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ALLOYS
SURFACE PREPARATION
Oxides should be thoroughly removed, because they can
inhibit wetting and fusion of base material.
Removal may be done by grinding, abrasive blasting,
machining or pickling
Wire brushes used for cleaning should be made of
austenitic stainless steel.
Tenacious surface oxides should be removed by grinding with
an Aluminum oxide or Silicon carbide wheel.
WELD DESIGN
The groove angle must be large enough to permit proper
manipulation of the filler metal, because Ni based alloys has
lower flowability and wetting capacity than stainless steel
weld metals
In GMAW process the arc do not easily get deflected from
straight line, so the joint design should permit the movement
of arc
U groove joints should have 30 bevel angle
Ni alloy joints have wider bevel, narrower root face and
wider root opening
HEAT CONSIDERATIONS
High heat input while welding Ni and Ni-base alloys, may result
in constitutional liquidation, carbide precipitation or other
metallurgical phenomenon which may lead to cracking.
The extent of the changes which takes place in the base
material is determined by the heat input of the process and
the interpass temperature
Maximum inter pass temperature of 93C is recommended
for corrosion resistant alloys
Preheat is not required, but it is desirable to have the surface
temperature at or above 16C, to avoid moisture condensate
GMAW:
can be used for all of the solution- strengthened alloys except
high Si casting alloys
SMAW:
Primarily used for welding commercially pure Ni and
solution strengthened Ni alloys
Precipitation hardening alloys are not preferable for this
process because the alloying elements contributing to
hardening are difficult to transfer across the arc
Minimum thickness of metal is 1.5 mm to be welded by this
process
Electrode covering should have the composition similar to
base metals for which they are intended
Direct current electrode positive is used, electrode diameter
of 3.15 mm is suitable for welding in all positions