Arc welding

About: Arc welding is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 25393 publications have been published within this topic receiving 168182 citations.

Flux cored wire for gas shielded arc welding

Abstract: PURPOSE:To allow the welding of steel sheets having galvanized surfaces by kneading a flux contg specific ratios of C Si, Mn, Ni, Al, B and iron powder with a specific volume of water glass, then filling the mixture at a specific ratio of the total weight of the wire CONSTITUTION:The steel sheet having the galvanized surfaces are welded by the flux cored wire for gas shielded arc welding formed by kneading the flux consisting, by weight %, of 1 to 4 C, 1 to 5 Si, 5 to 15 Mn, 05 to 5 Ni, 1 to 5 Al, <=05 B, and 60 to 90 iron powder into the wire with the water glass of 05 to 10 of the flux weight and filling the mixture into a metallic sheath at 8 to 30 of the total weight of the wire The C in the flux is converted to CO2 which is blown from the wire sheath barrel to a molten pool to improve the arc concentratability and to active the molten pool; therefore, the pits and blowholes by the generation of Zn vapor or the like are decreased

Method and apparatus for short arc welding

Abstract: A short circuit arc welding system is disclosed. The control scheme uses a current command signal to drive the output current. The command signal is comprised of a long-term current command that sets the long-term current command level and a real-time or short-by-short current command. Arc voltage feedback is used to determine if the desired arc length is present and to adjust the long-term command. The-short-by-short current command is derived from real-time arc current feedback and is used to control the burn-off rate by an instantaneous, or short-by-short, adjustment of the current command. A function of the time derivative of arc power, less the time derivative of arc current, is used to detect, in real time, when the short is about to clear. A stop algorithm is employed that monitors the arc on a short-by-short basis. When the process is ending a very low current level is provided to avoid forming a ball. However, if a short is created, (indicated by a drop in arc voltage) after the low current level, a burst of energy is provided to clear of burn off the short. After the short is cleared, very low current is again provided to avoid forming a large ball. This is repeated until the wire stops and the process ends.

Steel wire for carbon dioxide shielded arc welding and welding process using the same

Abstract: A steel wire for use in the straight polarity carbon dioxide shielded arc welding, which comprises 0.003 to 0.20 mass % of C, 0.05 to 2.5 mass % of Si, 0.25 to 3.5 mass % of Mn, 0.015 to 0.100 mass % of REM (rare earth metals), 0.001 to 0.05 mass % of P, 0.001 to 0.05 mass % of S, and the balanced amount of Fe and inevitable impurities; the steel wire which further comprises 0.0100 mass % or less of O; the steel wire which still further comprises one or more of 0.02 to 0.50 mass % of Ti, 0.02 to 0.50 mass % of Zr and 0.02 to 3.00 mass % of Al; the steel wire which still further comprises 0.0001 to 0.0150 mass % of K; the steel wire which still further comprises 3.0 mass % or less of Cr, 3.0 mass % or less of Ni, 1.5 mass % or lass of Mo, 3.0 mass % or less of Cu, 0.015 mass % or less of B, 0.20 mass % or less of Mg, 0.5 mass % or less of Nb, 0.5 mass % or less of V, 0.020 mass % or less of N; and a welding process which uses one of the above steel wires. The welding process allows the spray transfer of a molten droplet and thus allows the reduction of sputtering and also the formation of a weld bead of an excellent shape, in the carbon dioxide shielded arc welding using a shield gas containing CO2 gas as its main component.

Method of welding wallpaper alloy and arc welder modified to practice same

Abstract: A method of and welder for welding a corrosion resistant, wallpaper alloy to the inside surface of a vessel wall formed from a corrosion susceptible steel sheet after the wallpaper alloy has been affixed to the inside to provide an exposed seam of wallpaper alloy extending in a given path wherein the method and welder comprising moving a welding wire toward the seam, melting and depositing the welding wire onto the seam along the path by a short circuit arc welding process of the type having a welding cycle with a short condition and an arcing condition, which arcing condition constitutes a plasma boost portion with a set peak current level followed by a plasma portion with a current decreasing from said peak current level toward a set background current level with a given time between the plasma boost portion and the short condition andsetting the length of time of the plasma portion of the arcing condition to a value greater than 25% of the given time or greater than 2.0 ms.