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barely noticeable. After each tack make sure you cut off the end of you filler wire to get rid of any contamination.
After each tack make sure you cut off the end of you filler wire to get rid of any contamination. A contaminated filler rod will
cause problems with the weld and at the same time make the tack or weld difficult to do. When it comes to TIG welding the
trick is to have everything clean. That means the joint, filler wire and the tungsten must all be extremely clean. The picture
of the tungsten electrode below is a perfect example of a contaminated electrode that needs reshaping!
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Pipe Welding Techniques for the Hot Pass and Filler Passes
When it comes to the hot pass and filler passes they are just like to root pass
but require a higher heat setting. For example if you are welding a 2 schedule
160 pipe the root pass will require about 90 amps and the hot pass will require
125 amps. On heavy wall pipe the technique used is sliding the cup. On thin wall
pipe the technique used is walking the cup. This is because the bevel is shallow
enough to allow the cup to walk on the edges of the bevel.
The general rule for these passes is keeping them under 3/4 of an inch wide.
After that, start doing multiple passes. The hot pass is also where you will be
able to push the root pass in to fix a flat or concave root surface. On the hot and
filler passes you want to wash into the bevel very well. Unlike the root pass
where you a focusing on pushing the filler wire into to grove here the main focus
is on washing the filler wire onto the sides of the bevel. The fill pass does get
tricky if you are almost done filling a heavy wall pipe. This is an area that will
require compromise when it comes to the welding technique used. It typically
takes half the motion of sliding the cup and the other half walking the cup.
When selecting a cup size for heavy wall pipe it is very common to use multiple cups depending on the thickness of the
grove. Most times you start with a smaller cup and work your way up to larger cup sizes depending on how much if the
grove is filled. The idea is to use a large enough cup that will slide in the grove above the weld without touching the weld.
Once the pipe is almost filled up you go back to a smaller cup so that you can build a shelf of weld and start the transition
to walking the cup.
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