Dear Limesh,
Calculating filler consumption is relatively easy with software available today. I have posted a blog article on this subject (http://www.melttools.com/blog/?p=53) which I reproduce for you below.
Kind regards,
Andrew Short, MeltTools Ltd.
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Calculating filler consumption and welding costs
T-put, a German supplier of specialized wire/rod offer a useful online tool for calculating the consumption of wire or rod for a great number of joint geometries; effectively simplifying our job. The calculator is four step.
1) the process is selected; SMAW, GMAW/TIG or SAW
2) the weld preparation is selected (choice of 14 from ‘square butt’ to much more complicated bevel/U geometries)
3) relevant weld preparation dimensions and material information are entered
4) the wire parameters and efficiencies are entered.
The calculator then provides the weight of metal weld, filler and total length of wire/number of rods required.
For those that want to pay upfront and get more functionality (e.g. calculate welding costs)
WeldToolBox is an estimating software by Computer Engineering Inc ($300). This software enables the user to estimate welding costs, test what-if scenarios, select appropriate joint designs and welding parameters. A demo version is available here.
Mruczek Welding Engineering offer an excel spreadsheet based weld cost calculator for $85 with 10 joint configurations with both metric and imperial units. Looks to be good value for money. The demo version is limited to calculating costs for fillet welds.
From: materials-welding@googlegroups.com [mailto:materials-welding@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of limesh M
Sent: 05 October 2010 19:09
To: Materials & Welding
Subject: [MW:7377] Calculation of number of passes.
Dear All,
How we can calculate the number of passes required to fill a V-Groove or compound bevel according to its thickness?Any rule of thumb or formula available to calculate this?
How we can calculate the thickness of weld bead during PQR?Is there any rule of thumb or formula to calculate this?
Regards,
Limesh
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