Storage and Handling of Electrodes [Part 3]


Baking register:

The baking process of electrodes are recorded in the baking register. The responsibility of filling the baking records is with the electrode issuer. These records are to be reviewed by the welding engineer/supervisor.

One of the formats of baking register is as below.

BAKING REGISTER

Col 1: Serial number
Col 2: Date in which the row entry is made
Col 3: AWS class of electrode. eg:- E 7018, E8018-B2 etc.
Col 4: Size of electrode. eg:- 1.6mm, 2.5mm, 3.15mm, 4.0mm etc.
Col 5: Manufacturer of the electrode. eg:-D&H, ADOR, ESAB etc.
Col 6: Quantity put in the baking oven.
Col 7: Batch number of the electrode placed in the oven for baking.
Col 8: Opening balance in the baking oven. This is significant if two or more batch electrodes are placed in the oven.
Col 9: Time when the electrodes are placed in the oven are to be entered in this column.
Col 10: Time at which the baking temperature is reached is to be recorded in this column.
Col 11: Entry time in holding oven. If the baking time is one hour, the electrodes are to be removed from the mother oven one hour after the time recorded in Col 10 and are to be kept in Holding Oven.
Col 12: The total qty of electrodes in the holding oven are to be recorded here.
Col 13: The qty of electrodes issued to the job site ( as per the electrode issue slip) is to be recorded in this column..
Col 14: Balance quantity of electrodes are to be recorded in this column.
Col 15: Welder to whom the electrodes are to be issued are to be recorded in this column.
Col 16: Area of the job to which the electrodes are to be issued.
Col 17: Signature of the electrode issuing person.
Col 18: Verification signature to be done on random basis by welding engineer/supervisor
additional one more column can be given as 'REMARKS' if required.

Electrode Issue Slip

Electrodes are issued based on the written requisition by a welding engineer. The written requisition is called electrode issue slip.
One of the format for the electrode issue slip is as below.

ELECTRODE ISSUE SLIP

(1): Organisation name and logo to be given.
(2): Welder name to be given.
(3): Welder identification number to be given.
(4): Date at which the requisition is raised to be entered in this area.
(5): Serial number
(6): AWS class of the required welding electrode to be specified.
(7): Brand name of the electrode to be entered here. This is having significance only if there is any specific brand of electrode are to be used in the job.
(8): Size of the electrode in millimeter.
(9): Quantity (in numbers) of electrode required for the job are to be mentioned by the welding engineer.
(10): Signature of welding engineer who raises the electrode issue requisition to be signed in this column.
(11): Quantity of electrodes issued to be recorded in this column and this is done by the electrode issuer.
(12): Signature of the electrode issuer to be done
(13): Remarks if any are to be recorded.

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