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The electrode wire is fed from a spool which is attached to the wire driving
system and passes through a set of rolls which is driven by a variable speed
electric motor. By varying the speed of the motor we can adjust the level of the
welding current.
High wire feed speed gives high welding current.
High voltage give longer arc lengths.(Arc length can also be varied by altering
the voltage.)
2. How we found SS is overheated? What is the after effect.
THIS INFORMATION MUST BE USED WITH CARE WHEN INTREPETING THE HINT TINT COLOURS OBSERVED ON
STAINLESS STEEL SURFACES AS THE HEATING CONDITIONS ARE NOT SPECIFIED.
Colour Formed
pale yellow
straw yellow
dark yellow
brown
purple brown
dark purple
blue
dark blue
Approx Temperature C
290
340
370
390
420
450
540
600
1. 300 series stainless steels contain roughly 18 percent chromium. That is the main ingredient that makes it
stainless.
2. Chromium and carbon seem to look for and find each other kind of like a drug user and a drug dealer.
3. When things get heated up, the carbon tries to find the chromium and latches on to it to form chromium
carbides.
4. When that happens there are areas that are depleted of chromium that lose the stainless properties and rust ,
corrode, and even crack .
There you have it a down and dirty explanation of carbide precipitation and why you dont want to overheat
stainless steel welds.
Speed cooling doesnt hurt it and can actually help as long as you dont use tap water with chlorine.So here is the
thing, if you are a contractor and you are interested in getting the job done, blowing on your stainless socket welds
with an air nozzle from a nearby air hose could actually be helpful and it wont harden the weld.
the worst thing for 300 series stainless is to keep it hot for a long time during welding.Keeping it above the 900f
range for extended periods can actually cause loss of corrosion resistance.
In short, the stainless might rust, or even crack from the chromium combining with carbon to cause what is called
carbide precipitation...
4.
General purpose pipe manufactured to ASTM Specification 519
Similar to 4140 (which has a lower carbon level), 9CR has improved hardenability and is more commonly used in the higher strength
>= 110ksi condition.