ROLLING AND WELDING TYPE 430M TUBES TO STAINLESS STEEL OVERLAID CARBON STEEL TUBE-SHEETS. SM-1 (APPR-1) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. Task No. X.
In the fabrication of the steam generator on APPR-1A it was considered necessary to roll the Type 430M tubes into carbon steel tubesheets to ASTM Specification A350-Grade LF-1, modifled with 1.66% nickel; and weld the tube ends to the stainless steel overlay previously applied to the tubesheet. The rolled joint was a necessary precaution to prevent secondary water, that might contain chlorides, from contacting the stainless steel weld joining the tubes to the tubesheets. The welded joint provided the mechanical strength for attaching the tubes to the tubesheets. A laboratory program was conducted, therefore, to develop practicable procedures for welding the Type 430M tubes to the stainless steel overlay; as well as to assure that the tubes could satisfactorily be rolled to the tubesheets. Automatic and manual tungstenare welding procedures were developed that were capable of consistently providing an austenitic weld having a strength exceeding that of the heat affected zone or the unaffected tube itself. Type 430M tubes in the asreceived, and softened conditions were rolled into prototype test units under various conditions of rolling. It was concluded that the Type 450M tubes in the as-received condition could be satisfactorily rolled into the A360Grade LF-1 tubesheet and be tlght to a pressurized helium leak test. To translate the laboratory procedures into fabrication practice for the steam generator consisting of the same materials, detailed welding and rolling procedures were outlined and transmitted to the fabricator, as well as included in this report. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Alco Products, Inc., Schenectady, NY (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AT(30-3)-326
- NSA Number:
- NSA-13-010008
- OSTI ID:
- 4272203
- Report Number(s):
- APAE-Memo-175
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-59
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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