Can you weld 440c

The arm slots into the wedge in a tenon joint effect. The arm end is 4mm x 23mm Width X Height and sits 5mm into the wedge which has a matching slot cut into it.

The minimum wall thickness of the wedge around this slot is 2. I would post some pictures but the man upstairs says "NO". We had the two pieces made before some one realised the weldability hadn't been checked. If there's going to be problems welding them that any of you know of at least I can tell the boss why. The alternatives as I see it are: Brazing as suggested above Would the braze be suitable for a pharma environment? Use a hardened steel for both parts but is welding hardened steel a problem regardless of the mating part?

I have seen some comments elsewhere on it causing cracking. Also there's the effect on the materials hardness. The immediate area around the weld is not "product contact" but the overall piece thickness max 20mm means I can only imagine that the effect would spread through most of the piece Use hardenable steels, weld them 1st and harden after?

Is that even possible? These two pieces of tooling are more complex than they sound above and costing a small fortune to make so if there's remakes needed after a screw up I may not be getting paid for a while. Thanks for the help so far, keep it coming please. Thanks for the detailing. Here's my thoughts for FWIW: 1. Filtered by:. Previous template Next.

My first post. I was a hand? Not anymore! Can't see for one thing and haven't kept my hand in. Anyway, a hobbyist now and trying to join the above metals. I have a Syncrowave , a mig and a Hypertherm All nice gear for my needs auto resto, small fabrications. The can be another alloy but must be corrosion resistant and tough.

Suggestions welcomed! Tags: None. Login to Your Account. Remember Me? Register Forgot password? What's New? Likes: 2 Post 1 Post 1. Results 1 to 3 of 3. Thread: Welding stainless. Thread Tools Show Printable Version. Welding stainless Had a welder who used to do this for us, retired and out of the picture. We make heated metering pumps medical and have to plug and weld the ends of fluid lines.