Welding Flashcards
three basic categories of welding
- Fusion welding
- Solid-state welding
- Brazing and Soldering
- What is fusion welding?
- What are the different types of fusion welding?
- Using heat(chemical or electrical) to join materials with or without the use of filler metals
- Consumable/non-consumable electrode arc welding and high-energy-beam welding
What is Oxyfuel-gas welding
- What is a common gas used?
- roughly what temperatures can be reached?
General term describing a welding proceses using a fuel gas combined with oxygen to produce a flame
- Acetylene
- 3300degrees celsius
What is arc welding?
- roughly what temperatures?
Welding with the use of electrically sourced heat- can be both non or consumable
- 30000 celsius: as such, a shielding gas is needed to prevent oxidation at weld zone
What is DCEN and DCEP
- what is the advantagesof each?
- Direct current electrode positive: workpiece is negative and electrode is positive. DCEN is the opposite
- When workpiece is negative, the penetration is less, but the diameter is wider
What is the equation for het transfer in arc welding
H/l=(eVI)/v
H=Heat input l=weld length I=current v=welding speed V=voltage applied e=efficiency
Equation for total melted volume from a heat input
H=u(Vm)=uAl
u=specific energy for melting
Vm=volume of material melted
A=cross-section of weld
Common types of consumable electrode welding
- Shield metal arc welding
- Gas metal-arc welding
What is shield metal arc welding
also called stick welding(electrodes come in stick shapes)- touch electrode to surface before moving to distance close enough to maintain electron flow. Very common, very old style
- Electrode coating deoxidizes weld area and provides shielding gas to protect from oxygen in environment
What is Gas metal-arc welding(GMAW)
Weld area shielded by inert atmosphere of argon, helium and Co2. Consumable bare wire fed through nozzle of weld arc by a wire feed motor
- low temperatures produced
- suitable for ferrous metals and thin welds
What is the electrode usually made of in nonconsumable elctrode arc welding
- pros of non-consumable arc welding
tungsten
- constant distance easy to maintain
- no flux used
- uses noble gases for shielding, but very expensive as a result
- Very high quality finish- because of stable arc gap
Pros of electron beam welding
- Usable on almost every metal
- distortion and shrinkage is minimal
- small heat-affected zones
- high depth to width ratios
- can be very accurately controlled with automation and can be high speed
Design aspects of welding
- unless automated, welding can be costly, and should be minimized
- Places of excessive stress magnitude or concentration should be avoided for welding
- locatioin shouldn’t interfere with firther processes
- Weld bead size should be as small as possible
What is solid state welding?
- basic categories in this type of welding?
joining takes place without fusion- as such, no liquid phase in the joint at any point
- Diffusion bonding
- Cold
- Ultrasonic
- Friction
- Resistance
- Explosion welding
What are the basic parameters of solid state welding?
Heat, Pressure, Relative interfacial movement