Underwater Welding

Written By Mathew Smith
 

SKC Engineering has qualified its first underwater welding procedure! We have had an interesting challenge recently, writing a weld procedure, test the procedure and testing two additional welders for an underwater refit in Northern BC.

The governing code was AWS D3.6, catagory B.  The materials to be welded were Stainless Steel to Carbon Steel. We had the assitance of Can Pac Divers in North Vancouver. The lab work to test the coupons was done in our own lab in Port Kells, BC.

We are looking for forward to doing more underwater welding qualifications in the future.

 
Mathew Smith
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