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welding around permanent magnets possible?

I have a customer that uses magnetic separators in his plant processes, the kind with a couple of rows of magnets inside stainless tube arranged in staggered rows , well he has several that his guys have dropped and broken some of the grating on the assembly loose, I would like to weld these back together for him but the magnets make the tig go nuts? I believe they have been welded before as the tubes containing the magnets are sealed and capped by a tig welded plate, is there method to do this?

Reply to
williamhenry
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You can TIG weld stainless steel using AC. It sucks but it will work. An AC arc should be less affected by the magnets.

Reply to
Ernie Leimkuhler

thanks Ernie I will try that and let you know

Reply to
williamhenry

A torch won't have any problem w/ magnet effecting the welding equip (Rod may be harder to hold but workable).

Reply to
reitze

But be very careful to keep the flame off ferrite magnets - they explode !!!

Don't ask how I know !!!!!

Andrew

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Andrew Mawson

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