For many years, the OEM fix for major cracking or shell distortion was replacement of the defective shell, also referred to as casing by some OEMs, with new. Mechanical Dynamics and Analysis has ...

Welding Method 7 (WM7), which was supported by an extensive set of research experiments led by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), was approved in March 2020 by the National Board Inspection ...

OAKLAND — While Caltrans and contractors scurry to prepare the new Bay Bridge for opening on Sept. 3, state inspectors are also busy below decks, painstakingly scanning 656 feet of welds at the base ...

An Action News Jax investigation is uncovering new information about a local company accused of making faulty equipment for multimillion-dollar Navy submarines. Nuflo Inc. is accused of doing shoddy ...

Also, because of the high residual stress from welding, repairs always require a post weld heat treatment (PWHT) before final machining, which relieves residual stresses that minimize shaft movement ...