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DOI Prefix: 10.47001/IRJIET
This paper
presents a work undertaken in a pipe line manufacturing company which welds
(butt joints) different diameter of pipes which are used for manufacturing of
boiler. In order to weld two separate pipes, initially both of them has to be
aligned and dimensionally checked to reproduce the data in the Engineering
drawing. It takes up a lots of time and man power. And also, to make sure that
the pipes do not lose its orientation, after the aligning bridge pieces are tag
welded with the pipes to arrest all the degrees of freedom of the pipes and
thereby immobilizing it. Our project gives the alternative for welding of
bridge pieces in pipes for butt joints. By implementing the suggestion of
carrying out the process by using fixture, we can reduce the total welding and
fit-up time to 75% of the actual time. It also neglect other major problems
such as, welding of brittle materials like P91, unnecessary reworks, human
efforts, reduction of defects on parent material.
Country : India
IRJIET, Volume 7, Issue 4, April 2023 pp. 137-142