Thanks for the reply Fegenbush. I was actually wondering about the sequence between longitudinal welds and circumferential welds. Do longitudinal welds on both sides of a circumferential necessarily need to be welded prior to welding the circumferential? If so, can you explain why?
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When welding a vessel head is there a golden rule that you must weld the upper longitudinal welds before welding the circumferential weld immediately below it (assume a bottom head). If so, why? If the upper course has 24 longitudinal welds, for example and the lower course only has 6...