THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF WELDING DEFLECTS

WELDING DEFLECTS

• There are many types of welding deflects.
• They are broken down by different issues for example: 45% are poor process conditions
• 32% operator error
• 12% wrong technique
• 10% incorrect consumables
• 5% bad weld groves

WELDING CRACKS

• They can happen in many different types of ways=
• Arc strike-when the arc is struck but not welded
• Cold cracking-Residual stresses can reduce the strength of the base material
• Crater crack- cur when a crater is not filled before the arc is broken
• There are many more different types of cracks to name that affect how your weld looks.

INCLUSIONS

• There are two types of inclusions:linear and rounded
• They can be either isolated or cumulative.
• It occurs when there's a slug or flux in a weld.

LACK OF FUSION AND INCOMPLETE PENETRATION

• Lack of fusion is the poor adhesion of the weld bead to the base metal.
• Incomplete penetration is a weld bead that doesn't start at the root of the weld groove.

UNDERCUT

• Is when the weld reduces the cross-sectional thickness of the base metal, which reduces the strength of the weld and workpieces.