Fabrication Defect

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Crevice Corrosion in a Subsea System — Aspect Before Analysis

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Fabrication Defect — sub-branches

Casting Defect 1Heat Treatment Defect 1Not according to spec 4Welding Defect 5

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The micrography shows the region underbead, of the tube HAZ, responsible for the hydrogen cracking (fracture in the right side of the photo - black). The hardness of the HAZ is about 600 HV.
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ML00052 / Apr.2017
Cold Cracks in API 5CT L80 Tube Welded to a Structural Part
M - Low Alloy SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Cracking
Tempered martensitic structure of the plate base metal.
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ML00010 / Oct.2017
Cold Cracks in a Gouged Weld Metal
M - Low Alloy Low Carbon QTP - Rolled PlateAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Base Metal
Micrography of a longitudinal section of the shell plate base metal, presenting a typical ferritic-perlitic microstructure.
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ML00008 / Nov.2017
Cold Cracks in CMn Steel Pressure Vessel
M - CMn SteelP - In Field WeldAp - BoilerCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Ferrite and Pearlite
Micrographic detail of the defect (void in the right side of the figure), as polished. In the left side it is the surface of the water blade and there are some non metalic inclusions in this region.
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ML00017 / Apr.2017
Casting Defect in CA6NM
M - Martensitic Stainless SteelP - Machined PartAp - EnergyCd - Casting Defect
Cm - Micrography by OMDf - Void

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ML00052 — Cold Cracks in API 5CT L80 Tube Welded to a Structural PartM - Low Alloy SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Low carbon plate base metal presenting the ferritic perlitic structure.
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ML00052 / Apr.2017
Cold Cracks in API 5CT L80 Tube Welded to a Structural Part
M - Low Alloy SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Base Metal
High Strenght Low Alloy steel tube, base metal, presenting the bainitic structure.
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ML00052 / Apr.2017
Cold Cracks in API 5CT L80 Tube Welded to a Structural Part
M - Low Alloy SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Base Metal
Micrography of the low carbon steel plate at the fusion line, presenting a bainitic structure at the HAZ and ferritic structure in the weld metal.
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ML00052 / Apr.2017
Cold Cracks in API 5CT L80 Tube Welded to a Structural Part
M - Low Alloy SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Fusion Line
The micrography shows the martensitic region of the tube HAZ responsible for the hydrogen cracking, presenting too high hardness level (600 HV). It is a fresh martensite since the joint was welded in one pass and there was no PWHT.
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ML00052 / Apr.2017
Cold Cracks in API 5CT L80 Tube Welded to a Structural Part
M - Low Alloy SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Martensite
Micrography of the weld metal in the center of the fillet showing a 100% acicular ferrite that is a microestructure of a high strenght steel, evidenced the effect of the dilution of the tube chemistry in the weld metal.
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ML00052 / Apr.2017
Cold Cracks in API 5CT L80 Tube Welded to a Structural Part
M - Low Alloy SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Weld Metal

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ML00010 — Cold Cracks in a Gouged Weld MetalM - Low Alloy Low Carbon QTP - Rolled PlateAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Detail of the tempered martensitic structure of the plate base metal. Hardness level of 27 HRc.
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ML00010 / Oct.2017
Cold Cracks in a Gouged Weld Metal
M - Low Alloy Low Carbon QTP - Rolled PlateAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Base Metal
Low magnification micrography of a transverse section of the weld at the heat affected zone region. The macrosection was hardness tested and the base metal hardness is 27HRc, the HAZ is 32HRc and the weld metal is 45HRc, revealing something wrong in the weld metal at the position close to the cracked area.
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ML00010 / Oct.2017
Cold Cracks in a Gouged Weld Metal
M - Low Alloy Low Carbon QTP - Rolled PlateAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Transverse Section
High temperature heat affected zone of the plate, welded in repair. The micrography was taken from a sample collected close to the cracked region, but not containing any macroscopic cracking.
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ML00010 / Oct.2017
Cold Cracks in a Gouged Weld Metal
M - Low Alloy Low Carbon QTP - Rolled PlateAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Heat Affected Zone
Detail of the high temperature heat affected zone of the plate, welded in repair.
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ML00010 / Oct.2017
Cold Cracks in a Gouged Weld Metal
M - Low Alloy Low Carbon QTP - Rolled PlateAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Heat Affected Zone
The weld metal, hard, presented a martensitic structure, probably due to the localized increase in carbon content, from the unsuitable carbon arc gouging procedure.
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ML00010 / Oct.2017
Cold Cracks in a Gouged Weld Metal
M - Low Alloy Low Carbon QTP - Rolled PlateAp - OffshoreCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Weld Metal

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ML00008 — Cold Cracks in CMn Steel Pressure VesselM - CMn SteelP - In Field WeldAp - BoilerCd - Welding Defect
Higher magnification of the ferritic-perlitic microstructure of the shell plate in the longitudinal section.
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ML00008 / Nov.2017
Cold Cracks in CMn Steel Pressure Vessel
M - CMn SteelP - In Field WeldAp - BoilerCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Ferrite and Pearlite
Cold cracking of the fillet weld adopted to attach a flat support into a vessel shell in the internal side, using an unsuitable welding procedure that created a too high hardness HAZ.
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ML00008 / Nov.2017
Cold Cracks in CMn Steel Pressure Vessel
M - CMn SteelP - In Field WeldAp - BoilerCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Cracks
Cold cracking of the fillet weld adopted to attach a flat support into a vessel shell in the internal side, using an unsuitable welding procedure that created a too high hardness HAZ. The cracks are mainly located at the fusion line.
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ML00008 / Nov.2017
Cold Cracks in CMn Steel Pressure Vessel
M - CMn SteelP - In Field WeldAp - BoilerCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Cracks
Cold cracking of the fillet weld adopted to attach a flat support into a vessel shell in the internal side, using an unsuitable welding procedure that created a too high hardness HAZ. Several internal cracks at the fusion line.
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ML00008 / Nov.2017
Cold Cracks in CMn Steel Pressure Vessel
M - CMn SteelP - In Field WeldAp - BoilerCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Cracks
Cold cracking of the fillet weld adopted to attach a flat support into a vessel shell using an unsuitable welding procedure, with a low preheating and no PWHT. Cracks propagated in the heat affected zone.
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ML00008 / Nov.2017
Cold Cracks in CMn Steel Pressure Vessel
M - CMn SteelP - In Field WeldAp - BoilerCd - Welding Defect
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Cracks

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ML00017 — Casting Defect in CA6NMM - Martensitic Stainless SteelP - Machined PartAp - EnergyCd - Casting Defect
Micrographic detail non metalic inclusions in the region where there are casting defects. As polished.
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ML00017 / Apr.2017
Casting Defect in CA6NM
M - Martensitic Stainless SteelP - Machined PartAp - EnergyCd - Casting Defect
Cm - Micrography by OMDf - Non Metallic Inclusions
Blade microstructure. Tempered martensite, (probably) retained austenite and delta ferrite islands.
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ML00017 / Apr.2017
Casting Defect in CA6NM
M - Martensitic Stainless SteelP - Machined PartAp - EnergyCd - Casting Defect
Cm - Kalling Etched Micrography by OMDf - Delta Ferrite Islands
Blade microstructure. Previous austenite coarse grains.
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ML00017 / Apr.2017
Casting Defect in CA6NM
M - Martensitic Stainless SteelP - Machined PartAp - EnergyCd - Casting Defect
Cm - Kalling Etched Micrography by OMDf - Coarse Structure
Blade microstructure. Tempered martensite, (probably) retained austenite and delta ferrite islands.
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ML00017 / Apr.2017
Casting Defect in CA6NM
M - Martensitic Stainless SteelP - Machined PartAp - EnergyCd - Casting Defect
Cm - Kalling Etched Micrography by OMDf - Delta Ferrite Islands
Region of a casting void in the blade.
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ML00017 / Apr.2017
Casting Defect in CA6NM
M - Martensitic Stainless SteelP - Machined PartAp - EnergyCd - Casting Defect
Cm - Kalling Etched Micrography by OMDf - Void

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