RE: [Man.Distr] stress relieving

From: <Christopher>
Date: Thu Nov 13 2003 - 09:12:00 EST

>Now they
>will make a weld repair (weld build up). the question does is require stress
>relieving after this repair ?

Depends on what the alloy is and whether you can live with the weld distortion. It also depends on whether you care is the problem reappears in another 6 months. Weld repairs are tricky. I've seen more instances where the repair aggravated the situation as instances where it helped.

Fix it properly: Determine the root cause of the problem and remove that first. Then do a proper repair. Going for cheap is asking for trouble.

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