How To Keep Metal Square When Welding. Metal for metal 14 in. This may or may not help your distortion but it will kill your productivity.
Click on the link below to view my latest video on Stick Welding Square Tubing. Another alternative is to surround the area youre welding with an Anti-Heat Compound that will block the heat from spreading to the rest of the panel and potentially reduce warping in the panel. 6 mm or more in thickness see Figure 21 Detail B unless the weld is designated on the drawing to be built out to obtain full throat thickness.
A short Article on Stress Relieving after Welding was published in the issue 8 of Practical Welding Letter Section 7 for April 2004.
Metal for metal 14 in. Our copper weld backers help to keep a welds from blowing through the metal and also act as a heat sink. In this case you will want to grab your tape measure and measure from one outside corner to the opposite outside corner. Another method uses mechanical peening of the weld either by hammering or by shot peening equipment.