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    HELP welding a513 to 1018 steel

    Re-sulphurized or 'free-machining' steels would create exactly the centerline crackig behavior and porosity that you're seeing. Knowing nothing else, this is where I'd bet that your problem lies. David Benson Benson's Mobile Welding & Fabrication www.bensonmobilewelding.com
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    HELP welding a513 to 1018 steel

    We could use some more information on the weldment in order to recommend corrective measures. What is the thickness of the tube and plate? What welding process, machine, filler metal, shielding gas(if any), and parameters(volts/amps/wire feed speed), pre-heat(if any)? What is the position or...
  3. DABwilldo

    Advice needed - starting a one man process skid shop

    Clparks, I operate a small, currently part-time, business. I'm a one-man operation. I handle equipment repair and small fabrication work. I tend to shy away from actually designing anything. I require the customer to assume liability for any new fabrication, and I really prefer that they...
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    Manganese Phosphate coating presence

    With an interference fit you can bet that at least some of the manganese phosphate is removed during assembly. In my experience iron and manganese phosphates are good for preventing rust in storage, and as a carrier for a rust preventative oil, or as a base for paint. But for long term...
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    A387 Gr 22 Weld Procedure

    Steve2007, Are the repairs cracking, or are the repairs holding and cracks occuring elsewhere on the part? Finding the root cause may(likely will) suggest refinements that could be made to the repair procedure. Finish your RCA and provide your findings along with a photo of the failure...
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    Partial Joint Pen (PJP) Weld Strength - 6061 Alum

    Mechanical design calcs aren't my strong suit. But, did you consider that the shear strength in the HAZ of the base metal will be closer to that of the 6061-O material; about 12KSI? This is about half the shear strength shown on your calc sheet... What's the bevel angle and what process are...
  7. DABwilldo

    Cracking Welds

    Not enough information to even attempt answering the question. What's the base material? Welding process parameters? Just for starters... David Benson Benson's Mobile Welding & Fabrication www.bensonmobilewelding.com
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    Micrograph Evaluation

    Bestwrench, The prevailing opinions seem to be that most of the spots are polishing artifacts. While some of them may well be, I'll stay with my suggestion that there are several varieties of carbides visible. The nominal chemistry you mentioned is typical of tool steels. Ignoring the water...
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    Micrograph Evaluation

    Bestwrench, I don't think the spots are artifacts of the sample polishing. And they're not water spots, which was the first thing that popped into my mind after reading your post, but before I looked at the attachement. They look like some kind of inclusion or structure in the steel. The...
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    AWS D1.5 Bridge Code: PQR question

    DrMetal, I'd be interested in a copy of your excel spreadsheet. Would you please post a copy of it? Thanks,
  11. DABwilldo

    how to weld two case hardened parts

    There are coatings that a good heat treatment shop can apply to a part to block the carburization process. Conceivably, you could shield the areas to be welded with one of these coatings, case harden the parts, and then weld them together afterwards. Without knowing anything more about the...
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    Minimum Weld

    A couple thoughts. I've seen joints such as you describe in the field. I don't know if your end use application is the same as what I've seen.... I would not count on getting a full penetration weld with the joint configuration you sketched out. Even with the radius of the rod allowing...
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    Suggestions for Testing Lab

    I've worked with both MSI Labs, in Dayton, OH. Metallurgical Services, Inc. http://www.millerconsolidated.com/met-lab/index.html Metallurgical Solutions, Inc. http://www.msilab.com/index.htm The first is a larger, "corporate" lab. The second is a smaller, but fully equipped operation...
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    Estimate Time to Weld Stainless

    Ah, How large are the weldments? What is the joint geometry? What process is being used to make the welds(GTAW, SMAW, GMAW, FCAW-G?) How many welders are working simultaneously?(if this is a large vessel) Need to know many more details before anyone can formulate an answer to your question...
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    Metallurgical Lab from 0s

    I've set up X-ray spectrometers in several steel mills over the years. (I used to work for Philips) The mills I worked with used Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry (WD-XRF) or Optical Emmission Spectrometry (OES) for quality control. Elements lighter than Na are handled by...
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