2023 ASME Section IX code updates have been added to the latest version of ProWrite:
A new option for the 2023 code year is now available in all documents within the software.
The 2023 base and filler materials have been added to the Base Metal database within the software.
The passes per side variable requirements and the current/polarity variable requirements for supplementary essential and nonessential variable situations depending on meeting certain criteria have been adjusted in the software.
A restriction has been added so that WPQs limit 1 process per each fillet weld qualification; groove welds can still qualify 1-3 processes as per the code update.
The ASME Section VIII and Section IX PWHT Hold Times Notes have been updated to account for the changes to Section VIII.
The essential variable requirement on F-No. for corrosion-resistant overlay has been removed in the software.
The nonessential variable requirement for transfer mode for GMAW and FCAW documents has been added.
The bead width field on PQRs and WPSs has been added and can now be documented for essential variable requirements.