What is Welding code, specification,standard , Recommended pratice
1. Welding codes
2. Welding Specification
3. Welding Standards
4. Welding recommended practice
Welding-codes are laws covering minimum mandatory requirements essential to guarantee public safety and reliability of large structures.
Welding Specifications cover requirements for voluntary adoption and no enforcement is meant unless they are agreed upon between procuring agency and contractor as spelled out in a Purchase Order. One could say that Welding-codes are essentially enforced Specifications
Welding Standards cover industry agreed upon conventions like definitions of terms and of symbols as used in the industry for conveying information.
Welding Recommended Practices reflect the recommendations of some of the most knowledgeable professionals in the field with the purpose of helping people improve the practical implementation of different techniques and procedures and obtain best results.