I have a customer who is having using overlaying part of a Alloy 625 casting with ERNiCrMo-4 (C-276) weld wire. I don't have a lot of details but they are seeing "tearing" (cracking?) at the weld-base metal joint. I realize that's a pretty vague description but has anyone encountered a similar...
I have a question regarding the furnace temperature when a load is placed in it for PWHT. It is generically about any stainless steel, but more specifically cast pumps/valves in CA6NM (wrought equivalent 415). Metallurgically speaking, is there anything detrimental placing a load in the...
Does anyone have experience in the heat treatment of 4330 mod? Right now we're developing a heat treat procedure for a new casting and this is the first we've worked with this material. We're trying to get test bars to pass yield strength (min 130) and Charpy V-notch (min 20 ft-lbs at -40 F)...
