Overheard a foreman say RT-Flux welding is faster than stick on big pipe

I caught him telling an apprentice that RT-Flux cuts welding time by half on heavy wall boiler tubes, and now I'm thinking about switching up my certs. Has anyone else tried making that jump and seen a real difference in weld quality?

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miles_young5929d ago

Wait, half the time on heavy wall boiler tubes? That's a pretty wild claim, I'd want to see that with my own eyes before I believed it. Is he running some kind of special setup, because that sounds almost too good to be true.

eric_knight729d ago

Have you seen the torch he's using on that job? I've got a buddy who runs a similar setup with an acetylene rig that has a preheat ring, and he cuts through schedule 160 pipe like butter compared to standard torches. It cuts the time way down if you get the flame right and have a good oxygen supply.

annaw7329d ago

Heard someone say those preheat rings really do make a huge difference...