Fabrication
Travis at the joint during chrome-moly roll welding. A view of the pipe, the welding setup, and the hands-on work of fabrication.
Our work
Built at the joint.
Pipe fabrication. Specialty alloys. The detail of the finished weld. Explore Travis Field’s industrial work, up close.
Titanium and nickel-alloy weld samples. Flanged spool fabrication. Industrial pipework and Travis at the arc. Select a focus, then open any photograph for the full view.
30 photographsSpecialty alloys
From the specialty-alloy fabrication series: a completed assembly showing flange placement, connections, and joint detail.
Titanium
A sectioned titanium weld sample from Travis’s technical collection, showing the internal weld profile.
Nickel alloys
A close view of the internal weld on a sample marked Incoloy 825, from Travis’s alloy welding collection.
Titanium
A closer look at titanium spool work, shared from Texas in September 2026.
Fabrication
Fit-up, access, joint sequence, and torch control come together in spool fabrication.
Weld detail
A close view of the weld surface, bead placement, and transitions into the pipe.
Fabrication
Large-diameter pipe work from Travis’s industrial welding archive.
Fabrication
The person behind Pipe Welding Institute, photographed at the work.
Weld detail
A closer look at pass placement and the completed cap on a pipe joint.
Weld detail
Weld detail at a change in pipe geometry, from Travis’s fabrication archive.
Fabrication
Restricted access calls for deliberate positioning and control of the torch and filler.
Fabrication
Selected pipework from the project archive, showing connections and assembly detail.
Training
Plate-welding practice and test preparation support a broader understanding of joint control and technique.
Specialty alloys
A close view of the weld where the pipe meets the flange neck, from Travis’s specialty-alloy project archive.
Specialty alloys
Weld profile and surface detail from the flanged-spool fabrication series.
Specialty alloys
A view of the assembly and process setup used during specialty-alloy fabrication.
Specialty alloys
From connection detail to full spool length: a broader view of the fabricated pipework.
Fabrication
Hands-on welding from Travis’s fabrication archive, with a close view of access and torch positioning.
Specialty alloys
Sectioned weld samples from Travis’s alloy collection, bringing the internal profile into view.
Specialty alloys
Another view from the sectioned-weld collection, showing the weld surface around the inside of the pipe.
Weld detail
A circumferential cap from Travis’s pipework archive, photographed close to the joint.
Weld detail
Weld placement across a wide pipe joint, from Travis’s industrial fabrication work.
Nickel alloys
An internal view of an Inconel 625 root weld, selected from Travis’s personal-best weld collection.
Stainless
Cap detail on a 42-inch stainless roll weld, from Travis’s fabrication archive in Sherwood Park, Alberta.
Titanium
A documented spool reconstruction from Travis’s project archive: original condition above, reconstructed component below.
Nickel alloys
A sectioned weld sample showing the root profile. Posted with the HTP Invertig 251 welding setup.
Stainless
Position welding on 50-inch stainless pipe with a 0.688-inch wall, from the industrial work archive.
Training
Travis teaching at Kentucky Welding Institute in February 2025. Guest instruction connects practical technique with material behavior.
Field work
From Travis’s field-work archive. Photography credited in the original post to @curtphoto89.
Selected work from Travis Field’s professional archive, including projects at client facilities. Photograph captions describe the work shown; inspection acceptance is established through the applicable project records.
Process demonstrations
Watch what happens
at the weld.
Process film
Inside the arc: titanium & zirconium
Cavitar C400 footage captured during demonstrations at Kentucky Welding Institute. Observe the arc and weld pool at close range.
Process film
Copper-nickel, up close
90/10 copper-nickel demonstrations with a close view of filler delivery, the keyhole, and weld-pool movement.
Titanium spool
reconstruction.
An in-service titanium spool required correction of incomplete root penetration and a dimensional mismatch. The task involved restoring the joints and geometry under controlled welding conditions.
01
Identify the condition
The original component had incomplete root penetration and was approximately 2 inches (51 mm) over length.
02
Prepare & reconstruct
Existing welds were fully removed, joint faces re-prepared, and the length corrected. Welding was re-executed with thermal and atmospheric controls.
03
Verify the work
The published project record documents radiographic examination and dimensional verification before the spool returned to service.
A demanding material?
Let’s discuss the work.
Start with the grade, joint geometry, procedure, and project requirements.