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Understanding the Welding Standards in Australia and New Zealand

Welding Standards and their issuing organizations Various Institutes and organizations around the world draft and issue Welding Codes and Standards for the industrial uses. Many of them are...

Can we use E6010 or E61013 in place of E7018 or E7024

E6013 or E7018 Rod? Many welders and engineers get this query in their day to day work life. For most of them, E6013 is a good choice as it offers: Clean looking welds.Ease in welding, good arc...

Stick Welding Polarity for E6013,E6010, E7018,E7024

Stick Welding Stick welding or also called shielded metal arc welding (SMAW) or Manual Metal arc welding (MMAW) uses a coated electrode using a Welding Transformer (AC type) or Constant Current...

Copper Sulfate Test for Iron Contamination in Stainless Steel cladding

What is Copper Sulfate Test? Copper sulfate test is a chemical test carried out to find the presence of Iron (Fe) in stainless steel by visual verification. The test works on the principle of...

Types of Crack in welding and crack prevention

What is a Welding Crack? Crack is a material separation that does not encompass the entire cross-section of a welding joint, component or material, not yet causing it to fall apart. Cracks are in...

What is Golden Joint vs. tie-in joint-vs closure joint

What is Golden Joint in Piping? A Golden Joint in Piping refers to the final weld joint when joining an existing pipe line spool to a new piping spool by Welding and its not possible to perform...