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4 Mistakes Made Welding 6061-T6 Aluminum

and other aluminum alloys

Welding aluminum and aluminum alloys does not need to be complicated. However, to successfully weld this metal there are a few things you need to know. First, you need to know how the properties of aluminum affect its weldability.    There are four key characteristics of aluminum that make it quite different from carbon steel […]

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Troubleshooting Weld Cracking – The importance of crack location

One of the first steps in analyzing cracks to find their root cause and take corrective action is to categorize the cracks.  We categorize cracks based on three elements. Location Direction Timing In today’s article we discuss the importance of crack location when trying to determine what caused it.  What follows is an excerpt from […]