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<strong>TO</strong> 1-1-<strong>700</strong><br />

10.6 SPOT-WELDED ASSEMBLIES.<br />

Figure 10-5. Typical Fillet Seal<br />

MIL-PRF-81733, SEALING AND COATING COMPOUND,<br />

CORROSION INHIBITIVE 48<br />

MIL-PRF-81309, LUBRICANT, CORROSION PREVEN-<br />

TIVE COMPOUND 46<br />

MIL-PRF-16173, COMPOUND, CORROSION PREVEN-<br />

TIVE 37<br />

o<br />

Spot-welded assemblies are particularly corrosion prone due<br />

to entrapment of corrosive agents between the parts of the<br />

assemblies (see Figure 10-6). Non-continuous, spot welded<br />

joints result in crevices in the non-welded lap areas. Moisture<br />

and other corrosives tend to accumulate in these lap areas.<br />

Corrosive attack causes skin buckling or spot weld bulging<br />

and eventual spot weld fracture (see Figure 10-7). Skin and<br />

spot weld bulging may be detected in their early stages by<br />

sighting or feeling along spot welded seams. This condition is<br />

prevented by keeping potential moisture entry points such as<br />

gaps, seams, and holes created by non-continuous spot-welds<br />

sealed off either by applying a continuous coating of MIL-<br />

PRF-81733, Type IV-12, Class 1, Grade A corrosion inhibiting<br />

sealant around the entire periphery of the faying surface area<br />

of the parts to be spot welded, assemble the parts together and<br />

hold them in place, spot weld the parts together while the<br />

sealant is still wet, and allow the sealant to cure before placing<br />

the assembly in service. As an alternate to the above procedure,<br />

apply a continuous fillet seal of MIL-PRF-81733, Type<br />

II, Class 1, Grade A corrosion inhibiting sealant to the joint<br />

edges of the spot welded parts after they are spot welded<br />

together and allow the sealant to cure before placing the<br />

assembly in service. Sometimes sealant cannot be used due to<br />

time constraints or unavailability. If so, after parts are spot<br />

welded together, apply either MIL-PRF-81309, Type II, MIL-<br />

PRF-16173, Grade 3, MIL-PRF-32033, or MIL-PRF-63460<br />

preservative/corrosion preventive compound (CPC) to the<br />

joint edges of the spot welded parts, allow it to wick into the<br />

faying surface area, and then apply a continuous fillet of MIL-<br />

PRF-16173, Grade IV CPC to the joint edges of the spot<br />

welded parts. See Chapter 12 of this manual for additional<br />

information on sealants and Chapter 7 of this manual for additional<br />

information on CPCs. Consult Chapter 1 of <strong>TO</strong> 31-1-75<br />

for additional information on welding.<br />

MIL-PRF-32033, LUBRICATING OIL, GENERAL PUR-<br />

POSE, PRESERVATIVE (WATER-DISPLACING, LOW<br />

TEMPERATURE) 41<br />

MIL-PRF-63460, LUBRICANT, CLEANER AND PRESER-<br />

VATIVE 44<br />

Figure 10-6. Spot Weld Corrosion<br />

10-4

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