I'm in a difficult spot and hope some of you might be able to help please?
I have been to a supplier where they do repair welding to stainless steel sheet, which acts as a conveyor belt that runs through an annealing furnace, annealing iron powder. The stainless steel belt is around 500m long in total, so needs a cut and weld job every so often to take up slack that forms. The belt itself is about 1.5mm, maybe 2mm thick and about 1 metre wide, but i dont know the grade of steel.
I have to respect that the supplier wants to keep details of this process under wraps, but at the same time, our customer is seeking more information on this. So we're caught in the middle.
Questions are - would this likely to be TIG weld, or more likely MIG weld? What is the likelihood of tungsten electrode breaking/contaminating this sort of weld, for what seems a fairly straightforward repair? and what sort of dressing would be carried out post repair?
I want to respect the suppliers propitiatory information, but also could do little more in the way of an assurance to give our customers a better feel.
Thank you
I have been to a supplier where they do repair welding to stainless steel sheet, which acts as a conveyor belt that runs through an annealing furnace, annealing iron powder. The stainless steel belt is around 500m long in total, so needs a cut and weld job every so often to take up slack that forms. The belt itself is about 1.5mm, maybe 2mm thick and about 1 metre wide, but i dont know the grade of steel.
I have to respect that the supplier wants to keep details of this process under wraps, but at the same time, our customer is seeking more information on this. So we're caught in the middle.
Questions are - would this likely to be TIG weld, or more likely MIG weld? What is the likelihood of tungsten electrode breaking/contaminating this sort of weld, for what seems a fairly straightforward repair? and what sort of dressing would be carried out post repair?
I want to respect the suppliers propitiatory information, but also could do little more in the way of an assurance to give our customers a better feel.
Thank you