熔化极气体保护焊熔滴过渡光谱信号模式识别系统的研究

为实现熔化极气体保护焊熔滴过渡类型的自动识别,开发了熔滴过渡光谱信号模式识别系统,利用此系统,获得了大量各种熔滴过渡类型的光谱信号。以此为样本,根据模式识别的原理和方法,在Windows环境下,以Visual Basic为开发语言,设计了熔滴过渡光谱信号模式识别软件,成功地对各种熔滴过渡类型进行了自动识别。     

Effect of forces on dynamic metal transfer behavior of cable-type welding wire gas metal arc welding

A cable-type welding wire (CWW) gas metal arc welding (GMAW) method was proposed as a novel approach, using CWW for the consumable electrode. Droplet transfer influences the welding process, and the forces on the droplet were analyzed to elucidate the metal transfer phenomenon observed during the welding process. The effects of the arc pressure, rotating force, and welding parameters were analyzed to understand the metal transfer. The special structure of the CWW affected the arc characteristics and forces during metal transfer as part of the welding process. The droplet formed by droplets from each thin wire, the arc, and electromagnetic forces on droplet formation and the coupling process were analyzed. The arc pressure and rotating forces are beneficial to metal transfer and increase the droplet transfer frequency. The droplet size decreases with increasing welding parameters.     

不同波长激光对激光—MAG电弧复合焊接熔滴行为的影响

通过计算分析了金属对Nd：YAG激光和CO2激光的吸收率;以8.0mm厚高强钢板为试验材料,采用高速摄像系统观测熔滴过渡模式和等离子体形态的变化.建立脉冲MAG焊接熔滴力学模型,从熔滴受力角度分析了不同波长两种激光YAG激光和C02激光在激光—MAG焊接中对熔滴过渡形式和熔滴过渡频率的影响.结果表明,Nd：YAG激光和CO2激光输出特性存在差异,金属表面对YAG激光的吸收率约为CO2激光的3倍多;在焊接电流180A、焊接电压26V、光丝间距3mm的相同条件下,YAG激光—MAG电弧复合焊接熔滴过渡频率高于CO2激光—MAG电弧复合焊接的熔滴过渡频率,且熔滴过渡频率均随着激光功率的增加而降低,但是增加等量的激光功率,YAG激光—MAG电弧复合焊接熔滴过渡频率下降幅度更大;CO2激光—MAG电弧复合焊接过程中,熔滴的过渡形式由射滴过渡转变为颗粒过渡,在YAG激光—MAG电弧复合焊接过程中,熔滴过渡形式主要为射滴过渡.     

以电弧光谱信号传感MIG/MAG焊熔滴过渡的工艺适应性

熔滴过渡控制的实现，取决于获得宽工艺适应性的熔滴过渡传感信号。通过试验，获取了熔化极气体保护焊电弧，在不同熔滴过渡形式下的光谱分布、谱线信号的时域波形和频域特征。对试验结果的分析表明，电弧光谱信号在上述诸方面均表现出对不同熔滴过渡形式的适应性，是一种有潜力的高品质熔滴过渡信号源。     

SENSORING DROPLET SPRAY TRANSFER IN MIG WELDING BASED ON ARC SPECTRUM SIGNAL

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激光+双丝脉冲MAG复合焊的焊接稳定性

研究激光和Ar+He混合气体中He气体体积分数对激光+双丝脉冲MAG复合焊焊接稳定性的影响。搭建激光+双丝脉冲熔化极活性气体保护(Metal active-gas, MAG)复合焊焊接系统,利用LabVIEW信号采集系统采集焊接电流和电弧电压波形,借助高速摄像系统同步拍摄电弧形态和熔滴过渡过程,实时监测焊接过程。观察后丝短路和前丝断弧情况并对前丝电弧电压进行单因素方差分析,研究Ar+He混合气体中He气体体积分数对焊接稳定性影响;比较焊接过程中激光的有无对熔滴过渡的影响,分析激光对焊接稳定性影响。结果发现随着He气体体积分数增大,后丝对应短路次数增多,当He气体体积分数为50%时,前丝出现断弧现象,大于50%,断弧时间随之增加,焊接稳定性变差;激光+双丝脉冲MAG复合焊和双丝脉冲MAG复合焊相比,加入激光可稳定电弧,为熔滴提供一附加力,该力促进熔滴过渡,使熔滴过渡尺寸减小,加大过渡频率,改善熔滴过渡,提高焊接稳定性。     

Estimation and control of droplet size and frequency in projected spray mode of a gas metal arc welding (GMAW) process

New estimators are designed based on the modified force balance model to estimate the detaching droplet size, detached droplet size, and mean value of droplet detachment frequency in a gas metal arc welding process. The proper droplet size for the process to be in the projected spray transfer mode is determined based on the modified force balance model and the designed estimators. Finally, the droplet size and the melting rate are controlled using two proportional-integral (PI) controllers to achieve high weld quality by retaining the transfer mode and generating appropriate signals as inputs of the weld geometry control loop.     

GMAW电弧声的参数化模型及应用

以焊接质量在线监控为目的,针对短路过渡气体保护焊(GMAW)电弧声信号进行了时域和频域特征分析,提出电弧声道的概念,建立其参数化等效电气模型。利用线性预测(LPC)模型参数构造径向基函数(RBF)神经网络输入样本空间,对焊接保护气流量不足进行了在线模式识别。研究认为：电弧声呈现振铃形信号,主要发生于短路结束再引弧时刻,大部分能量分布在10 kHz以下频带。电弧声源于电弧能量变化,电弧及其周边的物理和几何形态形成分布参数的声道系统。电弧声是声源和声道共同作用的结果,其频谱主要取决于声道的作用。声道可用时变系数的数字滤波器等效,LPC是其参数化模型的一个估计,在焊接质量在线监控方面具有应用价值。     

Impacts of external longitudinal magnetic field on arc plasma and droplet during short-circuit GMAW

In gas metal arc welding, electromagnetic force, plasma stream force, gravity, and surface tension are the most important factors that affect metal transfer and spatter generation rate. In this paper, different kinds of external electromagnetic fields were introduced to gas metal arc welding (GMAW). The photos of arc plasma and droplet and electric signals covering welding current and arc voltage were acquired synchronously by an analysis and evaluation system based on LabView for GMAW. It was confirmed that the metal transfer frequency was improved, and spatter generation rate was diminished under controls of external electromagnetic fields. The influencing rules of external electromagnetic fields on electromagnetic force, the gravity, the plasma stream force, and surface tension were studied by three physical models, and the mechanism of external electromagnetic fields was revealed. This paper is for the purpose of discussing these factors and will make a profit for the application of electromagnetic coupling control to short-circuit GMAW.     

Arc profile characteristics of Al alloy in double-pulsed GMAW

In order to study arc profile variation process with double-pulsed gas metal arc welding of aluminum alloy, a synchronous acquisition system and an analysis system have been established to acquire and analyze electrical signals and instantaneous images of arc profile. The results show that in double-pulse mode, the arc profile is matched with high-frequency pulse and thermal pulse. The droplet transfer mode always accompanies with high-frequency pulse cycle “one drop per pulse.” The arc profile variation and droplet transfer in thermal base are lower than that in thermal peak. The serial-type arc is easier to occur in thermal base stage. High current density distribution at the top and bottom of traveling droplet leads to dazzling region. The variation of wire extension is influenced by thermal pulse frequency. The variance of arc size in thermal base is higher than in thermal peak, which leads arc force to vary with thermal pulse frequency. The variation of the droplet transfer and arc force in double pulse can improve the weld pool mobility.     

Effects of Active Gases on Droplet Transfer and Weld Morphology in Pulsed-Current NG-GMAW of Mild Steel

The current research of narrow-gap gas metal arc welding (NG-GMAW) primarily focuses on improving the sidewall fusion and avoiding the lack-of-fusion defect.However,the high cost and operation difficulty of the methods limit the industrial application.in this study,small amount of active gases CO2 and O2 were added into pure argon inert shield-ing gas to improve the weld formation of pulsed-current narrow-gap gas metal arc welding (NG-GMAW) of mild steel.Their effects on droplet transfer and arc behavior were investigated.A high-speed visual sensing system was utilized to observe the metal transfer process and arc morphology.When the proportion Of CO2,being added into the pure argon shielding gas,changes from 5％ to 25％,the metal transfer mode changes from pulsed spray streaming transfer to pulsed projected spray transfer,while it remains the pulsed spray streaming transfer when 2％ to 10％ O2 is added.Both CO2 and O2 are favorable to stabilizing arc and welding process.O2 is even more effective than CO2.However,O2 is more likely to cause slags on the weld surface,while CO2 can improve the weld appearance in some sense.The weld surface concavity in NG-GMAW is greatly influenced by the addition of active gas,but the weld width and weld penetration almost keep constant.This study proposes a new method which is beneficial to improving the weld bead formation and welding process stability.     

脉冲MIG焊熔滴过渡光谱控制法的研究

在有关电弧光谱信息研究的基础上,提出并成功地实现了脉冲MIG焊熔滴过渡的光谱控制法。它是一种物理状态控制法。试验表明：当峰值电流、基值电流、脉冲频率等焊接参数改变时,本方法均能保 持熔滴过渡为1峰0基的过渡。它具有精确控制熔滴过渡的能力,能更好地得到稳定的焊接过程和焊接质量。它还具 有抗干扰能力强、工艺适应性好、在线调节方便等一系列优点,并可期望用于2峰0基、3峰0基等的控制中,有很大的 发展潜力,为脉冲MIG焊过程和质量的自动控制提供了一个崭新的方法,是电弧光谱信息应用的新的重要发展。 试验还表明,光谱峰后切换法是实现1峰0基的最佳控制策略。论述了该方法的控制系统、原理、控制策略、焊接参数、 试验结果与分析等。     

Ar+O_2 混合气体熔化极脉冲焊时的旋转喷射过渡特征

通过高速摄影方法,观察分析了在Ａｒ＋Ｏ２混合气体熔化极脉冲焊中形成旋转喷射过渡时的电弧形态和熔滴过渡形态。结果表明：当形成脉冲旋转喷射过渡时,熔滴呈液流束的形式向熔池过渡;焊接电弧呈鼓形;焊缝截面呈“扇形”或“锅底”形,它们与脉冲能量及气体物理性质等有关。     

Monitoring of liquid droplets in laser-enhanced GMAW

In the laser-enhanced gas metal arc welding (GMAW) process developed recently, droplets of melted metal can be detached from the wire under relatively low currents with the assistance of an auxiliary force provided by a laser. The stability of the arc and the quality of the resultant welds are improved. To compete with the gas tungsten arc welding of the much lower productivity in joining precision, the size of the droplet can be pre-defined and be controlled to meet the requirements from different applications. For this purpose, image processing algorithms are developed to measure the size of a growing droplet during the laser-enhanced GMAW process. The relatively low contrast, strong illumination and reflection caused by the laser, and strong radiation from the arc make an automatic processing of the image challenging. Images are analyzed to understand its characteristics and design the image processing and recognition algorithms accordingly. In particular, a model-based method is used to filter out non-droplet edge points and a second order equation in the polar coordinate system is introduced to model the droplet. Experimental results verified the effectiveness of the developed algorithms.     

Effect of laser on the welding process of short-circuiting transfer MIG welding of aluminum alloys

In this paper, the effect of laser on the welding process in metal inert gas (MIG) welding of aluminum alloys was studied exploiting high-speed imaging and welding electrical signals collecting. Bead-on-plate welding experiments were conducted using conventional short-circuiting transfer MIG welding and laser-short-circuiting transfer MIG hybrid welding. The obtained results point out that it took less time to strike the arc in laser-MIG hybrid welding, and the stability of arc striking was increased. When the laser was introduced into the arc atmosphere, the arc was compressed, and the welding energy was more concentrated. The arc cathode spot was fixed to the laser beam impinging spot, so the arc could burn stably. In laser-MIG hybrid welding, the droplet short-circuiting transfer stability and the weld appearance were improved significantly. Moreover, an analysis method of judging droplet transfer stability which bases on statistical techniques was proposed. By this method, it can be concluded that the short-circuiting transfer process became more stable in laser-MIG hybrid welding.     

Numerical simulation of metal transfer process in tandem GMAW

A numerical model based on fluid dynamics theory and electromagnetic theory is developed to simulate the dynamic metal transfer process in tandem gas metal arc welding (T-GMAW). The relationship between welding current and surface tension coefficient is modified by analysis of regression in this model. The numerical simulation of the metal transfer process in T-GMAW is compared with that in single-wire gas metal arc welding (SW-GMAW). It is found that a droplet transfers axially in SW-GMAW, but the droplets transfer non-axially in T-GMAW. To verify the accuracy of simulated results, the welding experiments were performed in which the actual metal transfer processes were recorded by high-speed photography. The simulated results are in good agreement with the experimental ones. This transfer behavior in T-GMAW is analyzed by studying the distributions of physical quantities including pressure, velocity, and electric potential of the droplet. The simulated results reveal that the electromagnetic force between two droplets results in the different metal transfer process. With the increase of the welding current, the surface tension coefficient decreases and the electromagnetic force increases. As a consequence, the metal transfer process in T-GMAW is accelerated.     

超声辅助MIG焊接中超声作用特性研究

超声辅助熔化极惰性气体保护(Ultrasonic assisted metal inert gas,U-MIG)焊是一种新型熔化极焊接方法,利用外加声场将相应声学效果引入焊接熔池达到改善接头性能的目的。通过试验系统化研究超声对电弧形态、熔滴过渡以及接头宏观形貌的作用规律,主要目标是更好地理解超声在不同焊接条件下的作用特点。对高速摄像采集的电弧数据进行处理,结果发现随电弧电压增加,超声对电弧的压缩效果也逐渐增大;而随送丝速度增加,焊接电流增大,电弧压缩效果减弱。针对熔滴受力特点分析,可以看出超声作用后熔滴会受到一个促进熔滴过渡的附加力作用。在焊接电流为200 A时,该附加力达到最大,约为2.8×10-3 N,继续增大焊接电流,该附加力逐渐降低。对比不同送丝速度时焊缝宏观形貌,结果显示为了获得更高的焊接效率不能无限提高送丝速度,存在一个最佳的参数匹配值。结合平面驻波理论分析,随温度增加,声辐射力逐渐减弱,这在一定程度上也会削弱附加力作用效果。利用熔池薄膜模型探讨电弧、熔滴过渡以及熔池振荡三者之间的关系,超声对电弧形态、熔滴过渡的影响均可改变熔池的振荡特性,这间接表现为接头形貌的改变。通过试验与理论分析,为U-MIG焊接方法进一步发展与应用打下坚实基础。     

The effect of a hot-wire in the tandem GMAW process ascertained by developing a multiphysics simulation model

Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology - Physical phenomena such as arc interference, deflection in droplet transfer, and bulging in weld pool are observed in the tandem gas metal arc welding...     

CHARACTERISTICS OF DROPLET TRANSFER IN CO2 LASER-MIG HYBRID WELDING WITH SHORT-CIRCUITING MODE

LF6 aluminum alloy plates with 4.5 mm thickness are welded in this experiment.Welding is carried out by using the CO2 laser-MIG paraxial hybrid welding in flat position. The experimental results indicate that the inherent droplet transfer cycle time of conventional MIG arc is changed due to the interaction between CO2 laser beam and MIG arc in the short-circuiting mode of laser-MIG hybrid welding. Because of the preheating action of CO2 laser to electrode and base material, the droplet transfer frequency of MIG arc is increased in the hybrid welding process. When laser power is increased to a certain degree, the droplet transfer frequency is decreased due to the effect of laser-induced keyhole. Furthermore, through analyzing the MIG welding current and arc voltage waveforms and the characteristics of droplet transfer in the hybrid welding process, the effect of laser energy and the action point between laser beam and arc on the frequency of droplet transfer and weld appearance is investigated in details.     

Experimental Study on Metal Transfer and Welding Spatter Characteristics of Cellulose Electrode

Welding spatter cause many problems during the welding process and this issue is particularly important for cellulose electrode welding.The hot flying spatter balls often deteriorate the working environment,and decrease the welding efficiency.Many factors affect the welding spatter,and metal transfer behavior is one of the main factors.Many studies concerning the spatter mechanism in arc welding process were made;most of them focused on the solid wire welding and the study on cellulose electrode is rarely reported.In this paper the metal transfer behavior and the weld spatter characteristics of three commercial cellulose electrodes were studied experimentally by using a high speed camera for visually capturing the metal transfer.The relationship between the metal transfer and the welding spatter was analyzed experimentally by comparing the spatter loss coefficient,which is for quantitative evaluation of welding spatter,with the statistical analysis of the large droplet transfer mode.The results showed that short circuiting transfer,large droplet spray transfer,fine droplet spray transfer and explosive transfer govern the metal transfer modes in cellulose electrode welding.Weld spatter occurred mainly in the deflection of large droplet process,explosive transfer process and fine droplet spraying process.Different metal transfer modes lead to different spatter.The deflection of large droplet and explosive transfer are the main factors of the spatter formation.Minimizing the droplet size and reducing the deflection of large droplet and explosive transfer leads to the reduction the amount of spatter in cellulose electrode welding.