Nickel overlay on stainless pipe
Nickel overlay on stainless pipe
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I need some help in predicting shrinkage of pipe that has been clad with nickel. I have a 30" piece of 6" sch80 304ss pipe. If it is overlayed with nickel how much will it shrink? Bob





RE: Nickel overlay on stainless pipe
RE: Nickel overlay on stainless pipe
RE: Nickel overlay on stainless pipe
If you were to weld with an over-matching strength filler metal (ie, the weld metal strength is greater than the base metal strength) that is also much thicker you will have more measurable distortion in the axial direction.
How do I know this, because we have weld overlayed boiler tubes with no measurable change in the axial direction – Inconel cladding/carbon steel tube.