Edward Klepeis wrote:

Dear Rotary People
        I have welded titanium  when I worked for Pan American  world
airways in N.Y.  it takes alot of preperation to do it right. After

welding

it if the weld has a blue color like chromed exhaust pipes get after

running

it is no good. While at Pan Am we perfected ways of doing it out side of

a gas

filled argon bubble. A lot of your 747 eng hot section have titanium

parts that

 we repaired so i  think a muffler for the rotary eng is possible. Other
ideas to consider: some of your other alloys in the stainless steel

family

inconel, hasaloy x and w, monel,etc I think every possiblity should be

looked

at and considered before using titanium also it is VERY,VERY expensive.

But

if some one wants one after everthing is said and done i would  be

interested

in building it.

Regards

Ed

techwelding@comcast.net

Hi, Ed...I sent an e-mail to you yesterday, but not sure if you received

it. Question....could you build the VAM muffler out of Stainless?  Thanks.
Paul Conner

 
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