2024-T3 Tube cracking when flaring
2024-T3 Tube cracking when flaring
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I'm trying to single flare 2024-T3 tubing and I'm getting some cracking. Has anyone out there discovered a trick to making this work?
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2024-T3 Tube cracking when flaring
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RE: 2024-T3 Tube cracking when flaring
Steven Fahey, CET
"Simplicate, and add more lightness" - Bill Stout
RE: 2024-T3 Tube cracking when flaring
RE: 2024-T3 Tube cracking when flaring
Next turn on the oxygen and heat the end until the charcoal is just gone.
Let the tube cool down gradually,when the tubing is cold it's ready to flare.
RE: 2024-T3 Tube cracking when flaring
Steven Fahey, CET
"Simplicate, and add more lightness" - Bill Stout
RE: 2024-T3 Tube cracking when flaring
I forgot,the above method will make the tube slightly weaker, this can easily be compensated for through heat treatment after the flare is made.
Ing.Sven T
"Make it complicated, and engineer it to death"
- Axel Andersson
RE: 2024-T3 Tube cracking when flaring
Denny
RE: 2024-T3 Tube cracking when flaring
RE: 2024-T3 Tube cracking when flaring
Regards, Wil Taylor
RE: 2024-T3 Tube cracking when flaring
RE: 2024-T3 Tube cracking when flaring