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Saw a crew using those cheap flux-core wires on a pressure vessel today
I had to tell the foreman to stop because the slag inclusions were already showing up on the x-ray inspection and it would have failed the hydro test in a week, has anyone else dealt with guys cutting corners on filler metal like that?
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fionam1112d ago
Oh man, that's wild! I can't believe someone would try that on a pressure vessel of all things. It's like using bubble gum and duct tape on a rocket ship and hoping for the best. The x-ray catching the slag inclusions was probably the nicest wake-up call they could have gotten before that thing blew. Glad you caught it in time, seriously!
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emma_wells8312d ago
And @fionam11, you're SO right, I saw a guy try to fix a cracked hydraulic press frame with a stick weld once. The thing looked like a Jackson Pollock painting of slag and bad decisions.
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