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标题：Analysis of Weld Cold Cracking In Excavator Bucket Adapter
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作者：Wahidun Adam ; Pratjojo Dewo ; Winarto Winarto 等
期刊名称：MATEC Web of Conferences
电子版ISSN：2261-236X
出版年度：2019
卷号：269
DOI：10.1051/matecconf/201926903009
语种：English
出版社：EDP Sciences
摘要：This paper presents a failure analysis on welding of bucket adapter for an excavator that made of low carbon steel with Ideal Diameter (DI) value 341 and Carbon Equivalent 0.73. The bucket component is stated OK as the final inspection, but four months later found cracked and even it has not been used yet. Adapter mounted to bucket through CO2gas shielded Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) process, filler metal MG-50 (AWS A5.18 ER70S-G), pre-heating and post-heating. Crack occurred on the boundary of weld metal and adapter casting. The metallurgical examination was conducted in the crack origin and the adapter casting. Nondestructive test (NDT) covered visual and magnetic test (MT), while destructive test (DT) covered fractography, mechanical properties, and Electron Probe Micro Analyzer (EPMA). The investigation resulted in that crack initiated from slag inclusion in the weld metal due to insufficient cleaning on weld joint. The higher hardness of martensite structure in the heat affected zone (HAZ) of adapter indicates high cooling rate that gen erates high residual stress. High stress that caused by insufficient post heating triggered severe crack propagation. By its characteristic, crack is called the cold cracking, delayed cracking, or hydrogen-induced cracking (HIC).