简介:IntheautomaticCO2arcwelding,thealterationoftheverticaldistancebetweentheweldingtorchandtheworkpiecehasastrongeffectontheweldingparameterssuchasweldingcurrentandvoltage,withtheresultthattheappearanceandqualityofweldarenotsteady.Toweakentheinfluenceofthedistancealteration,amethodisputforwardinthepaper.Themethodisthatthealternatewire-feedcontrolisusedforcompensatingtheweldingcurrent.Onthebasisoftheoreticalanalysis,astaticnumericalmodelforalternatewire-feedcontrolisestablished.Theexperimentsshowthatthemodel-basedregulationofthewirefeedratecancompensatetheweldingcurrentandensuretheappearanceofweld.Whenthealterationofverticaldistancebetweenthetorchandtheworkpieceisgreater,notonlyisthewirefeedrateregulated,buttheoutputvoltageofthepowersourceisadjustedtoensuretheappearanceandqualityofweld.
简介:AnewkindofsimpleandflexibleCO_2weldingsystemwasdevelopedtocarryoutwaveformcontrol.ThesystemconsistedofIGBTinverter,PWMcircuitandmicroprocessorunit(MPU),inwhichtheoutputcurrentofconstantcurrent(CC)powersupplycouldbechangedaccordingtotransientphysicalstate,andthevariabledownsloperatecontrolcouldbeusedtoensureastableweldingprocess.Theweldingexperimentresultsprovedtheeffectivenessofthiscontrolapproach.
简介:AnewsimulationmodelofCO2short-circuitingtransferweldingmaybeemployedtodevelopanewpatternofweldingmachineandtopredictweldingprocessparameterstoobtaintheoptimumweldingtechnologyproperties.Inthispaper,anewsimulatingmodelisdevelopedaccordingtotheAWP(adaptingweldingphysicsprocess)waveformcontrolmethod.Goodagreementisshownbetweenthepredictedandexperimentallydeterminedresults.ThemodelwillmakeanimportantpromotioninthedevelopmentofCO2arcweldingtechnique.
简介:Bead-on-plateCO2laserweldingof1000MPagradetransformationinducedplasticity(TRIP)steelwasconductedunderdifferentweldingpowers,weldingspeedsandshieldgases.Themacrostructuralandmicrostructuralfeaturesoftheweldedjointwereinvestigated.Theincreaseofweldingspeedreducedthewidthoftheweldbeadandtheporositiesintheweldbeadresultingfromthedifferentflowmodeofmeltedmetalinweldpool.ThedecreaseofweldingpoweroruseofshieldgasofheliumalsocontributedtothereductionofporosityinBead-on-plateCO2laserweldingof1000MPagradetransformationinducedplasticity(TRIP)steelwasconductedunderdifferentweldingpowers,weldingspeedsandshieldgases.Themacrostructuralandmicrostructuralfeaturesoftheweldedjointwereinvestigated.Theincreaseofweldingspeedreducedthewidthoftheweldbeadandtheporositiesintheweldbeadresultingfromthedifferentflowmodeofmeltedmetalinweldpool.Thedecreaseofweldingpoweroruseofshieldgasofheliumalsocontributedtothereductionofporosityintheweldbeadduetothealleviationofinducedplasmaformation,thusstabilizingthekeyhole.TheporosityformationintimatelycorrelatedwiththeevaporationofalloyelementMninthebasemetal.Thelaserweldedmetalhadsamemartensitemicrostructureasthatofwater-quenchedbasemetal.Theweldingparameterswhichincreasedcoolingrateallledtofinemicrostructuresoftheweldbead.
简介:Duetothedisturbancesofspatters,dustsandstrongarclight,itisdifficulttodetectthemoltenpooledgeandtheweldlinelocationinCO2weldingprocesses.Themedianfilteringandself-multiplicationwasemployedtopreprocesstheimageoftheCO2weldinginordertodetecteffectivelytheedgeofmoltenpoolandthelocationofweldline.TheB-splinewaveletalgorithmhasbeeninvestigated,theinfluenceofdifferentscalesandthresholdsontheresultsoftheedgedetectionhavebeencomparedandanalyzed.TheexperimentalresultsshowthatbetterperformancetoextracttheedgeofthemoltenpoolandthelocationofweldlinecanbeobtainedbyusingtheB-splinewavelettransform.Theproposededgedetectionapproachcanbefurtherappliedtothecontrolofmoltendepthandtheseamtracking.
简介:LaserweldingwithfillerwireofAZ31magnesiumalloysisinvestigatedusingaCO2laserexperimentalsystem.Theeffectofthreedifferentfillerwiresonthejointpropertiesisresearched.Theresultsshowthattheweldappearancecanbeeffectivelyimprovedwhenusinglaserweldingwithfillerwire.ThemicrohardnessandtensilestrengthofjointsarealmostthesameasthoseofthebasemetalwhenERAZ31orERAZ61wireisadopted.However,whenthefillerwireofER5356aluminumalloyisused,themechanicalpropertiesofjointsbecomeworse.ForERAZ31andERAZ61fillerwires,themicrostructureofweldzoneshowssmalldendritegrains.Incomparison,forER5356fillerwire,theweldshowsastructureofsnowydendritesandmanyintermetalliccompoundsandeutecticphasesdistributeinthedendrites.Theseintermetallicconstituentswithlowmeltingpointincreasethetendencyofhotcrackandresultinfragilejointproperties.Therefore,ERAZ31andERAZ61wirearemoresuitablefillermaterialthanER5356forCO2laserweldingofAZ31magnesiumalloys.