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Saving Money with Filler Metals
Considerations for reducing overwelding and its associated costs
January 2024
One of the easiest ways to improve productivity with filler metals is to use less of them, and to achieve that goal, all companies need to do is to follow the welding procedure specification (WPS) for weld size. Problems typically occur because untrained welders think more metal makes the weld stronger. A chain is only a strong as its weakest link (and a weld is only as strong as its smallest leg), so overwelding accomplishes nothing positive.
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