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    Fracture tests are conducted on welds to qualify welders and assess weld quality by examining fracture surfaces rather than expensive macroscopic examination. There are two types of tests - fillet weld fracture and butt weld fracture - where a notch is machined to cause the weld to fracture. Butt weld fracture involves fracturing a groove weld to detect defects like inclusions, porosity, and lack of fusion. Fillet weld fracture similarly fractures a fillet weld to find defects and qualifies welders for fillet welds. The inspector must carefully examine the fracture surfaces to identify defects and provide a report on the fracture shape and imperfection types and locations.

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    Fracture tests are conducted on welds to qualify welders and assess weld quality by examining fracture surfaces rather than expensive macroscopic examination. There are two types of tests - fillet weld fracture and butt weld fracture - where a notch is machined to cause the weld to fracture. Butt weld fracture involves fracturing a groove weld to detect defects like inclusions, porosity, and lack of fusion. Fillet weld fracture similarly fractures a fillet weld to find defects and qualifies welders for fillet welds. The inspector must carefully examine the fracture surfaces to identify defects and provide a report on the fracture shape and imperfection types and locations.

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    Fracture tests are conducted on welds to qualify welders and assess weld quality by examining fracture surfaces rather than expensive macroscopic examination. There are two types of tests - fillet weld fracture and butt weld fracture - where a notch is machined to cause the weld to fracture. Butt weld fracture involves fracturing a groove weld to detect defects like inclusions, porosity, and lack of fusion. Fillet weld fracture similarly fractures a fillet weld to find defects and qualifies welders for fillet welds. The inspector must carefully examine the fracture surfaces to identify defects and provide a report on the fracture shape and imperfection types and locations.

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    Fracture tests are conducted on welds to qualify welders and assess weld quality by examining fracture surfaces rather than expensive macroscopic examination. There are two types of tests - fillet weld fracture and butt weld fracture - where a notch is machined to cause the weld to fracture. Butt weld fracture involves fracturing a groove weld to detect defects like inclusions, porosity, and lack of fusion. Fillet weld fracture similarly fractures a fillet weld to find defects and qualifies welders for fillet welds. The inspector must carefully examine the fracture surfaces to identify defects and provide a report on the fracture shape and imperfection types and locations.

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    Fracture tests are conducted to qualify a welder by the examination of fracture

    surfaces of a weld metal rather than using expensive macroscopic examination. The
    procedure is applied in order to assess the quality of test weld made by a welder.
    Although standards elucidate the test procedure, test location, technique, dimensions
    and type of specimen. There are two types of fracture tests; Fillet weld fracture and
    Butt weld fracture in which a notch is machined on the weld metal that enables the
    specimen to fracture easily. Following are the critical points regarding these tests.
    Nature and dimensions of Test specimens
    Number of tests
    Location of test
    What is the method and technique for making fracture
    Weld defects that ought to be detected
    Job description of an inspector

    Butt Weld Fracture


    The procedure is applied to observe the fracture piece of groove weld in order to
    detect the weld imperfections. Common problems like solid inclusion (slag, flux, and
    oxide), porosity and lack of fusion which have severe effects on groove weld, can be
    detected by simply breaking the test weld. No other technique like radiography is used
    that
    may
    be
    expensive.
    Also See How to reduce concentration of weld porosity?
    Test specimens taken from the groove weld are notched in order to take fracture path
    from the middle of the weld. That is why it is also known by a term Nick Break Test
    in industries. The techniques that are used to cause fracture are; three point bending
    and hammering. You can split the weld parts by simply hammering or on the other, if
    the test piece is supported on two points and the load is applied from the above,
    required breakage is obtained.
    Fillet Weld Fracture
    With the same procedure and objective as in butt weld fracture, fillet weld fractures
    are used to qualify a welder for fillet test welds. Fracture is made to find out the weld
    imperfections that may harm fillet weld. Defects like porosity, lack of penetration,
    solid inclusion are observed on fracture surface of split parts.

    Dimensions and nature of test piece are specified by the standards and codes and
    required specimen is obtained accordingly. A notch of specific profile is indented on
    the weld. Normally the shapes of notch are;
    V-shaped
    Square profile
    U-shaped
    Specimen are placed in specific direction or clamped is special tools to achieve the
    required fracture through throat. After placement, hammering or pressing is applied
    and the split parts are ready for examination.
    What is the job of Inspector?
    Inspector must have a close examination throughout the procedure. After observing
    the splitting/ breakage, he must identify the weld defects with great care. It is essential
    that he has work experience about determining the imperfections on the fracture
    surface and assisting others to conduct the procedure in right way. Moreover he
    should give a systematic report containing meaningful information about;
    The shape of fracture
    Imperfections and their types
    Position of imperfections on Butt/Fillet weld surface

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