Development of automated welding process for field fabrication of thick-walled pressure vessels

Technical Report · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6307976· OSTI ID:6307976

Schneider, U. A.

The following tasks are reported on: review of welding processes, adaptation of the GTAW-HW narrow-groove process to vertical and horizontal welds, 8-inch thick field demonstration/qualification welds, and welding procedure handbook. Procedure qualification records (TQ 339) are given for the gas tungsten arc-hot wire welding of 2 1/4 Cr - 1 Mo steel. (DLC)

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Electric Corp., Tampa, FL (USA). Nuclear Equipment Div.
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-78ET13511
• OSTI ID: 6307976
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET/13511-T7; ON: DE81025454
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AUTOMATION
CHROMIUM ALLOYS
CHROMIUM STEELS
CHROMIUM-MOLYBDENUM STEELS
CONTAINERS
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JOINING
MANUALS
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RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SPECIFICATIONS
STEELS
TESTING
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