Strength of laser welded joints of polypropylene composites V Votrubec, P Hisem, L Vinšová et al.
-Hardness variation of welded boron steel using continuous wave (CW) and pulse wave (PW) mode of fiber laser K I Yaakob, M Ishak, S R A Idris et al. Abstract. The author considers the gas-dynamic action of the shielding gas jet during consumable electrode welding on the processes in the welding area and properties of the weld joints produced from alloyed high-strength steel 30HGSA. The results of the research on the gas-dynamic action of the jet on the process of consumable electrode welding are provided. It was established that the method of consumable electrode welding with double-jet gas shielding ensures regulated gas dynamics in the welding area and allows controlling the electrode metal transfer, the chemical composition of the weld metal, stabilizing the process of welding and ensures stable high mechanic properties of the weld joints.
Introduction.At the present time welding is applied for producing permanent joints of the widest range of metallic, nonmetallic and composite constructional materials under the conditions of earth atmosphere, World's ocean and aerospace. In spite of continuously growing application of light metal alloys, polymer and composite materials in construction, steel remains the basic constructional material. Consumable electrode welding in the atmosphere of shielding gases stays one of the main production methods in the process of developing the material basis of modern civilization.The history of the thermal processes determines the productivity of the basic metal and welding filler fusion, trend and completeness of the metallurgic processes in the weld pool, conditions of weld and heat-affected zone metal structure formation, performance characteristics of the weld joints [1][2][3][4][5].The shielding gas is normally used to protect the welding area from the harmful action of the air but, under certain conditions, it can become the instrument for controlling the processes in the weld zone and the properties of weld joints. A number of studies [6-13 and other] investigating the influence of the shielding gas flow upon the process of consumable electrode welding notice that increase in the gas flow rate is associated with improvement of the quality of the weld zone protection, weld formation, welding process stabilization, improvement of the weld metal properties. Increase of the shielding gas flow ensures increased hardness of the gas jet which is especially important when completing the welding works in an exposed position [2,6,10].