Weld - Defects

We talk about type of welds & weld joints, the talk on welding will be incomplete if we don't talk about weld defect!




Some weld defects are visible, some are visible with aide & some are invisible and need extra process to reveal them.

Before we go into process of different methods to see those defect, one must first know what are those defects?

Let me show you some defects & with their names

• Spatter

• Incomplete Fusion

• Incomplete Penetration

•  Overlap

• Porosity 

• Undercut 

• Underfill