Tag Archives: Embrittlement

Posted on

Importance of Weld Failure Analysis

Basic guidelines to troubleshoot weld failures

When a weld fails we don’t always know what caused it.  We may try something different and if it doesn’t fail the next time we adopt that as the new standard.  However, it is very important to know the root cause of weld failures.  If we don’t know what caused the failure how can we […]

Posted on

Should Heat Input Always Be Kept As Low As Possible?

Many ‘experts’ in the welding industry talk about high heat input as something that should always be avoided.  Unfortunately, this is not good advice.  High heat input can be detrimental in many cases, but other times we want to have higher heat input. Heat input is directly related to amperage and voltage and inversely related […]