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  1. jtoutlaw

    Stainless Steel Weld Corrosion

    Attached are some pictures. Since we aren't positive what the cause is at the moment, the upgrade to 316 seamless was done to enable production to resume. We plan on taking the unit offline again later this year and inspecting it to determine if the problem is still happening. Since we can't...
  2. jtoutlaw

    Stainless Steel Weld Corrosion

    That was my initial thought to the cause when I started to dig. There are a few reasons why I am not sure that is it. The welds done onsite by our contracted welders had the fewest corrosion instances. Being welded by hand in the field/shop, it would reason that the highest occurrence rate would...
  3. jtoutlaw

    Stainless Steel Weld Corrosion

    Hello, I have read the forums for a while. This is my first post, so please bear with me. Hopefully I won't require too much hand holding. We ran into an issue recently at the plant I work at. The equipment involved are two 304 SS vessels, two pumps, and an assortment of 2"-6" 304 SS piping...
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