Factors Affecting the Capture Efficiency of a Fume Extraction Torch for Gas Metal Arc Welding

Factors Affecting the Capture Efficiency of a Fume Extraction Torch for Gas Metal Arc Welding

Welding fumes are classified as Group 2B 'possibly carcinogenic' and this prompts to the implementation of local exhaust ventilation (LEV). The fume extraction torch with LEV integrated into the tool is the most attractive solution but its capture efficiency is often disappointing in practice. This study assesses the main parameters affecting fume capture efficiency namely the extraction flow r...

Effective control of gas shielded arc welding fume RR683

Metal Transfer and Arc Plasma in Gas Metal Arc Welding

This article analyzes the transient complex heat transfer and fluid flow in molten metal and arc plasma during the gas metal arc welding process. The model predicts the formation, growth, detachment, and transfer of droplets from the tip of a continuously fed electrode under the influences of several competing forces including gravity, electromagnetic force, arc pressure, plasma shear stress, a...

Control of pulsed gas metal arc welding

This paper presents a control system for manual pulsed Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW). This system consists of a current controller, which makes it possible to shape the current during welding, and two important components, which are the key issues discussed in this paper. These components include an arc length controller and a metal transfer controller. The arc length controller is based on a no...

Dynamic Behaxior of Gas Metal Arc Welding

Gas Metal arc Welding (GMABQ has become the most addely used process for joining of steel plates due to its high productixity, simplicity of equipment and ease of use. Although the process of melting of the electrode and development of the weld deposit has been studied for 40 years, the dynamic nature of the process has not been studied in detail because accurate models are computationally inte...