inconel 625

Date 03-02-2015 12:25

Good Morning,

Once upon a time I saw a weld caculator to determine costs of wire and gas usage. We are using hotwire Tig with .035 625 inconel @ 143IPM and 40cfh of 100% argon. I am trying to dial in exactly how much were spending per hour in consumables. Also how many inches or feet of wire is on a 33lb spool? Thankyou in advance, Shannon

By Lawrence (*****)

Date 03-02-2015 15:20

http://www.brookfieldwire.com/gauge_chart.pdf

This should bring you pretty close.

By weaver

Date 03-02-2015 15:48

Thankyou Lawerence, am I reading this right that there's 304 ft per spool? That figure seems low.

kind regards, Shannon

By Lawrence (*****)

Date 03-02-2015 16:28 Edited 03-02-2015 16:59

304 feet per pound :)

10032 feet per 33 pound spool

304 x 12 = 3648 inches per pound.

143 inches per minute x 60 = 8580 inches (715 feet) of filler per hour.

715 feet divided by 304 feet per pound = 2.35 lbs. per hour deposition rate. Assuming a 100% operating factor and 100% electrode efficiency

By Milton Gravitt (***)

Date 03-02-2015 16:54

If you go to the bottom of that page it tells you to divide by 1.067 to get the anwser.

M.G.

By Lawrence (*****)

Date 03-02-2015 17:03

Ok so make the above assumptions based on 284 feet rather than 304 :)

By fschweighardt (***)

Date 03-02-2015 19:16

gas is easy, scfh as read by flowmeter x cost per unit of measure usually per 100 SCF