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Stellite Weld Overlay Qualification on the Body of a Dual Plate Check Valve in Low-Temperature Carbon Steel in the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry

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Stellite is a cobalt-chromium alloy that is widely used for hard facing of the industrial valves’ internal components, including the seat and closure member, to prevent erosion and cavitation. Although previous studies have emphasized using stellite to avoid erosion and wearing of substrates, most of them do not focus on applying this material for the valve industry in oil and gas projects. Thus, the present study mainly aims to provide a method to qualify the stellite 6 hardfacing applied on the low-temperature carbon steel (LTCS) valve body contact surface with disks and ensure that the weld overlay is used correctly. This study has developed a weld overlay qualification method including various tests such as Non-destructive test (NDT), Charpy V-Notch test, chemical composition, hardness test, and finally micro examination. The results of the trials and interpretation and evaluation are also included in this research.

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Sotoodeh, K. Stellite Weld Overlay Qualification on the Body of a Dual Plate Check Valve in Low-Temperature Carbon Steel in the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry. Exp Tech 47, 929–938 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40799-022-00594-1

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