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First time welding titanium!
First of all, I want to give a huge shoutout to @Grant Pratt for sending this out to me. Without him I wouldn’t have been able to experience this amazing material! Here was my set up, #16 cup, 3/32 thoriated tungsten(wouldn’t recommend, use lanthanated) 35 CFH. I think the filler was .45 I don’t know the exact type Grant sent them with the piping 🙏. Purged the inside with 3D printed plugs (10 cfh). Titanium is strange but easy and pleasant to weld with ( in my opinion), I honestly prefer it over SS. The arc and puddle were supper stable but very liquid. I noticed I needed to weld much slower then I would with SS to get proper penetration. Here are a couple of pictures of my welds. Once again I can’t thank Grant enough for this Thank you!
First time welding titanium!
1 like • 11h
Hey Vincent, do you have access to gas trailers that fit on to your torch? They can be a bit clumsy to work with at times but produce beautiful welds on Ti. They eliminate a lot of the stop starts as the area of the gas coversge is extended dramatically.
1 like • 2h
@Vincent Tremblay thats exactly what i mean. You can make them out of stainless steel or copper fairly easily though for a fraction of their price and theyre just as effective if not better. Ill grab some pics of my self made copper ones the next time im in my shop
Pipe Welding
Heres a few shots of some Super Duplex SCH160 1.5"DIA pipe ive been working on. The fabrication is a cooling coil for the Oil and Gas sector, I cant post the actual job but this is an extra joint that had to be cut out and i thought it was perfect to post here. Root - 70A Hot pass - 100A Fill - 105A Cap - 115A The WPS specifies an interpass temp of 60°C that must be adhered to. All welds on the job are 100% X-RAY, including DPI and a ferrite check before pickling and passivation.
Pipe Welding
1 like • 7h
@Vincent Tremblay they are very strict. The issue they have is having welders not stick to the procedure and then the consistency is lost. I totally understand their reasoning behind the constant monitoring. The chief welding engineer doesnt allow weaving, he never has. He says its due to the energy input being double per weld pass. As i say im no welding engineer, I take his word at face value or i dont get the contract
1 like • 6h
@Grant Pratt it gets used a lot in the oil and gas and petrochdmical industries. But aside from the welding parameters i mentioned above its not difficult to weld, its almost identical to stainless steel.
TIG practice
Heres a ~1” cube of 18 gauge stainless I did to practice heat input, definitely a little tricky but overall it was pretty fun! #8 cup, 25 cfh, 1/16” er316L, can’t remember the amps
TIG practice
1 like • 6h
@Ethan White Did you allow your box to cool between each pass? It could help with the discolouration
Mig weld
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Mig weld
1 like • 11h
I vote no pass, theres a few things that grant pointed out, but the main failure point for me is welding it downhill. Especially if it has structural applications. Genuine question, do you do mig a lot or is it a skill youre learning?
December Challenge ❄️ 💪🏻
December is about getting serious before the new year, why wait, let’s get those posts up. I will pin anyone’s post to the top because I want you guys to get feedback and interact with each other. We are building a community here let’s act like one and comment our thoughts on others posts or just give them a pat on the back for putting in work if we don’t have advice. Effort is the #1 factor in improving and 90% of people don’t do it so it should be rewarded!
1 like • 11h
Very well said. Ill be popping a few posts up today when i get back off site of some of the projects ive been on lately.
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Scott Birch
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