SUBMERGED ARC WELDING CONSUMABLES for WELDING of MILD & 50kgf/mm2 CLASS HIGH TENSILE STEEL ************************* (S-737

H-14)

WELDING ELECTRODE DIVISION HYUNDAI WELDING CO., LTD.

*** CONTENTS ***

1. INTRODUCTION

2. PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS

3. APPLICATIONS

4. TEST OF WELD METAL PROPERTIES 4.1 Welding Consumables for Test 4.2 Diffusible Hydrogen Content Test 4.3 All Weld Metal Test 4.4 Horizontal Fillet Weld Test

5. NOTES ON USAGE

1. INTRODUCTION
1) S-737 is the inactive(neutral) type flux which is applicable to electrodes of all kinds such as mild and high tensile and low alloy electrodes and others because little alloying takes from S-737 flux. 2) S-737 is the basic agglomerated flux, it can be obtained the good notch toughness of weld metal in combination with the electrode H-14, and H-14 is the electrode correspond to AWS A5.17 EH14. 3) S-737 is good porosity resistibility and insensitive to rust and dirts. 4) In case of horizontal welding, bead appearance and slag detachability are good. 5) S-737 is applicable to both AC and DC(+).

2. PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS
Consumables Flux Electrode Trade name S-737 H-14 Specification AWS A5.17 F7A4-EH14 AWS A5.17 EH14

3. APPLICATIONS
1) Butt and fillet welding of mild and 50Kgf/mm2 class high tensile steels. 2) Horizontal butt welding of oil storage tanks. 3) Single and multi-layer welding of pressure vessels, boilers, bridges, ships, and structural steels.

4. TEST OF WELD METAL PROPERTIES

4.1 WELDING CONSUMABLES for TEST (1) FLUX Trade name Particle size (ASTM mesh) 1260 Type Basicity
*

Apparent density (Kg/) 1.2

S-737

Bonded

1.4

* :Basicity by Boniszewski formula (2) ELECTRODE Trade name Dia (mm) 4.0 & 4.8 Ident. color Chemical composition (wt%) C Si Mn P S Cu

H-14

Yellow

0.12

Tr.

1.96

0.012

0.009

0.045

AWS A5.17 EH14

0.10 0.20

Max. 0.10

1.70 2.20

Max. 0.030

Max. 0.030

Max. 0.35

Note) Method of chemical analysis : JIS G1211 1232

4.2 DIFFUSIBLE HYDROGEN CONTENT TEST Diffusible hydrogen content (m/100gr. weld metal) 1 S-737H-14 7.58 2 7.64 3 7.47 4 7.52 Avg. 7.55

Consumables

Note) 1. In accordance with the Gas Chromatography method of JIS Z3118 2. Drying condition of flux before welding: 3501hr. 3. Atmospheric condition: 2060%R.H 4. Welding condition: 625A / 30V / 60CPM (DC+)

4.3 ALL WELD METAL TEST (1) WELDING CONDITION Joint preparation and layer details Welding condition Elect. dia. Current Voltage Speed (mm) Polarity (A) (V) (Cm/min.)

Test plate

Heat Interpass input temp. (KJ/Cm) ()

SM400 (25mm)

4.0

DC+

550

28

40

23.1

135163

Note) 1. In accordance with the rule of AWS A5.17 2. Redrying condition of flux before welding : 3001hr. (2) CHEMICAL COMPOSITION Chemical composition(%) Consumables C S-737H-14 0.068 Si 0.36 Mn 1.68 P 0.012 S 0.010

Note) Method of chemical analysis : JIS G12111232 (3) MECHANICAL PROPERTIES Tensile test Consumables TS YP (Kgf/mm2) (Kgf/mm2) EL (%) RA (%) Temp. () -30 S-737H-14 49.8 57.5 30.8 75.4 -40 -50 AWS A5.17 Spec. Min. 40.8 49.3 66.8 Min. 22.0 -40 Impact test (Kgf-m) X1 12.6 8.2 4.8 X2 13.5 7.3 5.7 X3 10.9 6.7 5.0 Avg. 12.3 7.4 5.2

Min. 2.8

Note) P.W.H.T : As welded

4.4 HORIZONTAL FILLET WELD TEST Welding condition Elect. dia. Layer Current Voltage Speed (mm) Polarity No. (A) (V) (Cm/min.) 1 450 28 35

Test plate (Th.)

Joint preparation and layer details

Heat Interpass temp. input () (KJ/Cm) 21.6

24 SM-490A (28mm) 3.2 DC+ 5

500

26

50

15.6 Max.250

450

28

35

21.6

68 (1) WELDING CONDITION

500

26

50

15.6

Note) 1. Redrying condition of flux before welding : 3001hr. 2. Stick-out : 2530mm (2) CHEMICAL COMPOSITION Chemical composition(%) Consumables C S-737H-14 0.073 Si 0.40 Mn 1.63 P 0.013 S 0.010

Note) Method of chemical analysis : JIS G12111232 (3) MECHANICAL PROPERTIES Test plate (Th.) Butt weld tensile test TS (Kgf/mm2) Location of rupture Temp. () -30 SM-490A (28mm) 55.4 Base metal -40 -50 Impact test(Kgf-m) P.W.H.T. X1 11.7 9.3 5.4 X2 13.1 9.1 4.6 X3 10.5 7.8 5.7 Avg.

11.8 8.7 5.2 As welded

Note) Location of impact test specimen : 2mm below from surface of 1st side

5. NOTES ON USAGE 1) When the flux has absorbed moisture, dry it at 250300 for 1hr. before use. In this case, keep the height of flux spread about 35mm. 2) Remove oil, rust, paint, scale, water, dirts and slag of tack welds from the groove in order to get sound welds. 3) The use of the flux which has been re-used for welding in many times may cause deterioration of its usability. Therefore, the un-used flux should be mixed properly with such used flux. 4) In case of high speed welding increases the tendency for porosity, cracking, arc-blow, undercut and uneven bead shapes. So, recommend as followings in order to achieve joint of high quality and good appearance. ) Use the welding current of positive-polarity DC. ) Use the welding wire of smaller diameters. ) Keep the welding voltage a little lower. ) Keep as low as possible height of flux spread without exposed arc. 5) For the sake of preventing internal cracks, recommend rations of width of each individual bead to depth of fusion are between 1 to 1 and 1.25 to 1. 6) In case of multi-layer welding, adopt low current, low voltage and low speed to the root in the groove to prevent hot cracking and obtain good slag removal. 7) In case of horizontal butt welding, if possible, keep the welding voltage less than 28 voltage. 8) In case of multi-layer welding of high tensile steel with comparatively low current and heavy constraint, keep the preheat and interpass temperature at 50100 for 50 and 60kg/ class high tensile steel for the sake of preventing cracking.