your experiences with strip/ribbon weld overlay
your experiences with strip/ribbon weld overlay
(OP)
We have been in the process of expanding our business and plant capacity moving towards heavier carbon steel and chrome-moly vessels with clad or weld overlaid internal surfaces. Being an old skeptic by nature, I am interested in opinions/experiences with 50mm stip overlay process, primarily austenetic stainless, especially on Cr-Mo.





RE: your experiences with strip/ribbon weld overlay
rmw
RE: your experiences with strip/ribbon weld overlay
There was an excellent article in the January, 2007 issue of "Svetsaren" The ESAB Welding and Cutting Journal, Volume 62, No. 1.
The article is titled ""Strip Cladding under the Spotlight". This article would provide exactly what you are looking for in your post. The article that was most interesting to me was on page 10;
"Disbonding of Austenitic Weld Overlays in Hydroprocessing Applications",
RE: your experiences with strip/ribbon weld overlay
additional information
h
RE: your experiences with strip/ribbon weld overlay
Why be skeptical? Use it, but insist on hydrogen disbonding test results as assurance.
RE: your experiences with strip/ribbon weld overlay
The fusion problems of the '70s have essentially been resolved.
Today's ESW strip overlay process is especially productive and highly capable of providing ful fusion.
RE: your experiences with strip/ribbon weld overlay
Again, thanks for your insight