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Presented by GAF Corporation. Radiographs and technical consultation supplied through the courtesy of Conam Inspection, lnc., nationwide. The samples, definitions, and drawings in this publication are in cornpliance with API-AGA Standard 1104.

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SECTION 1 MMA WELDING (Manual Shielded Metal Arc)

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FIGURE 6 INSI.DE UNDERCUTTING

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Undercutting is the burning away of the side walls of the welding groove at the edge of a layer of weld metal, or the reduction in the thickness of the pipe wall adjacent to i c weld and where it is fused to the surface 0'" me pipe.

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