Rod Ovens
Rod Ovens
(OP)
For 7018 rod if the electrode is out of the oven for 4 hours it must be discarded. However, does the electrode need to be maintained at 120 celcius at all times before use or can a welder take several electrodes out of the oven and go to his/her workplace and use the electrodes say 1/2 hour later without any issues? What code references this?





RE: Rod Ovens
"4 hours", though, comes from some code or other. The applicable code is whatever's in your job's contract.
Hg
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RE: Rod Ovens
Do not discard the electrodes after 4 hours because they can be rebaked at 230 celcius for 2 hours ( low hydrogen electrodes only)
Always check out the applicable codes eg. AWS D1.1 CSAW59-03 ect... JOb contracts always refer to some codes..
Hope this helps
André