Welding A536 to A572 Grade 50

Date 01-23-2012 21:55

Has anyone out there had much experience welding these to materials together and if so what wire or rod was used? Unable to find a lot of info out there about welding A536 Ductile Iron.

By ravi theCobra (**)

Date 01-24-2012 00:23

What are you aiming for - matching tensiles or machinability ?

For matching tensile strength go with 7018 , if machinability is a factor you could use Ni -Rod 55 , and if it is a really big
factor go with Ni 99 rod -

By Len Andersen (***)

Date 02-07-2012 19:18

Ladies and Gentlemen,
American Society of Testing Materials has ASTM A536-84(2009) - Standard Specification for Ductile Iron Castings
http://www.techstreet.com/cgi-bin/detail?doc_no=ASTM%7CA536_84_2009_;product_id=1642773 . If it is a code job then go to ASTM or ASME for direction. If not what the other respender says seems reasonable I have run on similar before. I am a CWI graduate engineer. I hope this is helpful.
Sincerely
Len Andersen weld@spemail.org
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