Pipe Welding Procedures

by Rampaul, Hoobasarl

• ISBN13: 9780831131418
• ISBN10: 0831131411
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: INDUSTRIAL PRESS

Summary

A standard reference for decades, this new edition of Pipe Welding Procedures continues to reinforce the welder's understanding of procedures. Drawing on his extensive practical and teaching experience in the field, the author describes in detail the manipulating procedures used to weld pipe joints. You will find useful information on heat input and distribution, essentials of shielded metal-arc technology, distortion, pipe welding defects, welding safety, essentials of welding metallurgy, and qualification of the welding procedure and the welder. Look for new or expanded coverage of: Root Bead--Pulse Current--Gas Tungsten Arc Welding Shielded Metal Arc Welding--Electrode Welding Steel for Low Temperature (Cryogenic) Service Down Hill Welding--Heavywall and Large Diameter Welding Metallurgy Weld Repair

Table of Contents

Foreward	p. iv
Preface	p. v
Introduction	p. 1
Essentials of Shielded Metal-Arc Welding Technology	p. 10
Heat Input and Distribution	p. 14
Reperation of the Pipe Joint	p. 21
Uphill Welding the Root Bead on Heavy-WallPipe (5GPosition)	p. 31
Welding the Rood Bead by the Gas Tungsten Arc Welding Process	p. 57
The Intermediate and Cover Passes	p. 81
Welding Thin-Wall Pipe	p. 100
Horizontal Pipe Welding (2G)	p. 136
Welding Complicated Pipe Joints	p. 158
Introduction to Welding Metallurgy	p. 170
Distortion in Pipe Welding	p. 198
Pipe Welding Defects	p. 207
Fitting-UP Pipe	p. 222
Qualification of the Welding Procedure & the Welder	p. 237
General Welding Safety	p. 243
Index	p. 247
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