Honestly, seeing a weld fail on a 600psi boiler in Detroit made me rethink my whole approach to pre-heat.

Everyone said the procedure was overkill, but that crack cost the plant three days of downtime. Anyone else had a failure that changed their mind on a 'standard' practice?

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ward.anna5d ago

Yeah, and it's always the same story. They only see the extra time on the front end, never the week of lost production on the back end. That "overkill" is just the cost of doing the job once. Seen it with post heat too, where skipping it to save a few hours leads to cracks you find six months later. Makes you wonder what other shortcuts are getting baked into the new "standard".

theajohnson5d ago

Reminds me of a bridge repair near me. They rushed the concrete pour to beat a holiday weekend. Whole section had to be redone by Thanksgiving.

corah755d ago

So they called it overkill until it was the only thing left standing, huh? Bet the "standard" practice guys got real quiet after that.