Sperko Engineering Services, INC.

Welding Articles

WELDING ARTICLES AND RELATED STUFF

A History of Additive Manufacturing Using Conventional Welding Processes

While the headlines call “Additive Manufacturing” something new and exciting, the welding industry has been using it for almost a century

A History of Catastrophic Pipeline Failures

Find out why compressed gas pipeline cracks can run for miles but those containing liquids just develop a fish mouth.

Gimme Some of that-there Nuclear 7018!.....​

If you buy welding consumables for nuclear construction under ASME Section III, you need to read this article which was published in the AWS Welding Journal November 2013 under the boring title: “Tips for Purchasing Welding Consumables for Nuclear Work.”

MORE ARTICLES

Dielectric Couplings​

As published in the ASHRAE Journal, April, 2009

Random Radiography: What the Fabricator and Owner Need to Agree On

as published in Pactical Welding Today, July, 2005

Repair Welding - Five Questions Facilities Management Should Ask Before Making Them

Exploring Temper Bead Welding​

How Good Do Piping System Welds Really Need to Be?

Welding Galvanized Steel - Safely

Welding Grade 91 Revised 8/23

Welding Workmanship

World's Best Tungsten Grinder

Backing Flux for Root Passes on Stainless Steel

Rust on Stainless Steel! -- Oh My God!!!

World's Best Pipe Welding Positioner and Gripper

Doing GMAW? World's Best Training Videos and Books at:

Reference Materials for Welding Engineers

and those who hope to become one

  • Weldability of Ferritic Steels, Norman Bailey, Abington Publishing
  • Welding Metalurgy and Weldability of Nickel-based Alloys by DuPont, Lippold and Kiser, Wiley Publishing
  • Welding Metallurgy and weldability by Lippold, Wiley Publising
  • Welding Metallurgy And Weldability Of Stainless Steels by Lippold. and Kotecki availabe at www.daminakotecki.com

Branch Connection Reinforcing Pad Calculations

ASME B31.9-2012, Building Services Piping, contains a method for determining whether a reinforcing pad is needed for a branch connection. This spreadsheet contains that formula and input data. The industry owes the late Mr. Paul Bourquin, Founding Chairman of B31.9 committee, a big "Thank you!" for developing this formula and the spreadsheet. and for getting it into B31.9 .

Branch Connection Reinforcing Pad Spreadsheet

Sperko Engineering services, Inc.

Sperko Engineering provides engineering consulting services to customers in the metal fabrication industries in the technical areas of welding, metallurgy, manufacturing processes, piping and pressure vessel design, inspection and quality assurance.

Quick Links

Our Company

  • 08 : 00 AM - 08 : 00 PM
  • Walt@sperkoengineering.com
  • +1 (336) 674-0600
Mailing Address

Sperko Engineering 4803 Archwood Drive Greensboro, NC 27406-9795

Allright Reserved | Sperko Engineering Services, Inc. 2025