Helped Kadant develop a gas metal arc weld of SS 304L 16 mm thick shells with 8 mm thick channels. The welds were made in a single pass with a beveled edge preparation and ensured good fusion of the beveled face all the way up to the root of the weld and the entire thickness of the channels welded.
Macroscopic examination of the weld beads was enabled at the customer site and its personnel trained in using this technique with good and bad weld characteristics well defined.