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Guidelines For Stainless Steel Welding.

The document provides guidelines for successfully welding stainless steel. It discusses factors to consider like head input, safety equipment, and welding methods. TIG welding produces high quality beads but is limited to thin pieces, while MIG welding can handle thicker pieces but has higher equipment costs. Maintaining properties and corrosion resistance during welding is important to avoid problems.

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Guidelines For Stainless Steel Welding.

The document provides guidelines for successfully welding stainless steel. It discusses factors to consider like head input, safety equipment, and welding methods. TIG welding produces high quality beads but is limited to thin pieces, while MIG welding can handle thicker pieces but has higher equipment costs. Maintaining properties and corrosion resistance during welding is important to avoid problems.

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Investigation Report

Guidelines for a stainless steel successful


welding

Student: Vazquez Hernandez Kevin Israel

Subject: Manufacturing processes ll

Teacher: Manuel A. Saldívar

Delivery date: 26/09/19


Table of Contents
Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 2
Stainless Steel .................................................................................................................................. 2
Factors to take into account when welding .................................................................................. 2
Head input ..................................................................................................................................... 2
Safety equipment .......................................................................................................................... 3
Correct selection of the method to weld on stainless Steel ................................................... 3
TIG Welding ............................................................................................................................. 3
MIG Welding .............................................................................................................................. 4
Conclusions ....................................................................................................................................... 4
References ........................................................................................................................................ 5

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Introduction

Stainless steel is one of the most used materials in the industry worldwide, for the
simple fact of having outstanding mechanical properties as well as resistance to
different types of corrosion that is something very important when building a building
in specific places such as sea level, in that case you look for a material that lasts a
certain time which you should invest in and that does not require much maintenance
to avoid the negative actions caused by the sea. Stainless steel is a convenient
solution for this type of cases.
When using this type of steel and applying it in different situations it is convenient to
have a good method for the union of two pieces of this material and continue to
maintain their mechanical properties and corrosion resistance, a very important point
is this because it loses some of these properties could trigger a series of problems
that damage the structure or the purpose we want to do.

Stainless Steel
It is very important to know what stainless steel is made of; stainless steel belongs
to the group of highly alloyed steels designed to provide great resistance to
corrosion. The chromium content gives the stainless steel its resistance to corrosion:
in effect, it allows a layer of chromium oxide to be generated naturally and continues
on its surface.
The corrosion resistance of stainless steel and the rest of its physical properties can
be improved with the addition of other components such as nickel, molybdenum,
titanium, niobium, manganese, etc.

Factors to take into account when welding

Head input

The temperature when welding between two materials is very important because
failure to work at the correct temperature can cause consequences that can affect
the material and the bead. As all welding the material of which the electrode is made
must have a lower melting temperature than the base material, so that the electrode
material melts earlier and allows its correct union, however there are operators who
believe that using a higher temperature can do the job faster, one of the
consequences of working at a temperature that leads to overheating of the material
can generate that the resistance to tensile and shear forces is drastically reduced,
in addition to weakening the welding union and causes premature failure. In order to
avoid this type of failures or consequences, it is necessary to work on the application
of the weld in the specifications by the material supplier as well as that the

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temperature of the welder's tip is ideally constant, controlled at all times by means
of a sensor and that the welder is able to react quickly to a loss of heat at the tip.
Safety equipment
Safety equipment is of paramount
importance only because of the
simple fact that our health
depends on it.
When welding two materials we
always have to have the complete
safety equipment. One would think
that this kind of thing does not
influence the quality and final
product, speaking in this case of
welding but if it has a good weight
of importance. When it comes to
welding, most procedures can
release gases such as hexavalent chromium, which is harmful to humans because
it affects the respiratory system in a very significant way. Wear a good welding mask
with high quality standards such as intinic filters to avoid affecting our eyesight in the
process. At the time of the development of the weld there can be a loss of visibility
that significantly impairs the direction and direction of the weld causing imperfections
in the finish and final product.

Correct selection of the method to weld on stainless Steel


There are three main types of processes used to weld stainless steel and we explain
them below
TIG Welding
In this type of welding is almost similar to
the procedure by SMAW with some very
representative differences for example in
this procedure the electrode does not
have any type of coating but is only a
tungsten rod and around it has a source
which feeds an inert gas normally used
helium or argon this allows to protect the
molten material from the air of the
environment in which the welding applies.
The advantages of this procedure are as
follows:
• A lot of quality in the beads generated.
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• Does not generate slag
• Allows to make welds of great responsibility in stainless steel
• Used in thin pieces.
Its disadvantages are:
▪ Not applicable to pieces with thickness greater than 6 or 7 mm because it
becomes more expensive.
▪ Higher cost of the equipment
▪ Rapid cooling
▪ Distance between equipment and place of limited work.

MIG Welding
Mainly used to weld metals
with thickness greater than ¼
inch using an inert gas from
there derives its acronym in
English (Metal Inert Gas)
unlike the previous
procedure this uses a
consumable electrode, this procedure has had an important growth because it
creates a minimum amount of material losses and higher productivity.
Its advantages are:
• Easy operation
• Enables higher process productivity
• Enables faster application speed
• Allows easy automation of the process.
Disadvantages:
• High cost of equipment
• Not recommended for use in hard-to-reach locations

Conclusions

When using this type of steel and applying it in different situations it is convenient to have a good
method for the union of two pieces of this material and continue to maintain their mechanical
properties and corrosion resistance, a very important point is this because it loses some of these
properties could trigger a series of problems that damage the structure or the purpose we want to
do.

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References

Mauricio Ibarra Echeverria. (2010). Manual de ACEROS INOXIDABLES PARA


SOLDADORES. 25/09/2019, de INDURA Sitio web:
http://www.indura.cl/Descargar/Manual%20de%20Aceros%20Inoxidables%20p
ara%20Soldadores?path=%2Fcontent%2Fstorage%2Fcl%2Fbiblioteca%2Ff5b79a
a945a24c64ade8b60782765dea.pdf

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