Flux Cored weld issues and technical expertise. Part Two weldreality. Question Ed. We field weld gas and oil pipes. We weld a variety of pipe. We like the gas shielded E7. T 1 flux cored wires. With CV MIG. equipment we know these wires run good. I have three questions. What about the E7. T 1, gas shielded flux cored wire weld performance. CC Generator 2 Can I use flux cored for the roots or should I stay with EXX1. SMAW electrodes or consider pulsed MIG or short circuit for the rootWith our. Download Free Evolution By Robert Bruce Pdf Creator. What can I expect from. MIG welding performance for external root welds made with a. CV adapter Eds. Answers 1 When welding with the. CC generators supplied with a CV adapter provide. Remember these wires were developed with CV MIG equipment. I tested both Lincoln and Miller generators with CV adapters. These units provided the same weld performance as traditional CV MIG equipement. MIG equipment. 2 Never use flux cored for a root. For 5. G pipes the external pipe root pass, is easy with MIG, STT RMD for rotated pipes the regular low cost short circuit mode is just as good as STT RMD. Longitudinal Cracks In Weld' title='Longitudinal Cracks In Weld' />
If you have. TIP TIG you have one great process for the root and fill. Note The SMAW GTAW Ti. P Ti. G. processes will always be best choice for the root pass if the root or pipe dimensions vary. ED. TAKES THE STING OUT OF POOR TANK WORKMANSHIP Around. I was hired by a company call Textron to go to Thailand and manage numerous weld repairs that were required. WJM Technologies excellence in material joining 2 Hot Cracks As the name implies, these cracks form while the weld temperature is high and are. Syed Asif Ali wrote Respected Experts Questions which are asked from me many time about the Ultrasonic Testing is that. What is the Minimum thickness limit. Longitudinal Cracks In Weld' title='Longitudinal Cracks In Weld' />
Stingray Tanks sold to the Thai army. These tanks were built. Florida and due to poor weld management had serious weld fabrication issues causing extensive weld cracks. The cracks were revealed when the Thai army field tested the Tanks in Thailand. The military vehicle. Textron. who was and still is a major global arms supplier. After. finding the weld resolutions to the extensive weld cracks in the armor plate, I had to put a MIG. Making this application more difficult was the field weld. Also. to add to the weld challenge was the daily visit by Thai Generals and politicians. The. Thai soldiers who were allocated to do the field weld repairs had never MIG or flux. With this in mind I developed a simple weld process control program. MIG and flux cored process. In one week I taught the Thai soldiers. MIG and flux cored welds on the complex armor plates. To make the weld repairs on the armor plates, I had ordered Miller generators. CV adapters. The adapter enabled MIG welds. For the all position welds I welded. Alloy Rods, E7. 1T 1, gas shielded flux cored wires. Everything we. used at the site was shipped in from the USA. The. Thai soldier welders were like those students you find in most third world countries. To. understand the MIG and flux cored weld settings andto ensure they did not play. I had the soldiers sit in a class room for two days provided the soldiers with my unique Weld Clock training method for process controls. Note As you can see you dont need world class training facilities to educate weld personnel on Process Controls but you do need a great program that anyone can understand and get instant weld results from. The Thai solders and their officers soon picked up the necessary all position best practices, weld. An ironic weld fact, is after my MIG and flux cored process. Thai solders now knew more about MIG and flux. QC personnel. Yes thats a cow passing through the Thai weld training classroom and I can assure. Bovin Fecal Matter provided with that training program, pardon my pun, I could. The. welds the soldiers produced were made by Miller weld generators and weld consumables. I had selected in the USA. Miller Generators with CV output, Lincoln, L5. MIG wires, Argon 1. CO2, this US gas mix ideal for both. MIG and flux cored. I developed this mix in the eighties for a AGA, a major US. As. for facilities, the tank welds were made in an open shed without electricity. Thailand. One of the tanks sub assembly. MIG welded. I provided the training program to. With less than one weeks training they produced the untouched part above. They used MIG. spray transfer with, 0. CO2 gas on the new. K tensile armor plate. They then used MIG short circuit welds to repair. The. sub assembly stiffener above was then welded to the tanks using all position gas shielded. CO2. The. Thai people and welding experience was wonderful, and at the end of the day the. North American manufacturers who are looking for optimum manual or. MIG FCAW quality and productivity. You do not need highly experienced weld personnel. You do not need. You do not require sophisticated, costly weld equipment. You do not need the advice of a weld. You will never need three part gas mixes or special Metal. Managers. be aware that with this type of process control training, at the completion you. QC personnel who finally understand MIG and flux cored weld process controls. Seca 284 Manual'>Seca 284 Manual. These individuals. MIG or flux cored process would not have to play. MIG or flux cored weld controls. These individuals.