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    The document discusses various types of welding defects including lack of fusion, undercutting, pinholes, cracking, misalignment, gas inclusions, porosity, craters, overlapping, lamellar tearing, root and toe cracks, and reheat cracking. It provides details on the causes and characteristics of each defect type. Welding defects can compromise the structure and integrity of welded materials. Understanding different defect types is important for identifying and avoiding issues during the welding process.

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    The document discusses various types of welding defects including lack of fusion, undercutting, pinholes, cracking, misalignment, gas inclusions, porosity, craters, overlapping, lamellar tearing, root and toe cracks, and reheat cracking. It provides details on the causes and characteristics of each defect type. Welding defects can compromise the structure and integrity of welded materials. Understanding different defect types is important for identifying and avoiding issues during the welding process.

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    The document discusses various types of welding defects including lack of fusion, undercutting, pinholes, cracking, misalignment, gas inclusions, porosity, craters, overlapping, lamellar tearing, root and toe cracks, and reheat cracking. It provides details on the causes and characteristics of each defect type. Welding defects can compromise the structure and integrity of welded materials. Understanding different defect types is important for identifying and avoiding issues during the welding process.

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    Welding Defects

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    Meaning:
    A welding defect is any type of flaw in a
    welding job that compromises the use
    and function of the object that received
    the welding.
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    Types of Welding defects


    Lack of Fusion
    Undercutting
    Pinholes
    Cracking
    Misalignment
    Gas Inclusions
    Porosity
    Craters
    Overlap
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    Types of Welding defects


    Lamellar Tearing
    Reheat cracking
    Root and Toe Cracks
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    Lack of Fusion
    Lack of fusion is the poor adhesion of the weld
    bead to the base metal. If the weld heat was not
    high enough, the metals being welded together
    may not have become molten during the welding
    process and the two pieces did not join.
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    Under Cutting
    Welding along a line or using an arc voltage that is
    too low can produce a groove or a slight ditch in
    the metal right along the weld line. This is known
    as undercutting.
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    Pinholes
    Welding defect caused by the high welding
    temperatures is known as Pinholes. If the
    temperature of arc making of the weld is very high,
    then tiny holes resembling pin holes may appear
    on the surface of the weld.
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    Cracking
    This defect typically occurs because the welder was
    using the wrong type of wire electrode to make the
    weld. A combination of poor design and
    inappropriate procedure may result in high
    residual stresses and cracking.
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    Misalignment
    This type defect is generally caused by a
    setup/fit up problem, or trying to join plates
    of different thickness.
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    Gas Inclusions
    Gas inclusions is also a defect that includes porosity,
    blow holes, and pipes. The cause for gas inclusions is
    the entrapment of gas within the solidified weld.
    It can be from any of the following causes: high
    sulphur content in the electrode, excessive moisture
    from the electrode or wrong welding.
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    Craters
    Crater cracks occur when a crater is not filled
    before the arc is broken. This causes the outer
    edges of the crater to cool more quickly than the
    crater, which creates sufficient stresses to form a
    crack.
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    Overlapping
    The protrusion of weld metal beyond the weld toe
    or weld root. It is caused by poor welding
    techniques and can generally be overcome by an
    improved weld procedure. The overlap can be
    repaired by grinding off excess weld metal and
    surface grinding smoothly to the base metal.
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    Lamellar Tearing
    Lamellar tearing is a type of defect that is most likely
    to occur below a welded joint at points of high stress
    concentration. Lamellar tearing is caused mainly by
    sulphur inclusions in the material. Other causes
    include an excess of hydrogen in the alloy.
    This defect can be removed by keeping the amount of
    sulfur in the steel alloy below 0.005%
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    Root and Toe Cracks


    A root crack is the crack formed by the short bead at the
    root beginning of the welding, low current at the beginning
    and due to improper filler material used for welding.
    Major reason for happening of these types of cracks is
    hydrogen embrittlement.
    These types of defects can be eliminated using high current
    at the starting and proper filler material.
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    Reheat Cracking
    Reheat cracking is a type of cracking that occurs in HSLA
    steels, particularly chromium, molybdenum and vanadium
    steels, during post heating.
    It is caused by the poor creep ductility of the heat affected
    zone.
    It can be eliminated by heat treating first with a low
    temperature soak and then with a rapid heating to high
    temperatures, grinding or peening the weld toes
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