Filler Material Choice For Stop Valve Repair Welding

Abstract

Filler material choice for repair welding of stop valve spindle of thermal power plant by-pass pipeline was presented in this paper. Repair welding of the stop valve spindle was necessary because of plant operating problems due to very frequent localized damage appearance in the form of erosive wear on it. For this purpose it was necessary to choice appropriate filler material with high wear resistance characteristic. Experimental investigation and testing (hardness measurement, chemical composition analysis and microstructural investigation) of prepared specimens after welding simulation with different kind of filler material was performed. On the basis of obtained results it was recommended procedure for application of the filler material with generally preferable characteristic.