GOOD WELD

BEAD FINISH

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 BEAD FINISH

 Aesthetic Appearance
 Meets The Specified
Requirement ( If Any )
 Defect Free Weld

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REQUIREMENT OF BEAD FINISH

 Customer Audit Prior To Order

Placement
 Regular Customer Visit
 Global Competition
 Aesthetic Look
 General Acceptance

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 BEAD FINISH STANDARD

 Defense Requirement
 UW-35 OF Div-I
(As per UW-35 OF Div-I As welded
surfaces are permitted, however, the surface
of welds shall be sufficiently free from
coarse ripples, grooves,overlaps and abrupt
ridges and valleys.)

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 HOW TO ACHIEVE
GOOD BEAD FINISH

 Welding Parameter.
 Comfortable Position.
 Lower Weaving.

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 WELDING PROCESS & BEAD
FINISH

 SAW - Generally Good

 SMAW - Depends On Welder Skill
 SAW (T) - Single Wire Saw On Capping
Layer Gives Good Bead Finish
 GTAW-Good

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BEAD FINISH AND WELD DEFECT

 Undercut
 Convexity And Concavity
 Overlap
 High Points In Restart Areas
 Reentrant Angle
 Inter-bead Valley
 Slag And Porosity
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BEAD FINISH AND WELD DEFECT

 Uneven Bead Width And Bead Height

 Spatter
 Straightness Of Bead
 Crater

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BEAD FINISH AND GRINDING FOR

UT AND RT

 When Grinding Is To Be Carried Out For

NDT Requirement,the Surface Shall
Smoothly Merge With The Parent Metal
 Poor Bead Finish May Mislead The RT
Interpretation

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 WELD BEAD REQUIREMENTS

Description of Acceptance Ref. Doc.

Checks Criteria
1. Cracks in the Not acceptable NTD.K.114 - 96
seam and the nearby C1. 4.2, 6.2 & 6.4.
region and the
nearby region, non -
penetrations, burn
through, pin holes,
swellings, slag
inclusions, spatters
lumps of welds and
,pin holes

Un-welded craters
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 WELD BEAD
REQUIREMENTS
2. Porosity The weld seam is to be
inspected for presence of
pores. The following is not
acceptable & to be repaired

(a) Separate pores with

diameter greater than o.1t
min. for T min <= 20mm and
2.0 mm for t min. >20mm.
(b) More than 3 pore in a
length of 100mm with
diameter less than 0.1tmin
for t min <=20mm and less
than 2mm
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 WELD BEAD REQUIREMENTS

3.Size of weld joints Check the leg length NTD.K.114-96

:Leg length of welds with the help of C1.4.2
Reinforcement and maximum and minimum
width templates prepared for
the purpose.Check the
reinforcement size and
width of the weld using
dimension limiting
templates and confirm
it as per drg.

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 WELD BEAD REQUIREMENTS

4. Stray arcs and Is not acceptable NTD.K.114-96

arc strikes and the affected area C1.4.2. & 6.2
repaired and
inspected using LPI

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WELD BEAD REQUIREMENTS

5. Undercuts in the main NTD.K.114

metal 0.5 to 1.0mm deep 96.C1.4.2 & .DND
and more than 15mm letter no. SD/14103
long and undercuts with Dtd .6/10/99 -
more than 1mm depth of
any length is not
acceptable The total
length of individually
accepted undercuts
should not exceed 10%
of the technologically
independent seam.
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WELD BEAD REQUIREMENTS

6. Concavities Concavities and scales NTD.K.114-

& scales more than 2mm shall be 96.C1.4.2
fully repaired and re-
welded as required. The
concavities shall be
measured between the
peaks of the beads

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 Weld Bead Requirements

7. Bead overlap on Inter bead valley NTD.K.114

bead /parent metal shall not be more 96.C1.6.2.
than that specified in
table 1.

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 Weld Bead Requirements
8. Tungsten Not Acceptable. NTD.K.114-
inclusion, oxidation 96.C1.4.2,6.2 & 6.4
tints ( in case of
argon arc welding )
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 WELD BEAD REQUIREMENTS

9.Fairing of toe of Prepare moulds from NTD.K.114-

weld to flange / weld joints/model joints, 96.C1.6.2
shell surface which are acceptable or
check it manually. Fairing
of the toe of weld shall be
ensured visually. Working
protocol 4098-02 dtd.
8/990

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WELD BEAD REQUIREMENTS

10. Broken sections/ Not Acceptable SD/141006.

hot take always while C1.1.6.19
removal of temporary
attachment.

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WELD BEAD REQUIREMENTS

11. Presence of The presence of annealing SD/141006

annealing bead bead is to be checked. C1.2.2.9.
The annealing bead
should not touch the
parent metal.Fig.3 &3A

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