Gas tungsten arc welding is fundamental in those industries where it is important to control the weld bead shape and its metallurgical characteristics. However, compared to the other arc welding process, the shallow penetration of the TIG welding restricts its ability to weld thick structures in a single pass (~ 2 mm for stainless steels), thus its productivity is relativity low. This is why th...

The present paper describes fuzzy logic simulation of tungsten inert gas welding (TIG) process to predict the weldment macrostructure zones' shape profile characteristics. The prediction of the weld pool geometry together with the shape of the heat affected zone (HAZ) was accomplished taking into account of TIG welding process parameters such as arc traverse speed, welding current and arc lengt...

Gas tungsten arc welding is a popular process in those applications requiring a high degree of quality and accuracy. However, this process has a big disadvantage against the substantially high productivity welding procedures. Hence, many efforts have been made to improve its productivity. One of these efforts is the use of activating flux (A-TIG welding). In this study, the performance of A-TIG...

Repair welding is not used enough in the industry 1 . One of the reasons for this lies in the insufficient and unrealiable knowledge in many segments of this area. A very important part is having appropriate knowledge of metallurgical processes in heating of the base material 2-4 . Unsuitable heating deteriorates the microstructure as it reduces toughness and fracture behaviour of the weld 5 . ...

Plates of 3–5 mm in thickness were extracted from an AZ91D ingot and then butt joints of the plates were produced using tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding method. The TIG arc was also used to deposit welding beads on some of the thin plates. No cracking was found in the butt joints. However, hot cracking was always observed to propagate from the heat affected zone (HAZ) under the welding bead int...

(1) A mathematical model of weldpool surface deformation and keyhole formation in PAW+TIG DSAW process is developed on the basis of magnetohydrodynamic theory and calculus of variations with considering all kinds of dynamic factors acting on the weldpool. (2) Welding current of PAW+TIG DSAW process flows in from the TIG bottom side of workpiece, along the keyhole and metal neighborhood and away...

This investigation aims to explore determinants of exposure to particle size-specific welding fume. Area sampling of ultrafine particles (UFP) was performed at 33 worksites in parallel with the collection of respirable particles. Personal sampling of respirable and inhalable particles was carried out in the breathing zone of 241 welders. Median mass concentrations were 2.48 mg m(-3) for inhalab...

In this experimental work, Manganese oxide (MnO2), Zinc oxide (ZnO), Iron oxide (Fe2O3) and Magnesium chloride (MgCl2) were used as activating flux to investigate the effects for SS 304 in tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding. Ultimate tensile strength, percentage elongation, Penetration depth and width were studied of material SS 304. The experimental results indicated that the MnO2 and Fe2O3 flux...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to present the results of welders' occupational exposure to "blue light" and UV radiation carried out at industrial workstations during TIG and MMA welding. MATERIALS AND METHODS Measurements were performed at 13 workstations (TIG welding: 6; MMA welding: 7), at which different welding parameters and materials were used. The radiation level was measured usi...

J. Cárcel-Carrasco; M. Pascual; M. Pérez-Puig; F. Segovia. ITM-Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain). Camino de vera s/n, 46022 Valencia (Spain). Corresponding author, Email: [email protected] This work compares the weldability of ductile iron when: (I) a root weld is applied with a tungsten inert gas (TIG) process using an Inconel 625 source rod and filler welds are subsequently applie...