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Fri 03 Jul 22.32 A Fire Next to Solvent Tanks, help please Hi, I have been asked to look at 6 in number solvent tanks at a factory thats has just had a major fire, the tank tops seem to have distorted due to the heat, even though the firemen were cooling the tanks with water for the 2 days of the fire, the insurance company want these tanks to be reused on another site, but I am unhappy with this, is there anyway the heat of the fire could have affected the welds on these tanks? the heat was very intense and within 5m of the tanks there is the remains .... 5 ERD Thank you guys, your coments have been of a great help, I now feel happier with my gut feeling
Fri 03 Jul 18.33 ROOT s/s 6G how do you get the perfect root penetration on a 6g S/S shed 80 316 with shielded gas , and what Lpm should the gas be set for the root shied . what filler wire should i use ? at mo I'm using 1.6 mm is this correct with a 2.4 tungsten sharped at about 60 degrees , i set the pipe up using bullets , with a butt with a 60 degree inclusive angle with a feather edge many thanks oz 8 welder3161980 thanks for your help advive , i can use this to get me though the test no problem , beads of joy on the way soon boys lol
Fri 03 Jul 18.01 AC MIG Hi All,Has anyone tried the DW300 machine from OTC ?CheersBW 8 boltonwelder Thanks for your replies, mdrd2006, which robot was it, have used OTC with their own robots also Motoman, Fanuc and Nachi ( it's the same robot ) without real issues ? Maybe analogue connections instead of digital ?We had similar problems interfacing Fronius to some Comau robots a few years ago, both good kit alone, interfacing is always the problem.Haven't used the Wise Thin but agree about Lincoln STT.CheersBW
Fri 03 Jul 15.33 5mm Aliminium MIG Im looking for basic set up tips for MIG welding aluminium 2.2mm to 5mm plate. (tee joint - fillet weld)The Ally spec is EN485-2 5083 H24, and the wire supplied to us is 1.2mm dia 5% silicon.Basically it is a prototype car bumper which is to be crash tested. We have to try and mirror how it is being made in production where possible, and because of the crash testing structurally there can be no pre-heat (would 5mm to 2.2mm even need pre heat?)The welds will be tested after with dye pen and a .... 4 ST95 Used the double pulse today definitely seems the one! I went with the hot start aswell, I just need to suss out an ideal ratio and time. Seems a bit too hot at the minute.Using a standard cleaning solvent followed by wirebrush, and it seems to be producing a clean weld so cheers for your responseST95
Fri 03 Jul 00.10 working for oneself hi welders of the world.i have been doing a wee job thru the week with no hours,and gettin paid £14 an hour thru sterling.my question is does any one know how much them and the agency and the client all charge b4 i get my wage.the reason i ask is because i have worked this weekend,for a different company, and am not sure what would be a fair price to put in.i usually work things out by the hour.the last time i worked with these they needed a coded welder and i got a start with orion and they .... 5 smokinwire cheers paul2004,exactly the number i came up with and the company were delighted.if u r looking for any pipe welders that can do a wee bit fitting,and all processes cept gas welding,in the central belt glasgow or edinbra could u bear me in mind.p.s done a boiler room today for the same company,and can get people to vouch foir me or would be willing to do a test any time.thanks for the reply.
Thu 02 Jul 23.41 Border thickness for TIG autogenous .... Could you please roughly estimate the border thickness for butt welding of steel, Stainless Steel, aluminium without filler metal, just by melting base metals with arc?Of course, to obtain sound and good welded joint in this way, and excluding alloys not recommended to be welded without filler metal (duplex, 6xxx alu series...).Regards to all! 1 douglas Of course we could, but then, it would usually be in order to supply a context within which the parameters of your questions lie.It's all about sharing you see.Least that's what my big brother told me!Best regards.Douglas.
Thu 02 Jul 19.19 free codings ts scotish welder am looking to get up 2 date wi ma codings dont have much cash.any sugestons 1 hullman try something else mate, nobody gonna pay for you to test out when plenty of boys out there with in date codings, im in same boat mate can do the welding but no upto date codings, so im thinking of something new hullman
Thu 02 Jul 12.18 welding sets We are looking to buy 20-30 welding sets for our expanding welding department at college. We are after about 15 AC/DC TIG /MMA sets 5MIG and 10 MMA inverters any ideas We have miller 220 at the moment (TIG/MMA) miller mig and some nexus 150 inverters Any thoughts on new power souces would be welcomedI have been looking at esab 15 welderteacher we have had a few problems with the nexus machines the current regulation seems to lose calibration quickly
Wed 01 Jul 23.24 RDM and PRO PULSE Has anyone used or seen the new rapid deposition metal and pro pulse machines from miller got sent a cd rom to college and they look good its a mig porocess to be used on pipe work they say stainless can be welded with no purge 5 fostradamus RMD can do ss with no purge and has been used by flour daniel in south africa on power plant. Accupulse is a miller only process and you can get info from their web site at www.millerwelds.com.
Wed 01 Jul 22.05 ROOT s/s 6G how do you get the perfect root penetration on a 6g S/S shed 80 316 with shielded gas , and what Lpm should the gas be set for the root shied . what filler wire should i use ? at mo I'm using 1.6 mm is this correct with a 2.4 tungsten sharped at about 60 degrees , i set the pipe up using bullets , with a butt with a 60 degree inclusive angle with a feather edge many thanks oz 0 welder3161980 how do you get the perfect root penetration on a 6g S/S shed 80 316 with shielded gas , and what Lpm should the gas be set for the root shied . what filler wire should i use ? at mo I'm using 1.6 mm is this correct with a 2.4 tungsten sharped at about 60 degrees , i set the pipe up using bullets , with a butt with a 60 degree inclusive angle with a feather edge many thanks oz
Wed 01 Jul 08.52 probs with aluminium in 6g Hi, could anyone give me any advice on aluminium. I've just done my asme9 6g, all went well with xray and stuff apart from final route bend test. Gonna cost me another 700 quid and I'm not happy because I'm not sure what i did wrong. any advice would be greatly appreciated. If report needed PM me. It's not like I'm new to this, several of my welds have been bombed this week and all passed. ps i wasn't using insert, just normal route. I've got re-test a week on .... 6 roddie Frozenbeard,When welding aluminium, backing gas wouldn“t normally get used. It doesn“t have the same potential for oxidisation like Stainless. I“m only talking about my experience, there may be guys out there that say you can“t weld Ali without a backing gas, it“s all down to the procedure.Preheat would be around 150 degrees, a bit you high might think, but the high thermal conductivity of the ali takes the heat away from the weld area very quickly and while you might think the weld is looking ....
Wed 01 Jul 08.33 308 stainless steel Hi all, I have welded 308 stainless steel with 316L MMA rods because that was all I had. The welds look fine and its only for an engine exhaust, no tests etc required. I wonder just how important it is to weld 316 with 316 rods or 308 with 308 rods please? Many thanks, Bsmith (",). 3 boilermaker BsmithIncorrect alloy balance possibly resulting in preferential corrosion of weld area.
Tue 30 Jun 19.19 Propane or acetylene Hi I`m a toolmaker and just finished my workshop.A piece of steel to machine (no problem) Stick weld too,but when it comes to gas i`m lost.I have been readining about propane vs acetylene.I only have to travel 2 miles to get propane and 40 for acety.Can I use the same regulators for propane.I understand the nossels are different and that propane is not as hot,but it is only for my hobby workshop at home.Please can someone help and maybe tell me where is the best place to buy a .... 8 Phatphil13 One other thing.On quenching move item in a fiqure 8 around in the oil,make sure it is submersed,otherwise you may have a little fire to put out. phil
Tue 30 Jun 18.48 Problems with Tig equipment Yesterday I encountered a problem with my welder which has rendered it useless.It's a Thermal Arc (Thermadyne) 180 AC/DC.I'd been doing short welds on a section of a car chassis, and I went to start the next weld, got the HF start spark and then nothing.The gas was flowing, the display wasn't showing any fault codes, everything seemed to be as it should be nothing would make the arc actually start.After nothing had worked I went through all the modes, switching it in and out of .... 4 Ex-boilerrat have you tried it again it may hay only over heated and like me need a cooling down time regaurds ex-boilerrat
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Sat 04 Jul 11.45 CB&I isle of grain Hi all was wondering if anyone had the number for cb&i at grain,heard they were looking for welders.Any info appreciated. 6 Raptor Here's another contact for Isle of Grain:CB&IMick Fox (human resources)01634 274166
Sat 04 Jul 07.43 rad interp pcn 2 Hi all.I'm doing the radiographic interpretation course at talon ndt near aberdeen on the 1st june for 5 days.Any advice/tips and is it hard ?I've got the talon course notes and it looks a lot like they're teaching you how to actually radiograph instead of just interpret them.A lot of 4th year physics has been dragged from the murky drink addled brain this week.lol.c&c 33 Ballbearing Well done C&C.Now send your CV to Mossy282. LOL !!All the best,BB
Sat 04 Jul 07.27 where can i get my codings? Hi all, i was wondering where i can get coded. I am on the last 2 weeks of my NVQ level 2 in welding and fabrication in the norwich area, im looking to get coded to prepare myself to go welding offshore, but have no idea where to get them from as getting with a company seems extremley difficult these days! Any help would be much appreciated thanks 5 Ballbearing Gingerwelder,Sounds like another rort to me.If he is qualified to witness your tests to BS EN 287 then he is certainly qualified to witness your ASME tests,Cheers,BB
Sat 04 Jul 00.54 BP contractors going back to hourly rate GuysHearing through RMT/OILC that BP as from October the 1st are putting all contractors (Wood Gp, Salamis and Cape) back on to hourly rate. This will deduct the wages from about £20-£40 per day. BP started up the day rate method of payment and now to cut costs are asking the contractors to help by cutting the bears wages, all this so they can keep their profits in the millions or billions zone, absolutely disgraceful.This action is going against the OCA agreement which Apache don't adhere .... 2 3Rs It does look very strange, I am prepared to put my neck on the line with the next statement, The price of crude oil is going up in price, watch the price of fuel at the pumps its already creaping to the £1.00 in some areas of the country. I would say the offshore industry will be firing up again big style next year. When it does and your on an hour lay rate i think your going to be kicking your selfs for not taking the fight. I my self am in the RMT and the GMB. And remember its stickabilty ....
Fri 03 Jul 19.56 Jobs in rosyth Hello all. Any1 working in rosyth if so wots the job like. Cheers 47 cheese and .... HP. I'm not slagging off the wage my friend,I'm suggesting that the wages for a tradesman should be higher than that, that's all and was asking the wages for P.A.Y.E To give others a sense of a level playing field as most guys will be paid this way.The dockyard is a last resort for lots of welders as the dockies and the gaffers treat you like excreta and seem to go out of their way to ram it up you.You'll work on a job all week and then a dockies will take over at the weekend ....
Fri 03 Jul 19.41 nigg bay heard nigg bay could be opening up again in a big way anyone heard owt clabby 13 cheese and .... CORRECT, R.I.P Ian Fleming
Fri 03 Jul 19.07 jobseeking. helloJust been told i will be out of a job nov time been working for air products as a aluminium/stainless/carbon tig/mig welder?just wondering if anyone could help me in the right direction for looking for a new job.iv heard contracting is were the ££ is?? 3 mig monkey arite m8,your best off researching thru google dude. I know an agency called blue arrow that take on for aerospace in Cheshire...... but heard they have recently layed contractors off due to the recession. All the best mate as its hard time's at the mo.
Fri 03 Jul 16.28 W,A,R,P Any info on how the hot work is coming along in starboard and port 5 tanks. Big G 6 piecean the green machine, your not wrong there ,thought we had heard the last when this warp project started but they back on worrying whats happening on there time off
Fri 03 Jul 07.49 Jobs in Oz Hi, sorry to dig this one up AGAIN, i know it's always talked about. I did do a search but couldn't find anything.Whats the score over there at the moment?? Are there many jobs available, and for who and where???i'm fully coded in Tig, MMA on both stainless and Carbon. Hopefully will be in flux core aswell before the plunge down under. Any feed back and help much appreciated thanks!!Happy 13 clive There will be work in Port Hedland which is 240 km north/west of Karratha, it's been a bit slack lately, with the turndown a friend told me he can be selective in who he employs. But there are a couple of projects BHP is having over the next 18 months, I am not sure if they have started the civils yet but it can't be too far away. Just as a warning to you, I see on the TV that there has been a "heat wave" in London with temperatures of 32oC .That is winter temperature here, ....
Thu 02 Jul 21.53 lng shannon has anyone heard any update on irish job in kerry ( lng). i heard CBI are building the tanks ???? 6 ballyman I tried to PM you dub but it dosent seem to be working
Thu 02 Jul 14.31 updating certs Hi all,just asked an employer to upate my cert (MMA 6G ASME9/EN287), the last 6 month stamp ran out on June 18th and after holding on to it for 3 weeks gave it back to me with todays date on it , does anyone know if this will be a problem.The original test was july 23rd 2008.P.s lets not get into a long winded debate about whether 3rd party certs should be allowed or not. Cheers 2 welder 123 Hi midlands mate certs are certainly ok as you can prove continuous welding for 12 months and have 2 valid stamps on it, as for 3rd party certs like any cert they are only good until your 1st X-ray Ha! Ha! Welder123
Thu 02 Jul 09.31 west burton job on the jobcentre site guys for west burton power station for hays agency.they r advertising at £15ph.rang them its limited company and no digs or travel allowance.asked about blue book then had to explain to her what it was. 8 rat 1 i recall an agency pipefitter working with me for alstom and he got all the allowancys and overtime payments we got because it was a blue book site and they had to pay it,correct me if im wrong but the blue book site aggrement is for everyone on the site other wise theyed just try and employ us on what ever rate they could get away with.they are trying to pull a fast one here, amec will no better but if no one contacts the union to check no ones the wiser and amec are £ in.alstom would not pay ....
Thu 02 Jul 01.35 Reactorlite/air flow sale Hi lads im off to oz next month and im trying to bump up my funds.I have a brand new unused esab reactorlite airflow c160 welding screen for sale and wondered if anyone would like to offer a fair price for it.Cheers 0 Gas axe Hi lads im off to oz next month and im trying to bump up my funds.I have a brand new unused esab reactorlite airflow c160 welding screen for sale and wondered if anyone would like to offer a fair price for it.Cheers
Tue 30 Jun 22.07 sad day in the north sea Another sad day in the north sea. things have got to change. respects to all and their families. 21 frozenbeard So sorry for all people , friends family and workmates x Just hope some learning happens... fast.
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