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Arc welding
About: Arc welding is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 25393 publications have been published within this topic receiving 168182 citations.
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25 Feb 1998TL;DR: In this article, a nickel-base superalloy article is first heated to a welding temperature of from about 1650° F to about 2000° F in an inert atmosphere, and a damaged area of the article is weld repaired using a plasma-transferred arc welder which vaporizes a filler metal in a plasma arc and deposited the vaporized metal onto the article to form a weld overlay.
Abstract: A nickel-base superalloy article which is susceptible to strain-age cracking and has a directionally oriented, single crystal, or equiaxed grain structure is repaired with minimal welding heat input into the article. The article is first heated to a welding temperature of from about 1650° F. to about 2000° F. in an inert atmosphere. A damaged area of the article is weld repaired using a plasma-transferred arc welder which vaporizes a filler metal in a plasma arc and deposited the vaporized metal onto the article to form a weld overlay. Minimal additional heat is added to the article during welding, as the weldment metal is vaporized remotely from the article.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a new version of electrodischarge machining is developed possessing a number of advantages, such as high material removal rate and low electrode wear, which is recommended for machining of dies and other jobs with complicated cavities.
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TL;DR: In this paper, an attempt has been made to join Hastelloy C-276 nickel-based superalloy and AISI 321 austenitic stainless steel using ERNiCrMo-4 filler.
Abstract: In the present investigation, an attempt has been made to join Hastelloy C-276 nickel-based superalloy and AISI 321 austenitic stainless steel using ERNiCrMo-4 filler. The joints were fabricated by continuous and pulsed current gas tungsten arc welding processes. Experimental studies to ascertain the structure-property co-relationship with or without pulsed current mode were carried out using an optical microscope and scanning electron microscope. Further, the energy-dispersive spectroscope was used to evaluate the extent of microsegregation. The microstructure of fusion zone was obtained as finer cellular dendritic structure for pulsed current mode, whereas columnar structure was formed with small amount of cellular structure for continuous current mode. The scanning electron microscope examination witnessed the existence of migrated grain boundaries at the weld interfaces. Moreover, the presence of secondary phases such as P and μ was observed in continuous current weld joints, whereas they were absent in pulsed current weld joints, which needs to be further characterized. Moreover, pulsed current joints resulted in narrower weld bead, refined morphology, reduced elemental segregation and improved strength of the welded joints. The outcomes of the present investigation would help in obtaining good quality dissimilar joints for industrial applications and AISI 321 ASS being cheaper consequently led to cost-effective design also.
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TL;DR: In this article, the corrosion behavior of AISI 316L stainless steel coatings made using friction surfacing and manual metal arc welding processes was comparatively evaluated, and both the coatings were found to be immune to intergranular corrosion.
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27 Mar 1998TL;DR: An improved method of arc welding uses a single power supply connected to opposed welding torches placed on both sides of a workpiece Each torch is connected to a different polarity lead of the power supply and forms a separate arc with the workpiece When a current is supplied to the first torch, it is guided from the first electrode, through the first arc, the work piece, the second arc, and to the electrode of the second torch as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: An improved method of arc welding uses a single power supply connected to opposed welding torches placed on both sides of a workpiece Each torch is connected to a different polarity lead of the power supply and forms a separate arc with the workpiece When a current is supplied to the first torch, it is guided from the first electrode, through the first arc, the workpiece, the second arc, and to the electrode of the second torch This guiding function improves the penetration, concentration, as well as the directional stability of the arc This permits the effective and efficient welding of relatively thick workpieces using existing equipment at low current levels
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