ORGANIZED BY

THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF WELDING,

MUMBAI

AWS TECHNICAL LECTURE SERIES -V

ON

THE SECRETS TO USING ASME SECTION IX

BY
MR. WALTER J SPERKO

Vice-Chairman, ASME Section IX and

President, Sperko Engineering Services Inc., Greensborough
North Carolina, USA

LECTURES
AT
PUNE, MUMBAI, SURAT, BARODA, DELHI, KOLKATA
AND CHENNAI
From AUGUST 30 to SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

OUR THANKS TO SPONSORS

D & H SCHERON ELECTRODES PRIVATE LIMITED - MAJOR SPONSOR
ADOR WELDING LIMITED, MUMBAI
WELDWELL SPECIALITY PVT LTD, MUMBAI
BOHLER WELDING GROUP, MUMBAI
GEE LTD., MUMBAI
ESAB INDIA LTD., CHENNAI

NEO-STRUCTO LTD. SURAT

THERMAX LIMITED & ELCA LABORATORIES, PUNE

From the Coordinators Desk

In these trying times of economic instability throughout the world, we
all must maintain a keen focus on the importance of key fabrication
and manufacturing technologies.
The American Welding Society stands as one with the Indian
Institute of Welding in its emphasis on promulgating the importance
of welding in both emerging and highly industrialized markets. The
Indian Institute of Welding invites a specialist from the American
Welding Society to deliver a series of technical lectures every year on
any important / critical subject in different cities in India.
We had already had four such series of lectures in the past. The Indian
Institute of Welding this year have invited Mr. Walter J Sperko, ViceChairman of ASME Section IX to deliver the fifth series of technical
lectures on "The Secrets to Using ASME Section IX. The lectures
are being held this year from August 30 - September 7, 2010 at Pune,
Mumbai, Surat, Baroda, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai.
ASME Section IX relates to the qualification of welders, welding
operators and the procedures employed in welding. As such, this is an
active document subject to constant review, interpretation and
improvement to recognize new developments and research data. This
lecture on "The Secrets to Using ASME Section IX will deal with
different aspects and trends besides, understanding how to read
Section IX correctly and how to apply it when qualifying welders and
welding procedures and when writing welding procedures.
Those who have read Section IX and struggled with it will also be
delighted by the simple rules that need to be followed to master it.
While this basic presentation is on welding technology, common
issues will be examined.
The speaker shall also try to review on the latest changes in the
Specification which are expected to be carried out in 2010. I hope you
will be benefited with this lecture.
N.K. Sarkar, Coordinator, AWS Lecture Series-V

The lecture notes are divided into four parts as follows:

Part I Secrets to Using Section IX
Part II Section IX 2010 update
Part III ISO and ASME developments
Sperko Section IX up date 2010
Please click on the hyperlink to open the notes

Walter J. Sperko is Vice-chairman of ASME

Subcommittee IX,
Welding
and Brazing
Qualifications, a member of several of its
subgroups; Sub-group on Materials, Fabrication
and Examination of Subcommittee III, Nuclear
Components; Past chairman of ASME Committee
B31.9, Building Services Piping; Member of AWS
Committee D-10, Piping and Tubing, a member
of AWS Technical Activities Committee, and
since 2001, is the Chairman of the US TAG to
ISO TC44, Welding and Allied Processes.
Mr. Sperko teaches publicly-offered courses worldwide in piping design,
analysis and fabrication and is the ASME Continuing Education Division
instructor in using ASME Section IX. He has published articles in the
Welding Journal, Welding, and The Fabricator. He is a Fellow of the
ASME and a Counselor of the AWS. He holds Five US patents.
Walter J. Sperko founded Sperko Engineering Services, Inc. in 1981. Mr.
Sperko has extensive experience in welding engineering, metallurgical
engineering, design, failure analysis, and quality assurance. His
industrial experience is primarily with piping, pressure vessels, storage
tanks and structural steel. He has a BA and a BS in Metallurgical
Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. He is a professional
Engineer registered in North Carolina and other states.
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