Colour Coding of filler wire
Specification Brand Name Colour Code
RT ½ Mo (ER
80s-D2) TGSM Green
RT 1 Cr ½ Mo
(ER 80s –B2) TGS 1CM Silver grey/white
RT2 ¼ Cr 1
Mo (ER90s –B3) TGS 2CM Brown /Red
RT 9 Cr 1 Mo
¼ V
TGS9Cb -
RT 347 (ER
347) TGS
-347 Blue
Low and extra low Hydrogen
Electrodes
As per IIW (Indian
Institute of welding) classification of Hydrogen
Content
classify electrodes is given below.
High : greater than 15 ml /100gm
Medium:
10-15 ml /100gm
Low: 5-10 ml
/100 gm
Extra low:
less than 5 ml /100 gm
Baking, Storage and Handling
The
electrodes have tendency to pick up moisture when exposed
to atmosphere
and the amount depends on the time, relative humidity
and
also the type of coating on the electrode. The recommendation
of baking
electrodes are given below.
AWS
Classification Baking
temperature & Time Holding temp
E-7018 250-300 & 2 hrs 100 deg C
E-7018
-1 250-300
& 2 hrs 100
deg C
E-7018-
A1 250-300 &
2 hrs 100 deg C
E -8018
–B2 250-300 & 2 hrs 100 deg C
E-9018-
B3 250-300 &
2 hrs 100 deg C
E-8018-
B2L 250-300 & 2
hrs 100 deg C
E-9018
–B3L 250-300 & 2 hrs 100 deg C
E309 &
E347 250-300 & 1
hr 100 deg C
** - After
issue the electrode from site store to welder the temperature
Portable
oven should be around 65 to 70 deg C during actual use by welder.
This is not
applicable to E309, E347 and E 6013.
Selection of electrodes for non
–pressure parts work
Material P1
+ P1
A. For butt welds,
up to 6mm inclusive: E6013
>
6mm : E7018
B. For
fillet welds up to 8mm inclusive
: E6013
>
8mm : E7018
Carbon Steel
+ P1 : E6013 or E7018
Carbon steel
+ Carbon Steel :
E8018 –B2
Note: E6013
can be used for all non load carrying welds of all thickness
of IS2062
plates 20mm thickness and 8mm fillets. For structural material
like Ceiling
Girders thickness of material is > 63 mm needs preheating (120
Degree C)
and stress relieving (600-700 degree C) depends on material.
Common Knowledge required by
construction supervisors engaged in boiler work
Weight
Calculation for tubes:-
W =
(D-1.1425t) x 1.1425t x 0.024466 Kg/M
W= Weight of the tube in kg/M
D = Specified outside diameter in mm
t = Specific thickness
Weight
Calculation For pipes:-
W = (D-t) t
x 0.02466 kg/M
W- Weight of pipes in Kg/M
D- Specified outside diameter
t - Specified thickness
Weight
Calculation for ID controlled pipes/tubes
W = (Dot) t x 0.02466 kg/M
W- Weight of pipes in Kg/M
D- Specified outside diameter
t - Specified thickness
Temperature Measurement
For
measuring the stress relieving temperature we generally use
Thermocouples.
The thermoelectric voltage in a thermocouple depends
on the temperature difference between two
junctions and is used and
is used for
the purpose of temperature measurement when one of the
temperature
is known. At project site we use Chromel – Alumel thermocouple
popularly
known as “ K “type.
Colour Code
of thermocouple is yellow (+) and Red (-) over all Brown.
(Polarity
+/- should be known otherwise it will give erroneous reading)
Thermocouple
extension wire Yellow (+) and Red (-) overall yellow.
(Thermocouple
can only be connected by thermocouple extension wire not
by any other
wire)
There are
other types of thermocouple but in India “K” type is only used at
the project
site. The temperature – milivolt curve is linear. The increase is
4.13 mv per
100 degree C. (approximately)
Radiography Source
In India for
industrial radiography we use two type of source i.e Cobalt -60
and Iridium -192.
Out of that use of Cobalt -60 is extremely unpopular
because it
requires stringent safety precautions to be followed and it
affects the
progress of work. Instead of cobalt -60 now a day’s all are
using
ultrasonic machine to detect the fault. Ultrasonic machine requires
Test block (made
of same material to be tested) to be made as per the
Specification
of IIW.
Iridium -192
is having half life of 74.4 days. All our pipes and tubes are
Radio
graphed by this source except pipe /structural thickness of > 60 mm.
In those
cases only UT is performed. The Iridium source should be more
than 30
Curie strength. It will require less exposure time and time can be
saved.
Exposure time is inversely proportional to the strength. In 500MW
/660 MW
boiler around 10,000 to 12000 shots are taken.
For surface
defects of welds two very simple tests are carried out (i) Magnetic