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Welding Inspection
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Course Reference WIS 5
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Definition
A perfect butt weld joint, when subjected to an external
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Lack of fusion
Lack of smoothly
blended surfaces
Miscellaneous
Cracks
Branched Crater
Fusion zone
Chevron
Parent metal
Lamellar tearing
Causes : Preventation :
• Damp fluxes/ corroded electrode • Use dry electrodes in good
•Grease/hydrocarbon/water condition
contamination of prepared surface •Optimise gas flow
•Air entrapment in gas shield •Use electrode with sufficient
•Too high arc voltage/arc length deoxidation activity
•Reduce arc voltage or arc length
•Incorrect/insufficient deoxidant
in electrode, filler or parent metal
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Porosity
Root piping
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Causes : Preventation :
•Lack of welder skill due to using • Retrain welder
processes with too high current.
•Use correct crater filling
•Inoperative crater filler ( GTAW ) technique
Crater Cracks
Crater pipe
Causes : Preventation :
•Insufficient arc power to produce • Raise arc energy
positive bead
•Reduce gas pressure
•Excessive backing pressure ( GTAW )
•Retraint welder
•Lack of welder skill
•Tilt work to prevent slag
•Slag flooding in backing bar groove flooding
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root concavity
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A weld with thickness less than that of the parent metal
Causes : Preventation :
•Insufficient weld metal • Increase number of weld run
•Irregular weld bead surface •Retrain welder
Causes : Preventation :
•Heavy millscale/rust on work surface • Grind surface prior welding
•Incomplete slag removal from •Improve interun slag removal
underlying surface of multipass weld
•Position work to gain control of
•Slag flooding ahead of the arc slag
•Entrapment of slag in work surface •Dress work surface smooth
•Unfused flux due to damage coating •Use electrode in good condition
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Causes : Preventation :
•Low arc current resulting in low • Increase current
fludity of weld pool
•Reduce travel speed
•Too high travel speed
•Retrain welder
•Inaccurate bead replacement
Lack of Fusion
Causes : Preventation :
•Excessively thick root face, insufficient root gap • Improved back gouging and edge
or failure to cut back sound metal in a ‘back preparation
gouging’ operation
•Increase arc power or decrease travel
•Low heat input speed
•Excessive inductance in GMAW dip transfer •Improve electrical settings and possibly
•SMAW electrode too large( low current density ) switch to spray transfer
Causes : Preventation :
•Low heat input to weld •Increase arc energy or decrease travel
•Molten metal flowing ahead of arc speed
Lack of Smoothly
Blended Surfaces
Causes : Preventation :
•Damp or contaminated surface of electrode •Clean surface and dry electrodes
•Low fluxing activity •Use a high activity flux
•Excess sulphur ( particularly free – cutting steels) •Use high manganese to produce MnS,
producing sulphur oxide note free cutting should not normally be
•Loss of gas shield gas due to long arc or high welded
breezes ( GMAW ) •Reduce arc length
welds and a welds thickness than the parent metal plate in butt welds.
Causes : Preventation
•Excess arc energy ( GMAW,SAW ) •Reduction of energy input
•Shallow edge preparation •Deepen edge preparation
•Faulty electrode manipulation •Improve welder skill
•Incorrect electrode size •Reduce electrode size
Causes : Preventation
•Weld input energy too high •Reduce arc power/increase weld speed
•Improve work piece preparation
•Incorrect weld preparation i.e excessive
root gap, thin edge preparation, lack of •Use correct electrode position
backing •Retrain welder
•Use electrode unsuited to welding position
•Lack of welder skill
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Causes :
•Melting of top edge due too high welding Preventation
current ( especially at free edge) or high •Reduce power input,especially
travel speed approaching a free edge where overheating
can occur
•Attempting an HV fillet weld leg length
•Weld in a flat position or use multirun
>9.0 MM technique
• Excessive/Incorrect weaving •Direct arc towards thicker member
•Incorrect electrode angle
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Causes : Preventation
• Poor electrode manipulation •Retrain welder
• High energy input/low travel speed •Reduce the heat input or limit size of
causing surface flow of fillet weld fillet weld to 9.0 mm leg by using multi
run weld
• Incorrect positioning of weld •Change the flat position
• Electrode having too high a fluidity •Change to less fluid weld metal
Poor stop/starts
Miscellaneous
Causes : Preventation :
• Inaccuracies in assembly procedures or •Adequate checking of alignment prior to
distortion from other welds welding coupled with the use of clamps
and wedges
• Excessive ‘out of flatness' in hot rolled
•Check accuracy of rolled section prior to
plate or sections
welding
Causes : Preventation :
• Poor Access to work •Improve access ( modify assembly
sequence )
• Missing insulation on electrode holder
•Institute a regular inspection scheme for
or torch
electrode holders and torches
• Failure to provide an insulated resting •Provide an insulated resting place
place for the electrode holder or torch
when not in use •Regularly maintain current return clamp
Causes: Preventation :
• High arc power •Reduce arc power
High Amps/volts
Burn
Through
Mechanical Damage
Grinding
Hammering
Chiselling
Chipping
Lamination
Segregation line
Any
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Weld Repairs
Grinding
Chipping
Machining
Filing
Oxy-Gas gouging
Arc air gouging
Arc air gouging
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