{"id":6657,"date":"2024-09-12T08:05:30","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T08:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haynesintl.com\/?page_id=6657"},"modified":"2024-09-12T08:05:34","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T08:05:34","slug":"back-purging-and-welding-requirements-for-fabrication-of-hastelloy-alloy-pipe-systems","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/haynesintl.com\/en\/back-purging-and-welding-requirements-for-fabrication-of-hastelloy-alloy-pipe-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Back-purging and Welding Requirements for Fabrication of HASTELLOY<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> alloy Pipe Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Background<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Periodically, fabricators are required to install piping systems where access to the&nbsp;inside of the pipe is not possible. In such situations, either open-butt pipe welding&nbsp;techniques or welding techniques using a consumable insert are employed. Because&nbsp;consumable inserts are not readily available for the HASTELLOY<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>&nbsp;alloy products, open-butt&nbsp;welding using the gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) process is normally employed&nbsp;in making such root-pass welds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When these one-sided welding techniques are used, it is necessary to protect the root&nbsp;side of the weld joint from oxidation during welding with an inert shielding gas (usually&nbsp;welding grade argon). The shielding technique, which protects the inside of the pipe,&nbsp;is called &#8220;back purging&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Figure 1: Example of root weld made with poor back purging technique.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/haynesintl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/h2065figure1.png?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2617\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lack of proper shielding produces a condition which is often referred to as &#8220;sugar&#8221;&nbsp;of the root pass. An example of such a root-pass weld, made on an 8&#8243; diameter&nbsp;HASTELLOY<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>&nbsp;C-22<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>&nbsp;alloy pipe, is shown in Figure 1. An unacceptable root pass is&nbsp;characterized by a black, crusty appearance of the weld metal on the inside (root)&nbsp;of the pipe and an irregular root cross-section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When this condition occurs, the molten weld metal does not flow out and &#8220;wet&#8221; the&nbsp;base material. This condition makes welding difficult and the passing of a radiographic&nbsp;examination nearly impossible. Common welding defects which form as a&nbsp;result of this condition include incomplete penetration, lack-of-fusion, root-pass&nbsp;cracking and root-pass suck back. It has been reported, by several Haynes International&nbsp;customers, that the nickel-base (HASTELLOY<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>) alloys are more difficult to&nbsp;weld, using this one-sided technique, than are the stainless or carbon steels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Laboratory work was conducted to determine back purging and welding techniques&nbsp;which will produce acceptable open-butt root-pass welds in alloys such as&nbsp;HASTELLOY<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>&nbsp;C-22<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>&nbsp;alloy pipe. The following sections document the results of that&nbsp;laboratory work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Back-purging Techniques<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two common methods are used to back purge a pipe root-pass weld zone. Purging&nbsp;the entire volume of a long pipe run is often suggested. Tables have been published&nbsp;concerning purge times for various pipe diameters and lengths of pipe run.<sup>(1)&nbsp;<\/sup>Local purging of the immediate volume around the weld zone is an alternative&nbsp;method of back purging and is generally the preferred technique. Various methods&nbsp;of forming the closure dams are reported in the literature. They include water&nbsp;soluble dams, inflatable bladder dams, collapsible disc dams and thermally disposable&nbsp;dams.<sup>(1,2,3)<\/sup>&nbsp;There are many companies which manufacture equipment and&nbsp;products to accomplish such a local purge. A partial list of suppliers of back-purging&nbsp;equipment is presented at the end of this report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back-purging is accomplished in two steps. First, the dams must be installed and&nbsp;the weld zone volume purged with argon to acceptable levels. Secondly, purging&nbsp;must continue and accompany the actual welding operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the work reported in this document, *only water-soluble dams were used. As a&nbsp;way to ensure that the purge gas entered the enclosed weld zone with a minimum&nbsp;of gas-flow turbulence, thus allowing the shortest purge time,<sup>(5)<\/sup>&nbsp;a diffusing device&nbsp;was manufactured and secured at the bottom of one of the purge dams. The local&nbsp;weld zone was purged at about 40 cubic feet per hour (CFH) of gas-flow rate. Such flow rates allowed purging of an 8&#8243; diameter pipe section to about 5000-ppm&nbsp;oxygen content in less than 5 minutes. Regardless of the length of time of purging&nbsp;after the initial 5 minutes, it was not possible to consistently obtain oxygen contents&nbsp;below the 5000-ppm oxygen level. The 5000-ppm oxygen level was, however,&nbsp;determined to be acceptable for welding the nickel-base alloys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The welding literature<sup>(1,3,4)<\/sup>&nbsp;recommends that the back purge flow rates be low&nbsp;(&#8220;barely detectable at the gas exit port&#8221;) and makes no reference to the welding&nbsp;torch flow rates at all. In this work, it was determined that the selection of shielding&nbsp;gas flow rates for both the back purge and the welding torch are critical in the&nbsp;making of sound root-pass welds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Specifically, it was determined that a ratio of approximately 4 to 1, between the&nbsp;back purge flow rate and the welding torch flow rate, is necessary to make a sound&nbsp;root-pass weld. The flow rates which are now recommended for welding&nbsp;HASTELLOY<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>&nbsp;alloy pipe are 40 CFH for the back-purge and 10 CFH for the welding&nbsp;torch. Figure 2 is included to show the criticality of those relative flow rates on actual root-pass welds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>*Patent bending<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Figure 2: Actual root pass welding results.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/haynesintl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/h2065figure2-1.png?resize=564%2C231&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"564\" height=\"231\"><br>Unacceptable root weld<br>Flow rates: Back purge &#8211; 10 CFH, welding torch 30 CFH<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/haynesintl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/h2065figure2-2.png?resize=560%2C230&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"230\"><br>Acceptable root weld<br>Flow rates: Back purge &#8211; 40 CFH, welding torch 10 CFH<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It should be noted that the weld zone volume was purged to the 5000-ppm oxygen&nbsp;level prior to the start of welding. The &#8220;acceptable&#8221; root-pass weld was made first.&nbsp;Then the flow rates were reversed and the &#8220;unacceptable&#8221; root-pass weld was&nbsp;made. This is an indication that the purity of the back purge gas was acceptable&nbsp;at the start of the &#8220;unacceptable&#8221; weld and that the difference in weld quality is a&nbsp;result of the flow rates only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The selection of the flow rate (10 CFH) for the torch shielding gas is somewhat low&nbsp;based upon standard recommendations for welding the HASTELLOY<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>&nbsp;nickel-base&nbsp;alloys.<sup>(6)<\/sup>&nbsp;This low welding torch flow rate does not, however, affect the torch side&nbsp;shielding as indicated by bright, shiny beads which are present using either shielding&nbsp;technique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Welding Techniques<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The purging and welding of a piping joint generally involves six operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Those operations include:<\/strong><br>1. Preparation of pipe ends<br>2. Installation of purge dams<br>3. Fit-up of pipe sections<br>4. Purge pipe weld zone<br>5. Tack weld pipe sections<br>6. Closure welding<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Preparation of the pipe ends is considered a very important step in this welding&nbsp;operation. A diagram of a typical weld preparation detail is shown in&nbsp;Figure 3. It is recommended that a weld angle of about 35 degrees be&nbsp;machined onto the pipe ends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further, it is recommended that both the ID and OD be cleaned to bright,&nbsp;shiny metal for a distance of about 1&#8243; from the weld preparation edge and&nbsp;that a land be machined or ground per the dimensions shown in Figure 3.&nbsp;After all machining and grinding operations are completed, thorough cleaning&nbsp;and degreasing of the entire area is required.<br>It should be recognized that the pipe will have some ovality which can make&nbsp;for a mismatch in the ID during fit-up and welding (see Figure 3), it may be&nbsp;necessary to counter-bore the ID of the pipe sections in order to obtain an&nbsp;acceptable match around the inside diameter of the pipe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Any of the purging systems discussed above, except thermally disposable&nbsp;dams, are considered acceptable for HASTELLOY<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>&nbsp;alloy pipe systems. As a way&nbsp;to insure that the purge gas enters the enclosed weld zone with a minimum of&nbsp;gas flow turbulence, a gas diffusing device is recommended. Figure 4 shows&nbsp;one possible design, for use with large diameter pipes, which can be fabricated&nbsp;in the field. Modifications to such a general design will certainly be&nbsp;required to meet other specific job requirements. The purge dams must be&nbsp;installed deep enough in the pipe section so that the heat of welding will not&nbsp;cause damage to the dams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Fit-up of the pipe sections requires care so as to establish proper root-gap&nbsp;tolerance between the two pipe sections. It is generally recommended that&nbsp;the root gap be at least 1\/32&#8243; larger than the diameter of welding filler wire&nbsp;to be used. This will allow for manipulation of the filler wire even when some&nbsp;shrinkage occurs during tack welding and closure welding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. Purging of the weld zone is done at about 40 CFH. The weld joint should be&nbsp;sealed around the circumference of the pipe except for a small opening at&nbsp;the top position of the pipe. The intention is to have the shielding gas enter&nbsp;at the bottom of the weld zone and exit at the top. If pipe welding is being&nbsp;performed in the vertical (2G) position, the gas should enter at the bottom&nbsp;purge dam and exit through a small hole in the top purge dam. Normally,&nbsp;flow rates and times are selected so that a minimum of 5 to 6 shielding gas&nbsp;volume changes take place prior to welding.<sup>(1)<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5. Tack welding is necessary to ensure that the two pipe sections do not move&nbsp;during subsequent closure welding. The tack welds must be large enough and&nbsp;placed often enough around the joint circumference so that the root gap remains&nbsp;open and wider than the welding filler wire diameter. Generally, the&nbsp;weld joint is kept sealed except in the area were welding is being conducted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is recommended that the tack welds be ground to a feather edge. This will&nbsp;help ensure that the closure welds will tie into the tack welds and not leave&nbsp;small defects which might be detected during radiographic examination.&nbsp;The shielding gas flow rates used during tack welding, and during subsequent&nbsp;closure welding, should be about 40 CFH for the back purge and about 10&nbsp;CFH for the welding torch. Other welding parameters are documented in&nbsp;Table 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Torch position and filler wire position are critical to the success of root-pass&nbsp;welding. A diagram showing the positions of the GTAW torch body and welding&nbsp;filler wire relative to the pipe are shown in Figure 5.<sup>(1)<\/sup>&nbsp;Torch and filler wire manipulation consist of torch movement from sidewall to&nbsp;sidewall which forms a &#8220;keyhole&#8221;. Two drops of filler material are melted into&nbsp;each sidewall with each back and forth motion of the welding torch. The&nbsp;filler metal is generally positioned in the root-gap opening. If the root gap&nbsp;&#8220;closes-up&#8221;, not allowing the filler wire to be placed in the root-gap opening,&nbsp;the amount of weld reinforcement at the root will be limited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6. The closure welding is performed much like the tack welding. Again, the joint&nbsp;is kept sealed except in the area were welding is being performed. During&nbsp;the last portion of the closure weld, the gas purge flow rate may have to be&nbsp;lowered so that the dams will not be damaged due to purge gas pressure&nbsp;increase. It is generally recommended that back purge gas be maintained&nbsp;for the first two fill pass welds. This will help ensure that the root pass is not&nbsp;heavily oxidized during these subsequent weld passes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The selection of welding process for the fill passes is left up to the discretion&nbsp;of the field welding engineer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">References<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;Recommended Practices for Root Pass Welding of Pipe Without Backing&#8221;,<br>ANSI\/AWS D10.11-87, published by the American Welding Society, Miami, FL<br>33135.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Purging Practice for Nuclear Pipe Welding&#8221;, Eric Holby, Welding Engineer,<br>January, 1973.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Power-plant pipe must be leak-free&#8221;, Eric R. Holby, Welding Design &amp;<br>Fabrication, March 1986.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Recommended Practices for Welding Austenitic Chromium-Nickel Stainless<br>Steel Piping and Tubing&#8221;, AWS D10.4-79, published by the American Welding<br>Society, Miami, FL 33135.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ASM Handbook Volume 6, Welding and Brazing, 9th Edition, page 199,<br>published by ASM International, Metals Park, OH 44073<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fabrication of HASTELLOY<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0Corrosion-Resistant Alloys, H-2010C, page 11,<br>published by Haynes International, Inc., Kokomo, IN 46902<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Partial List of Suppliers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dissolvo Products, Gilbreth International Corporation, 3300 State Road,<br>PO Box 779, Bensalem, PA 19020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emerson Hallenbeck Cone Purge Unit Company, 2934 Shoreland Avenue,<br>Toledo, OH 43611<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00a0Sloan Purge Products, Inc., 3112 Antonino Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93308<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Safety Main Stopper Co., Inc., PO Box 170287, Times Plaza Station, Brooklyn,<br>NY 11217<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Table 1<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Suggested Welding Parameters&nbsp;for&nbsp;Root-Pass Open-Butt&nbsp;Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) of Pipe<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joint design:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Base material:<br>Base material thickness:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Filler material:<br>Filler material diameter:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Preheat temperature:<br>Interpass temperature:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shielding gas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">70 degree included angle per Figure 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Various HASTELLOY<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>&nbsp;alloys<br>up to 1\/2&#8243;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Various HASTELLOY<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>&nbsp;alloy filler materials<br>3\/32&#8243; (1\/8&#8243; diameter can be used with&nbsp;modification to the root gap dimension)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Room temperature<br>200\u00b0F maximum<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">100% welding grade argon<br>Flow rate 10 CFH<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Backing gas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">100% welding grade argon<br>Flow rate 40 CFH<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Electrical characteristics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DCSP (electrode -)<br>Amperage: 50 &#8211; 125 amps<br>Voltage: 11 &#8211; 12 volts<br>Travel speed: 2 &#8211; 4 inch per minute<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welding technique:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Torch and filler wire positioning per Figure 5<br>Feather grind all starts and stops (both tack welds and&nbsp;closure welds)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cleaning:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stainless steel wire brush<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Figure 3: Suggested Weld Angle Preparation and Fit-up.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/haynesintl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/h2065figure3.png?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2614\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Figure 4: Example of Diffuser Device Capable of Being&nbsp;Manufactured in the Field.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/haynesintl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/h2065figure4.png?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2613\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Figure 5: Suggested Welding Torch and Filler Wire Placement.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/haynesintl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/h2065figure5.png?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2612\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Background Periodically, fabricators are required to install piping systems where access to the&nbsp;inside of the pipe is not possible. In such situations, either open-butt pipe welding&nbsp;techniques or welding techniques using a consumable insert are employed. Because&nbsp;consumable inserts are not readily available for the HASTELLOY<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>&nbsp;alloy products, open-butt&nbsp;welding using the gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) process is [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","_searchwp_excluded":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6657","page","type-page","status-publish"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Back-purging and Welding Requirements for Fabrication of HASTELLOY\u00ae alloy Pipe Systems - Haynes International<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/haynesintl.com\/en\/back-purging-and-welding-requirements-for-fabrication-of-hastelloy-alloy-pipe-systems\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Back-purging and Welding Requirements for Fabrication of HASTELLOY\u00ae alloy Pipe Systems\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Background Periodically, fabricators are required to install piping systems where access to the&nbsp;inside of the pipe is not possible. 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