COMMENTS AND EVALUATIONS ON TWENTY-TWO ARTICLES ON METAL TREATING, WELDING, EXAMINATION, ETC. APPEARING IN USSR MAGAZINE

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• Publication Date: March 1, 1954
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT Comments and Evaluations on Twenty-two Articles
on Metal. Treating, Welding, Examination, etc.
Appearing in USSR Magazine
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Progress in the T)evelooment of Automatic Submerged-r'trc Weld; g in the Last Two
tole Teara
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Standard for cheaking the Sennitivit of Radh and Evaluation of Defects
In-Me ta- s ~r CrEUm a-7R ogxs a ?
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On the Usef'llnessof Bend Tests for welds
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Weld-Matal I.tr,- of Gas Welds in tow-Carbon Steel
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mpact Stren th of Welder: Joints of Open Eearth and Bessemer `steel for
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Construction of -RailrOZ Cars
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Structure aand Rardness of Hardened Case of :?teel, Flame Hardened xiih afti
Oxygen-re roleum Flame
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Welding Chromium Steels
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Iigh-Productivit7Methods of Welding Uevelo ed by TsNIITMASh M!U4
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Automatic Are Weldingunder a Double Flux
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On the We? dabi].ity of Rinmed Steel
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;lectric Weld or I Beams
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F..lectro_?park Strengthening of Cutting Tools
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On the Tbeoryaand rr-%ctice of Induction Heating Metals for Forging and rrescin
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Salvage of Defective Gray-Iron Castings by Welding
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Molten inoculation
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H hLaeed Item _of Steel
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The Qrigin of Stririgera of Graphite Inclusions in Malleable Iron
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on of al City Cupola Iron
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Anneal'ng Malleable Iron in liquid Mediae
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Lanr_ of Are Welding in Construction
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Llc?,.:trodes vith.Cus ity Coatings and Their Production
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X 'fl. Ye 0 Paton; Progress in the Development of Automatic ulr Arc welding In the
11-1 Two Three -Ye+xrs.8e7e o (195c,~ no.~'l r Fp3
a. A spry covering briefly the marked increase in t,=eroial use of this welding
method, and research and development projects carried out since 1943. Of
metallurgical intertatt
1. Since this type of welding Awakes it possible to weld structuraa such as bridges
and ships, which were formerly not vrelded, it has been realised that all low-
carbon steel is not as icfaetorr for this purpose. in psrttcular, it has been
determined that rivaed, steel has iaasdeduate ductility and that it. is necessary
to use killed A suitable specification has been marked out with the
result thrt already in 195O, 2,500 (metric) tons of bridge construction have
been welded.
2. During t'h s period special flumes have been developed for alloy and me.lium-
carbon s.:a. particular attention has been paid to the problem of intergrenular
corm +_ . ; ; auatenitia steel (both solid and clad),` the best results have been
obt.irtl Frith the addition of colmabiua to the weld depctit.
3. acne trouble has been encountered with excessive reduction of phosphorus from
the ferromanganese in the flux, so the weld deposit hn higher phosphorus
contents th+?e '..=itted by the specifications.
b. The problem of inadequate toughness _.ad ductility of structural carbon steel is
reminisct-r of trouble with welded ships in the LP2 during the var. The types of
tests used and is general approach appear to be similar to those used here. It is
not clear, baxever, whether there were significant failures in the U''2t that led
to this concern with toughness, or whether the possible danger 'as pointed out
merely on the basis of theory and laboratory work.
Rather interesting speculations might be based on the final co'.:slur =ion that killed
steel must be used in view of the emphasis placed on welding for this type of
application. It is Nell known that the yield of finished product is less for
killed than for rimmed steel. Also, steel plants must have special equipment for bot
topping to produce killed steel. These facts were brought out in the Ur during the
discussion of the possibility of specifying killed steel only for ships; it was
then stated that there was not suffic4ant hot-topping capacity to produce all ship
plate from killed steel. There is no indication that this factor was taken into
consideration in the U'sP. It is, however, mentioned that the ministry for the
metallurgical industry at first scoffed at the idea that special steel should be
used and insisted it. was up to the welding industry to devise methods that vortld be
satisfactory for any steel. Naturally, there is one significant difference.. in that
eratures might be appreciably lower in parts of the t13R in vi..oer than
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those that would be norsally encountered with ships. The laboratory work, however,
appears to have been based on a temperature of -40 F, which is similar to that used
in.iome of the laboratory work in the U9
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 c. Mention in made of the need for further cooperntion in caranecticn Vith the develop-
ment or v+,i.dable high-strength lov-alloy steels,, which are said to be used to en
increasing extent. !)ne of the serious deftcien''lea of these steels fe stated to be
their low tougbreqs and high no 2h eennitfvity. Th'.~. type of ~.teel :a also widely
used In the US , but the fe,tor of good veldabiaity has generally been one of the
pra:aq~. alts an .zle ticn ^f s'aitpble eonnositi^ns.
d. A.ustrniti ch rmium-nl.?kel steel. I. seid to he used v-idely in ia.iustry, both solid
and -.Ind, Th`-,7, "yoid also br true in the OF . ;ikevle^, it het- F^_c.rt??x11y been
head r_e; e :hn v v(-Id deposits of these steels oust cent, in a eerta.tn a 'unt of
ca:assa~.~: o. ` the steel is to be used under eondition?' the.t n.1gb: r.ru.e tateegranerlar
corrc3.o n. The extettion, not mentioned in the vrr _rr.; e.pcr, * uid be the "FTC'
g:tadec. Vitt. guaranteed T.az.ixua osrben sf O.0?C r U-Ab.y .`,-sr ~stra..l,aY_
-?.?tcn ty7v ve:e nit bring lade In the IN-V) la 195u, al _h: ~c 'ere then
"',%,1ab1C in tha t.""!
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