中国有色金属学报(英文版)
Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China
Vol. 17 No. 3 June 2007 |
(School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University,
Ji’nan 250061, China)
Abstract:The effects of activating fluxes on welding arc were investigated. A special set of water-cooling system and stainless steel were used as parent material. During welding process, high-speed camera system and oscillograph were used for capturing instantaneous arc shape and arc voltage respectively. The experimental results indicate that the SiO2 flux can increase the arc voltage, while TiO2 has no this effect on arc voltage. Compared with conventional tungsten inert gas welding (C-TIG), it is found that the arc shape of A-TIG welding used with the SiO2 flux has changed obviously.
Key words: welding arc; activating flux; arc shape; arc voltage; stainless steel