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- - By Xuan Date 07-10-2018 05:20
Welding titanium plate with a thickness of 1mm
I tried milling and ultrasonic vibration to clean the sheet, but it still had the porosity on the side of the weld.

I want to ask that what else to pay attention to that reduce porosity?
Parent - - By jd369 (**) Date 07-10-2018 20:12
I would check your argon gas, make sure it is up to standards Mil-A-18455 calls for 99.985% purity, the regular argon from my supplier is 99.997 purity and I use a ultra high pure argon for titanium and aluminum work that is done to AWS D17.1 spec at 99.999% purity.

If your torch is old and has the rubber lines I would replace it with new vinyl lines. Also replace the regulator to machine argon line with vinyl as well as any purge lines. The older rubber lines will hold moisture and other nasty contaminants that can create porosity.

Make sure you are doing good cleaning of all your parts with acetone, stainless steel wire brush and a final acetone with clean lint free clothes. Clean your filler wire with acetone. I wear a white cotton glove for holding the filler wire to keep hand oils off it.

Regards
Jim
Parent - By jd369 (**) Date 07-10-2018 20:15
What specification are you working to?
Regards
Jim
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