Material testing Mechanical testing have been designed to test several weld properties.Few other material testing techniques are Charpy...

Welding Safety with Gas Cylinders On an oxyacetylene system there will be three types of valves, the cylinder valve, the regulator valve,...

As in any welding process, safety precautions are very important. All information relating to the safe operation of the welding equipment...

Why use this TIG welding process: TIG Tungsten Inert Gas otherwise called as GTAW- Gas Tungsten Arc Welding , Involves melting the metal...

Failure investigation often uncovers facts that lead to changes in design, manufacturing, or operating practice, which will eliminate...

Most field welding machines are portable, that is, they are on a truck and can be moved around. The welding equipment is usually a...

This document covers the procedure to prepare a WPS – Welding Procedure Specification & PQR – Procedure Qualification Record for Overlay...

Classification of welding electrodes consists of a prefix letter “E” specifying an electrode, a group of two or three digits specifying...

The procedure requirements for welding electrodes and preheating temperatures are as follows: Welding must be done with the same process...

Forging is a manufacturing process involving the shaping of metal using localized compressive forces. Forging is often classified...

Rockwell Superficial Hardness Test: The Rockwell Superficial Hardness Tester is used to test thin materials, lightly carburized steel...

Hardness is the resistance of a material to localized deformation. The term can apply to deformation from indentation, scratching,...

General Concepts: Stainless steels, resumed here in a general way, are defined as steel alloys, where the chromium content ranges from...

We would see about Recommendations for Welding of Structural Steel as per AWS D1.1 , 2020 revision Groove Weld: (Clause 4.4.1) Weld...

The sole purpose of welding procedures is to describe the details that are to be followed in the welding of specific materials or type of...

Positions for Welding Pipe For welding pipe in shops, power plants, oil refineries, and chemical plants for crude oil, gasoline, and...

Fillet Weld Positions The advantage of the fillet-welded joint is that it’s unnecessary to prepare the edges of the plates or sheets for...

Standards for Welding Positions: It is very important for the Weld Inspector to know the position, or location of a joint relative to the...

Brazing is a process of joining dis-similar metal, where as welding is a process of joining similar metal. In this blog we can see about...

Welding Procedure Specification- WPS This document details, how to qualify a welding procedure specification-wps for weld metal overlay /...