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    This document discusses how to read and interpret a PWHT (post-weld heat treatment) chart. It explains: 1) The x-axis represents temperature in increments of 100°C and the y-axis represents time in half-hour increments. 2) There are four key lines on the chart - AB represents the rate of heating, BC is the soaking temperature, CD is the rate of cooling, and AE is room temperature. 3) To check if the chart matches requirements, you compare the slopes of AB and CD to the maximum heating and cooling rates in the WPS (welding procedure specification), and check if BC matches the required soaking temperature and time.

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    This document discusses how to read and interpret a PWHT (post-weld heat treatment) chart. It explains: 1) The x-axis represents temperature in increments of 100°C and the y-axis represents time in half-hour increments. 2) There are four key lines on the chart - AB represents the rate of heating, BC is the soaking temperature, CD is the rate of cooling, and AE is room temperature. 3) To check if the chart matches requirements, you compare the slopes of AB and CD to the maximum heating and cooling rates in the WPS (welding procedure specification), and check if BC matches the required soaking temperature and time.

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    This document discusses how to read and interpret a PWHT (post-weld heat treatment) chart. It explains: 1) The x-axis represents temperature in increments of 100°C and the y-axis represents time in half-hour increments. 2) There are four key lines on the chart - AB represents the rate of heating, BC is the soaking temperature, CD is the rate of cooling, and AE is room temperature. 3) To check if the chart matches requirements, you compare the slopes of AB and CD to the maximum heating and cooling rates in the WPS (welding procedure specification), and check if BC matches the required soaking temperature and time.

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    This document discusses how to read and interpret a PWHT (post-weld heat treatment) chart. It explains: 1) The x-axis represents temperature in increments of 100°C and the y-axis represents time in half-hour increments. 2) There are four key lines on the chart - AB represents the rate of heating, BC is the soaking temperature, CD is the rate of cooling, and AE is room temperature. 3) To check if the chart matches requirements, you compare the slopes of AB and CD to the maximum heating and cooling rates in the WPS (welding procedure specification), and check if BC matches the required soaking temperature and time.

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    The document discusses how to read and interpret a Post Weld Heat Treatment (PWHT) chart.

    PWHT stands for Post Weld Heat Treatment.

    The main parts of a PWHT chart are the rate of heating curve, soaking temperature curve, rate of cooling curve, and room temperature curve.

    PWHT - [Part 1] HOW TO READ A PWHT CHART

    11/30/2012 05:11:00 PM

    Due to the advancement of metallurgy a lot many different materials are now used
    in mechanical construction industry. In this a few are heat treated to
    improve mechanical properties.
    Heat treatment is done because of two reasons 1 ) Process requirement 2) Material
    Requirement
    Heat treatment can be done in many ways. Furnace heating, Oil fired heating,
    Electric resistance heating etc.
    There are different type of heat treatments like normalizing, annealing etc.
    Here we are going to discuss about the graph which is generated in electric
    resistance heating for PWHT (Post Weld Heat Treatment).
    Reading a PWHT chart is what is going to be discussed here....
    Below is the graph of a pwht process. Lets start reading it.....(Here i am discussing on
    the understanding that you are a little bit familiar with the process....)

    In this chart,
    X-axis represents temperature and Y-axis represents Time.
    In X-axis each line to line distance represents 10Deg C (See it is written as X 100 C,

    that means in X axis, 2 means 2 X 100C= 200C, 3 means 3 X


    100C= 300C etc.)
    In Y-axis each line to line distance represents half an hour. That means the time
    between 2 and 3 represents one hour.

    These are the basics.


    How to read the graph?

    The graph contains several lines, AB, BC, CD, AE


    1 ) AB is RATE OF HEATING curve
    2) BC is SOAKING TEMPERATURE

    3) CD is RATE OF COOLING curve


    4) AE is ROOM TEMPERATURE curve
    When you check the WPS you can see the required values for each of these.
    1) AB: Rate of heating: In WPS it is mentioned as a maximum value. In the graph
    the rate of heating is the slope of the curve AB. So the value of the slope should not
    be more than the value in WPS.
    How to calculate the slope:
    Slope = kl/lm
    Now in the graph given above, for AB line, kl=80DegC and lm=1/2 hr
    slope = 80 / (1/2) = 160DegC/hr ; So in this graph the rate of heating is 160DegC/hr.
    2) BC: Soaking Temperature: In WPS it is mentioned as a single value with some
    plus/minus allowance along with time it is to be steady(mentioned as minimum)
    Here in this graph it is 720Deg (Reading in X-axis) and for approximate 2hr and
    10minute(this is an approximation-Reading in Y-axis )

    3) CD: Rate of cooling: In WPS it is mentioned as a maximum value. In the graph


    the rate of heating is the slope of the curve CD. So the value of the slope should not
    be more than the value in WPS.
    How to calculate the slope:
    Slope = qr/pq
    Now in the graph given above, for CD line, qr=130DegC and pq=45 Min(this is taken
    as an approximation from the graph.)
    slope = 130 / 45 = 2.89DegC/Min ; So in this graph the rate of heating is
    173DegC/hr.

    4) AE: Room Temperature: This is the room temperature, here it is 40 deg C.


    Loading Temperature: Loading temperature is the temperature at which controlled
    heating (maintaining the rate of heating in the WPS) starts, up to which there is no
    need for controlled heating.
    Unloading Temperature: Unloading temperature is the temperature up to which
    controlled cooling (maintaining the rate of cooling in the WPS) occurs, below which
    there is no need for controlled cooling.Normally the power connection is
    disconnected below the temperature, keeping the insulation. After getting cooled to
    the atmospheric temperature the insulation is removed.
    NB: Please check the speed of the chart movement in the PWHT machine, Normally it
    is 25mm/hr.

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