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American Welding Society (AWS)

AWS provides steel and aluminum welding standards for construction, aerospace and weld inspector certification.

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  • The American Welding Society (AWS) has created over 350 standards for welding practices and procedures. This includes the D1.1 Structural Welding Code - Steel, one of the most referenced codes in the world.

    AWS standards cover welding practices and procedures in the following categories:

    • Structural welding code – steel 
      • Concerns all phases of welding process within all projects 
    • Construction - Bridge welding code 
      • Welding requirements for welded highway bridges 
    • Aerospace 
      • Aerospace fusion welding processes and materials 
    • Sheet steel 
      • Allowable capacities for sheet metal applications 
    • Aluminum 
      • Aluminum welding using gas metal arc, gas tungsten arc and plasma arc 
    • Certification manual for welding inspectors
      • Procedures for training inspectors

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