As a specialist ERW tube provider, our company has done everything it can in its long years of service to ensure that each customer is satisfied with their purchase. Being an ISO 9001 registered establishment, we have the means to handle orders of any size, but we’re still compact enough that we can offer an outstanding degree of customer care.
Weld chatter is one of the untold number of issues that is encountered by tube fabricators. In order to prevent it from interfering in our operations, we must understand what it is and how it comes about. We would like to discuss both of these here for you.
For those who don’t know, weld chatter is the lack of ability to obtain a clean cut of the exterior weld bead once welding has finished. The scarf knife begins chattering and generates a rough or ribbed cut on the tubing’s OD (outside diameter). In the majority of end merchandise manufactured by the tubing and piping sectors, this is deemed impermissible.
To halt weld chatter, one can employ several methods. Your scarf knife should ideally come with a somewhat bigger radius than your tube’s OD. By doing this, you will be presented with a concentric, clean cut. After using the scarf stand, an ironing pass is best brought in. As you might have guessed from the name, it sand irons out those hot deformities that the knife may have left in its wake. Something else it accomplishes is adding amazing levels of stability to scarfing efforts.
At Union Steel Tubes, since we strive to meet the requirements of every client, we make it a point always to have a wide variety of ERW tube options available. Whether you desire one of our in stock designs, or tubing that we have cut according to specific instructions, we shall see to it that your order reaches you in a timely manner.
If there are aspects that you need to discuss with us, please get in touch. We are happy to share our experience and can offer all kinds of useful advice about tube specifications and manufacturing.
