Engineering aspects of repair, aspects to be considered for repair welding, techno-economics, repair welding procedures for components made of steel casting and cast iron, half bead, temper bead techniques, usage of Ni base filler metals
Damaged bends in gas transmission pipeline, heat exchanger repair techniques-explosive expansion, plugging, etc., creep damaged high temperature components, repair of cracked petroleum pressure vessel/reactor
Types of wear, wear resistant materials, selection of materials for various wear applications; reclamation surfacing techniques, selection of welding process for reclamation
Integrating repair/maintenance into on-going operations; radiation protection, steam generator repair, plugging
Various types of hardness tests, NDE of surface coatings, characterisation of coatings, photothermal imaging, case histories on selection application/materials combination
1. Dobly R.E., Kent K.S., ‘Repair and Reclamation’, The Welding Institute, 1986
2. Richardson ‘Maintenance Welding in Nuclear Power Plants’, American Welding Society, 1988
