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Butt weld end preparation between clad and no clad pipe

Dr. Drew

Petroleum
Nov 18, 2024
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Hello, gentlemen!
We prepare the weld qualification for butt weld of X65 pipe cladded with Inconel 625 to no cladded pipe X65. Could you, please, advise where I can find acceptable scheme for weld joint preparation (ASTM, API etc.) ? Proposed joint configuration attached (picture). Thanks in advance!

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I have no spec basis for it, but I have always cut the clad back twice as far as I expect the weld bead.
In the end you want some margin between the weld and the end of the clad.
 
So does the requirement for cladding mysteriously stop at the weld?

I've usually seen this sort of thing occur at a flange, but not clad to non cladding.

Hence why no one thinks about it, but I would go with Ed on this one.
 
Thanks a lot Ed and LittleInch! But what about angle of beveling for Inconel layer? Is 30 degree OK?

P.S. About the place where it occurs: it is pipeline without cladding (subsea) welded to pup-piece with cladding (which is welded to valve with cladding).
 

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