ASM Failure Analysis Case Histories: Power Generating Equipment
Investigation of Superheated Steam Push Rod Spindles
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Published:2019
Abstract
A spindle made of hardenable 13% chromium steel X40 Cr13 (Material No. 1.4034) that was fastened to a superheated steam push rod made of high temperature structural steel 13Cr-Mo44 (Material No. 1.7335) by means of a convex fillet weld, fractured at the first operation of the rod directly next to the weld bead. Investigation showed that the fracture of the superheated steam push rod spindle was caused by hardening and hardening crack formation in the weld seams and adjoining areas. It would have been preferable to avoid welding near the cross sectional transitions altogether in consideration of the crack...
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Member Sign InFriedrich Karl Naumann, Ferdinand Spies, Investigation of Superheated Steam Push Rod Spindles, ASM Failure Analysis Case Histories: Power Generating Equipment, ASM International, 2019, https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.fach.power.c9001208
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