T23 material
T23 material
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Has anyone had problems with T23 boiler tube that has had failure caused by cracking and corrosion. Also problems welding new tubes to T23. T11,C.S etc...
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RE: T23 material
There have been some recent problems reported with tube butt weld cracking after installation.
The on-going problem with Grade T23 is tubing that has been manufactured by mills other than Sumitomo or V&M. You can search this forum for more info.
RE: T23 material
Our welding problems with T23 tube have all been due to poor welder performance and lack of attention to proper ground placement.
We have had no problems with heavy wall, P23, pipe welds subject to PWHT.
RE: T23 material
RE: T23 material
Based on your statement above, I see no threat to failures in the short term. Long term, if the Grade T23 tubes are steam circuit tubes (and not upper furance wall tubes) you may have to resolve the concern of retained ferrite in the microstructure, and the impact of retained ferrite on creep rupture life (as I mentioned in the previous post).
RE: T23 material
The real problem is lack of knowledge on the part of the welders and general foremen. Once finally brought to the attention of corporate Welding Engineers for review, rectification was easy. It is unfortunate that Welding Engineers (often considered expensive overhead)are not based on mega-project sites to the extent 20 to 30 years ago. Companies tend to rely on their CWIs to perform the tasks of a Welding Engineer; a task for which they are often not trained.