Welding of zinc coated sheets in zero gap configuration is of eminent interest for the automotive industry. This Laser welding process would enable the automotive industry to build auto bodies with a high durability in a plain manufacturing process. Today good welding results can only be achieved by expensive constructive procedures such as clamping devices to ensure a defined gad. The welding ...

In this paper, welding of dissimilar metals was demonstrated for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, by using a high-energy high-repetition-rate femtosecond fiber laser. Metallurgical and mechanical properties were investigated and analyzed under various processing parameters (pulse energy, repetition rate, and welding speed). Results showed that the formation of intermetallic brittle...

A study was conducted in a glass bottle manufacturing plant in Pondicherry, India, to assess the magnitude and identify the risk factors of work-related injuries between January and December 1998. Three hundred and seventy-seven injuries were reported among 341 permanent workers followed up for one year (incidence=1,105.5/1,000 workers/yr). A higher load of injuries was noted in the first half ...

Lasers have been employed in a variety of welding applications for many years. And, as laser technology further develops and diversifies, its uses in welding continue to expand. This article provides an overview of high power lasers in keyhole welding. It then examines the characteristics and advantages of fiber laser sources for welding from Coherent | Rofin, in particular, and review a specif...

Although solidification cracking is not usually regarded as a serious problem when welding ferritic steels, improvements in the submerged arc welding process, using higher deposition rates and faster welding speeds, have led to welding conditions more likely to give cracking. Furthermore, the need to weld stronger tougher steels, where the inspection requirements are more stringent, has led to ...

This paper gives a review on the applications of artificial neural network in friction stir welding. Friction stir welding is a fairly new solid state joining process and has found numerous applications including in aerospace, marine, automotive, railway and many more. Artificial neural network (ANN) is a valued research area. Study has been done on mechanical properties of weldements. Keywords...

The fibrogenic potential of 11 different welding fumes and metallic aerosols, considered to be reference standard surrogates for the commonly used welding technologies and applications responsible for 70% of welders exposure, is screened by using the rat peritoneal macrophage (RPM) in vitro bioassay. Only one class of fumes, that from the manual metal are welding of stainless steel, shows disti...

D. Bajic, University of Montenegro, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, G. Vladimirovich Kuzmenko, E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute, National Academy of Sciences Ukraine, I. Samardžić, J.J.Strossmayer university of Osijek, Mechanical Engineering Faculty in Slavonski Brod, Croatia The paper presents up-to-date achievements in application of a new method of arc welding of various rail profi l...

The HASTELLOY® and HAYNES® alloys are known for their good weldability, which is defined as the ability of a material to be welded and to perform satisfactorily in the imposed service environment. The service performance of the welded component should be given the utmost importance when determining a suitable weld process or procedure. If proper welding techniques and procedures are followed, h...

The tube to tube sheet welding joints of heat exchanger is the most critical joints. A special Nondestructive testing technology was proposed, which is based on the digital radiographic imaging automatic inspection system to the characteristics on the tube to tube sheet welding joints of heat exchanger. A new style Linear Diode Arrays as a device is used to receive ray, which will be fixed on a...