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Automatic welding comes of age. [Offshore]

Journal Article · · Offshore; (United States)
OSTI ID:6458441
Automatic pipe welding systems today fall into three main categories: gas metal arc welding, gas-tungsten arc welding, and flash-butt welding. The first automatic welding devices used offshore were the CRC and H.C. Price systems. Both use gas metal arc welding with a consumable steel filler wire. The recently developed McDermott flash-butt welding system is described. (DLC)
OSTI ID:
6458441
Journal Information:
Offshore; (United States), Journal Name: Offshore; (United States) Vol. 41:8; ISSN OFSHA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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