WELDING ARTICLES AND RELATED STUFF
Random Radiography: What the Fabricator and Owner Need to Agree On
as published in Pactical Welding Today, July, 2005
as published in the Welding Journal, July 2005
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Original version of the above article with readable figures
How Good Do Piping System Welds Really Need to Be?
Video of the Burst Test (2Mb file) Described in Above Article
Welding Galvanized Steel - Safely
Purge Time Spreadsheet for Piping
Backing Flux for Root Passes on Stainless Steel
World's Best Pipe Welding Positioner and Gripper
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Branch Connection Reinforcing Pad Calculations
ASME B31.9-2005, Building Services Piping, will contain a new method for determining whether a reinforcing pad is needed for a branch connection. This spreadsheet contains that formula and input data. The industry owes Mr. Paul Bourquin, Founding Chairman of B31.9 committee, a big "Thank you!" for developing this formula and the spreadsheet. and for getting it into B31.9 .