高速旋转电弧窄间隙MAG焊焊缝成形的分析

采用平特性电源,研究了高速旋转电弧窄间隙MAG焊接工艺对焊缝成形的影响规律。结果表明,旋转电弧是通过热量的合理分配来改善焊缝成形,旋转频率对熔化速度的影响很小。提高旋转频率和降低保护气中CO2的含量有利于增加侧壁熔深,改善焊缝成形;但同时也容易造成电弧与侧壁短路,恶化焊缝成形,严重的将出现未熔合。所以在间隙小于10min时旋转频率应小于50Hz。焊接速度的变化不会影响过渡形式,但较低的焊接速度可以得到更大的表面下凹。     

预熔氧化层对AA-TIG焊缝形貌的影响

AA－TIG焊（arc assisted activating TIG welding）是一种新型高效焊接方法,该方法通过焊前采用小电流辅助电弧以Ar＋O：作为保护气体在待焊部位预熔一道氧化层,然后再进行常规TIG焊,可获得深而窄的焊缝．试验通过改变辅助电弧工艺参数来改变预熔氧化层的厚度,分析预熔氧化层厚度对焊缝成形的影响．结果表明,辅助电弧的电流、速度以及辅助电弧中氧气流量对预熔氧化层厚度有很大的影响,辅助电弧中氧气流量越大、辅助电弧热输入越大时,预熔氧化层越厚;AA—TIG焊时预熔氧化层的厚度对焊缝深宽比影响较大,随着预熔氧化层的增厚,焊缝深宽比先增加后减小．     

Thermal analysis of horizontal fillet joints by considering bead shape in gas metal arc welding

Abstract

In gas metal arc (GMA) welding, the weld size, that is, the locally melted area of a workpiece, is one of the most important factors determining the strength of a welded structure. Variations in the welding power and the welding heat flux may affect the weld pool formation and ultimately the size of the weld. Therefore, an accurate prediction of the weld size requires a precise analysis of the weld thermal cycle. In the present study, a model that can estimate the weld bead geometry and a method for thermal analysis, including the model, are suggested. To analyse the weld bead geometry, a mathematical model was developed with transformed coordinates to apply to horizontal fillet joints. A heat flow analysis was performed using a two-dimensional finite element model that was adopted to compute the base metal melting zone. The reliability of the proposed model and the thermal analysis was evaluated through experiments, and the results showed that the proposed model was highly effective in predicting the weld bead shape, and that the predicted melting zone of the base metal also corresponded well with the experimental profile.     

Additive assisted through the arc sensing during gas tungsten arc welding

Abstract

This paper concerns a novel approach to through the arc position sensing, which is based on the influence that certain additives have on the physical behaviour of the welding arc. The changes in the physical behaviour are reflected by changes in arc parameters, in particular arc voltage, which can be monitored during the welding process. In the first part of the paper the results of bead on plate experiments aimed at determining the influence of different additives on arc voltage are presented. Of the different additives considered, SiO₂ is found to have the most pronounced effect. It appears that addition of SiO₂ results in a voltage increase in the range 1–3 V, depending on arc length, welding current, and travel speed. The observed effect is ascribed to arc contraction and arc trailing. The influence of SiO₂ on the weld bead geometry and the mechanical properties of the weld was also determined. It appears that the addition of SiO₂ results in enhanced weld penetration, presumably as a result of the observed arc contraction. The results of hardness measurements carried out on transverse cross-sections of the welds indicate that the mechanical properties of the weld are not significantly affected by the addition of SiO₂ . Preliminary experiments show that the effect of SiO₂ on arc voltage can be used as a tool for position sensing and, hence, for seam tracking during gas tungsten arc (GTA) welding.     

TIG arc characteristics in different atmospheres (part 1)

Summary

The physical properties of gases such as density, thermal and electrical conductivity, as well as ionisation potential, determine to a great extent the operational characteristics of welding arcs. These properties may vary widely for different gases. As a result, arc voltage, heat output, mean radius, thermal profile, performance and other parameters which influence bead geometry (shape, width and penetration) depend on the chemical composition of the shielding gas. Rather complex physical models have been proposed to explain and quantify the effects of shielding gas chemical composition on welding arc performance. The influence of arc atmosphere may also be easily predicted by empirical methods. However, only changes in arc operational parameters and weld bead geometry due to variations in gas composition appear in the literature. This article presents an optical study of the TIG welding arc, based on a digital system of image capture and welding parameter recording, during arc operation. Variations in arc aspect, dimensions and electrical parameters were observed, and the results related to the physical properties of gases and mixtures used, as well as forecasts by theoretical models.     

Calculation formulae for welded joints subjected to static loads (1)

Summary

This paper describes an investigation of the penetration shape and welding of real SUS304 joints by travelling TIG arc welding. A weld bead with a large penetration ratio (penetration depth/bead width) can be obtained by low‐speed welding. Since the anode spot is fixed at the centre of the weldpool in He‐DC TIG, deep penetration with a narrow bead width is effectively obtained. The transition current giving a top bead width with the minimum value combined with full penetration bead formation increases in Ar‐DC TIG welding with an increasing base metal thickness. The step movement welding method, whereby a stationary arc is struck after short‐distance travel, is effective to obtain a stable penetration bead at a plate thickness above 6 mm. The stability of penetration bead formation is improved when flux‐cored wire is added.     

Mathematical modelling of rotational arc sensor in GMAW and its applications to seam tracking and endpoint detection

Abstract

High speed rotational arc sensing is an important method to detect the torch deviation during automatic seam tracking of arc welding. In the present paper, a mathematic model of high speed rotational arc sensing is analysed. Simulations have been implemented in two conditions, namely considering or without considering weld bead profile. The simulation results are consistent with the experimental results. The current waveforms at the beginning of the welding are different from those at middle of the welding because of the formation of the weld bead profile. The signal patterns for seam tracking and endpoint detection are proposed. A phase shift between the rotation and the current variation is also discovered in the experiments. The mathematical model can be helpful for the interpretation and improvement of arc sensing systems.     

Numerical definition of an equivalent GTAW heat source

The aim of this paper is to present a new numerical heat source for gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) simulation. This source is described as a homogeneous thermal flux which is defined by a power P distributed in a disk the radius of which is R: it enables the main dimensions of the weld bead and the evolution in temperature in the solid part to be predicted. The two parameters P and R relate to the process parameters, the arc length h and the current intensity I.Experimental tests were performed in order to study the weld bead dimensions in incomplete penetration and full penetration welds. For each test, the heat source parameters (P,R) which enable the experimental weld bead dimensions to be obtained were identified: a link between the heat source parameters (P,R) and the welding parameters (I,h) was established and thus a predictive heat source was produced.     

Hybrid laser/arc welding process for controlling bead profile

Abstract

A laser hybrid welding process in which a defocused laser beam is applied beside a gas metal arc weld (GMAW) pool to modify the bead shape was studied. The present paper aims to produce welds with improved toe geometry and better fatigue life than those made with GMAW alone and to apply a numerical simulation to help configure the hybrid process. First, stationary hybrid welds were made to validate weld bead shape predictions and to characterise the spreading of the arc weld deposit to the laser heated spot. Next, the travelling hybrid process was configured with the aid of simulations and fatigue test specimens were welded. Proper application of the laser heat input induced molten metal to spread to the laser heated area, increasing the fillet weld leg length. This produced a larger weld toe angle that decreased the stress concentration and increased the fatigue life of the welds relative to standard mean values.     

Effects of torch configuration and welding current on weld bead formation in high speed tandem pulsed gas metal arc welding of steel sheets

Abstract

Undercut and humping bead are the common defects that limit the maximum welding speed of tandem pulsed gas metal arc (GMA) welding. In order to increase the maximum welding speed, effects of the inclination angle, interwire distance and welding current ratio between the leading wire and trailing wire on bead formation in high speed welding are investigated. The undercut and humping bead is attributed to the irregular flow of molten metal towards the rear part of the weld pool. This irregular flow can be prevented by the trailing wire with a push angle from 5° to 13° , which provides an appropriate component of arc force in the welding direction. The irregular flow is also related to the distance between the leading wire and the trailing wire, and the flow becomes regular when the distance is in the range 9–12 mm. Moreover, the stabilisation of the bulge of the weld pool between the two wires, the presence of enough molten metal below the trailing arc, and the reduced velocity of molten metal flow towards the rear part of the weld pool, are essential to increase the maximum welding speed. These conditions can be obtained by adjusting the ratio of the leading arc current to the trailing arc current. A maximum welding speed as high as 4–4·5 m min^?1 is achieved by setting the current ratio to a value ranging from 0·31 to 0·5.     

Determining penetration from topside weld bead and weld pool geometry in PGMAW

Abstract

Finding suitable characteristic parameters of topside weld pool to reflect the penetration is a key work in weld shape control. In this paper, by analysing the molten metal volume, the relationship between topside weld bead shape and penetration in pulsed gas metal arc welding (PGMAW) is revealed, and then several weld bead characteristic parameters (WBCPs) are proposed to determine the penetration. However, these WBCPs are difficult to be obtained in real time, because continuous solidifying of weld pool forms the weld bead, and the WBCPs can be reflected by the weld pool geometry. Therefore, some weld pool characteristic parameters (WPCPs) are proposed to replace the WBCPs. Furthermore, a visual system is established and a series of image processing arithmetics are developed to extract the WPCPs.     

Weld pool shape prediction in plasma augmented laser welded steel

Abstract

A welding process that combined plasma arc welding with laser welding was used to make autogenous bead on plate welds on a sheet stock of a carbon steel. A wide range of welding parameters (arc current, laser power, weld speed) was employed. The experimental weld pool shapes were analysed and the data were used to train a neural network to predict weld pool shape as a function of process conditions. The predictions of the neural network model showed excellent agreement with the experimental results, indicating that a neural network model is a viable means for predicting weld pool shape. Using the model, a parametric study was carried out to examine the influence of process conditions on the final weld pool profile.     

Prediction of weld quality in pulsed current GMAW process using artificial neural network

Abstract

Weld joint dimensions and weld metal mechanical properties are important quality characteristics of any welded joint. The success of building these characteristics in any welding situation depends on proper selection-cum-optimisation of welding process parameters. Such optimisation is critical in the pulsed current gas metal arc welding process (GMAW-P), as the heat input here is closely dictated by a host of additional pulse parameters in comparison to the conventional gas metal arc welding process. Neural network based models are excellent alternatives in such situations where a large number of input conditions govern certain outputs in a manner that is often difficult to adjudge a priori. Six individual prediction models developed using neural network methodology are presented here to estimate ultimate tensile strength, elongation, impact toughness, weld bead width, weld reinforcement height and penetration of the final weld joint as a function of four pulse parameters, e.g. peak current, base current, pulse on time and pulse frequency. The experimental data employed here are for GMAW-P welding of extruded sections of high strength Al–Zn–Mg alloy (7005). In each case, a committee of different possible network architectures is used, including the final optimum network, to assess the uncertainty in estimation. The neural network models developed here could estimate all the outputs except penetration fairly accurately.     

High speed fusion weld bead defects

Abstract

A comprehensive survey of high speed weld bead defects is presented with strong emphasis on the formation of humping and undercutting in autogenous and non-autogenous fusion welding processes. Blowhole and overlap weld defects are also discussed. Although experimental results from previous studies are informative, they do not always reveal the physical mechanisms responsible for the formation of these high speed weld bead defects. In addition, these experimental results do not reveal the complex relationships between welding process parameters and the onset of high speed weld bead defects. Various phenomenological models of humping and undercutting have been proposed that were based on observations of events in different regions within the weld pool or the final weld bead profile. The ability of these models to predict the onset of humping or undercutting has not been satisfactorily demonstrated. Furthermore, the proposed formation mechanisms of these high speed weld bead defects are still being questioned. Recent welding techniques and processes have, however, been shown to be very effective in suppressing humping and undercutting by slowing the backward flow of molten metal in the weld pool. This backward flow of molten weld metal may be the principal physical phenomenon responsible for the formation of humping and undercutting during high speed fusion welding.     

Weld shape variation and electrode protection under Ar–(Ar–O2) double shielded GTA welding

Abstract

Double shielded gas tungsten arc welding (GTA welding or TIG welding) of an SUS304 stainless steel with pure inert argon as the inner layer shielding and the Ar–O₂ active gas as the outer layer shielding is proposed in this study in order to investigate its effect on the tungsten electrode protection and the weld shape variation. The experimental results show that the inner inert argon gas can successfully prevent the outer layer active gas from contacting and oxidising the tungsten electrode during the welding process. The active gas, oxygen, in the outer layer shielding is decomposed in the arc and dissolves in the liquid pool, which effectively adjusts the active element, oxygen, content in the weld metal. When the weld metal oxygen content is over 70 ppm, the surface tension induced Marangoni convection changes from outward into inward, and the weld shape varies from a wide shallow one to a narrow deep one. The effect of the inner layer gas flowrate on the weld bead morphology and the weld shape is investigated systematically. The results showed that when the flowrate of the inner argon shielding gas is too low, the weld bead is easily oxidised and the weld shape is wide and shallow. A heavy continuous oxide layer on the liquid pool is a barrier to the liquid pool movement.     

Effect of welding current and speed on occurrence of humping bead in high-speed GMAW

The developed mathematical model of humping formation mechanism in high-speed gas metal arc welding (GMAW) is used to analyze the effects of welding current and welding speed on the occurrence of humping bead. It considers both the momentum and heat content of backward flowing molten jet inside weld pool. Three-dimensional geometry of weld pool, the spacing between two adjacent humps and hump height along humping weld bead are calculated under different levels of welding current and welding speed. It shows that wire feeding rate, power intensity and the moment of backward flowing molten jet are the major factors on humping bead formation.     

Pulsed gas metal arc welding of Al–Cu–Li alloy

Abstract

An experimental Al–Cu–Li–Mg–Ag–Zr type alloy in the form of 13.7 mm thick plates was studied for its fusion characteristics using gas metal arc welding (GMAW) and pulsed gas metal arc welding (P-GMAW). High copper 2319 filler of 1.6 mm diameter was used. The burn-off characteristics of 2319 filler wire in GMAW and P-GMAW were experimentally determined, including the relation between pulse current and pulse duration for the desired one-drop detachment per pulse (ODPP) condition and feasible range of pulse parameters. The effect of welding parameters on bead geometry and shape relationships was investigated through beadon-plate experiments in the welding current range above the spray transition current. Reasonably good weld beads were obtained in P-GMAW at currents as low as 194 A and welding speeds of 45 cm min^–1. P-GMAW yielded significantly higher weld penetration compared to GMAW.     

Thermal elastic‐plastic stress‐strain analysis considering temperature rise due to plastic deformation under dynamic loading in undermatched joints study of dynamic deformation and fracture properties of welded joints with strength heterogeneity (Report 1)

Summary

This paper describes an automatic welding system that can simultaneously control the bead height and back bead shape during one‐sided MAG welding with a backing plate. The system uses a high‐speed rotating arc welding process together with an arc sensing technique for seam tracking and torch height control.

The arc sensing technique is also used to detect variations in the groove shape. The detection mechanism is described in detail in this paper.

The system further uses a newly developed welding parameter control method in which only the wire feedrate and welding voltage are adaptively controlled, the other welding conditions being kept constant. This method is able to keep the bead height constant and retain the back bead shape even if the groove shape changes.

Initial welding experimental results have shown the system to be effective and satisfactory for controlling the weld bead shape in one‐sided GMAW (MIG/MAG) with a backing plate.     

Novel rotation arc system for narrow gap MAG welding

Abstract

The present paper develops a hollow axis motor driven high speed rotation arc system for narrow gap welding (NGW), and introduces the features of this system. Some welding experiments were then carried out to investigate the characteristics of welding wire melting and weld formation for this new process. Experimental results show that the melting rate of wire increases and the residual melting ball diameter of wire tip decreases respectively with an increase in rotation speed, and this melting rate is higher in pulsed welding and NGW respectively than in dc and flat plate welding. Furthermore, the arc rotation can obviously improve the penetration into NGW groove sidewalls and bead shape, and thus the system has been used to weld practical NGW joints successfully.     

Numerical modelling and experimental determination of temperature distribution during manual metal arc welding

Abstract

Welding is a highly reliable and efficient metal joining process. Manual metal arc (MMA) welding is very widely used in industry. The temperature distribution that occurs during welding affects the material microstructure, hardness, and the residual stresses present in the material after welding. In the present work, the temperature distribution during bead on plate welding using MMA welding was experimentally determined for AISI type 304 stainless steel plates and low carbon steel plates of thickness 6 and 12 mm. A three-dimensional computer model based on the control volume method has been developed to predict the temperature distribution in the heat affected zone (HAZ) and in the base plate region of the bead on plate welds, using the weld parameters as input data to the computer model. In this computer model, the heat energy used to melt the electrode is considered as a separate heat flux term and the remaining heat supplied by the welding arc is considered as another heat flux term. A good match between the experimental results and the theoretical predictions was obtained. Using the computer model, the time taken to cool from 800 to 500°C in the coarse grained HAZ (close to the fusion line) of low carbon steel specimens was calculated. From this cooling time and the chemical composition of the material, the maximum hardness in the coarse grained HAZ was predicted. Microhardness measurement in the same region of the welded plates was carried out. The experimentally measured values and predicted results match closely.