpass and energy limitations of AS/NZS 3992
apply.
2 Note 4, delete ‘For carbon equivalent (CE) see Table 5.1 (Note 2).’ and substitute
‘Not allocated.’.
3 Note 5, delete ‘The specifications listed here are those which will usually have a
carbon equivalent (CE) less than 0.45 percent based on reported ladle analysis.’
and substitute ‘Not allocated.’.

AMDT Page 55 Table 11.1


No. 1
DEC.
1999 1 First column, after ‘. . . plate’ insert ‘(t)’.
2 First column, delete values for Thickness of plate and substitute as follows:
t ≤ 3
3< t ≤ 6
6< t ≤ 12
12 < t ≤ 25
t > 25

AMDT Page 59 Clause 13.3


No. 1
DEC.
1999 1 Second paragraph, first line delete ‘AS 3920.1’ and substitute ‘AS 4343’.
2 Last paragraph, last line, delete ‘Section 13’ and substitute ‘Section 14’.

AMDT Page 60 Clause 14.2


No. 1
DEC.
1999 First paragraph, second line, after ‘required’ insert ‘prior to,’.

AMDT Page 61 Clause 14.3


No. 1
DEC.
1999 First paragraph after Item (c), first line, delete ‘has’ and substitute ‘have’.

AMDT Pages 61 to 63 Table 14.1


No. 1
DEC.
1999 1 Fourth column heading, add the units ‘mm’.
2 Material group C, Note references, delete ‘12’.
3 Material group G, Note references, delete ‘22’.
4 Material group G, Column 4, delete ‘All’.
5 Note 2, insert the following at the end of the sentence:
For material groups A1 and A2 temperatures up to 650°C are acceptable without
the need for further testing.
6 Note 23, delete Note and substitute ‘See Section 6 for normalizing and quenching
and tempering.’
AMDT Page 64 Clause 14.5.1
No. 1
DEC.
1999 Delete Clause 14.5.1 and substitute the following:
14.5.1 General The nominal thickness above which postweld heat treatment for
pressure equipment is required is given in Table 14.1, Column 4.
The nominal thickness at each joint (including corrosion and other allowances) to be
used in applying Table 14.1 shall be the greatest of the following:
(a) The thickness of the material at full penetration butt welds between parts of the
same thickness.
(b) The base material nominal thickness of integrally clad plate, or of material with
weld overlay deposit or welded corrosion-resistant lining.
(c) Where the welded joint connects parts of different thickness:
(i) The thinner of two adjacent butt-welded parts, including shell to end
connections, except that the thicker shall apply for group G steels.
(ii) The thicker of the shell or the fillet weld throat, in connections to
intermediate flanged ends which use the flange as a backing strip for the
shell butt welds.
(iii) The thickness of the shell in welded connections to tubeplates, flat ends,
covers, flanges or similar constructions.
(iv) For branch to shell or end welds, the greater thickness of —
(A) for pressure vessels and piping, the throat thickness of the weld across
the branch neck, the shell, the end or the reinforcing pad, or the throat
thickness of the attachment fillet weld; or
(B) for boilers including integral piping, the thickness of shell or end at
the weld.
(v) The thickness of the branch neck at the weld in branch neck to flange
connections.
(vi) For attachment of non-pressure parts to pressure parts —
(A) for pressure vessels and piping, the throat thickness of the weld at the
point of attachment to the pressure part; or
(B) for boilers including integral piping, the thickness of the shell or end
except as provided in Clause 14.11.
(vii) The throat thickness of the weld in tube to tubeplate connections in pressure
vessels and fire-tube boilers.
NOTE: This Item (vii) does not apply to seal welded tubes with throat thickness not
,exceeding 6 mm.
(d) For stud welds, the thickness shall be the diameter of the stud.
(e) When postweld heat treatment is necessary to satisfy low-temperature requirements
of the selected material, the reference thickness according to AS 1210 or AS 4041.
(f) The throat thickness of the weld includes the throat thickness of the butt or fillet
weld but excludes weld reinforcement.
NOTE: Where not all the joints in an item of pressure equipment are required by
Table 14.1 to be subjected to post weld heat treatment, only those joints having a nominal
thickness requiring post weld heat treatment need be heat treated. For example a pad type
manway welded in the centre of a head may cause the head assembly to require post weld
heat treatment prior to assembly to the vessel.
AMDT Page 66 Clause 14.6.6
No. 1
DEC.
1999 Last line, delete ‘see Notes 2 and 10’ and substitute ‘see Notes 2 and 9’.

AMDT Page 68 Clause 14.7


No. 1
DEC.
1999 Item (d) add the following as the final sentence:
The holding time shall be an accumulation of all the time at temperature when multiple
heat treatment cycles are applied.

AMDT Page 70 Clause 14.11


No. 1
DEC.
1999 Delete Clause 14.11 and substitute the following:
14.11 EXEMPTIONS TO POSTWELD HEAT TREATMENT OF ATTACHMENTS
TO AND REPAIR WELDS IN POSTWELD HEAT TREATED
EQUIPMENT Welded branch connections, welded attachments of non-pressure parts
and repair welds which are made to pressure equipment that has been or is required to be
postweld heat treated, shall be given a postweld heat treatment as required in Clause 14.4
except as exempted in Items (a) and (b) below. These exemptions do not apply where
postweld heat treatment is required by Clause 14.3 as a service requirement, or where the
need for postweld heat treatment is demonstrated in weld procedure tests.
(a) Postweld heat treatment is not required for welds attaching branches and
attachments or repair welds to shells, ends or other pressure parts of Groups A1
and A2 steels over 32 mm thickness or of group B steels with maximum carbon
content of not more than 0.25 percent by ladle analysis and with thickness over
16 mm where —
(i) the inside diameter of the branch is not greater than 65 mm;
(ii) the weld throat is 12 mm or less;
(iii) the series of connections do not form ligaments that require an increase in
the shell or end thickness; and
(iv) the minimum preheat temperature during welding is 100°C or as required in
Table 10.1, whichever is the greater.
(b) Postweld heat treatment is not required for welds which attach non-pressure parts
to non-pressure parts which have been postweld heat treated, provided that the
distance from the weld to the connection to the pressure part exceeds four times
the thickness of the material.

AMDT Pages 83 Table 19.2


No. 1
DEC.
1999 1 First column, after ‘. . . diameter’ insert ‘(OD)’.
2 First column, delete values for Tube nominal outside diameter and substitute as
follows:
OD ≤ 38
38 < OD ≤ 50
50 < OD ≤ 85
85 < OD ≤ 100
AMDT Page 88 Appendix A
No. 1
DEC.
1999 1 After the entry for AS 1674.2, add the following:
1796 Certification of welders and welding supervisors
2 After entry for AS 4041, add the following:
4343 Pressure equipment — Hazard levels

AMDT Pages 94 and 95 Appendix C


No. 1
DEC.
1999 Manufacturer’s data report, delete the word ‘copyright’ from the bottom of each page.

AMDT Pages 99 Appendix F


No. 1
DEC.
1999 1 Table F1, Ref. letter D, last column, insert on the next line the following:
±1 mm per 800 mm of length plus 5 mm, with a maximum of 30 mm for vessels
over 800 mm.
2 Table F1, Ref. letter E, last column, delete and insert ‘See Clause 7.2’.

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