As I have posted before I manufacture bespoke inlets for bike carburettor installations.
I use 10mm MS plates to bolt the head flange down to during welding. The head plates themselves are 10mm thick and the manifold runners are 3mm wall thickness (45mm and 50mm dia's) and all applications are 4 cylinders.
How long do I need to leave these bolted down after doing the fillet to the plate to minimise distortion? Ie, when does the significant shrinkage stop? Totally cold? Or am I ok to release once the manifold is warm but touchable?
Just trying to speed up my process.....
I use 10mm MS plates to bolt the head flange down to during welding. The head plates themselves are 10mm thick and the manifold runners are 3mm wall thickness (45mm and 50mm dia's) and all applications are 4 cylinders.
How long do I need to leave these bolted down after doing the fillet to the plate to minimise distortion? Ie, when does the significant shrinkage stop? Totally cold? Or am I ok to release once the manifold is warm but touchable?
Just trying to speed up my process.....