Plate Sample Cap

Welding Process MMA (SMAW)

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Incomplete Filled Groove
?Porosity Lack of Sidewall
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Lack of Sidewall Fusion Fusion?

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Surface Slag

Overlap and Excess Cap Height Full Weld Length ?

 Plate Sample Root
Welding Process MMA (SMAW)

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Slag Inclusion
Crater Pipe

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Lack of Root Fusion
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Lack of Root ?
Lack of Root Fusion
Penetration
 Plate Sample Cap
Welding Process MMA (SMAW)

Lack of
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Sidewall
Fusion
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Cap Undercut Intermittent ?
Cap Undercut Intermittent

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Incomplete Filled Groove
Excess Cap Height
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Incomplete Filled Groove
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 Plate Sample Root
Welding Process MMA (SMAW)

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Poor Stop/Start + Crater Pipe ?
Lack of Root Fusion
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Lack of Root Fusion
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Root Undercut

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Excess Root Penetration
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Excess Root
Penetration

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Crater Pipe
?Lack of Root
fusion
 Plate Sample Cap
Welding Process MMA (SMAW)

Mechanical
Damage
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Lack of Sidewall fusion
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Crater pipe

Poor Toe Blend

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Lack of Sidewall Fusion + Incomplete Filled Groove

Arc
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Tack Weld ?
Strikes
 Plate Sample Root
Welding Process MMA (SMAW)

Poor Stop/Start + Lack of Root

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Penetration + Crater Pipe ?
Blow Hole
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Arc Strikes Lack of Lack of
Mechanical Damage +
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Lack of Root Fusion
Root
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Fusion ?
Root
Fusion

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Lack of Root Fusion
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Arc Strikes

Arc Strikes
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 Plate Sample Cap
Welding Process MMA (SMAW)

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Parent Material Damage
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Arc Strikes
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Arc Strikes
Lack of Sidewall Fusion +
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Incomplete Filled Groove

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Poor Toe Blend + Excess Cap Height

Porosity
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 Plate Sample Root
Welding Process MMA (SMAW)

Parent material
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gas cavities

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Plate corrosion
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Poor Stop/Start

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Lack of Root Fusion

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Crater pipe ?
Surface slag
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Surface Slag

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Linear Misalignment
 Plate Sample Cap
Welding Process MMA (SMAW)

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Spatter
Cap undercut
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Arc strikes

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Poor toe blend full weld length

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 Plate Sample Root
Welding Process MMA (SMAW)

Arc strike

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Lack of root penetration ?
Burn through
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Poor stop/start ?

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Linear misalignment

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Lack of root penetration ?
Lack of root fusion

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Mechanical damage ?
Lack of root fusion
+ poor stop/start
 Plate Sample Cap
Welding Process MMA (SMAW)

Mechanical damage
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Cap undercut ?
Cap undercut

Spatter/irregular cap profile

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 Plate Sample Root
Welding Process MMA (SMAW)

Root undercut
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Arc strike
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intermittent

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Lack of penetration intermittent

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Ground flush root
 Plate Sample Cap
Welding Process MMA (SMAW)

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Surface slag
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Arc strikes damage
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Mechanical
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Cap undercut intermittent

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Cap undercut intermittent

Mechanical
damage?
 Plate Sample Root
Welding Process MMA (SMAW)

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Arc strike ?
Lack of root
fusion

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Lack of root ?
Spatter
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Lack of root
fusion
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Lack of root
fusion
fusion

Spatter ?
Root undercut intermittent
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