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Half-Bead Temper-Bead Controlled Deposition Techniques for Improvement of Fabrication and Service Performance of Cr-Mo
Steels Y. Wang, Carl D. Lundin,C.Y.P. Qiao, K. K. Khan, K. Al-Ejel, G. W. Batten WRC Bulletin 506 November2005

The half-bead/temper-bead/controlled deposition repair welding techniques, which utilizethe thermal cycles of the second
and later weld layers to temper and refine the HAZ of the first layer, have been applied in accordance with ASME Boiler and
Pressure VesselNuclear Code Section III for new construction since the late 1960s and Section XI for in-service repair
welding of nuclear power plant components. Thus Post Weld Heat Treatment (PWHT) may be omitted without causing
degraded properties of thecomponent; especially the base metal HAZ. The extensive ASME Nuclear Code studies of SA533
and SA508 materials clearly show the efficacy of non-PWHT technique on the C-Mn and C-Mo steels. The University of
Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) joined hands with theOntario Hydro Company to conduct research on the Temper-Bead welding
techniquesemployed primarily in Cr-Mo and also a low alloy steel with the Shielded Metal ArcWelding (SMAW) process.
Two layer temper-bead refining techniques were applied inthis study. Different temper-bead welding parameters were
utilized for obtainingcomplete CGHAZ refinement, in terms of the energy input of first buttering layers and filllayers. The
energy ratio between the second butter layer to the first layer is thecontrolling entity. Conventional stringer bead welds
with and without PWHT were madefor the purpose of comparison. This program was sponsored by the Pressure
VesselResearch Council (PVRC) and spanned for a total of 4 years. The materials used in studywere SA387-11 (1 1/4Cr-
1/2Mo), SA387-22 (2 1/4Cr-1Mo) and A516-70. Ontario Hydrosupplied the weld coupons and the examination and testing
were conducted at TheUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK). The goals of the program lay in the evaluationof the
temper-bead welding techniques and thus the determination of the weldingprocedures pertinent to the refinement of the
base metal HAZ. To evaluate theweldments, a series of tests were conducted. Hardness traverses across the weld
metalthrough HAZ to base metal were taken, and macrostructural and microstructuralexamination was conducted using
optical light microscopy. The reheat crackingtendency of the weld HAZ for each of the three heats of material was
evaluated usingspiral notched transverse weld specimens with both small (0.125" dia.) and large (0.350"dia.) diameter
samples. Gleeble thermal simulation was applied for evaluation of theHAZ refining procedures. HAZ Charpy V-notched
impact tests were conducted for thetemper-bead, conventional with/without PWHT welds, as well as for Gleeble
simulatedand UTK fabricated welds. Creep rupture testing of cross weld HAZ specimens was alsocarried out for the
different procedure conditions, in which both small and large diametersamples were utilized for testing. Ontario Hydro
temper-bead and conventional, UTK weave bead and conventional welds in the as-welded and PWHT conditions were
testedfor sensitivity to hydrogen cracking by a hydrogen charging-bend test method. Stressrupture testing of longitudinal
smooth bar specimens, a new test method for theevaluation of the creep ductility in different weld regions, was developed
during thisinvestigation. A singular and straight CGHAZ produced by a weave bead weldingtechnique and the overlapped
CGHAZ induced by conventional deposition sequencesmade at UTK were also evaluated and compared to the Ontario
Hydro weld coupons interms of Charpy V-notched impact, large diameter creep rupture, spiral notched stressrupture and
hydrogen sensitivity tests. The results showed a general superiority for thetemper-bead welds over the conventional and
weave bead welds, as regard to the tests
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