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When installing stainless steel elbows, it's crucial to maintain stringent control over welding process parameters to guarantee the quality of the welds.
(1) Check material: Ensure that the quality of stainless steel elbows, pipes and related accessories (welding materials, flanges, sealing rings etc) meets the design requirements. Check their wall thickness, outer diameter and other dimensions, ensuring that the tolerance is within the range of ±12.5%.
(2) Measurement and marking
- Place the pipe elbow on a flat surface and use a level to level it.
- At the straight pipe of welded elbow, use the horizontal verticality to find the center point of the straight pipe, with a spacing of 150-200mm.
- Use a tape measure and a level to measure and mark the center points of the straight pipe ends on both sides of welding elbow for subsequent positioning.
(3) Tools
- Welding equipment: welding machine, welding gun, welding wire, etc.
- Measuring tools: tap measure, level, angle ruler etc.
- Cleaning tools: sandpaper, cleaning agent etc.
- Safety protection equipment: protective mask, gloves, safety shoes etc.
(1) Positioning and fixing: Place the butt weld elbows in a position aligned with the pipeline system, and
Use a clamp or bracket to fix the stainless steel elbow pipe fittings to prevent displacement during installation.
(2) Cleaning and grinding: Use sandpaper or detergent to clean the welding area of elbow and pipe to remove oil, oxides and other impurities. Ensure that the welding area is smooth and dry to improve the welding quality.
(3) Welding
- According to the welding process requirements, select appropriate welding methods and welding materials. Commonly used welding methods include TIG (tungsten inert gas shielded welding) and MIG (metal inert gas shielded welding).
- Preheat the buttweld elbow and pipe welding areaa to reduce the risks of welding deformation and cracks.
- During the welding process, ensure that the weld is uniform, dense, and free of defects such as slag inclusions and unfused.
- After welding, clean and inspect the weld to ensure that the weld quality and meets the standards.
(4) Thread connection
- Ensure that the thread quality of the elbow and pipe is good.
- Select appropriate sealing materials, such as rubber gaskets, polytetrafluoroethylene sealing tapes, etc., to ensure high temperature resistance and corrosion resistance.
- Install the elbow and pipe correctly and tighten the threads.
(5) Flange connection
- Check the flange is flat is undamaged.
-Choose a suitable gasket, such as PTFE gasket or metal gasket.
- Place the gasket between the flanges and tighten the forged flanges with bolts and nuts. Be careful to tighten the bolts evenly to avoid pressing them into a skewed state.
