Purge Dams - Huntingdon Fusion Techniques HFT®

Achieving Golden Welds with Weld Purge Film ®

Weld Purge Film ® offers superior results over all other water-soluble products and is significantly lower priced. Where there is a final weld joint to be purged in a critical pipework fabrication or pipeline with no available exit for purging dams, the welders can sometimes use water-soluble dams to isolate the weld and introduce argon gas through the […]

Inflatable Weld Purging System for Welding Tubes and Pipes

Why use an Inflatable Weld Purging System? When welding metals, such as stainless, duplex, chrome steels, zirconium titanium and nickel alloys, it is vital that the oxygen surrounding the welding zone is replaced with an inert gas such as argon. When welds are made in the presence of oxygen, they are oxidised, which can lead […]

Negative report using water soluble paper

Once again we have a negative report from somebody using water soluble paper to make a purge dam. On this occasion, in a large diameter, thick wall chrome steel power pipe. The paper dam came unstuck during a weld causing very high costs in cutting the weld out and re-welding and a great deal […]

Comment of Dylan Thomas, the welder

Many of you will know of Dylan Thomas the great Welsh Poet and writer. On this occasion, one of his namesakes has written to me. Not Thomas the Poet, but Thomas the Welder! On 01/03/15 3:27 PM, Dylan Thomas wrote: Hi Ron, I'm working on a new build power station, there will be plenty of […]

HFT® participates in OSEA Exhibition

We are delighted to be participating in the upcoming OSEA Exhibition in conjunction with Leeden, our Far Eastern Distributor. OSEA 2014 is the 20th International Oil & Gas industry Exhibition and Conference taking place from 1st to 5th December at the Marina in Singapore. Georgia Gascoyne (CEO) and Luke Keane will be travelling to Singapore […]

Reasons for using quality designed and manufactured Pipe Weld Purge Systems instead of Foam Dams