Effects of shielding gas composition on arc characteristics and droplet transfer in tandem narrow gap GMA welding

The effects of shielding gas composition in tandem narrow gap gas metal arc welding were studied. The shielding gas included argon, carbon dioxide and helium. The arc characteristics and droplet transfer process were analysed. The results show that in the same welding parameters, the trail wire welding current is higher than the lead wire welding current. With the increase of carbon dioxide content, the welding currents of two wires decrease, and the trail wire droplet transfer mode transforms from spray transfer to projected transfer. With the increase of helium content, the welding currents increase and the lead wire droplet transfer mode transforms from projected transfer to spray transfer. The weld width is the largest when the shielding gas mixture is 80%Ar10%CO₂10%He.     

Visualization of gas metal arc welding on globular to spray transition current

The transfer modes in gas metal arc welding have important effects on welding quality. However, present study of metal transfer modes is not yet fully understood. In this study, welding arcs was visualised using the optical emission spectroscopy technique. The carbon steel wire electrode was used for welding with 80% Ar?+?20% CO₂ shielding gas. The results showed that the globular to spray transition current was 330–350?A. During globular to spray transition, argon,CO₂ and Fe plasma tended to gradually change from localising near the arc axis to a two-layer structure having 11,000?K in high-temperature region away from the arc axis and around 7000?K in low-temperature region near the arc axis.     

高铬镍奥氏体焊丝Ar/He/CO2保护脉冲GMAW电弧形态与熔滴过渡

为解决高强度Cr-Ni奥氏体焊丝脉冲GMAW电弧挺度不足,熔滴过渡不稳定的问题,文中采用高速摄像手段对Ar/He/CO₂不同组合气体保护下的脉冲GMAW电弧形态与熔滴过渡进行了对比研究,以期优化混合气体成分.结果表明,氩气弧熔滴过渡容易,但电弧漂移、挺度差;氦气和CO₂气体的加入可提高电弧挺度、增大电弧能量、熔滴过渡变为1脉多滴,先一个大滴,接着几个小滴;氦气的比例越大,第一个熔滴的尺寸越大;CO₂气体可克服阴极斑点漂移,但比例不能超过5%;40% Ar+58% He+2% CO₂三元组合的电弧挺度大,熔滴过渡均匀平稳,是奥氏体焊丝脉冲GMAW厚板焊接较理想的混合气体组分.     

保护气体成分对双丝旁路耦合电弧GMAW旁路熔滴过渡形式的影响

双丝旁路耦合电弧GMAW的旁路焊枪选择了正极性接法即焊丝接电源负极,旁路熔滴仅依靠重力向熔池过渡,旁路熔滴尺寸较大且过渡过程并不稳定.针对这一问题,采用已建立的双丝旁路耦合电弧焊接过程信号控制与高速摄像采集系统,采集了纯氩气保护时旁路熔滴过渡形式,并分析了旁路熔滴尺寸较大且过渡过程不稳定的原因.在此基础上,采用80% Ar+20% CO₂为保护气体进行了焊接试验.结果表明,焊接过程中,保护气体中的O元素在旁路熔滴表面形成了氧化膜,旁路电弧在旁路熔滴表面的氧化膜上稳定燃烧,从而使电磁收缩力重新作用在旁路熔滴上并促进旁路熔滴向熔池过渡,因此焊接过程中旁路熔滴尺寸明显减小,熔滴过渡过程更加稳定.     

保护气体对金红石型药芯焊丝电弧行为影响分析

采用高速摄像装置及汉诺威弧焊分析仪分析了金红石型药芯焊丝在100% CO₂及80% Ar+20% CO₂气体保护焊时的熔滴过渡模式及电弧形态.结果表明,100% CO₂气体保护焊时小、中、大参数均出现排斥过渡特征,随电弧电压与焊接电流增加,熔滴尺寸减小,过渡频率增加,出现滴状过渡,波形呈锯齿状;80% Ar+20% CO₂气体保护焊时以滴状过渡为主,大参数时出现射滴过渡,波形近似直线.前者渣柱仅出现于熔滴形成长大的初期,后者在熔滴过渡全过程均有渣柱存在,且对熔滴过渡有一定的导向与稳定作用.这与电弧形态不同,熔滴与渣柱受电弧热作用的效果不同有关.     

金属粉芯型药芯焊丝熔滴过渡及飞溅观察分析

采用高速摄影技术对金属粉芯型药芯焊丝的熔滴过渡及飞溅进行观察分析,总结了金属粉芯型药芯焊丝在试验参数下的熔滴过渡类型和特征以及飞溅类型和特征,阐述了熔滴过渡特征以及飞溅特征产生的原因．结果表明,采用100％CO2气体保护时,焊接过程中电弧电压波动较大,熔滴过渡不稳．以排斥过渡为主,少量细颗粒过渡和爆炸过渡,焊接飞溅大;采用5％CO2＋95％Ar保护时,熔滴过渡为单一射滴过渡,熔滴过渡平稳,电弧稳定,焊接飞溅小;金属粉芯型药芯焊丝飞溅形式主要包括：气泡放出型飞溅、缩颈飞溅、熔滴爆炸飞溅以及电弧力引起的飞溅．     

Microstructural analysis of the anode in gas metal arc welding (GMAW)

The nature of the applied shielding gas has a strong influence on arc stability and transfer metal mode of the welding process. In particular, increase of the percentage of carbon dioxide in argon induces the increase of the transition current value from the globular to spray metal transfer mode. This work shows that these effects are linked to the chemical and microstructural modifications of the anode tip during the gas metal arc welding process. The microstructure of the anode is investigated for various experimental conditions. Transition between the two transfer modes is linked to the existence and disappearance of a rather insulating oxide “gangue” at the wire extremity whose nature depends of the shielding gas. Chemical reactions at high temperature such as oxidation–reduction reactions between shielding gas and melted metal govern the transition of the spray-arc to globular transfer mode.     

碱性药芯焊丝熔滴过渡特性及工艺性分析

利用高速摄像和汉诺威弧焊分析仪,在富氩气体保护条件下,在不同的焊接参数下对3种碱性药芯焊丝样品进行了测试和分析. 结果表明,较小焊接参数时,熔滴过渡形式为粗熔滴排斥过渡,电弧稳定性差,飞溅大;随着焊接参数的增大,熔滴过渡逐渐转变为细熔滴过渡,过渡过程趋于稳定. 熔滴受到较大的排斥力以及熔体的表面张力大是造成大颗粒飞溅的主要原因,较长的渣柱对熔滴过渡具有导向作用,细化熔滴和形成稳定、较长的渣柱是改善碱性药芯焊丝工艺性的重要途径.     

Determining the boundaries of globular-to-spray transfer in robotic GMAW

Robotic gas metal arc welding （GMAW） experiments were conducted using an ERTOS-1 electrode with Ar ＋ 10% CO2 shielding gas, and the welding current and arc voltage signals were collected by a data acquisition system. The boundaries between globular transfer and spray transfer in terms of the welding current and arc voltage were determined according to the waveform of electric signals and the Fourier transform results of arc voltage. The optimum welding parameters for the two transfer modes were obtained, which laid a foundation for the numerical simulation and control of GMAW process.     

Metal transfer instability in gas metal arc welding

Abstract

This work presents a simplified model of metal transfer in gas metal arc welding. The model incorporates key features of metal transfer including the change in droplet diameters as welding moves from the globular into the spray metal transfer region, and the increase in welding voltage that is observed to occur as the pendant droplet grows. The model predicts that an instability arises in the globular metal transfer region, which leads to deterministic chaos and complex limit cycles with many droplet sizes. The instability also causes deterministic chaos with a characteristic gap in droplet diameters at the transition to spray mode metal transfer. The model explains observed features of metal transfer in some detail, including the existence and location of preferred bands of droplet sizes. Whether the instability is present or not defines the boundary between chaotic globular metal transfer and the stable drop spray transfer mode. The identification of deterministic chaos in gas metal arc welding metal transfer opens the way for new approaches to welding control.     

面向工程应用的BA-GMAW熔滴过渡形态

综述了涉及工程应用的潜弧熔化极气体保护焊(Buried arc gas metal arc welding,BA-GMAW)熔滴过渡形态特征.结果表明,在大电流和相应的焊接参数下,BA-GMAW工艺的熔滴过渡形态有3种,即呈滴状过渡、摆动过渡和旋转过渡.BA-GMAW电弧空腔中电弧形态属于连续、敞开、非活动型;电弧空腔...     

药芯焊丝CO2焊熔滴过渡现象的观察与分析

药芯焊丝CO2气体保护焊熔滴行为对药芯焊丝工艺性有直接的影响.采用焊接过程的高速摄影技术和汉诺威焊接质量分析系统对药芯焊丝的熔滴过渡形态进行观察分析.证实随着焊接参数的变化,药芯焊丝可能形成排斥过渡、表面张力过渡和细熔滴过渡.在排斥过渡时,由于大熔滴在焊丝端部较长时间的停留,出现明显的熔滴自身的爆炸飞溅,气体的强烈逸出飞溅等现象,表面张力过渡是介于大熔滴的排斥过渡与细熔滴过渡二者之间的一种过渡形式.细熔滴过渡时,焊接过程稳定、飞溅小、焊缝成形良好、生产效率较高,是药芯焊丝理想的过渡形式.在细熔滴的过渡的条件下形成的渣柱对熔滴的过渡起着导向作用.     

Mapping transfer modes for stainless steel gas metal arc welding

Abstract

A methodology for the construction of transfer mode maps for stainless steel gas metal arc welding, with argon and argon–oxygen shielding gases, is presented. A back lighting laser and high speed video camera were used for visualisation and measurement of droplets and electrode extension. The reasons for the use of a groove, instead of the traditional bead on plate method, and of same volume beads are discussed and the results assessed. Unlike in other mapping procedures, mapping was conducted as a function of welding current and arc length. In addition, transfer rate v. welding current or wire feedrate curves were plotted. The results show the importance of the use of both maps and curves for identification and quantification of the shielding gas effects on the transfer mode. The results also suggest that an increase in oxygen content in the shielding gas reduces the values of transition current and transition wire feedrate (as expected), but also that it reduces the transfer rate and droplet size at the globular–spray transition.     

双丝间接电弧氩弧焊的熔滴过渡

采用氙灯背光高速摄像系统及示波器对双丝间接电弧氩气保护焊的熔滴过渡及其对应的电压、电流波形进行了研究.结果表明,双丝间接电弧氩弧焊焊接电流与电弧电压的不同匹配选择,熔滴具有短路过渡、大滴过渡、混合过渡、射滴过渡、射流过渡等不同过渡形式.随着焊接电流的增大熔滴尺寸减小,熔滴细化,随电弧电压的增大,熔滴尺寸减小.熔滴过渡形式与电压、电流的波形之间有很好的对应关系.     

低碳钢熔化极等离子弧焊接工艺

对Q235低碳钢进行熔化极等离子弧焊接工艺试验,并研究其工艺参数对焊缝成形和熔滴过渡的影响.结果表明,与常规的熔化极惰性气体保护焊相比熔化极等离子弧焊接在提高焊接效率、减少飞溅和气孔等方面具有优越性.当其它条件不变时,焊缝熔宽随等离子电流增大而变宽,而对熔深和熔滴过渡类型影响不大;熔化极等离子弧焊接电流增大时,U - I相图的线簇随着电流增大而集中,熔滴过渡依次为短路过渡、大滴过渡和射流过渡.     

Metal Transfer of Twin-wire Indirect Arc Argon Welding

Metal transfer of twin-wire indirect arc argon welding was investigated with high speed camcorder system based on a xenon lamp source and digital oscillograph, forces on droplet were analyzed in this paper. Results show metal transfer mode that of anodal and cathodal is not completely the same. It was divided into seven types of transfer mode; spray transfer and spray-projected transfer are the important transfer mode. The base-plate was melted by energy that of the arc and drop carrying, the drop transfer ...     

Effect of REM addition of wire on CO2 gas shielded arc phenomenon

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) gas shielded arc welding is the main arc welding method, but it generates a large amount of spatter during welding. The root cause of spatter lies in the fact that the droplet undergoes repeated irregular shaking. To solve this problem, spatter generation modes were clarified and the effects of polarity and rare earth metal (REM) addition of the wire on CO₂ gas shielded arc welding were investigated. As a result, when welding is performed with an electrode negative (DCEN) polarity using REM added wire, it was found that a conical arc plasma is formed, and the droplet which is transferred from the wire tip to the molten pool is fine and continuous, in what is termed ‘spray transfer’. Thus, spatter generation was reduced to 10% of amount of the conventional CO₂ gas shielded arc welding (from 0.058 to 0.005g/s).     

Metal transfer and arc behaviour of novel consumable and non-consumable electrode indirect arc droplet welding

Abstract

The consumable and non-consumable electrode indirect arc droplet welding is a novel method that applies an indirect arc generated between a consumable electrode and a non-consumable electrode to welding. It was successfully used to overlap join the thin zinc coated steel plate. In the point to point (consumable electrode and non-consumable electrode) configuration, the stable metal transfer was obtained. The globular, projected spray and streaming spray transfer modes were promoted. With the increase in welding power, the metal transfer became faster and more stable. At the same time, the indirect arc became brighter, smaller and more stable. The arc self-regulation guaranteed the stable burning of the indirect arc. The desire stability was observed from the fluctuation of the welding current and the arc voltage waveforms. The side concentrated melting on the root of the droplet produced high pinch effect, which facilitated the detachment of the droplet.     

Arc characteristics and behaviour of metal transfer in pulsed current GMA welding of stainless steel

The variation in arc characteristics, stability in shielding of arc environment and behaviour of metal transfer with a change in pulse parameters have been studied by high speed video-photography during pulsed current gas metal arc (P-GMA) weld deposition using austenitic stainless steel filler wire. A comparative study of similar nature has also been carried out during gas metal arc (GMA) weld deposition in globular and spray transfer modes. The effect of pulse parameters has been studied by considering their hypothetically proposed summarized influence defined by a dimensionless factor ? = [(I_b/I_p) ft_b], mean current and arc voltage and correlation between welding parameters and arc characteristics have been established. The arc characteristics studied by its root diameter, projected diameter, length and stiffness measured in terms of arc pressure and the behaviour of metal transfer noted by the droplet diameter and velocity of droplet at the time of detachment have been found to vary significantly with the variation in ?. At a given ? the experimentally measured values of the behaviour of metal transfer are found well in agreement to their corresponding theoretical values estimated through mathematical expressions reported earlier. The increase of ? and the ratio of (I_b/I_p) have been found to adversely affect the stability of shielding jacket and arc profile especially at high arc voltage.     

熔化极脉冲氩弧焊熔滴滴落过程的分析

采用数字图像处理技术,对熔化极脉冲氩弧焊熔滴滴落过程的高速摄像图片进行了处理,提取了熔滴的边缘轮廓并获得了熔滴质心的变化坐标,得到了熔滴滴落过程中速度变化曲线. 结果表明,熔滴在弧柱区的滴落过程为匀加速,而在近阴极区和近阳极区却是减速的,且近阴极区减速幅度较大;并对熔滴在弧柱区的受力过程进行了定量分析,其主要受到等离子体流拉力和重力的作用,以及对近阴极区进行了相关的定性分析,其速度的减小主要是因为金属熔池蒸气反力的阻碍作用和等离子体流拉力的减小,理论分析与试验结果较为吻合.