AS 1085.20 Railway Track Material, Part 20 Welding of Steel Rail Draft
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AS 1085.20:2019 Railway track material, Part 20: Welding of steel rail AS 1085.20:2019 Railway track material , P a r t 2 0 : Welding of steel rail Infrastructure Standard Please noteAS this 1085.20 is a RISSB Australian Standard® draft Document content exists for RISSB product development purposes only and should not be relied upon or considered as final published content. Any questions in relation to this document or RISSB’s accredited development process should be referred to RISSB. RISSBRailway Office track material, Phone: Email: Web: (07) 3724 0000 [email protected] www.rissb.com.au Overseas: +61 7 3724 0000 AS Part1085.20 Assigned Draft20 Standard Welding Developmentfor Public Manager of Steel Comment Rail Name: Phone: Email: Risharda Robertson 0438 879 916 [email protected] RISSB ABN 58 105 001 465 Page 1 Accredited Standards Development Organisation AS 1085.20:2019 Railway track material, Part 20: Welding of steel rail This Australian Standard® AS 1085.20 Railway track material, Part 20: Welding of steel rail was prepared by a Rail Industry Safety and Standards Board (RISSB) Development Group consisting of representatives from the following organisations: TBC The Standard was approved by the Development Group and the Infrastructure Standing Committee in Select SC approval date. On Select Board approval date the RISSB Board approved the Standard for release. Choose the type of review Development of the Standard was undertaken in accordance with RISSB’s accredited process. As part of the approval process, the Standing Committee verified that proper process was followed in developing the Standard RISSB wishes to acknowledge the positive contribution of subject matter experts in the development of this Standard. Their efforts ranged from membership of the Development Group through to individuals providing comment on a draft of the Standard during the open review. I commend this Standard to the Australasian rail industry as it represents industry good practice andRail has been developed through a rigorous process. material,Steel 1085.20 of Chief Executive Officer Rail Industry Safety and ASStandards Board track Comment Keeping Standards up-to-date Australian Standards developed by RISSB are living documents that reflect progress in science, technology and systems. To maintain their currency, AustralianWelding Standards developedPublic by RISSB are periodically reviewed, and new editions published when required. Between editions, amendments may be issued. Australian Standards developed by RISSB couldRailway also be withdrawn. It is important that readers assure20 themselves they are using a current Australian Standard developed by RISSB, which should include any amendments that havefor been issued since the Standard was published. Information about Australian Standards developed by RISSB, including amendments, can be found by visiting www.rissb.com.au. RISSB welcomes suggestions for improvements and asks readers to notify us immediately of any apparent inaccuracies or ambiguities. Members are encouraged to use the change request feature of the RISSB website at: http://www.rissb.com.au/products/. Otherwise, please contact us via email at [email protected] or write to Rail Industry SafetyPart and Standards Draft Board, PO Box 518 Spring Hill Qld 4004, Australia. Notice to users This RISSB product has been developed using input from rail experts from across the rail industry and represents good practice for the industry. The reliance upon or manner of use of this RISSB product is the sole responsibility of the user who is to assess whether it meets their organisation’s operational environment and risk profile. RISSB ABN 58 105 001 465 Page 2 Accredited Standards Development Organisation AS 1085.20:2019 Railway track material, Part 20: Welding of steel rail AS 1085.20:2019 Railway track material, Part 20: Welding of steel rail Document details First published as: Enter first publication identifier (AS XXXX:yyyy) ISBN Enter ISBN. Rail Copyright © RISSB All rights are reserved. No part of this work can be reproduced or copied in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, without the written permissionmaterial, of RISSB, unless otherwise permitted under the Copyright Act 1968. Steel Published by SAI Global Limited under1085.20 licence from the Rail Indus try Safety and Standards Board, PO Box 518 Spring Hill Qld 4004, Australia of AS track Comment WeldingPublic Railway 20 for Part Draft RISSB ABN 58 105 001 465 Page 3 Accredited Standards Development Organisation AS 1085.20:2019 Railway track material, Part 20: Welding of steel rail This Standard was prepared by the Rail Industry Safety and Standards Board (RISSB) Development Group AS 1085.20 Railway track material, Part 20: Welding of steel rail. Membership of this Development Group consisted of representatives from the organisations listed on the inside cover of this document Objective The objective of this Standard is to provide owners and maintainers of railway track with specifications for and means of qualification of welding procedures for use with rail steel in railway track. This Standard does not address the conditions under which the procedures that are described are to be used. This Standard is not intended to cover welding of worn rails using flash butt or aluminothermic welds. However, the principles and procedures may be adapted for the welding of worn rails. It is not intended to cover existing welds. This Standard is Part 20 of the AS 1085 (Railway track material) series. Rail Compliance There are two types of control contained within Australian Standards developed by RISSB: 1. Requirements. 2. Recommendations. material, Requirements – it is mandatory to follow all requirements to claim full complianceSteel with the Standard. Requirements are identified within the text by the term ‘shall’. Recommendations – do not mention1085.20 or exclude other possibilities but do offer the one that is preferred. Recommendations are identified within the text by the term ‘should’. of Recommendations recognise that there could be limitations to the universal application of the control, i.e. the identified control is not able to be applied or trackother controls are more appropriate or Commentbetter. For compliance purposes,AS where a recommended control is not applied as written in the standard it could be incumbent on the adopter of the standard to demonstrate their actual method of controlling the risk as part of their WHS or Rail Safety National Law obligations. Similarly, it could also be incumbent on an adopter of the standard to demonstrate their method of controlling the risk to contracting entities, or interfacing organisations where the risk may be shared. Controls in RISSB standards address known railway hazards are addressed in an appendix. WeldingPublic Railway 20 for Part Draft RISSB ABN 58 105 001 465 Page 4 Accredited Standards Development Organisation AS 1085.20:2019 Railway track material, Part 20: Welding of steel rail Contents 1 Scope and general ....................................................................................................... 7 Scope ............................................................................................................. 7 Normative references ...................................................................................... 7 Terms, definitions and symbols ....................................................................... 8 2 Basic requirements ..................................................................................................... 11 General ......................................................................................................... 11 Qualification of the welding procedure .......................................................... 11 Qualification of welding personnel ................................................................. 12 Documentation .............................................................................................. 12 Testing .......................................................................................................... 12 Defects ................................................................................................Rail......... 13 3 Fixed plant flash butt welding...................................................................................... 14 General ......................................................................................................... 14 Description of the process ............................................................................. 14 Qualifying flash butt welding set-up ................................material,............................... 14 Job document ................................................................Steel............................... 15 Welding procedure1085.20 ................................ ........................................................ 15 Maintenance of equipment ................................of................................ ............ 16 Inspection and testing of finished welds ........................................................ 17 MarkingAS and records ................................track ................................Comment..................... 18 4 Mobile flash butt welding ............................................................................................ 19 General ......................................................................................................... 19 Description