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Experimental characteristic analyses of pulsed AC double-sided arc welding process on aluminum alloy

  • Hong Gang Dong*
  • , Lin Wu
  • , Hong Ming Gao
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The experimental characteristics of pulsed alternating current plasma arc (PA)-gas tungsten arc (GTA) double-sided arc welding process on LY12CZ aluminum alloy were analyzed in detail. Experimental results showed that, compared with regular GTAW and PAW process, the pulse AC PA-GTA double-sided arc welding process can remarkably increase the weld penetration, minish heat distortion and improve the weld efficiency. Plentiful experiments with multi-nozzle and single nozzle showed that double arc on the plasma arc torch can be prevented effectively with multi-nozzle, and deeper penetration can be reached with single nozzle. Arc cleaning action effect falls after the keyhole was established during keyhole pulsed AC PA-GTA double-sided arc welding process on aluminum alloy, which influences, the shape and quality of the weld.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)55-58
Number of pages4
JournalHanjie Xuebao/Transactions of the China Welding Institution
Volume26
Issue number11
StatePublished - Nov 2005

Keywords

  • Aluminum alloy
  • Double-sided arc welding
  • Keyhole
  • Plasma arc (PA)

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