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38 Spot Welding Different Sheet Metal Grades and Gauges Editorial ............................4
Ways to improve the cross-tension strength of spot welds in
high-strength steel are examined Press Time News ..................6
E. Biro et al. International Update ..............8
News of the Industry ............10
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WELDING JOURNAL 3
EDITORIAL
Founded in 1919 to Advance the Science,
Technology and Application of Welding
Dean R. Wilson
AWS President
4 JANUARY 2014
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PRESS TIME
NEWS
Praxair to Fund Welding Scholarships through Publisher Andrew Cullison
AWS Program and SkillsUSA Competition Editorial
Editorial Director Andrew Cullison
Praxair, Inc., Danbury, Conn., a leading industrial gases company, recently an- Editor Mary Ruth Johnsen
nounced the company’s global giving program will fund more than $200,000 in schol- Associate Editor Howard M. Woodward
arships over the next five years for the American Welding Society (AWS) and Skill- Associate Editor Kristin Campbell
sUSA. They will support education and hands-on training for student welders in the Editorial Asst./Peer Review Coordinator Melissa Gomez
United States.
An applicant must be a minimum of 18 years old, at least a high school senior who Publisher Emeritus Jeff Weber
will be applying (or has applied) to a certificate welding program or to a college/uni-
versity for a two- or four-year degree focused on welding. Information on additional Design and Production
qualifications is available at www.aws.org/foundation. Production Manager Zaida Chavez
Twenty-six awards will be made to students who reside/attend school in the areas Senior Production Coordinator Brenda Flores
in which the following AWS Sections are located: Chicago, Ill. (Section 002); Cleve- Manager of International Periodicals and
land, Ohio (Section 006); Dallas, Tex. (North Texas Section 053); Detroit, Mich. (Sec- Electronic Media Carlos Guzman
tion 011); Fox Valley, Wis. (Section 074); Houston, Tex. (Section 022); Kansas City, Advertising
Mo. (Section 016); Los Angeles, Calif. (Section 008); North Dakota (Northern Plains National Sales Director Rob Saltzstein
Section 117); Portland, Ore. (Section 052); Salt Lake City, Utah (Utah Section 059); Advertising Sales Representative Lea Paneca
Tulsa, Okla. (Section 034); and North Carolina (Charlotte #140 and Triangle #151). Advertising Sales Representative Sandra Jorgensen
Senior Advertising Production Manager Frank Wilson
BMT to Support Welding Research Project for Subscriptions
Shipbuilding Subscriptions Representative Tabetha Moore
tmoore@aws.org
BMT Fleet Technology Ltd.’s latest research project with the National Shipbuild-
ing Research Program will evaluate recent advancements in Integrated Cold Elec- American Welding Society
trode (ICE) welding technology. Jointly funded by industry and the U.S. Navy through 8669 NW 36 St., # 130, Miami, FL 33166-6672
the program, it will look at how this technology can improve productivity rates and (305) 443-9353 or (800) 443-9353
reduce construction costs of both commercial and naval vessels.
As project lead, BMT will work with Huntington-Ingalls Industries; Newport News Publications, Expositions, Marketing Committee
Shipbuilding; Marinette Marine Corp.; ESAB; American Bureau of Shipping; Naval D. L. Doench, Chair
Hobart Brothers Co.
Surface Warfare Centre – Carderock Division; and Defence R&D Canada.
S. Bartholomew, Vice Chair
“Our main objectives for this project are to assess ICE’s ability to enhance the ESAB Welding & Cutting Prod.
welding production rates, decrease distortion and costly rework, improve the proper- J. D. Weber, Secretary
ties of welds in high-strength steels and therefore reduce costs, whilst increasing the American Welding Society
integrity of the ship’s structure,” said Darren Begg, project manager at BMT Fleet D. Brown, Weiler Brush
Technology. T. Coco, Victor Technologies International
L. Davis, ORS Nasco
Northwest Florida State College Starts Welding Program D. DeCorte, RoMan Mfg.
J. R. Franklin, Sellstrom Mfg. Co.
F. H. Kasnick, Praxair
Northwest Florida State College, Niceville, Fla., has launched a new vocational
D. Levin, Airgas
certificate program in welding technologies. It is funded by a federal Department of E. C. Lipphardt, Consultant
Labor grant to meet the demand for high-skill, high-wage jobs in Northwest Florida. R. Madden, Hypertherm
Welding classes started in September. The program runs 12 months, divided into D. Marquard, IBEDA Superflash
three semesters, and consists of six courses covering shielded metal arc, gas metal J. F. Saenger Jr., Consultant
arc, flux cored arc, and gas tungsten arc welding on plate/pipe. Welding instructor S. Smith, Weld-Aid Products
Scottie Smith, an AWS Certified Welding Inspector and Certified Welding Educator, D. Wilson, Well-Dean Enterprises
stated the program follows the National Center for Construction Education and N. C. Cole, Ex Off., NCC Engineering
Research curriculum. J. N. DuPont, Ex Off., Lehigh University
Currently, the college’s welding lab is 2000 sq ft and features 15 welding booths L. G. Kvidahl, Ex Off., Northrop Grumman Ship Systems
containing Miller Electric multiprocess power sources and wire feeders, but the col- D. J. Landon, Ex Off., Vermeer Mfg.
lege has plans to double the welding lab’s size. The program will receive a mobile S. P. Moran, Ex Off., Weir American Hydro
E. Norman, Ex Off., Southwest Area Career Center
welding lab this month to facilitate industry training for local businesses as well.
R. G. Pali, Ex Off., J. P. Nissen Co.
N. Scotchmer, Ex Off., Huys Industries
Koike Aronson, Miller Electric Enter Strategic Agreement R. W. Shook, Ex Off., American Welding Society
Koike Aronson, Inc./Ransome, Arcade, N.Y., and Miller Electric Manufacturing Copyright © 2014 by American Welding Society in both printed and elec-
Co., Appleton, Wis., have entered into a strategic partnership agreement. Koike will tronic formats. The Society is not responsible for any statement made or
act as a distributor of certain Miller welding products throughout North and South opinion expressed herein. Data and information developed by the authors
of specific articles are for informational purposes only and are not in-
America, including Mexico and Central America. Also, Miller will act as a distributor tended for use without independent, substantiating investigation on the
of the Koike Aronson welding positioning equipment and portable welding and cut- part of potential users.
ting equipment in the same areas. The Miller products covered by the agreement are
equipment used in submerged arc and electroslag, automated gas metal arc, and au-
tomated flux cored arc welding. The companies’ distributorships are nonexclusive.◆
MEMBER
6 JANUARY 2014
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INTERNATIONAL
UPDATE
Lincoln Electric Opens Automation The Edradour complements the company’s existing fleet, which
includes daughter craft, The Aberlour, a mother vessel, The SIEM
Facility in Brazil Stork, and three dive intervention craft. The vessel has the same
design specification as The Aberlour, which will allow both to be
Lincoln Electric Co. recently opened its new Automation Cen-
interchangeable with the existing twin davit system.
ter of Excellence in Brazil, a 5000-sq-m facility that includes
“We are very pleased to welcome The Edradour to our fleet.
demonstration, integration, training, and office space. The newly
The shared design specification allows compatibility with our ex-
built facility, located in the city of Indaiatuba, features a training
isting launch and recovery system and will bring familiarization
lab with six robot systems, a station for orbital welding process
to all our crews, resulting in a greater safety recovery and effi-
development and system instruction, and eight additional demon-
ciency in our diving operations,” said Roddy James, senior vice
stration systems for robotic and mechanized applications. Two
president of Stork Technical Subsea.
classrooms can accommodate up to 40 students.
Lincoln held a grand opening event, where a welcome was ex-
tended by Indaiatuba Mayor Reinaldo Nogueira, who stressed
the importance of creating an environment for business to grow Kemppi and ABB Announce Robotic
and in which their employees could feel comfortable making their Welding Systems Collaboration
home. George Blankenship, president of Lincoln Electric’s North
American operations, delivered the keynote presentation. He
said, “Our responsibility to our customer must be more than just
a provider of product. Their expectations of us are greater today
because they have escalated demands from their customer. When
we can improve their welding and fabrication procees, we be-
come a partner rather than a vendor.”
Leonardo Sabedot, business manager for the ASG-Brazil
group, closed out the presentation. “We are excited by the op-
portunity that this facility represents, and look forward to forg-
ing strong partnerships with the many customers in the region,”
he said.
Lincoln Electric has grown its automation offerings over the
last few years to include preengineered robotic systems, CNC
plasma cutting equipment, fixturing and tooling, engineered line
builds, robotic integration, laser systems, weld fume control, and
fire prevention.
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NEWS OF THE
INDUSTRY
10 JANUARY 2014
The International Training Institute has launched a web-based
e-reader and new website (shown above) at www.sheetmetal-
iti.org.
Industry Notes
• The Böhler Welding Group, Vienna, will become an integrated
part of the voestalpine Group, a steel-based technology and
capital goods group with about 500 group companies and lo-
cations in more than 50 countries and on five continents. Its
name now also changes to voestalpine Böhler Welding.
Ford Motor Co. will invest $150 million and add approxi-
mately 350 new jobs at its Buffalo Stamping Plant in New
York.
The venture is for more than 25 new subassemblies, in-
cluding hoods, doors, and fenders; more than 500 new dies
and a new blanking line; as well as equipment upgrades and
refurbishing to support future product programs. The plant
will also add a third shift to its press room.
“These additional jobs are the direct result of the dedi-
cated effort our United Automobile Workers (UAW) mem-
bers display every day at facilities all across the country, and
serve as another reminder of the resilience of American
workers and our nation’s manufacturing sector,” said Jimmy
Settles, UAW vice president and director of the National Ford Motor Co. will invest $150 million and add approximately 350
Ford Department. new jobs at its Buffalo Stamping Plant. (Photo courtesy of Ford.)
Recent Acquisitions and stop collars, as well as stabilizers for the deep water/offshore
segment of the oil and gas industry. WearSox’s patent-protected
process allows for shapes to be built directly onto casing without
At FABTECH 2013, Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc., Cleve- affecting the casing’s metallurgical properties. George Ribble,
land, Ohio, announced the company acquired an ownership in- Antelope’s CEO, will oversee the combined business.
terest in Burlington Automation Corp., Hamilton, Ontario,
Canada, a designer and manufacturer of 3D robotic plasma cut- Airgas, Inc., Radnor, Pa., has completed acquiring the assets
ting systems. Rob Tyler serves as its president. In addition, the and operations of The Encompass Gas Group, Rockford, Ill.,
company has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Robo- one of the largest privately owned suppliers of industrial, med-
lution GmbH, based outside of Frankfurt, Germany, a European ical, and specialty gases/related hardgoods in the United States,
provider of robotic arc welding systems. Wolfgang Koenig is its with eleven locations and more than 130 associates in Illinois,
managing director. Wisconsin, and Iowa.
Victor Technologies™, St. Louis, Mo., has acquired Gas-Arc Automation International, Inc., Danville, Ill., has acquired
Group Ltd., a privately held manufacturer of gas control equip- Hess Industries’ Rim and Wheel Intellectual Property. Hess In-
ment in the United Kingdom, for approximately $40 million in dustries was located in Niles, Mich., and ceased operations in
cash, subject to post-closing adjustments. Its portfolio includes June 2012. The purchase aligns with the company’s role as a
branded gas control products that meet specialty gas application provider in the design and manufacture of automated wheel pro-
requirements as well as cutting and welding equipment for the duction equipment, including welding, metal forming, assembly,
industrial, laboratory, and medical gas control markets. In addi- and spinning.
tion, Gas-Arc will continue to operate under its own name.
Keen Compressed Gas Co., Wilmington, Del., has acquired
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., Los Angeles, Calif., recently the assets of Urie & Blanton Welding Supply Co., including all
announced that, through its wholly owned subsidiary American assets associated with the industrial gas and welding supply busi-
Metals Corp., the company has acquired all of the capital stock ness. Urie covered New Castle County, Del.; southeastern Penn-
of Haskins Steel Co., Inc., Spokane, Wash. Founded in 1955, sylvania; the Philadelphia area; some of South Jersey; and had
Haskins processes and distributes carbon steel and aluminum two retail locations that Keen will take over.
products of various shapes/sizes. In-house processing capabili-
ties include shearing, sawing, burning, and forming. Haskins will Mistras Group, Inc., Princeton Junction, N.J., has acquired
operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of American Metals Corp., Carmagen Engineering, Inc., a professional engineering consult-
and current management will also remain in place. ing and technical training services provider serving the hydrocar-
bon processing and other energy-related industries. Since 1986,
Antelope Oil Tool & Manufacturing Co., LLC, Mineral Wells, Carmagen has provided services focused on the oil and gas in-
Tex., has acquired WearSox, L.P., Houston, Tex. Founded in 2004, dustry that includes plant operations support; turnaround plan-
WearSox is a developer of thermal spray-on casing centralizers ning/execution programs; and technical training.♦
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Friends and Colleagues:
I want to encourage you to submit nomination packages for those individuals whom you feel
have a history of accomplishments and contributions to our profession consistent with the standards
set by the existing Fellows. In particular, I would make a special request that you look to the most
senior members of your Section or District in considering members for nomination. In many cases,
the colleagues and peers of these individuals who are the most familiar with their contributions, and
who would normally nominate the candidate, are no longer with us. I want to be sure that we take
the extra effort required to make sure that those truly worthy are not overlooked because no obvious
individual was available to start the nomination process.
For specifics on the nomination requirements, please contact Wendy Sue Reeve at AWS
headquarters in Miami, or simply follow the instructions on the Fellow nomination form in this issue
of the Welding Journal. Please remember, we all benefit in the honoring of those who have made
major contributions to our chosen profession and livelihood. The deadline for submission is July 1,
2014. The Committee looks forward to receiving numerous Fellow nominations for 2015
consideration.
Sincerely,
Thomas M. Mustaleski
Chair, AWS Fellows Selection Committee
(please type or print in black ink)
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SELECTED AS AN AWS FELLOW ACCOMPANY NOMINATION PACKET. IF NOMINEE IS SELECTED, THIS STATEMENT MAY BE IN-
CORPORATED WITHIN THE CITATION CERTIFICATE.
RULES
1. Candidates shall have 10 years of membership in AWS
2. Candidates shall be nominated by any five members of the Society
3. Nominations shall be submitted on the official form available from AWS Headquarters
4. Nominations must be submitted to AWS Headquarters no later than July 1 of the year prior to that in
which the award is to be presented
5. Nominations will remain valid for three years
6. All information on nominees will be held in strict confidence
7. No more than two posthumous Fellows may be elected each year
NUMBER OF FELLOWS
Maximum of 10 Fellows selected each year.
1. Description of significant technical advancements. This should be a brief summary of the candidates most
significant contributions to the advancement of welding science and technology.
2. Publications of books, papers, articles or other significant scholarly works that demonstrate the contributions cited
in (1). Where possible, papers and articles should be designated as to whether they were published in
peer-reviewed journals.
3. Inventions and patents.
4. Professional recognition including awards and honors from AWS and other professional societies.
5. Meaningful participation in technical committees. Indicate the number of years served on these committees and
any leadership roles (chair, vice-chair, subcommittee responsibilities, etc.).
6. Contributions to handbooks and standards.
7. Presentations made at technical conferences and section meetings.
8. Consultancy — particularly as it impacts technology advancement.
9. Leadership at the technical society or corporate level, particularly as it impacts advancement of welding technology.
10. Participation on organizing committees for technical programming.
11. Advocacy — support of the society and its technical advancement through institutional, political or other means.
Note: Application packages that do not support the candidate using the metrics listed above
will have a very low probability of success.
Supporting Letters
Letters of support from individuals knowledgeable of the candidate and his/her contributions are encouraged. These
letters should address the metrics listed above and provide personal insight into the contributions and stature of the
candidate. Letters of support that simply endorse the candidate will have little impact on the selection process.
Wendy S. Reeve
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Q: We welded the flange of a 304 stainless steel pipe fitting that the minimum sensitization tempera-
ture can be reduced to 840°F (400°C). If
(female threads), after hammering the flange to approximately that temperature is exceeded anywhere
fit the tank curvature, to the cylindrical surface of a 304 tank. during local heating, there must be a tran-
Unfortunately, the fitting was not aligned correctly, so the pipe sition in temperature to the cold tank
inserted into the fitting does not take off from the tank in the shell so there will be a considerable region
of the tank shell that will be sensitized.
correct direction. The welder suggested that we could locally Water quenching cannot prevent that and
heat the fitting and the tank, then thread a pipe into the fitting may cause distortion, which could make
and bend the fitting and tank shell slightly to get the correct the pipe alignment problem worse, not
better. I have to assume that the extent of
direction for the pipe. Is this a good idea? sensitization you already have is accept-
able, but local heating above 840°F is
A: There is some logic in the welder’s sug- corrosion, depending upon the severity of likely to make it much worse.
gestion. Locally heating the fitting and the corrosive environment inside and out- If the extent of sensitization already
tank shell will reduce the yield strength of side the tank. See the November 2007 present due to welding is acceptable and
these materials, making them easier to Stainless Q&A column for details of sen- you don’t want to make matters worse,
bend. But things are not so simple. As- sitization and intergranular corrosion. then local heating needs to be limited to a
suming that the fitting and tank are really Local heating, improperly applied, can peak temperature anywhere in the tank
304, not 304L, sensitization needs to be severely sensitize the tank shell and fit- shell and fitting to about 750°F (400°C) to
taken into account. Welding the fitting to ting. The sensitization temperature range provide some margin of safety. Some sig-
the tank shell will already have somewhat for welding is generally considered to be nificant reduction of yield strength occurs
sensitized the fitting and tank shell. So 900° to 1600°F (480° to 870°C). But local- when 304 is heated, which would be help-
both could be damaged by intergranular ized heating is a much slower process so ful in your proposed bending operation. I
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Table 1 — Effect of Temperature on 304 Stainless Steel Yield Strength
Temperature, °F (°C) 68 (20) 200 (93) 400 (204) 600 (316) 750 (399) 800 (427)
AK Steel Typical YS, ksi (MPa) 36 (241) — 23 (159) 20 (134) — 17 (114)
AISC Reduction Factor 1.00 0.80 0.65 0.59 0.55 0.54
expect that the stainless steel shell is easily exceed the suggested temperature a bad idea, but its execution is not with-
quite a bit thicker than the fitting, and the limit before you realize it. I suggest you out risk. If you follow the guidelines
shell’s cylindrical shape will give it con- use electric strip heaters for the heating, herein, I think you can be successful,
siderable stiffness, so most or all of the and use thermocouples or an optical py- though I would not guarantee it.♦
yielding will have to be in the flange of rometer to measure temperature contin-
the fitting. The AK Steel online Data Bul- uously to be sure that 750°F is not ex-
letin provides typical yield strength of 304 ceeded. DAMIAN J. KOTECKI is president,
as a function of temperature, as shown in Table 1 indicates that the yield Damian Kotecki Welding Consultants, Inc.
Table 1. Also included in Table 1 are the strength of 304 stainless steel at 750°F is He is treasurer of the IIW and a member of
reduction factors (ratio of elevated-tem- likely to be about one-half of that at room the A5D Subcommittee on Stainless Steel
perature yield strength to room-temper- temperature. So there will be some help Filler Metals, D1K Subcommittee on Stain-
ature yield strength), from the AISC De- in your attempt to realign the fitting. But, less Steel Structural Welding; and WRC
sign Guide 30: Structural Stainless Steel, to because the flange diameter is greater Subcommittee on Welding Stainless Steels
be applied to the design of stainless steel than the pipe diameter, there will also be and Nickel-Base Alloys. He is a past chair
construction. The two sources provide a tendency for the pipe to bend more eas- of the A5 Committee on Filler Metals and
similar information. ily than the flange, even if the pipe is kept Allied Materials, and served as AWS presi-
Local heating with a torch would be cold. I suggest you put a sleeve (a larger- dent (2005–2006). Send questions to
very risky in this case because of the diameter pipe that just fits over the neck damian@ damiankotecki.com, or mail to
temptation to direct the heat on the sur- of the fitting) to stiffen your lever arm Damian Kotecki, c/o Welding Journal
face for a while, then withdraw the torch when trying to bend the flange of the Dept., 8669 NW 36th St. # 130, Miami, FL
and test the surface temperature with a fitting. 33166-6672.
temperature-indicating crayon. You can In summary, your welder’s idea is not
Q: One of our resistance welding ma- tion and hold the part during the process ator should be instructed verbally and in
chine operators recently lost part of his — Fig. 1. writing to keep his hands away from
finger when it was crushed between the In a welding machine with proper tool- the tips.
electrodes of the machine. How can we ing and guards, the operator manually Although using both hands to hold the
loads the parts and then completely clears part usually ensures that the operator’s
protect our operators from similar in-
out of the welding/pinch point area before fingers are not in the pinch point area,
juries in the future? the machine closes the tips. management can augment safety by se-
That being said, it is not always possi- lecting the right machine for the job and
A: Forging forces ranging from several ble to accomplish. Following are outlined setting it up properly.
hundred to several thousand pounds are some other ideas that can help ensure op- A simple way to reduce the potential
required to properly resistance weld metal erator safety. for a spot welding machine pinch point in-
together, so resistance spot and projec- You did not specify whether the ma- jury is to position the machine’s electrode
tion welding machines can be dangerous chine involved in the accident was a rocker tips so close together (typically about a ¼-
if care is not taken to protect the arm-type spot welding machine or a ver- in. gap) that a finger cannot get between
operator. tical action press-type machine, so en- the tips prior to the weld stroke.
For example, a welding machine oper- hancing the safety of both is addressed. To overcome clearance problems
ating at 600 lb of forging force with an caused by such a short working stroke, an
electrode contact area of ¼ in. will pro- optional feature for the welding machine
duce more than 12,000 lb of force per Rocker Arm Spot
called an adjustable and retractable stroke
square inch on a finger or anything else Welding Machine air cylinder can make it much easier to
caught between them. load bulkier parts, such as those with
Having witnessed an operator crush his These machines are typically used to
flanges or lips, into the welding machine’s
finger while on a factory tour years ago, I weld sheet metal parts that are held with
throat prior to welding.
certainly share your desire to avoid this both hands while the operator manipu-
When using retraction, the operator
unfortunate situation in the future. lates the part in the throat of the machine
typically steps on a separate shrouded foot
While not necessarily simple, the safest to access all the weld locations.
switch to activate the adjustable retrac-
way to ensure operator safety on a resist- Initiation of the machine should be
tion stroke, also called “high lift,” which
ance welding machine is to tool the ma- with a shrouded foot switch, and a pinch
gives the operator extra clearance to load
chine to hold and clamp the part, which point warning sign should be prominently
the part in the throat prior to reverting to
avoids the need for an operator to posi- displayed — Fig. 2. In addition, the oper-
a minimal stroke for welding.
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rocker arm and initiation with a shrouded to ¼ in. are recommended, as are ad-
foot switch is generally acceptable if both justable and retractable stroke welding
hands are used to hold the part being machine cylinders to make loading and
welded — Fig. 3. unloading easier.
Again, using the Soft Touch system Hand-loading projection welded nuts
and/or reducing the gap between the tips or weld studs exposes the operator to
WELDING JOURNAL 25
pinch point injury every time a part is stalled on the opening
welded, since the gap between electrodes ensure that the operator
must be greater than ¼ in. to clear the is completely outside the
part. One solution is to place the nuts or work area when the ma-
studs on the part prior to placing the part chine is initiated (see
between the electrodes. The part can then Fig. 1).
be supported by a table and the welding Zone scanners are
machine initiated by use of dual hand but- also now available that
tons installed with an anti-tie-down safety sense if someone is in-
circuit. If this method is not practical, use side the guarded area.
of the Soft Touch system will provide the Using a robot to re-
required protection. place the operator and
Another highly recommended solution manipulate a fixtured
is to use an automated bowl feeder and part inside the throat of
placement mechanism to load the nuts or a rocker arm or press-
studs being welded. type resistance welding
Projection welding machines with tool- machine is also a good
ing mounted to T-slotted platens in the way to enhance safety. Fig. 3 — Standard spot welding machines, both vertical action
throat of the machine are considered to We applaud your de- and rocker arm types, can be operated safely if an operator
be much like a sheet metal stamping press sire to learn from this ac- holds the parts with both hands outside the pinch point area.
when it comes to ensuring safety, since the cident and to help pro- Safety can be enhanced by minimizing the opening between the
parts being welded are typically loaded by tect your operators from tips and by a control feature called Soft Touch.
hand into a locating fixture directly under similar injuries in the fu-
the ram in the pinch point. ture. It is also encourag-
Dual palm buttons connected to an ing to see that a growing number of com-
anti-tie-down and anti-repeat circuit have panies are becoming proactive by adding TOM SNOW is CEO of T. J. Snow Co.,
long been the standard initiation means protection systems to their spot welding Chattanooga, Tenn., a resistance welding
for projection welding machines, and op- machines before accidents occur. machine manufacturer and a member of
tical-touch devices are rapidly replacing As we’ve explained, there are numer- the Resistance Welding Manufacturing Al-
the old-style palm buttons that require ous ways to enhance the safety of resist- liance (RWMA). Send your comments/
physical force to depress. ance welding machines, but proper oper- questions to Tom at TomSnow@
Guarding of the welder’s pinch point ator training, especially of new hires tjsnow.com, or to Tom Snow, c/o Welding
with wire mesh or Plexiglas is also more or temporary workers, should be top Journal, 8669 NW 36th St., #130, Miami,
prevalent than ever, and light curtains in- priority.♦ FL 33166.
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n order to design lighter automotive structures, to improve crostructure in the spot weld, which is sensitive to the notch ef-
E. BIRO (elliot.biro@arcelormittal.com), L. CRETTEUR, and T. DUPUY are with ArcelorMittal Global R&D, based in Hamilton, Ont., Canada;
Montataire, France; and Maizières-lès-Metz, France, respectively. This article is based on a paper presented at the Sheet Metal Welding
Conference XV, Livonia, Mich., Oct. 2–5, 2012.
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dissimilar configuration spot welds tested in cross-tension. It
shows that the CTS for such configurations are greater than
predicted by the minimum rule, largely due to changes in the
solid mechanics governing joint failure.
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Table 1 — Steel Sheet Samples
Grade Coating Sample # Thickness YS (MPa) UTS (MPa) C (%) Mn (%) Si (%) Cr (%) Al (%)
(mm)
DP980 Hot Dip
LCE Galvanized AR1084 1 650 995 0.08 2.49 0.27 0.28 0.14
AS160 1.25 833 1076 0.08 2.44 0.26 0.29 0.15
AN2157 2 704 1037 0.07 2.54 0.25 0.31 0.14
TRIP Electrogalvanized AL761 1 520 828 0.19 1.67 1.63 0.02 0.03
800
Bare AL351 2 546 832 0.19 1.71 1.68 0.03 0.04
1 AL761/ AL761/
TRIP800 AL761 AT351
2 AT351/
AT351
The CTS for the main DP980 configurations are shown as a the carbon content of the molten nugget, which may improve its
function of the weld diameter in Figs. 4 and 5. Other DP980 re- mechanical behavior. Although this explanation is probably true,
sults (i.e, 1+1.25-mm configuration) have been left out of it cannot explain the results of the present study, since they were
the figures for the sake of clarity, but are considered in the obtained with similar grades joined together (Ref. 9).
discussion. 2. Thermal Effect: when comparing 1+2-mm to 1+1-mm con-
As in the case of the TRIP800 steel welds, these results show figuration, the overall assembly thickness is increased, leading
the CTS is mainly dependent on weld diameter. Again, the dis- logically to increased thermal mass slowing the cooling rate. Re-
similar configurations performances appear obviously above the ducing the cooling rate can, in turn, reduce the brittleness of the
minimum rule assumption. Three-sheet configurations based on microstructures formed during welding (bainite may be tougher
1-mm DP980 LCE results are shown in Figs. 6 and 7, and again than autotempered martensite, which may be tougher than
show that the CTS obtained for these configurations are higher quenched martensite).
than expected from the minimum rule. 3. Notch Effect: in the case of dissimilar thickness spot welds,
Figure 6 shows that compared to the standard similar 1-mm, the solidification plane, where the columnar grains in the weld
two-sheet configuration, both the patch and the 1+1+0-mm con- nugget meet, is assumed to be roughly at the midthickness of
figurations bring an improvement in CTS. Figure 7 shows that the whole assembly, which is away from the notch end at the fay-
the [1+++1]+1-mm configuration shows a performance very ing surface. As the solidification plane may be weaker than the
close to the 1+2-mm two-sheet configuration, whereas the bulk of the molten nugget, a dissimilar thickness joint may be
1+[1+1] configuration shows a more limited improvement, high- stronger in opening mode than a similar thickness joint.
lighting the importance of restraint in the case of three-sheet 4. Mechanical Effect: in the case of dissimilar thickness spot
assemblies. welds, the stress concentration at the notch will be different than
The observation that the CTS is greater than predicted by in a similar thickness joint due to uneven loading. This will in
the minimum rule has been called a “positive deviation” from turn influence the cross-tension strength. As this effect is not
the expected strengths. This positive deviation turns out to be obvious it will be shown further in the discussion. The analysis
almost systematic when AHSSs are welded together. In the fol- of three-sheet configurations results helps in understanding the
lowing discussion, a detailed analysis of this phenomenon is de- relative importance of these effects — Fig. 8.
scribed, and a tentative explanation for it is proposed. The 1+1+0-mm configuration is especially interesting as the
loading conditions during cross-tension are strictly identical to
Analysis of Results the reference 1-mm similar configuration, but its CTS perform-
ance is greater than the strength of the similar gauge joint —
Several hypotheses can be proposed to explain the “positive Fig. 6. This positive deviation can only be attributed to the ther-
deviation”: mal (since overall thickness during welding was 3 mm instead of
1. Dilution Effect: when spot welding an AHSS sheet to a low- 2) and notch effects. However, the positive deviation for this
carbon sheet, the dilution (mixing of both chemistries) reduces 1+1+0-mm configuration is limited compared to the 1+2,
40 JANUARY 2014
1+patch+1, and [1+++1]+1-mm configurations, which have
the same thermal and notch effects, highlighting that a mechan-
ical effect is also present.
To better analyze this mechanical effect, the CTSs were nor-
malized with respect to their weld and sheet dimensions. A pa-
rameter α was developed equaling the CTS divided by the prod-
uct of the weld diameter and the thickness of the thinnest sheet
used in the stackup. Although the parameter is not perfect, this
normalization turns out to be the most robust for a wide vari-
ety of cases, and has already been used in a study by Dancette
et al. (Ref. 6). After the α parameter was calculated for each
weld, the values for each configuration were averaged resulting
in a value for each stackup. It should be noted that the units
N/mm 2 are used for αand not MPa. This choice was made as
Fig. 5 — Cross-tension strength for DP980 1.25+1.25, 1.25+2, and in most cases αis not a stress; however, α is close to the shear
2+2 configurations. stress in case of full button pullout. Instead, this parameter is
meant as only an equivalent stress to be used to compare the
various joint configurations. The average α obtained for each
configuration is given in Table 4.
First, theseαvalues confirm the qualitative analysis for
three-sheet configurations. From Table 4, theαvalues of the
1+1+0 joint are slightly higher than the 1+1 configuration. As
well, both values for these joints are lower than those for the
1+2, 1+patch+1, and the [1+++1]+1 joints. This is all in
agreement with Figs. 6 and 7. This again confirms the strength
of the mechanical effect when compared to when only the ther-
mal and notch effects are present. The α values of the two-sheet
stackups were plotted in Fig. 9 as a function of the sheet thick-
ness ratio. Even if some scatter can be seen for the similar con-
figurations (thickness ratio of 1), there is a clear increase (“pos-
itive deviation”) in α value for dissimilar configuration, which
Fig. 6 — Cross-tension strength for DP980 1+1, 1+1+0, and
is correlated to thickness ratio.
1+patch+1 configurations.
To better understand the influence of thickness ratio, a de-
tailed mechanical analysis was found in literature (Ref. 15). In
this work, the authors developed an analytical theory of elastic
loading of spot welds. The stress intensity factors at the notch
around the spot weld are derived as a function of the material
elastic properties, the sheet thicknesses and the “nominal stress”
(i.e., global loading) applied to the spot weld. Of course, in the
present study the loading during cross-tension testing was not
fully elastic. As this assumption may be reached locally around
the notch, the elastic analysis from Ref. 15 was considered here
as a means of understanding the mechanical effect on positive
deviation.
For the cross-tension case (opening mode), the nominal
stress, proportional to the cross-tension global load, is called
σbu++, and the relevant stress intensity factors able to explain
the spot weld failure are KI (stress intensity factor in opening
Fig. 7 — Cross-tension strength for DP980 1+1, 1+2, 1+[1+1], and mode I) or K res (a resulting stress intensity factor taking into
[1+++1]+1 configurations. account the mode I and mode II stress intensity factors), which
turn out to be close to each other since the contribution of mode
Minimum Sheet Thickness Electrode acc. ISO 5821 Welding Force (kN) Welding Time (ms) Holding Time (ms)
in the Assembly (mm) (type-shank diameter-tip
curvature radius-tip diameter)
WELDING JOURNAL 41
II is limited in this case. Therefore, Equations 52 and 54 from
Ref. 15 are considered,δbeing the sheet thickness ratio (thin-
ner/thicker) and tu being the thinnest sheet thickness.
42 JANUARY 2014
ance spot welds. Science and Technology of Welding and Joining
Table 4 — Average α Levels 15(2): 149–155.
5. Dancette, S., Fabrègue, D., Massardier, V., Merlin, J.,
Configuration Average α (N/mm2) Dupuy, T., and Bouzekri, M. 2012. Investigation of the tensile
shear fracture of advanced high strength steel spot welds. Engi-
TRIP800 1+1 mm 747
TRIP800 2+2 mm 639
neering Failure Analysis 25(10): 112–122.
TRIP800 1+2 mm 1146 6. Dancette, S., Fabrègue, D., Massardier, V., Merlin, J.,
DP980 LCE 1+1 mm 929 Dupuy, T., and Bouzekri, M. 2011. Experimental and modeling
DP980 LCE 1.25+1.25 mm 823 investigation of the failure resistance of advanced high strength
DP980 LCE 2+2 mm 913 steel spot welds. Engineering Fracture Mechanics 78(10):
DP980 LCE 1+1.25 mm 1014 2259–2272.
DP980 LCE 1+2 mm 1220 7. Internal ArcelorMittal data.
DP980 LCE 1.25+2 mm 1180
DP980 LCE 1+patch+1 mm 1179
8. Baltazar Hernandez, V. H., Kuntz, M. L., Khan, M. I., and
DP980 LCE 1+[1+1] mm 1004 Zhou, Y. 2008. Influence of microstructure and weld size on
DP980 LCE 1+1+0 mm 1039 the mechanical behavior of dissimilar AHSS resistance spot
DP980 LCE [1+++1]+1 mm 1277 welds. Science and Technology of Welding and Joining 13(8):
769–776.
9. Khan, M. S., Bhole, S. D., Chen, D. L., Biro, E., Boudreau,
Conclusions G., and van Deventer, J. 2009. Welding behavior, microstruc-
ture and mechanical properties of dissimilar resistance spot
While material qualification tests are frequently based on welds between galvannealed HSLA350 and DP600 steels. Sci-
similar welding configurations, real car body applications are ence and Technology of Welding and Joining 14(7): 616–625.
quite systematically dissimilar configurations. For spot welds 10. Pouranvari, M., Marashi, S. P. H., and Mousavizadeh, S.
failing in plug mode, the strength of the assembly only depends M. 2010. Failure mode transition and mechanical properties of
on the weakest material strength. In the case of AHSS+AHSS similar and dissimilar resistance spot welds of DP600 and low
welded combinations, however, things turn out differently. Sim- carbon steels. Science and Technology of Welding and Joining
ilar-grade but dissimilar-thickness high-strength-steel configu- 15(7): 625–631.
rations have been spot welded and tested in cross-tension. 11. Marashi, S. P. H., Pouranvari, M., Salehi, M., Abedi, A.,
The following main conclusions can be highlighted: and Kaviani, S. 2010. Overload failure behavior of dissimilar
1. For dissimilar-thickness configurations, the cross-tensile thickness resistance spot welds during tensile shear test. Mate-
strength is above the standard “minimum rule” assumptions, rials Science and Technology 26(10): 1220–1225.
this phenomenon being called a “positive deviation.” 12. Safanama, D. S., Marashi, S. P. H., and Pouranvari, M.
2. Limited thermal and notch location effects can explain 2012. Similar and dissimilar resistance spot welding of marten-
part of this positive deviation, but the main reason is sitic advanced high strength steel and low carbon steel: Metal-
mechanical. lurgical characteristics and failure mode transition. Science and
3. As evidenced through several analytical and numerical Technology of Welding and Joining 17(4): 288–294.
studies, this mechanical effect is due to the less severe local 13. ISO 18278-2:2004, Resistance welding — Weldability —
stresses at the notch in case of uneven thickness, and improves Part 2: Alternative procedures for the assessment of sheet steels for
the positive deviation when the thickness ratio increases. spot welding.
Although widely used for material qualification and scien- 14. ISO 14329:2003, Resistance welding — Destructive tests of
tific purposes, similar configurations appear as the worst case welds — Failure types and geometric measurements for resistance
in terms of cross-tension performance for high-strength steels. spot, seam and projection welds.
Actual vehicle design should consider positive deviation in dis- 15. Radaj, D., and Zhang, S. 1991. Stress intensity factors
similar configurations to maximize the potential strength of for spot welds between plates of unequal thickness. Engineering
spot welds in high-strength steels. Fracture Mechanics 39(2): 391–413.
16. Dancette, S., Fabregue, D., Estevez,R., Massardier, V.,
Acknowledgments Dupuy, T., and Bouzekri, M. 2012. A finite element model for
the prediction of advanced high strength steel spot welds frac-
The authors would like to thank Savine Henrion, Sylvain ture. Engineering Fracture Mechanics 87(6): 48–61.
Dancette and Florent Krajcarz for their help in this study and
ArcelorMittal for granting us permission to publish this work.
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ulation with LS-DYNA. LS-DYNA Anwenderforum, Bamberg.
2. ISO 14272:2000, Specimen dimensions and procedure for The Welding Journal encourages an exchange of ideas
cross tension testing resistance spot and embossed projection welds. through letters to the editor. Please send your letters to
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FABTECH 2013
This year’s show set marks as the biggest ever, both in terms of
square footage of exhibit space and in the number of attendees
FABTECH 2013 will take a place streamed onto the exhibition floor Chicago, Ill. This impressive event
in history as the most successful see the latest technology that in- is cosponsored by the Society of
metal forming, fabricating, finish- dustry has to offer. The exhibition Manufacturing Engineers; Ameri-
ing, and welding exhibition ever in space was 191,565 sq ft for 505 can Welding Society; Fabricators
North America. A record 650,000 welding companies. This year, the & Manufacturers Association, In-
sq ft total of exhibition space was exhibition was a four-day event ternational; Precision Metalform-
utilized by a total 1573 exhibitors. that filled both the North and South ing Association; and Chemical
Also, a record 40,667 visitors Halls of McCormick Place in Coaters Association International.
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Beginning with AWS ing her tenure in 2013. Some of the ac- than 140 technical papers, and is
complishments included translations of presently the R. D. Stout Distinguished
Business technical standards to expand the AWS Professor.
reach around the world; the Women in “In less than 30 years there will be a
The American Welding Society Presi- Welding initiative that has encouraged 50% increase in demand for energy,”
dent Nancy Cole called to order the 94th women to get into the field of welding noted DuPont, “and 80% of that demand
annual business meeting on Nov. 18. with career-promoting programs, videos, worldwide will be met by fossil fuels.” A
Dawn Young, director of Association and scholarships; the expansion of online way to increase the efficiency of coal-
Sales for McCormick Place, greeted the courses through American Welding On- burning operations is to improve the
gathering. “We are so appreciative of line; the AWS use of social media to thermal efficiencies of materials used in
AWS and FABTECH,” she said. “Every reach the digitally connected audience; the process. One way to do that is to use
other year you have a $62-million impact the opening of business opportunities alloys that retain their properties in high-
on the economy of Chicago.” around the world; and record revenues temperature environments. Nickel al-
President Cole went on to give a brief and membership. loys, especially superalloys, are of great
synopsis of the state of the Society dur- Throughout her travels both domes- interest for these applications. DuPont
tically and internationally, she was en- has done extensive research in the weld-
couraged to see how many people believe ing of these alloys and observed precipi-
in welding. She also saw much enthusi- tate-free zones, which actually are detri-
asm in schools for the profession. mental soft zones in the weld. Creep
Dean Wilson (Fig. 1), the incoming voids that contribute to weld failure have
2014 president, offered the theme of his been observed in these areas. Preheat
presidential year as “continuous im- and controlled weld temperature don’t
provement through innovation.” He seem to help, but postweld heat treat-
noted how improvement can be subtle ment that stays below 1100°C does. Fur-
and one might not even know it is hap- ther research has shown that the addi-
pening. As an example, he recounted how tion of gadolinium (Gd) to the Ni alloy
during World War I the United States had within a certain range improves cracking
no reliable manufacturing process for resistance. It appears to promote back-
airplane engines and production was filling of the crack.
zero. Through a series of experiments DuPont feels one of the biggest chal-
Fig. 1 — Dean Wilson, 2014 AWS presi-
with welding and other processes, man- lenges with these alloys is long-term
dent, talks of the exciting future of the
ufacturing was producing 20,000 engines creep characteristics, and solutions are
Society.
by 1919. going to be found only through a coop-
Wilson also related how his company, erative effort among the user, producer,
Wilson Industries, introduced the first and researcher of the alloys.
see-through welding screen in 1968. Its The full Adams Lecture will be pub-
introduction was the culmination of trial lished in the February issue of the Weld-
and error improvements and the utiliza- ing Journal.
tion of technology from NASA of a
lens coating that filtered out harmful Plummer Lecture
radiation.
He is looking forward to all the proj- Dr. Rick Polanin, professor and pro-
ects for AWS that are in the works for gram chair of the manufacturing engi-
2014. Some of those include stackable, neering technology and welding technol-
Fig. 2 — Professor DuPont details his re- transferable certification credentials; se- ogy programs at Illinois Central College,
search into welding high-alloy Ni steels. cure online transcripts and a national cer- presented this year’s Plummer Memorial
tification registry for all levels of weld- Education Lecture — Fig. 3.
ing professionals; producing a video li- Polanin’s topic, “The Future of Weld-
brary for welding; development of a mas- ing Education,” focused on looking to
ter welder program; a certified welder the past for guidance and inspiration for
passport; expanding American Welding the future; understanding what welding
Online; continued collaboration with education is about; describing the devel-
Weld-Ed; and individual support through opment of effective welding courses; con-
scholarships. “I am overwhelmed and ex- sidering the role of technology both in
cited about what is going to happen in equipment and teaching; why manufac-
2014,” he said. turing is vitally important to the United
States; and attempting to predict the fu-
Adams Lecture ture of welding education.
“With welding, you can individualize
Dr. John DuPont (Fig. 2) delivered instruction and achieve life-long learn-
the 2013 Adams Lecture titled “Welding ing,” Polanin said.
of Nickel Alloys in Energy Applications.” Also included during his talk was the
Fig. 3 — Dr. Rick Polanin gave the Plum- DuPont is a professor at Lehigh Univer- complexity of issues affecting American
mer Memorial Education Lecture. sity, an AWS Fellow, has authored more education — for which there are no easy
WELDING JOURNAL 45
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diversity, size, culture, economic con- Ensitech, www.tigbrush.com state laser is touted to produce cut qual-
straints/cycles, and technology advance- ity very similar to a CO 2 laser with the
ments require the diligence of continu- The Norzon Plus grinding wheel by speed of a fiber laser. It reaches maxi-
ous improvement. Norton was reformulated to reduce mum efficiency when cutting thin mate-
To provide for a bright future, weld- grinding time. The ceramic and zirconia rial, but can cut mild steel up to 25 mm
ing education must combine sound cur- grit works well on stainless and high-alloy thick. The unit can handle nonferrous
riculum development utilizing advance- steels (Fig. 5) and, in fact, is more suited metals such as copper and brass, as well
ments in learning theory and modern for tougher-to-grind steels. The wheel is as stainless steel and aluminum. It has a
content delivery; incorporate welding claimed to be durable in difficult grind- working range of 3000 mm, X axis; 1500
technology advancements; listen to input ing applications and can be used with mm, Y axis; and 115 mm, Z axis.
from local and national industry; and en- high-horsepower grinders. This particu- TRUMPF, www.us.trumpf.com
sure accountability through evaluating lar product is new, having been intro-
competency, including nationally recog- duced to the market this past October.
nized qualification testing (AWS). Norton, www.nortonabrasives.com
Polanin concluded by explaining the
application of HEAT — Honesty (pro-
viding students with an honest assess-
ment of job availability, earning poten-
tial, working conditions), Enthusiasm
(teachers need to impart an enthusiasm
for learning to students at all levels), At-
titude (the general public’s attitude
about manufacturing jobs and specifi- Fig. 7 — A fiber laser cuts steel up to 25-
cally welding jobs has to change), and mm thick.
Teaching (teachers remain the key to suc-
cess of the American education system
and welding education). Fig. 5 — A reformulated grinding wheel The Trans Process Solution (TPS/i)
takes on hard-to-finish steels. welding platform provides a more accu-
Product News rate and stable arc, better penetration,
and less spatter — Fig. 8. Available mod-
Following are just a few of the prod- ITW Muller demonstrated its Yellow els include 300, 400, and 500 A. The prod-
ucts that drew the attention of the Weld- Jacket Orbital Stretch Wrap Machine — uct offers a 7-in., plain-text, touch-sensi-
ing Journal editors at this year’s show. Fig. 6. The machine accepts a standard tive display and a user interface that al-
Ensitech demonstrated its TIG Brush pallet of heavy parts or fabrications lows welders/maintenance technicians to
(Fig. 4) for removing heat tint stains on placed inside its cylinder. The machine organize system settings. Internal com-
stainless steel. The system combines elec- is then activated and a roll of polyethyl- munications include job memory and
tricity, chemistry, and heat to clean the ene wrap is rotated around the palette wire regulation with penetration stabi-
weld surface. A conductive brush at- tightly securing the parts. The whole op- lization to automatically change wire
tached to a 40-A electrical motor applies eration takes one person about 90 sec- feed speed. The process control system
a cleaning fluid that is heated up to onds to complete. The wrapped pallet re- routes arc feedback and control at 100
200°C. The electrochemical reaction that quires no other means of securing its load Mb/s. Additional benefits are the dip-
occurs cleans and passivates the stainless for shipping. This unit costs approxi- transfer arc process low spatter control
steel. The company offers a choice of flu- mately $25,000, accepts objects 118 in. in and pulse multi control. Fronius USA,
ids depending on whether a satin or mir- diameter, and operates on 110 AC power. LLC, www.fronius-usa.com
ror finish is desired as well as whether a Muller, www.yellowjacket110.com
heavy or medium stain must be removed.
The company exports to 12 different
countries, but this is the first introduc-
46 JANUARY 2014
The Elite Series of manual, straight
cutting torches offer the ability to cut up R. D. Thomas Jr. International Lecture
to 10 in. when using acetylene and up to
12 in. with alternate fuel gases — Fig. 9.
The patented Elite Swirl Head Injector Professor Xiao-Ling Zhao (center) of
design mixes high-pressure preheat oxy- Monash University, Clayton, Australia,
gen and lower pressure fuel gas to create this year’s R. D. Thomas Jr. Award re-
a vacuum-producing “entrainment zone” cipient, is pictured with Warren Migli-
that pulls gas through the torch. The se- etti of Power Systems Mfg., LLC,
ries also moves from a positive pressure Jupiter, Fla., and AWS President Nancy
universal mixer to a universal injector by Cole. Zhao has chaired the Interna-
changing the cutting tip from acetylene to tional Institute of Welding’s Subcom-
any alternate fuel gas. In addition, the mission XV-E on Tubular Structures
torches feature a three-tube, in-line since 2002. Under his leadership, the
design; internal tip nut that keeps the cut- XV-E Subcommission wrote two ISO
ting tip seated; and color-coded pressure standards — 14346:2013, Static design
adjustment knobs for identifying gases. procedure for welded hollow-section
The series includes the Oxweld SCT-1500 joints — Recommendations; and
and Purox SCT-4200 families. ESAB Weld- 14347:2008, Fatigue — Design proce-
ing & Cutting Products, www.esabna.com dure for welded hollow-section joints
— Recommendations. Zhao’s recent Thomas lecture, “ISO Standards for Welded Hol-
low Section Joints,” highlighted the histories, scopes, tables of contents, and major
sections in these ISO 14346 and 14347 standards.
flame-resistant cotton, provides less re- machine has heavy-duty rails and a rack.
striction for better movement and in- The module design allows the operator
creases safety with a tailored fit. The to add a bevel or other equipment with-
GMA and GTA gloves are available in X- out making major changes. It is available
small and small. In particular, the GMA in a range of cutting widths from 72 to
glove (lined) has a dual-padded palm; 288 in. Up to ten oxyfuel stations and four
Fig. 9 — The Elite Series of manual, fleece-insulated palm, foam-insulated plasma stations, including dual full-con-
straight cutting torches have an inter- back; and original wraparound keystone tour plasma bevel stations, can be con-
nal tip nut. thumb design. The GTA glove is unlined figured. Maximum rapid traverse speed
for heightened feel and dexterity; has a is 1400 in./min. Koike Aronson, Inc./Ran-
The women’s Arc Armor® apparel, triple-padded palm; and contains goat some, www.koike.com
engineered with feedback from women grain leather. Miller Electric Mfg. Co.,
welders, features the Indura® cloth millerwelds.com/arcarmor The impetus for the Stoody 155FC
jacket as well as GMA and GTA gloves and 160FC hardfacing wires (Fig. 12)
— Fig. 10. The jacket, made from Indura Design enhancements have been came from a Nebraska oilfield customer
made to Versagraph Extreme, the most who was experiencing spalling with the
advanced integrated thermal cutting ma- product he had been using. The two al-
chine in the company’s line of cutting sys- loys were specifically developed to pro-
tems — Fig. 11. It features improved vide excellent weldability and abrasion
gearbox resolution, increased torque and resistance with weld deposits comprised
low backlash, plus a larger and stiffer of special blends of tungsten carbides in
main beam for less z deflection and a nickel-silicon-boron matrix. While both
greater load-carrying capabilities. The gas metal arc welding wires could be use-
WELDING JOURNAL 47
With this seventh generation of ABB’s
Women in Welding largest robot, the IRB 6700 (Fig. 14),
total cost of ownership has been reduced
“Girls don’t take off their tiaras for a welding helmet, but they do want a re- by 20%, much of that through reduced
warding career,” said AWS President Nancy Cole during the Women in Welding power consumption. The robot family is
reception held Nov. 19 at the FABTECH Theatre. available in payloads from 150 to 300 kg
She discussed how she had been traveling across the United States throughout and reaches from 2.6 to 3.2 m. The ro-
her presidential year talking about welding and brazing, and had seen the excite- bots were designed with lighter compo-
ment women she spoke to had regarding manufacturing and the opportunities nents throughout and a smaller base.
available in the welding field. “We need to encourage those women to be the man- Since the robots move less weight, they
ufacturing workforce of tomorrow,” she said. use less power. The smaller base and
Speaking first was Brenda Ryan, owner and president of Ryan Industries, longer reach allow the robots to work in
Wixom, Mich., and a partner of SME, who noted that the number of women in tighter spaces. They were designed for
manufacturing has declined in recent years. “We need to offer recommendations spot welding, material handling, and ma-
for change to bring more women into manufacturing,” she said. “It is important chine tending. Maintenance has been op-
that we speak with one voice. Women represent 48% of the working population, timized, doubling the time between
but only 24% of manufacturing jobs.” service intervals. They are available with
It is expected that there will be an additional 5 million manufacturing jobs LeanID, an integrated dressing package
available by 2020, Ryan said. “Women offer the biggest opportunity to fill these designed for easier programming
jobs.” and more efficient movement. ABB Ro-
“The statistics (Ryan) talked about should be a loud call to industry,” Cole botics — North America, www.abb.com/
said. robotics
Gretchen Zierick of Zierick Manufacturing and a past president of the Preci-
sion Metalforming Association said the only areas at her company where the num-
ber of women have not declined is customer service and general office. She
lamented the elimination of classes such as high school shop that gave students
an introduction to manufacturing and the trades.
She noted that hers is a third-generation family business. “My company could
go out of business just because the workers won’t exist.”
ful for any type of metal-to-earth engage- automatically make changes to weld pa-
ment tool, the 155FC wire was designed rameters and to track the operator’s ac-
for multipass operations where cross tions to confirm each weld was per-
checking is undesirable and to offer formed. The software can also be tied
greater resistance to spalling. It exhibits into other equipment such as position-
a matrix hardness range of 35–45 HRC. ers. The Lincoln Electric Co., www.lin-
Applications include process screw flight colnelectric.com
edges, drill bit and stabilizer buildup, and
hardbanding. The 160FC was designed
for use as an overlay, and its matrix hard-
ness range is 40–50 HRC. It is well suited
for upstream oil and gas production ap-
plications such as drill bit holders, kicker Fig. 14 — The IRB 6700 robot family was
pads, stabilizers, and mud motors. Vic- designed to use less power, have a longer
tor Technologies™, www.victortechnolo- reach, and reduced maintenance
gies.com requirements.
The Lincoln Electric Weld Sequencer The Exact pipe-cutting system, which
software shows a picture of a workpiece features patented technology from Fin-
and then explains to the welder step by land, only recently has entered the North
step where to place each weld — Fig. 13. American market. The machines pro-
It is especially useful for applications duce straight, clean cut ends on steel,
where there is a large number of parts, plastic, copper, cast iron, stainless steel,
but not necessarily high volume. It elim- and multilayer pipes. Demonstrated dur-
inates the need for the welding operator ing the show were models Pipecut 220E
to rely on his/her memory of where each and Pipecut 280E — Fig. 15. The 220E
weld is needed and the parameters for can handle pipe diameters from ½ to 8
each weld. The system on display at the in., while the 280E cuts pipe from 1½ to
show was set up for 140 different welds. 11 in. in diameter. The machines can cut
The software automatically sets welding Fig. 13 — The company’s Weld Sequencer 6-in. Schedule 40 pipe in 40 s. The cold
power source parameters such as voltage software informs the operator where to cutting process produces no sparks, de-
and wire feed speed. It also can be set to place each weld. bris, or fumes. The systems include a
48 JANUARY 2014
shoulder bag, pipe saw, four pipe sup-
ports, saw blade, Allen wrenches for
changing the blade and adjusting the saw,
operating instructions, and a DVD with
demonstrations and instructions. Model
220E retails for approximately $1500 and
the 280E for $2500. Exact Tools Oy,
www.exacttools.com
WELDING JOURNAL 49
for the Frankton, Indiana, Heritage
Days, fund-raising to buy Christmas pres-
ents for needy children, and building ta-
bles for the Ivy Tech Engineering De-
partment. It has also raised enough to
present $1000 to the AWS Indiana Sec-
tion scholarship fund.
Welding Wars
Groups battled it out during the first
Welding Wars Competition (Fig. 17) held
at FABTECH Nov. 19 and 20.
First place went to Jeff Anderson,
Garrett Harris, and Austin Raetz with
Kankakee Community College, Kanka-
kee, Ill — Fig. 18. They prepared for this
competition before coming to the show
and were excited to win. “It was tough,”
Anderson said. “It looks easy but was
hard,” Harris added.
Second place was awarded to Anthony
Godinez, Ryan Crandal, and Brad
Williamson with Ferris State University, Fig. 17 — Students from Moraine Valley Community College display teamwork while
Big Rapids, Mich. competing at the Welding Wars event.
Third place was earned by Jeffrey
Kubic, Matthew Zohfeld, and Robert
Stephens with Moraine Valley Commu-
nity College, Palos Hills, Ill.
Prizes included welder backpacks with
supplies from BSX; gas metal arc, gas
tungsten arc/shielded metal arc, and
plasma cutting machines from Lincoln
Electric; and three-in-one gas metal arc,
shielded metal arc, and gas tungsten arc
machines from Tweco.
Given a 2-h time limit in which to
work, the three-member teams were
given a project drawing to interpret and
materials for creating it. Gas metal arc
and gas tungsten arc welding with plasma
arc cutting were used. Among the addi-
tional sponsors were NI Steel for donat-
ing steel and Bessey Tools for providing
clamps.
A panel of AWS Certified Welding In-
spectors evaluated all weldments to the
requirements of the current AWS D1.1, Fig. 18 — The Welding Wars winners present at the awards gala were (from left)
Structural Welding Code — Steel, based Matthew Zohfeld, Jeffrey Kubic, and Robert Stephens (third place, Moraine Valley
on project accuracy to print specifica- Community College); Anthony Godinez (second place, Ferris State University); and
tions, weld size and overall weldment ap- Jeff Anderson, Austin Raetz, and Garrett Harris (first place, Kankakee Community
pearance, craftsmanship, professional- College).
ism, and safety.
Professional Welders contestants from all over the United amined by AWS Certified Welding In-
States including California from one end spectors according to D1.1 criteria. To
Contest of the country and Massachusetts from eliminate any question in determining
the other. the winners, in addition to the visual in-
A record number of welders, 206 to The competitors were required to spection, the weld profiles of the final-
be exact, put their skills to the test to see weld a ¼-in. square tube at a 60-deg skew ists were examined with Wiki-Scan, a
who would earn the bragging rights as onto a ¼-in. plate all around with 1⁄8-in. laser scanning inspection system (Fig. 20)
America’s best welder by winning the 7018 electrode — Fig. 19. A time limit of that accurately measures the weld bead
Professional Welders Contest at five minutes was given, which included within the set limits.
FABTECH. The two-day event attracted cleaning the weld. All the welds were ex- The winner of the $2500 first-place
50 JANUARY 2014
Fig. 19 — Contestants were required to weld all around a Fig. 20 — In addition to visual inspection, a laser scanning device
1
⁄4-in. tube set at a 60-deg skew. was used to determine the final winners.
prize was Brian LaRou, a pipefitter from The top three finishers were
Morris, Ill. The $1000 prize for second Jennifer Hildebrandt (gold) (Fig.
place was taken by William DeBold, and 21), a welding technology student
the $500 third-place winner was Robert at Milwaukee Area Technical Col-
Hacker from Hurricane, Utah. In addi- lege; Jeff Steiner (silver), a weld-
tion to the three money winners, there ing engineering technology student
were nine others who received prizes of at Ferris State University who also
welding-related items. Those winners works for Polaris Industries; and
were Larry Clark, George Rolla, Keith Mike Kimball (bronze), an AWS
Cusey, Thomas Fassier, Nick Lerma, Tim CWI and robot programmer for
Kinnaman, Mark Mitchell, Greg Larson, Jay Mfg., Oshkosh, Wis. In an-
and Tanner Thompson. nouncing the winners, Vern Man-
The competition was organized and gold, D16 Committee vice chair,
run by the Indiana Section with Tony Bro- commented that sometimes a per-
sio acting as the chairman of the Profes- son gets a chance at redemption,
sional Welders Competition Committee. noting that Hildebrandt had placed
He was assisted by fellow Section mem- second in June during a similar
bers, wives, and volunteers from a local contest held during the AWS Mil-
educational facility. Personnel from waukee Section’s National Robotic
Servo-Robot assisted in laser scanning Arc Welding Conference.
the welds. Miller Welding Automation and
Wolf Robotics provided the robotic
welding cells for the competition.
Robotic Arc Welding In addition, ServoRobot provided
Contest personnel and equipment used for
scoring the coupons. The purpose Fig. 21 — Jennifer Hildebrandt and Mike Kimball
Nineteen contestants entered the of the event was to draw attention placed first and third, respectively, in the first-
first-ever AWS Robotic Arc Welding to the AWS Certified Robotic Arc ever AWS Robotic Arc Welding Contest.
Contest held Nov. 19 and 20. Entrants Welding (CRAW) program.
had to take a 20-min multiple-choice test Hildebrandt said she initially training and the complimentary oppor-
on welding fundamentals and robotic arc wasn’t going to participate because she tunity to sit for an actual CRAW certifi-
welding systems, then undergo a timed hadn’t touched a robot since June, but cation exam. The three top finishers also
performance test in which they had to her instructor and classmates urged her received AWS duffle bags.
demonstrate familiarity with the compo- to compete. “I entered for the possibil-
nents of a robotic arc welding cell, pro- ity of training,” she said. “It was chal- Plan Ahead for Next Year
gram the machine to weld a test coupon, lenging. There was pressure with the time
weld the coupon, and visually verify the limits with the practical exam.” FABTECH 2014 will be held Nov.
coupon’s quality. A team of AWS CWIs Kimball said he found the written por- 11–13 at the Georgia World Congress
judged the competition according to the tion the most challenging. As a relatively Center in Atlanta. It will once again be
criteria of AWS D16.4, Specification for experienced programmer, he was more North America’s largest welding, metal-
the Qualification of Robotic Arc Welding comfortable with the practical exam. forming, and fabricating event. For more
Personnel. Hildebrandt will receive AWS CRAW information, visit www.aws.org/expo.◆
WELDING JOURNAL 51
What Is the Best Method
for Preheating 4130?
A study compares three preheat BY J. WALKER, D. HEBBLE,
AND R. HOLDREN
methods based on time required, J. WALKER, D. HEBBLE, and
efficiency, safety, and cost R. HOLDREN are with Arc Specialties
Engineering & Consulting,
Houston, Tex.
n the oil and gas industry, AISI 4130 mocouples used with the data recorder more uniform heating through the part
52 JANUARY 2014
amount of time required to set up and tear
down was also recorded.
Resistance
The resistance heater uses resistance pads
made up of a resistant element woven through
ceramic tiles. This construction results in a
heating pad with enough flexibility to allow
for contouring the pad around or inside com-
ponents with varying profiles. The element
consists of a conductor having high resistance,
so when electrically energized, the element
heats up. The ceramic tiles both conduct this
heat to the component as well as electrically
insulate the heating element from the com-
ponent. The heated tiles only transfer heat to
the valve through radiant heat and conduc-
tive heat where the pads are in contact with
Fig. 1 — Position of induction heating coil, and measurement and control the valve.
thermocouple cables. The resistance heating pads were first fas-
tened to each other with wire and to the valve
to keep them in place — Fig. 2. Next, the
whole assembly was covered with an insulat-
ing ceramic fiber blanket. Two preheating
zones (with separate control) were used with
each zone using two resistance heating pads.
The pads were arranged such that each of the
two zones was on opposite sides of the valve.
The resistance heating controller uses one
thermocouple per zone to monitor the tem-
perature and control the output to that zone.
Each zone had a thermocouple resistance
spot welded onto the outside of the valve. The
control thermocouple was connected to the
valve within ¼ in. (6 mm) of the location for
the measurement thermocouple. The second
thermocouple was on the other side, on the
outside of the valve. A thermocouple placed
on the inside of the valve ¼ in. (6 mm) away
from the one used for the data recorder was
plugged into the machine for reference only.
Fig. 2 — Placement of resistance heating pads and thermocouple cables.
The resistance machine was programmed
to preheat the valve to 550°F as quickly as
possible, and then maintain the temperature
for one hour. A previous test showed that
when setting the machine to preheat to 500°F,
it required more than six hours for the inside
to reach 500°F after the outside had attained
this temperature, so programming the con-
troller to reach the higher temperature on the
outside was used as a means to through-heat
the part more rapidly. This is believed to have
happened because there was not a large
enough temperature differential between the
inside surface and the outside surface. Be-
cause the pads were touching the valve so
close to the thermocouple, the temperature
did not rise high enough above 500°F to cre-
ate that differential. The data recorder was
then turned on, the power meter was set to
record, and the resistance heating power
source was set to preheat. Both the data
Fig. 3 — Direct flame preheating setup. recorder and the power meter record time
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along with the other measurements.
Once both the internal and external A
measurement thermocouples reached
500°F, the machine was set to maintain
the temperature for one hour and the
time on the data recorder and power
meter were noted. After one hour, the
machine was turned off and the temper-
ature was recorded for another hour after
making note of the time on the data
recorder. Throughout the test, the
amount of time required to set up and
tear down was recorded.
Direct Flame
A 100-lb cylinder of propane was used
with a Belchfire® fuel gas and com- B
pressed air torch. The valve was rotated
on a turntable while the flame impinged
on the exterior surface of the valve —
Fig. 3.
The valve was not insulated at all,
which is in accordance with typical indus-
try practices. The data recorder was
placed on top of a piece of pipe tacked
to the valve so as to not tangle the ther-
mocouple leads. Only the two data
recorder thermocouple leads were used
for this test.
The data recorder was turned on and
the flame and rotation were started.
Once both thermocouples reached 500°F,
the time was noted and the maintenance
time started. Preheat maintenance was C
determined by monitoring the tempera-
ture and cycling the torch on and off man-
ually. This human element can add some
degree of inconsistency. After one hour
of preheat maintenance, no additional
heat was applied and the temperatures
were recorded for one hour after mak-
ing note of the time on the data recorder.
Throughout the test, the amount of time
required to set up and tear down was
recorded.
Experimental Results
Fig. 4 — Comparison between the temperature rise on the inside and outside vs. the en
Time ergy used. A — Propane heating; B — resistance heating; C — induction heating.
54 JANUARY 2014
Flame preheating was the least effi-
cient, using 171 kWh and 585,000 BTU.
Flame also had the quickest temperature
drop once heat was removed, with a 12°F
difference between the inside and the
outside. The quick temperature drop was
easily predicted because there was no in-
sulation used for the propane test. The
induction method was the most efficient,
using 21.5 kWh and 73,000 BTU and had
the smallest temperature drop once heat
was removed, with only a 4°F difference.
The resistance used 24.5 kWh and 84,000
BTU. The outside temperature dropped
34°F more than the inside. The differ-
ence can be linked to the requirement
that the outside needed to be heated to
550°F in order for the inside to reach
Fig. 5 — Cost per part while paying off the preheat equipment (1.5 years). 500°F. Once the heat was removed, the
outside and inside temperatures were
still equalizing, and once the tempera-
tures were the same they both started
dropping. One of the most significant dif-
ferences was the observation that the
propane used 585,000 BTU compared to
73,000 BTU for induction. Therefore,
512,000 BTU (87.5%) of energy was
wasted. Also, theoretically all 512,000
BTU went into heating the environment,
meaning that in production situations,
the wasted energy resulted in greater
heat exposure to welders and other work-
ers in the area. Induction proved to be
the most efficient, using the least energy
and having the slowest temperature drop
— Fig. 4A–C.
Fig 6. — Cost per part after the preheat equipment is paid off. Safety
Each method was analyzed to deter-
mine its level of safety based on the
amount of handling and potential haz-
only taking 0.25 h for each. The induc- get hot. The quickest method of the three ards. Safety was evaluated because it is
tion method was next with 0.58 h to set was propane, with induction a close sec- one of the primary concerns in shop en-
up and 0.6 h to tear down. Resistance re- ond, and resistance a lagging third. vironments. Induction is the safest
quired the longest time with 1.5 h to set method out of the three. The part does
up and 0.37 h to tear down. Ease of setup Energy Efficiency not need to be on a turntable, which elim-
and tear-down was also considered, and inated one part-handling operation.
direct flame was the easiest. The direct Each method’s efficiency was ana- Also, the induction coils remain at room
flame method only required the valve to lyzed based on energy (generated and temperature at all times and with the part
be rotated with a torch pointed at it, while consumed) as well as total energy used. wrapped in an insulating blanket, the
the other methods required more com- For resistance and induction, the kilo- user has a very small chance of getting
plicated preparation. The only constraint watt-hours (kWh) were recorded. For the burned by the 500° F part.
with the propane method is if the part is flame test, the pounds of propane used Resistance and propane are haz-
too heavy for a turntable. The most dif- were recorded for the preheat and pre- ardous for multiple reasons, but propane
ficult method was the resistance; with the heat maintenance stages. In order to is slightly more dangerous. With resist-
reality that the operator must wire tie the compare all three methods, the pounds ance and propane, the heating elements
pads to each other and in the desired po- of propane were converted to BTU1 and and torch are extremely hot during and
sition, as well as deal with hot pads once then to kWh2. The amounts of electric- immediately after preheating, and are
the part is preheated. Induction was sig- ity used in the other tests were converted only cooled by the air. With resistance,
nificantly easier than resistance to set up, to BTU2 so that all three tests have kWh the pads are covered with an insulating
with the self-supporting coils and the ad- and BTU as values in relation to the tem- blanket, but once the part is preheated
ditional advantage that the coil does not perature increase. it is difficult to move the hot pads. With
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Table 1 — Summary of Test Results
*Costs based on the following values: labor @ $65/h; electricity @ $0.064/kWh; propane @ $0.652/lb.
direct flame, the part is not covered at the 512,000 BTU put in the room by the flame this adds heat to the room that
all so there is a large part that will be at propane, $4.29 of electricity if the unit is adds extra cost, more safety concerns,
the preheated temperature that the op- specifically sized for this amount of heat. and creates a less-desirable work envi-
erator has no protection from. Also, with Also, if preheat labor is not taken into ronment. With preheat labor not in-
direct flame, there is an open flame as account when the shop preheats offline, cluded, induction was the second cheap-
well as hoses filled with combustible gas preheating one part while at the same est. Resistance was the slowest and most
leading to a cylinder of gas or a manifold time welding another, direct flame be- expensive in every scenario, due to setup
system. The torch can be knocked over comes the cheapest method, followed by time and the amount of time it took to
or inadvertently pointed at something or induction. preheat.
someone that could be burned. Also, the The induction method proved to be Perhaps the most important result
propane torch heats the room creating a the most efficient. With induction mak- from this study is the fact that many vari-
less desirable work environment. Induc- ing the best use of the operator’s time, ables need to be evaluated. While the
tion is the safest method, having a heat- using the least electricity, and having a cost of induction heating equipment is
ing element that does not get hot, heat- very fast uniform heating pattern. greater than that for either the resistance
ing the valve while it is wrapped in insu- Cost of the unit is another factor in or direct flame method, the efficiencies
lating blanket, and requiring no part han- calculating the cost to preheat each valve. offered will offset the added cost. Per-
dling. Furthermore, since the part is The induction unit costs $39,000 while haps more importantly, the fact that the
heated from the inside, induction heat- the resistance unit costs $15,000, and the induction method creates a safer envi-
ing results in less radiant heat exposure. flame torch costs $1,200; but with the ronment for the worker will help to op-
time savings with induction, the cost is timize both productivity and quality.♦
Cost offset. Preheating with induction will
save the user $37 per part over direct References
The cost of each method was analyzed flame and $137 per part over resistance,
based on cost of labor, electricity, once the equipment has been paid for. 1. www.flameengineering.com
propane, and personnel usage. An analy- 2. Google® calculator
sis using $65/h for labor, $0.064/kWh for Conclusions and
electricity, and $0.652/lb of propane re-
vealed that resistance preheating costs Recommendations
the most to preheat a valve, costing
$287.57. That breaks down to $164.67 in Based on this study, the induction
labor to preheat the valve, $121.33 in method was the best in most categories
labor to set up and tear down, and $1.57 (Table 1). Induction heating required the
in electricity. Direct flame preheating least amount of time to preheat, was the
was the next most expensive, costing most energy efficient, safest, and most
$187.68; $137.58 in labor to preheat the cost-effective. It used less energy than Change of Address?
the resistance and the electricity cost less
valve, $32.50 in labor to set up and tear
than the propane used. Induction heated
Moving?
down, and $17.60 in propane. Finally, in-
duction preheating was the cheapest, the valve the fastest and was quicker to Make sure delivery of your Welding
costing $150.34. That breaks down to set up than the resistance. The induction Journal is not interrupted. Contact
$72.04 in labor to preheat the valve, method also was the safest for the user, Maria Trujillo in the Membership
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In-Line Inspection of
Resistance Spot Welds
for Sheet Metal Assembly
Chrysler’s Windsor Assembly Plant tries BY R. Gr. MAEV, A. M. CHERTOV,
W. PEREZ REGALADO, A. KARLOFF,
out an ultrasonic real-time monitoring A. TCHIPILKO, P. LICHAA,
D. CLEMENT, AND T. PHAN
system to track expulsion, electrode life,
and weld problems
sing a built-in ultrasonic sensor the use of a nondestructive automatic in- have been introduced to speed up the
R. Gr. MAEV, A. M. CHERTOV, W. PEREZ REGALADO, and A. KARLOFF are with Institute for Diagnostic Imaging Research, University of Windsor, Wind-
sor, Ont., Canada. A. TCHIPILKO is with Tessonics, Inc., Windsor, Ont., Canada. P. LICHAA, D. CLEMENT, and T. PHAN are with Chrysler Windsor As-
sembly Plant, Windsor, Ont., Canada.
This article is based on a paper presented at the Sheet Metal Welding Conference XV, Livonia, Mich., Oct. 2–5, 2012.
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Fig. 2 — Two electrodes squeeze steel plates before Fig. 3 — Two electrodes squeeze steel plates during
welding (left). Gated A-scan (right). welding (left). Gated A-scan (right).
indirect quality assurance by measuring problems and advancements of the sys- emitter and receiver, collects informa-
some related parameters. Some measure tem installed at an industrial facility. tion from every reflecting boundary on
electrode force dynamics and electrode the wave path and forms an A-scan.
displacement, others study welding cur- Inline Ultrasonic Inspection Proper time gating of the A-scan allows
rent and voltage changes to predict weld of Spot Welding software to analyze the information from
quality based on models of the welding the area of interest; the metal sheets and
process. Such methods allow one to only In resistance spot welding, the metal spot weld itself — Figs. 2, 3.
predict the weld quality, not measure sheets are joined by means of melting the Figure 4 shows a schematic view of the
it, due to the indirect nature of these base metal with high electric current. The ultrasonic signature of the spot welding
methods. current is delivered by two electrodes, process, represented as an M-scan. Such
Ultrasound methods use ultrasonic which squeeze the sheets together thus an M-scan is composed of multiple A-
waves that easily penetrate the metal developing Joule heat. As the welding scans of the same point on the weld cap-
sheets and bring back information about gun makes hundreds of welds, the elec- tured successively in time. Every A-scan
the internal structure of the spot weld. trodes experience deformation and for- is simply a time-voltage graph acquired
For this reason, ultrasonic testing was eign material pick up. This leads to grad- by the receiving transducer. The first A-
traditionally used for offline weld inspec- ual degradation of the original welding scans begin to shoot before welding
tion. From the 1960s, different research conditions and eventually to the produc- starts. In this case, the system works as a
groups attempted to develop real-time tion of unacceptable welds. Periodic cur- simple ultrasonic thickness gauge, receiv-
ultrasonic testing technology (Refs. 2–7). rent stepping, tip dressing, and electrode ing reflections from every sheet. One can
With the relatively recent use of robots cap replacements are routinely used in see interfaces 1, 2, and 3 appearing hori-
for spot welding, along with the introduc- production. Still, with the introduction zontally and parallel to each other since
tion of servo motors and tip dressers, spot of new materials, it becomes harder to these are stationary in time. These are
welding has become a much more stable predict the tip conditions and to imple- reflections off of the copper-steel, steel-
process to implement real-time ultra- ment timely adjustments. Some means of steel, and steel-copper boundaries. Scan-
sonic inspection inline with production. real-time control become a necessity. ning continues throughout the welding
Today, our research group advanced to In the current inline ultrasound setup, process (Fig. 4) and some time after it
the level of installation of half a dozen the piezoelectric transducer is installed with a time interval of 3 ms between
prototype inline ultrasound units at sev- in the cooling water stream inside the A-scans.
eral assembly plants around the world. welding electrode — Fig. 1. Sound waves When current is turned on, the metal
The biggest progress has been achieved propagate through the cooling water and sheets’ temperature increases, which
with our long-term partner Chrysler copper electrode to reach the welded leads to sound velocity reduction. Thus,
Corp. at one of its plants in Windsor, plates. Cooling water is used as a cou- the back wall reflections from both sheets
Ont., Canada. plant to deliver sound from the trans- begin to arrive later in time as tempera-
This aricle describes the current level ducer to the copper electrode cap. The ture increases. When the base metal be-
of technology along with the particular dry contact between the electrode and gins to melt, the steel-steel boundary dis-
metal sheets allows ultrasonic waves to appears and so does sound reflection off
penetrate further due to the high pres- of it. The liquid metal nugget then grows
sure exerted by the electrodes. The sound from the steel-steel boundary into both
experiences partial reflections at every sheets. Impedance mismatch between
boundary, including the solid-liquid solid and liquid steel allows the sound
boundary of the molten nugget. In mild waves to reflect off the top and the bot-
steel around the melting temperature, tom of the nugget and thus make them
the solid metal has an acoustic imped- visible on the A-scan and correspond-
ance of 32.7 MRayl, while its liquid state ingly on the M-scan (lines 4 and 5 in Fig.
shows 26.5 MRayl. Calculations and ex- 4). The two reflections continue to move
periments show that this impedance mis- apart as the nugget grows. When weld-
match at the liquid nugget’s boundary re- ing current is shut off, the system begins
flects enough sound energy to be reliably to cool and the process reverses.
Fig. 4 — Schematic M-scan of the resist- detected. Figure 5 presents real ultrasonic scans
ance spot welding process. The transducer, which works as both of underwelded and properly welded spot
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robot needs to receive feedback before
it advances to the next weld. If needed,
the operator can have access to the sta-
tistics of the production equipment per-
formance — Fig. 9.
Besides determining weld quality, the
system proved to be useful in detecting
nonstandard conditions such as cooling
water tube failure shown in Fig. 10. The
plot shows ultrasonic TOF through the
stack at different production times. In
Ref. 8, we have shown a strong correla-
tion of this parameter with nugget diam-
eter. At around 22 h, the cooling water
tube was damaged (notice the sudden dip
in average diameter) and production
continued for a few hours with some
welds being made undersized. The sys-
tem was currently working in a passive
mode, but it was able to track back every
single weld and identify problematic
products for fixing.
As a robot makes hundreds of welds,
the electrode tip surface experiences de-
formation and continuous contamina-
tion. This leads to excessive heat devel-
Fig. 8 — User interface. oped at the copper tip and could possi-
bly lead to cooling water overheat and
boiling. The ultrasonic system is capable
of welding spots is desired. An ultrasonic part. Each part has nine welds. As weld- of monitoring the cooling condition. Fig-
sensor built into one of the weld gun elec- ing through the part progresses, welds ure 11 shows abrupt improvement of the
trodes is connected with the RIWA by are scanned and automatically character- cooling after a tip dressing (cleaning)
coaxial cable. The RIWA unit has the ized. At a certain part, the purpose fail- event. Usually, with bad tip conditions,
fieldbus connection to the weld and robot ures were made by dropping the welding the last three welds in every row are
controller. Once installed, the RIWA current. The system has successfully rec- shown as grey. Grey stands for the welds
unit works as an unsupervised device au- ognized undersized welds and stopped that for some reason were not inter-
tomatically testing weld quality and send- the robot. preted by the software. Additional analy-
ing feedback to the robot. At its current state, the system per- ses have shown that those last three greys
A state-of-the-art algorithm has been forms unsupervised testing of weld qual- are due to the water overheat. After tip
developed for automated analysis of M- ity and qualifies the results using a three- dressing, those welds become recogniza-
scans. It processes the weld “image” and level grading: acceptable, marginal, and ble and turn green. This information can
recognizes the features of the nugget for- unacceptable. Processing time of a sin- be used to issue recommendations on the
mation. Morphological analysis of ex- gle M-scan is about 150–250 ms for a 3 tip dressing frequency to optimize pro-
tracted features allows the geometrical GHz Pentium D processor. It depends duction process quality.
parameters of the liquid nugget to be de- on the stack thickness and welding time, The ultrasonic testing system commu-
termined and makes a decision about the which determine the width and height of nicates with the PLC using discrete I/O,
weld quality. Figure 8 shows a user inter- the M-scan. Special algorithms for effi- DeviceNet, or other means of communi-
face with multiple registered parts and cient M-scan processing have been ap- cation. The robot tells which part is being
one of the selected M-scans with auto- plied (Refs. 12, 13). The processing time loaded, which weld on the part is welded,
matically recognized features. Date/time requirements are strict since average and when exactly to start ultrasonic scan-
stamps on the left mark every welded cycle time is around 1.5–2.5 s/weld. The ning. In its turn, the ultrasonic system
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tells the robot if the weld is acceptable
or not.
Conclusions
Ultrasonic in-process characteriza-
tion of resistance spot welds has many
advantages over off-line methods, par-
ticularly adding the ability to inspect
more than 99% of the parts that would
otherwise go unchecked. In addition,
real-time monitoring of the process can
identify problems that occur and allow
control engineers to correct these prob-
lems before additional bad parts are pro-
duced. An example of a damaged water-
cooling pipe is illustrated in this article.
Use of the RIWA system provides an
Fig. 11 — Improvement in cap cooling after tip dressing, more greens.
opportunity to automatically correct bad
welds and prevent them in the future
product.
of spot welds. Mater. Eval. 47: 935–943. 12. Chertov, A. M., and Gr. Maev, R.
The inline ultrasound inspection sys-
4. Hurlebaus, R. P. 1970. Method of 2005. Extraction of straight line segments
tem installed in the Windsor Assembly
monitoring a welding operation. U.S. from noisy images as a part of pattern
Plant provides the capability to observe
Patent 3,726,130. recognition procedure. Advances in Sig-
the process of weld formation as well as
5. Okuda, T., and Inada, M. 1976. Ul- nal Processing for NDE of Materials.
identify expulsion. Parameters such as
trasonic testing method and apparatus 13. Chertov, A. M., and Gr. Maev, R.
the moment of melting, liquid metal pen-
for resistance welding. U.S. Patent 2011. New algorithm for pattern recog-
etration depth, solidification, and cool-
4,099,045. nition in noisy ultrasonic B-scans. 12th
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Dean R. Wilson David J. Landon David L. McQuaid John Bray W. Richard Polanin
president vice president vice president vice president director-at-large
The American Welding Soci- which he founded in 1999. He has elected to serve as a director-at-
ety has elected its incoming slate chaired the D1 Structural Weld- large. Roth serves on the Finance
of national and District officers, ing and the Technical Activities Committee, is a past chair of
effective Jan. 1, 2014. Committees. At American WEMCO (An Association of
Dean R. Wilson was elected Bridge Div. of U.S. Steel Corp., Welding Equipment Manufac-
president. He is president of he served as senior welding en- turers), and serves on a number
Welldean Enterprises, a provider gineer and corporate engineer. of RWMA (Resistance Welding
of health, safety, and welding In 2009, he received the Ameri- Manufacturing Alliance) sub-
products and industry consulting. can National Standards Institute committees.
Earlier, he was director of weld- Finegan Standards Medal for his Harland Thompson was
ing business development at many contributions to industrial elected to serve a second term as
Jackson Safety Products and standards. Dist. 2 director. Thompson is Robert Roth
president of Wilson Industries John Bray was elected to senior project engineer and director-at-large
from 1987 to 2007. He has serve his first term as a vice pres- welding supervisor for Under-
worked on numerous AWS ident. A past chair of the Hous- writers Laboratories (UL), Inc.,
standing committees, including ton Section, he most recently in Melville, N.Y. Prior to joining
WEMCO, An Association of served as Dist. 18 director. Bray UL in 2006, he worked in engi-
Welding Equipment Manufac- is with Affiliated Machinery, neering and quality assurance
turers, where he served as chair Inc., in Pearland, Tex., where he positions at Belle Transit Div.,
in 2005. has served as president for the the Long Island Railroad,
David J. Landon was elected past 18 years. Thompson Transit Services,
to a third term as a vice president. W. Richard Polanin, a recent Ronkonkoma, N.Y.; and LTK
Since 1992, he has worked as Dist. 13 director, was elected to Engineering Services.
manager of welding engineering serve as a director-at-large. Carl Matricardi was elected
and missions support at Vermeer Polanin is a professor and pro- to continue serving as Dist. 5 di-
Mfg. Co. and is an AWS Senior gram chair of Manufacturing En- rector. He is founder and presi- Harland Thompson
Certified Welding Inspector. gineering Technology at Illinois dent of Welding Solutions, Inc., Dist. 2 director
Previously, he operated Lan- Central College and president of in Lawrenceville, Ga. In the
don’s Welding Services perform- WRP Associates. He is an AWS welding industry for 38 years, he
ing failure analyses, inspections, Certified Welding Inspector, is an AWS Certified Welding In-
and welder training and worked Welder, and Welding Educator, spector and Welding Educator,
as a welding engineer for and is a SME Certified Manufac- and vice chair of the Atlanta Sec-
Chicago Bridge and Iron Co. He turing Engineer. He has served tion. Matricardi worked as a
has served on many AWS techni- as chair of the Peoria Section, shipyard welder before earning
cal committees and as a Delegate and a member of the AWS D16 his master’s degree in education.
to the IIW Commission XIV, Committee on Automated and He has taught welding and man-
Welding Education and Training. Robotic Welding, and AWS Ro- ufacturing processes in colleges
David L. McQuaid was botic Technician Certification and state universities, and served
elected to his second term as a Committee. as an expert witness.
vice president. He heads D. L. Robert Roth, president and D. Joshua Burgess was Carl Matricardi
McQuaid and Associates, Inc., CEO of RoMan Mfg., Inc., was elected Dist. 8 director. He has Dist. 5 director
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D. Joshua Burgess Robert Wilcox Robert Richwine Jerry Knapp John Stoll
Dist. 8 director Dist. 11 director Dist. 14 director Dist. 17 director Dist. 18 director
served as Dist. 8 deputy director since 2009. and the National Image of Welding Awards.
Burgess holds a Master’s in welding metallurgy Jerry Knapp, an AWS member for more than
and expects to defend his PhD dissertation this 35 years, was elected Dist. 17 director. Knapp has
year. An AWS certified Level III Expert welder, served as Tulsa Section chair for two years and is
he competed in the VICA welding contests where presently a board advisor. He has extensive expe-
he was a two-time Tennessee State Champion and rience as a salesman in the gas and welding sup-
ranked third in the nation at the SkillsUSA com- ply industry. He has worked for Alloy Welding Sup-
petition. Currently a consultant engineer for Ma- ply, Arkansas Specialty Co., Jimmie Jones, Na-
terials Applications, Inc., he will begin work as a tional Welding Supply, Bell Helicopter, Adair
welding engineer at Alstom in Chattanooga, Tenn., Sheet Metal, Hobbs Trailers, and American Mfg.
in March. of Texas.
Robert Wilcox, an AWS member since 1974, John Stoll, an AWS Life Member, was elected
was elected to a second term as Dist. 11 director. Dist. 18 director to fill the last year of John Bray’s Pierrette Gorman
He has served in many Detroit Section officer po- second term. Active with the Houston Section, he Dist. 20 director
sitions, including chair. He has worked in the au- served as chair 2009–2010 and assisted with its lier, she worked as a re-
tomobile industry as a cost estimator, buyer, and CWI exams and welding contests. He currently search and applications
quality manager. Currently, he owns and operates serves on API technical committees. Recently, he engineer at Optomec,
Warriors of Faith Martial Arts Academy. joined The Bohler Welding Group North Amer- Inc.; welding engineer at
Robert Richwine, an AWS Distinguished Mem- ica as industry segment manager, Power and Petro- Wilson Greatbatch, Ltd.;
ber with the Indiana Section, was elected to a sec- chemical, Technical Services. and a research technician
ond term as Dist. 14 director. With Ivy Tech Com- Pierrette Gorman was elected Dist. 20 direc- at EWI where she ex-
munity College since 1994, he serves as director tor. She has chaired the New Mexico Section twice plored resistance welding
of its new Welding Institute. He has received the and received the Section and District Meritorious of dissimilar materials.
District CWI of the Year, Meritorious, Private Sec- Awards. She served ten years at Sandia National She holds two patents on
tor Educator, and the District Educator and Dis- Laboratories as a lead process engineer involved forming structures from
trict Director Awards, the National Meritorious with lean manufacturing and laser processing. Ear- CAD solid models.
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Boria, Bettina Rodriguez Aguilera, Ana Maria Rodriguez, and Vice Mayor Christi Fraga.
The American Welding Society’s The citation noted the American Welding managing director, and Hidail Nuñez, di-
World Headquarters campus was voted to Society campus, which houses the offices rector, of AWS Administrative Services.
receive the 2013 Keep Doral Beautiful of Sen. Marco Rubio and Congressman The Doral City Council members in at-
Award during a meeting of the Doral City Mario Diaz-Balart, has undergone major tendance included Vice Mayor Christi
Council Nov. 13. The Society was nomi- construction, renovations, and a beautifi- Fraga and Councilwomen Bettina Ro-
nated for the recognition by Adam Tem- cation facelift. Receiving the award from driguez Aguilera, Ana Maria Rodriguez,
ple, interim director of code compliance. Mayor Luigi Boria were Jim Lankford, and Sandra Ruiz.
76 JANUARY 2014
Tech Topics
A2 Committee Meets at EWI in Columbus
Shown during the Oct. 29, 30 A2 Committee meeting at EWI in Columbus, Ohio, are (from left) Richard Holdren, Secretary Stephen Bor-
rero, Chris Lander, Chuck Ford, Dave Beneteau, Bob Anderson, Mike Ludwig, Chris Thurow, Pat Newhouse, Ben Finney, Bryan Worley, J.
P. Christein, and Brian Galliers. The Committee members met to discuss the revisions for AWS A3.0, Standard Welding Terms and Defini-
tions, and A2.4, Standard Symbols for Welding, Brazing, and Nondestructive Examination.
WELDING JOURNAL 77
C7.3M/C7.3:201X, Process Specification equipment used in food-processing and Nominations Sought for
for Electron Beam Welding. This publica- other areas where hygienic applications are Masubuchi Award
tion discusses applicable specifications, required. Addressed are qualification, fab-
safety, requirements, fabrication, quality rication, extent of visual examination, ac- The Prof. Koichi Masubuchi Award,
examination, equipment calibration and ceptance criteria, and documentation. with a $5000 honorarium, is presented
maintenance, approval of work, and deliv- Stakeholders: Suppliers of medical and to one person, 40 years old or younger,
ery of work. It addresses processing and food-service equipment. who has made significant contributions
quality control requirements for electron to the advancement of materials joining
beam welding with both high- and low-volt- Technical Committee Meetings through research and development.
age welding equipment in high- and All AWS technical committee meetings Send a list of your candidate’s expe-
medium-vacuum variations. Stakeholders: are open to the public. To attend a meet- rience, publications, honors, awards, and
Manufacturers, welding engineers, and ma- ing, e-mail the program manager listed. at least three letters of recommendation
chine operators. Jan. 29, 30, Technical Activities Com- from fellow researchers to Todd Palmer,
D18.3/D18.3M:201X, Specification for mittee. Miami, Fla. Contact A. Alonso, tap103@psu.edu, associate professor,
Welding of Tanks, Vessels, and Other Equip- aalonso@aws.org. The Pennsylvania State University. The
ment in Sanitary (Hygienic) Applications. Jan. 29, International Standards Activi- award is sponsored by the Massachusetts
This specification provides the require- ties Committee. Miami, Fla. Contact A. Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean
ments for welding tanks, vessels, and other Davis, adavis@aws.org. Engineering.
U.S. Experts Sought to Develop ISO Standard on Micro Melting Diffusion Bonding
The U.S. TAG (Technical Advisory perts to serve on a newly created subgroup of second-generation high-temperature
Group) that serves as the United States dealing with micro melting diffusion superconductors.
National Committee to ISO/TC 44/SC 10, bonding. For complete information, contact An-
Unification of Requirements in the Field The group is curently working on a new drew Davis, managing director, technical
of Metal Welding, seeks United States ex- ISO standard concerning micro joining services, adavis@aws.org.
Member-Get-A-Member Campaign
Listed are the members participating in the June 1–Dec. 31, 2013, campaign. Members receive 5 points for each Individual and 1 point for
each Student Member recruited. Standings as of Nov. 20. See page 85 of this Welding Journal for campaign rules and prize list or visit
www.aws.org/mgm. Call (800) 443-9353, ext. 480, for more information.
78 JANUARY 2014
SECTIONNEWS
Shown during the Boston Section’s tour are (from left) Dist. 1 Director Tom Ferri, Fitz Acheson, John Hamel, Kevin Noel, Dave Aubin, and
Jeff Mannette, Section chair.
Biazzio Giordano, Student Chapter advisor, Students participating in the Philadelphia Section program are (from left) Trace Say, Nick
is shown at the Philadelphia Section event. Parrish, Malik Downing, Jacob Doll, and Daniel Fillipelli.
District 1
Thomas Ferri, director
District 2
Harland W. Thompson, director
see members of the Student Chapter
demonstrate their welding skills and learn
about the school’s welder education pro-
(508) 527-1884 (631) 546-2903 gram. Leading the event was welding in-
thomas_ferri@victortechnologies.com harland.w.thompson@us.ul.com structor and Student Chapter Advisor Bi-
azzio “Bill” Giordano.
BOSTON
NOVEMBER 4 PHILADELPHIA/Parkside
CTE Student Chapter
Activity: The Section visited Climax
Portable Machine and Welding Systems in
Amherst, N.H. Conducting the tour were
OCTOBER 9
Activity: The Section members met at
District 3
Michael Wiswesser, director
Fitz Acheson, John Hamel, Kevin Noel, Parkside High School Career and Techni- (610) 820-9551
and Dave Aubin. cal Education Center in Salisbury, Md., to mike@welderinstitute.com
WELDING JOURNAL 79
The York-Central Pennsylvania Section members are shown at Legacy Innovations in November.
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
OCTOBER 17
Speaker: David McQuaid, AWS VP
Affiliation: D. L. McQuaid & Associates
Topic: Welding repairs and heat straightening
Activity: Following the talk, the Section
members toured the Altec Industries, Inc.,
facility in Daleville, Va. Stewart Harris,
Dist. 4 director, attended the event.
Shown at the SW Virginia Section tour are (from left) David Owens, Greg McQuaid, Chair
District 5
Carl Matricardi, director
Bill Rhodes, speaker David McQuaid, Dist. 4 Director Stewart Harris, and David Cash. (770) 979-6344
cmatricardi@aol.com
ATLANTA
NOVEMBER 7
Activity: The Section members toured the
Applied Technical Services facility in Ma-
rietta, Ga., to study its weld testing and
training operations. Jason Loy led the tour
assisted by Jeff George and David Mock.
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Lawson State Community College Student Chapter members are shown at the November meeting.
Shown at the Atlanta Section tour are (from left) Jeff George, Dist. 5 Director Carl Matri-
cardi, David Mock, Jason Loy, and Chair David Ennis.
Life Member Al Sedory (left) is shown with
Charles Crumpton III, Florida West Coast
Section chair, at the Nov. 13 meeting.
NIAGARA FRONTIER
OCTOBER 24
Speaker: Michael Tracy
Affiliation: Hypertherm
Activity: The Section members met at Erie
1 BOCES Workforce Development Cen-
ter in Cheektowaga, N.Y., for a talk and
demonstration of plasma cutting. Twenty-
seven members and students attended the
program. Shown Oct. 16 during the Florida West Coast Section tour are (from left) Bill Machnovitz,
Ray Monson, Chair Charles Crumpton III, Bob Stevens, Alexandra Anagnostis, and Timo-
thy Chalfant.
NORTHERN NEW YORK
NOVEMBER 5
Activity: Chuck Furman, terminal man-
ager, gave a talk then conducted the Sec-
tion members on a tour of Global Termi-
nal, Port of Albany, N.Y. The facility is a
distribution center for ethanol, gasoline,
and crude oil.
District 7
Uwe Aschemeier, director Presenter Chuck Furman (right) is shown John Watson (center) and Jessica McRory
(786) 473-9540 Nov. 5 with Doug Tanner, Northern New are shown Nov. 13 with Charles Crumpton
uwe@miamidiver.com York Section vice chair. III, Florida West Coast Section chair.
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The Birmingham Section and Lawson State C.C. Student Chapter members are shown at the November students’ night program.
The incoming Lawson State C. C. Student Chapter officers are (from left) Edward Lovell, Mobile Section Chair Michael Zoghby (left)
P. J. Phillips, Chair Caroline Cotton, Ryan Duke, Roderick Jemison, and Greg Anderson. is shown with speaker Chip Fonde.
New Orleans Section meeting participants are (from left) Vernon Delaune, Al Theriot, Chair Aldo Duron, John Marcade, host Rickey Fabra,
Mike Eilers, Ed Dixon, and Neal Keller.
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COLUMBUS
OCTOBER 9
Speaker: David Cook, team leader
Affiliation: Venturi Buckeye Bullet, The
Ohio State University Center for Automo-
tive Research
Topic: Developing high-speed electric cars
Activity: The program was held at La Scala
Restaurant in Columbus, Ohio.
District 8
D. Joshua Burgess, director
(931) 260-7039
joshburgess1984@gmail.com
Some of the participants are shown at the District 10 CWI Roundtable event.
BIRMINGHAM/Lawson State
C. C. Student Chapter
NOVEMBER 12
Activity: The Section held its students’
night program at Lawson State C. C.,
Bessemer Campus, for 55 attendees. Re-
cruiters David Cobb, Carlos Lett, and
Erica Fleming discussed job openings and
worker benefits at Ingalls Shipbuilding in
Pascagoula, Miss.
Lawson State C. C.
Student Chapter
OCTOBER 29
Activity: The Chapter held its election of
officers. Elected were Chair Caroline Cot-
ton, Vice Chair P. J. Phillips, Secretary Ed-
ward Lovell, Treasurer Ryan Duke, Pub-
licity Chair Roderick Jemison, and Pro-
gram Chair Greg Anderson.
Shown are Drake Well Section members (from left) front row: Robert Fugate, Ronald Lang,
Jim Shore, Erick Speer, and speaker Ron Stahura; back row: Rolf Laemmer, Ward Kiser,
Mike Owens, and Delayne Jacobs.
District 9 forms, CWIs’ value to production, and
George Fairbanks Jr., director NEW ORLEANS
(225) 473-6362 OCTOBER 15 quality and interpretation issues. Partici-
fits@bellsouth.net Speakers: Eddie Harper, district manager; pating were former Dist. 10 Director
Todd Taranto, local representative; and J. Richard Harris, Bob Gardner, Travis
MOBILE Jones, district director and AWS District Crate, Mike Owens, Dan Donaldson, Don-
OCTOBER 10 17 director ald Baize, Phillip Schmidt, Tom Kostreba,
Speaker: Chip Fonde, safety director Affiliation: Harris Products Group Adam Webb, Mike Barrett, Jason Neff,
Affiliation: Taylor-Wharton Cryogenics Topic: Brazing and soldering filler metals Lance Besse, Donna Bastian, Don Adams,
Topic: Welding and cutting safety Activity: The program was held at Jim Meyers, John Gorski, and Bob Dis-
Activity: The Section, in recognition of Plumbers & Steamfitters UA Local 60 in sauer. The event was held at The Lincoln
breast cancer awareness, presented a pair Metairie, La., hosted by Business Manager Electric Co. in Euclid, Ohio.
of pink safety glasses to each attendee. The Rickey Fabra.
program was held at The Original Oyster
House in Spanish Fort, Ala. DRAKE WELL
NOVEMBER 14 District 10
Robert E. Brenner, director
NOVEMBER 14
Speaker: Ron Stahura, sales manager
Affiliation: ESAB
Speaker: Johnny Dedeaux, senior fixed
equipment engineer (330) 484-3650 Topic: Plasma arc cutting
Affiliation: Hargrove Engineers + Con- bobren28@yahoo.com Activity: The program was held at The
structors, Mobile, Ala. Commons at Franklin, Pa.
Topic: “Engineering before the Arc” DISTRICT 10
Activity: Dedeaux was assisted by NOVEMBER 9
coworker Ryan Harrison in his presenta- Activity: The District held its third Certi- MAHONING VALLEY
tion detailing a new high-pressure separa- fied Welding Inspector (CWI) roundtable OCTOBER 17
tor used in an oil refinery. The Mobile Sec- for CWIs to share their experiences and Activity: The Section held an executive
tion has a new presence at www.face- opinions. The 17 attendees discussed weld- committee meeting at Rachel’s Restaurant
book.com/awsmobilesection. ing procedure specifications, simplified in Austintown, Ohio.
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Madison-Beloit Section members and students are shown at the October event.
Shown at the Madison-Beloit event are (from left) Chair Tony Stute, Dave Gilbertson, Rob
Stinson, James Chapman, Ben Newcomb, Chris Wierschke, and Jim Maynard.
NOVEMBER 7
Speaker: Will Brick, manager
Affiliation: TechShop Detroit
Topic: Introduction to TechShop
Activity: The program was held at
TechShop Detroit in Allen Park, Mich.
District 12
Daniel J. Roland, director
David Havrilla conducts an automotive laser Speaker Will Brick (right) is shown with Wes (715) 735-9341, ext. 6421
welding class for the Detroit Section mem- Doneth, Detroit Section chair, at TechShop daniel.roland@us.fincantieri.com
bers in November. Detroit.
MADISON-BELOIT
NOVEMBER 7 OCTOBER 16
Speaker: Galen White, welding engineer DETROIT Activity: The Section members attended
Affiliation: Hobart Brothers NOVEMBER 5 the Madison Area Technical College open
Topic: Trends in welding aluminum Speaker: David Havrilla, manager, prod- house in Madison, Wis. They toured its re-
Activity: This Mahoning Valley Section ucts and applications cently expanded welding facilities and saw
program was held at Columbiana County Affiliation: TRUMPF, Inc. its new waterjet cutting machine demon-
Career Center in Columbiana, Ohio. Topic: Fundamentals of automotive laser strated by Instructor Jon Christian. Man-
welding ufacturing representatives included Rob
District 11
Robert P. Wilcox, director
Activity: Havrilla led this 2-h class as part
of the Section’s welding education series.
Forty attendees participated in the lecture
Stinson (Lincoln), James Maynard and
Chris Wierschke (Miller), Dave Gilbert-
son (Encompass Gas of Madison), Ben
(734) 721-8272 and demonstrations held at TRUMPF, Newcomb (Badger Welding Supplies), and
rwilcox1@ford.com Inc., in Plymouth, Mich. Jim Chapman (Airgas).
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St. Louis Section members are shown during their tour of AmerenUE.
RACINE-KENOSHA
OCTOBER 23
Activity: The Section met at Wisconsin
Oven Corp in East Troy, Wis., to study its
operations. James Stewart, shop manager,
and Diana Dalgren, head of human re-
sources, conducted a tour. Members of
Gateway Technical College Welding,
Elkhorn Campus, participated in the
event.
District 13
John Willard, director Indiana Section awardees are (from left) Jack Laudig, Martina Miller, Erin Fromson, Gary
(815) 954-4838 Dugger, and Steve Gillig.
kustom_bilt@msn.com
ceived the District Director Certificate
Award, Gary Dugger the District Private District 15
District 14
Robert L. Richwine, director
Sector Educator Award, Jack Laudig the
Section CWI of the Year Award, and Mar-
tina Miller the Section Appreciation
David Lynnes, director
(701) 365-0606
dave@learntoweld.com
(765) 606-7970 Award.
rlrichwine2@aol.com NORTHWEST
JULY 13
INDIANA ST. LOUIS Activity: The Section visited the 3M facil-
NOVEMBER 7 NOVEMBER 7 ity in St. Paul, Minn., for a presentation on
Activity: The Section held its annual Activity: The Section members toured the new metal-removal products. Guiding the
awards night hosted by Chair Bennie Flynn AmerenUE training facilities in St. Louis, tour were Brad Johnson, Scott Barnett,
of Flynn Welding Inspection in Solsberry, Mo. The guides were John Baima, Laurie Marv Schifsky, Nick Manor, Nate Herbst,
Ind. Erin Fromson and Steve Gillig re- Kutz, and Steve Zaitz. Jim Olson, and John Barry.
WELDING JOURNAL 87
IOWA
OCTOBER 24
Speaker: Nancy Cole, AWS president
Affiliation: NCC Engineering
Topic: Women in Welding
Activity: The program was held at Ver-
meer Mfg. Corp. in Pella, Iowa.
NOVEMBER 7
Activity: The Iowa Section members and
guests toured Kinze Mfg., Inc., in
Williamsburg, Iowa, for a presentation
on its planter assembly area.
AWS President Nancy Cole (center) is surrounded by the ladies attending the Northwest
Section dinner meeting. KANSAS
OCTOBER 5
Activity: The Section and Hutchinson C.
C. personnel coached six Boy Scouts from
Troop 301 to earn their welding merit
badges. The event was held at the college
in Hutchinson, Kan.
OCTOBER 10
Activity: The Kansas Section members
toured the Caterpillar Work Tools facil-
ity in Wamego, Kan., led by Mike Jones,
plant manager.
OCTOBER 19
Shown during the Northwest Section tour are (from left) Anna Wald, Traci Tapani, AWS Activity: The Section members coached
President Nancy Cole, and Lori Tapani. eight Boy Scouts from Arkansas City,
Kan., to earn their welding merit badges.
NOVEMBER 14
Speaker: David Landon, AWS vice presi-
dent and manager of welding engineering
Affiliation: Vermeer Mfg. Co.
Topic: Virtual reality welding
Activity: Following the talk, Jamie Kap-
pler (Lincoln Electric) demonstrated the
VRTEX®360 virtual arc welding train-
ing system. Dennis Wright, Dist. 16 di-
rector, presented Diane Steadham the
District Meritorious Award. Chair Greg
Siepert presented Bob Simon his Silver
Member Certificate for 25 years of serv-
The Iowa Section members are shown during their tour of Kinze Mfg. in Williamsburg, Iowa.
ice to the Society. The meeting was held
at WATC National Center for Aviation
Training in Wichita, Kan.
OCTOBER 14
Speaker: Nancy Cole, AWS president
Affiliation: NCC Engineering KANSAS CITY
Topic: Women in Welding OCTOBER 22
Activity: In the afternoon, Cole and the Speaker: Nancy Cole, AWS president
Northwest Section members toured Affiliation: NCC Engineering
Wyoming Machine in Stacy, Minn., a Topic: Women in Welding
company owned by two sisters, Co-Pres- Activity: Cole and the Section members
idents Lori and Traci Tapani. CWI Anna toured the new welding facilities at
Wald serves as the company’s QC man- Kansas City Kansas C. C. Cole presented
ager. Afterward, Cole presented her talk Dist. 16 Director Dennis Wright the 2013
to more than 30 members and guests at Image of Welding Award.
a dinner program held in Shoreview,
Minn.
District 17
District 16
Dennis Wright, director
Jerry Knapp, director
(918) 622-8600
Ric Eckstein (left), Northwest Section chair, (913) 782-0635 jerry.knapp@gasandsupply.com
is shown with Brad Johnson at 3M in July. awscwi1@att.net
88 JANUARY 2014
AWS President Nancy Cole poses with the Kansas City Section members.
Shown Oct. 19, the Kansas Section members and Boy Scouts celebrate the young welders earning their merit badges.
AWS President Nancy Cole is shown with Grant Von Lunen, chair, Kansas City Sec- Bob Simon (left) receives the Silver Mem-
Dennis Wright, Dist. 16 director, at the tion, presents a speaker plaque to Nancy ber Certificate Award from Greg Siepert,
Kansas City program. Cole, AWS president. Kansas Section chair.
Kansas Section program helped six Boy Scouts earn their welding merit badges Oct. 5.
Diane Steadham receives the District Meri-
torious Award from Dennis Wright, Dist. 16
director.
DISTRICT 17 Conference
Activity: Dist. 17 Director J. Jones pre-
sented Donnie Williams, North Texas Sec-
tion chair, the District CWI of the Year
Award, and District Director Awards to
Caterpillar Work Tools & Services, Lumi-
nant Academy, Red Ball Oxygen, and Lin-
coln College of Technology for their sup- The Kansas Section members are shown during their tour of Caterpillar Work Tools.
WELDING JOURNAL 89
OCTOBER 23
Activity: The Tulsa Section members vis-
ited Sherry Laboratories in Broken Arrow,
Okla., to tour the facility and learn about
its metallurgical and mechanical testing of
materials. Don Bunn, special projects en-
gineer, conducted the program.
District 18
John Stoll, director
(713) 724-2350
John.Stoll@voestalpine.com
Shown at the Dist. 17 conference are (from left) Bill Hall, Donnie Williams, Candace Or- CORPUS CHRISTI
tega, Dist. 17 Director J. Jones, AWS Director of Member Services Rhenda Kenny, and Ernest OCTOBER 17
Levert, a past AWS president. Speaker: Jason Czajkowski, CWI, CWE
Affiliation: Applus RTD
Topic: Infrared thermographics
Activity: Czajkowski discussed and demon-
strated infrared thermographic camera
technology and took room-light and ther-
mal photos of the attendees. The meeting
was held at Craft Training Center of the
Coastal Bend in Corpus Christi, Tex.
HOUSTON
OCTOBER 26
Attendees are shown at the District 17 conference in Waco, Tex. Activity: The Section held a seminar for
49 attendees at NCI Training Center. The
topics were welding procedure specifica-
tions and procedure qualification records.
The presenters were George Baldree, Ron
Theiss, Charles W. Patrick, and Scott
Witkowski. The class was arranged by
James Hansford, education chair.
OCTOBER 31
Activity: The Houston Section toured
Forged Components, Inc., in Humble,
Tex., to study the fabrication of ASME
pressure vessels and numerous other prod-
Joe Melendez (left) receives the Central Texas Shown during the Tulsa Section tour are ucts. Chris Heitman and David Allen ex-
Section Educator Award from J. Jones, Dist. (from left) Jerry Knapp, presenter Don Bunn, plained how forgings are made and con-
17 director. and Charles Griffin. ducted the tour.
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Shown are the Houston Section members who braved the elements Oct. 31 to tour the Forged Components plant.
Shown at the Lake Charles Section meeting Shown at the Houston Section seminar are George Baldree, Charles Patrick, Ron Theiss,
are (from left) Kermit Babaz, Gary Wag- Scott Witkowski, and James Hansford.
goner, Chair Tac Edwards, and presenter
Drew Fontenot.
District 19
Ken Johnson, director
(425) 957-3553
kenneth.johnson@vigorindustrial.com
BRITISH COLUMBIA
SEPTEMBER 25
Speaker: Scott Stanley, technical sales rep-
resentative
Affiliation: The Lincoln Electric Co.
Topic: Virtual reality arc welding training
Activity: The meeting was held in Delta, Abiodun Akinnibosun (left) is shown with
B.C., Canada. Rich Howard at the Tulsa CWI seminar.
OCTOBER 22
Speaker: Colin Stewart, senior welding in-
spector Corpus Christi Section members pictured by
Affiliation: SKC Engineering room-light (top) and infrared cameras.
Topic: Removing the Port Mann Bridge
Activity: At this British Columbia Section OLYMPIC/PUGET SOUND
program, the Bruce Third Memorial Weld- NOVEMBER 5
ing Scholarship was awarded to Lorenzo Activity: The Sections hosted a 9-year CWI
Webb, a welding student and a new Sec- recertification class at CK Worldwide in
tion member. Attending were Bruce Auburn, Wash. Ron Theiss taught the sem-
Third’s widow Violet, son Rob Third, and inar, assisted by Sjon Delmore, Olympic Colin Stewart (left) is shown with Scott Stan-
Adriana Webb. Section chair. ley at the British Columbia Section program.
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Shown at the Olympic/Puget Sound-sponsored seminar at CK Worldwide are (from left) Braidy Fernandez, Leonard Olson, John Jaques,
Eric Murray, Joseph Gallagher, Zeki Gokle, Jeffrey Rice, presenter Ron Theiss, Coby Bounds, William Gentry, Patricia Yates, Stephen Schef-
fle, Olympic Section Chair Sjon Delmore, David A. Vallejo, and Jeff Tuttle.
Robert Hollingsworth receives his Silver Attendees observed Jared Satterlund (green Jeff Bailey (left) described applications for
Member Certificate from Nancy Cole, AWS shirt) bending welder qualification coupons one of the furnaces used at Wear-Tek
president, at the Puget Sound Section event. at the Spokane Section Oct. 24 event. Foundry during the Spokane Section tour.
New Mexico Section members are shown during their tour of Horizon Trikes.
PUGET SOUND
APRIL 4
Speaker: Nancy Cole, AWS president
Affiliation: NCC Engineering
Topic: Women in Welding
Activity: Robert J. Hollingsworth received
Shown at the British Columbia Section are (from left) Violet Third, Rob Third, Lorenzo his Silver Member Certificate for 25 years
Webb, Adriana Webb, and Brad Moe, Scholarship Committee chair. of service to the Society.
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Shown during the Arizona Section tour are (from left) Daniel Hurst, presenter Ivan Insua, Robert James, Richard Pell, Jerry Siko, Paul
Moreno, Karl Kammerzell, Richard Moreno, Alan Gaiser, Nick Martinez, Keith Winchester, James Benjamin, Jordan Potterfield, and Fran
Johnston.
The Sacramento Valley Section members are shown during the Praxair tour.
SPOKANE ARIZONA
OCTOBER 24
Speakers: Phil Zammit, Brooklyn Iron
District 20
Pierrette H. Gorman, director
OCTOBER 11
Activity: The Section members toured Salt
Works; and Jared Satterlund, Oxarc (505) 284-9644 River Project Kyrene Generating Station
Topics: Welding to AWS codes and non- phgorma@sandia.gov in Tempe, Ariz. Ivan Insua, engineer, led
destructive evaluation techniques the tour and discussed where welding is
Activity: The program was held at Pullman used in the plant.
High School welding facility for more than NEW MEXICO
90 attendees including local industry mem- OCTOBER 17
bers and students from North Idaho Col- Speaker: Adolph Romero, CEO
lege. Equipment demonstrations were Affiliation: Horizon Trikes
conducted by Karl Susz (Lincoln Electric)
and Paul Stone (ESAB). Attendees par-
Topic: Fabrication and DOT requirements
for road-worthy vehicles
District 22
Kerry E. Shatell, director
ticipated in bending welder qualification Activity: The meeting was held in Albu- (925) 866-5434
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NOVEMBER 13
Activity: The Section members toured SACRAMENTO VALLEY
Wear-Tek Foundry in Spokane, Wash. Jeff
Bailey and Bob Underhill conducted the District 21
Nanette Samanich, director
OCTOBER 16
Activity: The Section members toured the
tour of the facility that specializes in man- Praxair Gas Production Facility in Pitts-
ufacturing and heat treating parts for the (702) 429-5017 burg, Calif. Bill Bright, general manager,
mining, power, and agriculture industries. nan07@aol.com conducted the program.
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Member Milestones
WeiJie Zhang
WeiJie Zhang has received the prestigeous IIW Henry Granjon Prize in Category D,
Human-Related Topics, in recognition for his paper, Modeling of Human Welder Behav-
ior. Zhang received his master’s degree in electrical engineering/control from Harbin In-
stitute of Technology, China, in 2007, then joined the University of Kentucky at Lexing-
ton in 2008 as a research assistant and PhD candidate in the Welding Research Labora-
tory. His research interests include sensors, arc welding processes, and system identifica-
tion and control. He has published more than 20 papers in peer-reviewed publications
WeiJie Zhang including the Welding Journal, Measurement Science and Technology, and Manufacturing
Science and Engineering Transactions of ASME. Five of his papers studying human behav-
ior during welding operations have been published in the Welding Journal Research Sup-
plement. The paper he submitted at 2012 IEEE Symposium on Industrial Electronics
was ranked in the top ten of more than 300 papers submitted. His biography as a promis-
ing welding researcher was featured in the May 2012 Welding Journal.
Damian J. Kotecki
Damian J. Kotecki, AWS president 2005–2006, has received the International Insti-
tute of Welding Yoshiaki Arata Award. This lifetime achievement award “is presented to
a person who has made extraordinary achievements in fundamental research in welding
science and technology and its allied processes, which have been recognized as signifi-
cant contributions to the progress of welding engineering and related fields.” The award,
sponsored by the Japanese Delegation to the IIW, has been presented annually since
1994 to pay tribute to the career of Prof. Dr. Yoshiaki Arata who devoted years to the
Damian Kotecki development of ultrahigh energy density heat sources and their applications to welding,
cutting, and other thermal materials processing.
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INTERNATIONAL UPDATE
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NEWS OF THE INDUSTRY • Local nexAir professional, Patrick Galphin, recently gave a
L.A.B.S. (Living And Breathing Science) presentation at White
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real-life examples to reinforce science principles students learn
in class, including elements such as dry ice, argon, and
• ESAB Welding & Cutting Products, Florence, S.C., has added nitrogen.
an enhanced distributor locator to www.esabna.com and
www.esab.ca. It will also be the exclusive welding sponsor of • The Association for Manufacturing Excellence, Rolling Mead-
LetzRoll Offroad Racing and a racing team in Europe. ows, Ill., is honoring Bombardier Aerospace with a 2013 Man-
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• To highlight the introduction of a plasma cutting line for man- site, the assessment team was impressed by the use of tools
ual and mechanized plasma processes, and its evolvement into that drive continuous improvement.
a full line thermal cutting original equipment manufacturer,
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logo and the slogan to “The Cutting Company.” • ThomasNet.com®, New York, N.Y., has launched its new job
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in about one year. The welding instructor is Patrick Kennedy.
Eastern Ship Builders in Panama City hires numerous welders • CHRG Metals, Hamilton, Ohio, a supplier of corrosion and
and is also expected to expand its operation in the near future. heat-resistant stainless with nickel alloy sheet and plate, has
officially become a division of United Performance Metals.
• An endowed welding scholarship has been established at North The company previously operated as a division of O’Neal Steel.
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WELDING RESEARCH
Atmospheric gases reach the arc due to turbulences and diffusion mechanisms and this af- method was adapted to measure different
fects the arc and the weld pool. Using optical analysis of the gas flow during welding with welding processes. The method enabled a
and without the arc present reveals possible mixing and thus the causes of contamination nonintrusive and temporally resolved de-
can be determined. The Schlieren method offers a simple way to do this. In this paper, the tection of a two-dimensional gas flow field
setup of a Schlieren measuring system and the influence of the most relevant setting pa- in GTAW and gas metal arc welding
rameters are described as well as their influence on the Schlieren images. (GMAW). However, LDA and PIV meas-
urements are extremely cost-intensive and
require a high measuring technique effort.
In prior work, attempts were made to
An easier way to visualize gas flows is the
Introduction follow this route. As described in Refs. 5
Schlieren technique, which has been
and 13, the computational fluid dynamics
known since the 17th century (Refs. 3, 7,
In gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) were used to optimize the welding fume
14–16). Typical applications where the
the arc and the weld pool are protected exhaustion. However, in these simulations,
Schlieren measuring method was previ-
against the influence of atmospheric gases the arc was either neglected or signifi-
ously used are airplane aerodynamics, bal-
by a shielding gas. Contamination of the cantly simplified by being modeled as a
listics, and ventilation technology (Ref. 6).
shielding gas leads, among other things, to source of thermal energy with a preset mo-
Schlieren studies of electrical dis-
arc instability, oxidation, porosity, and mentum. In Refs. 1 and 8, the commercial
charges (arcs) were first carried out by
spatter. Furthermore, atmospheric gases software ANSYS CFX was used with a
Toepler (Ref. 3). In the field of cutting
such as oxygen, carbon dioxide, or nitro- contained arc module to calculate the
technology, oxygen cutting analyses were
gen affect the characteristics of the plasma shielding gas flow and the diffusion. How-
carried out by the Schlieren technique in
and influence the arc spots at the cathode ever, the models used were based on as-
the 1930s (Ref. 9). Gas flow studies of arcs
and anode. Therefore, one important goal sumptions and many simplifications.
by the Schlieren technique are especially
of welding torch development is to gener- Moreover, the torch geometry was often
used in plasma cutting processes and ther-
ate an optimal gas flow through the weld- simplified in order to reduce the numeri-
mal spraying (Ref. 6). Gas flow visualiza-
ing torch in order to guarantee a stable cal mesh size. Thus, verified experimental
tion of plasma cutting arcs and the
and protective shielding gas coverage. To findings are needed for proofing and cali-
interaction of the arc with the workpiece
achieve this, it is most important to avoid brating of these models.
are known from investigations by Settles
flow separation and turbulence in the To analyze gas flow fields, particle-
(Ref. 10). These investigations can be ex-
shielding gas nozzle. based methods such as the laser doppler
tended to image the gas flow and turbu-
In order to minimize the experimental anemometry (LDA) and the particle
lences below the workpiece as well. In
effort by performing numerous welding
order to detect instabilities in the plasma-
experiments, computational fluid dynam-
cutting process, Heberlein (Ref. 11) used
ics and gas flow diagnostics can be used.
KEYWORDS the Schlieren technique in combination
with current and potential measurements
Dipl.-Ing. E. SIEWERT, Dr.-Ing. G. WILHELM, Shielding Gas as well as acoustic recordings. An expla-
M. HÄSSLER, Prof. Dr.-Ing. J. SCHEIN, and Dr. nation of the relationship between nozzle
Gas Contamination
T. HANSON are with Center of Excellence AAP
Gas Flow Dynamics design and cutting quality was derived
(advanced arc processes), a coop of Linde AG Co.
and the Lab of Plasma Technology, University of the Gas Tungsten Arc based on Schlieren images.
German Federal Armed Forces, Munich, Germany. Gas Metal Arc In contrast, Schlieren measurements of
Dipl.-Ing. M. SCHNICK and Prof. Dr.-Ing. U. Plasma Arc welding processes are not so common. For
FÜSSEL are with the Department of Joining Engi- plasma arc welding with alternating cur-
neering and Assembly Technology, University of rent, McClure and Garcia (Ref. 4) de-
Technology, Dresden, Germany.
∂2 ρ
ΔE ∼
∂2 y (2)
of the arc and the drop transfer was diffi- Thus each change in density of the
eter lies in the recommended area from D
cult to observe. medium causes a change in the direction
= f/6 to f/12 (Ref. 6). In the region be-
This paper describes an attempt to use of light propagation — Fig. 1.
tween both mirrors, parallel light is gener-
the Schlieren technique to visualize the The differences in density that are ob-
ated. In this optical path, different welding
shielding gas flow in different arc welding served during the welding process are
arcs (Schliere) are inserted, influencing
processes. The principle of operation and caused, according to the ideal gas equa-
the propagation of the parallel light. In the
the experimental setup of the Schlieren tion, by differences in pressure, tempera-
focus of the first mirror, an aperture is
technique are described. The most impor- ture, and concentration.
placed to produce a point light source en-
tant settings and their influence on the In order to make differences in density
abling the production of parallel light by
quality of the Schlieren images of GTA are in transparent media visible, the interfer-
mirror 1.
described so that the range of application ence and the shadowgraph methods can
The knife edge is placed in the focus of
and the limit of the Schlieren technique also be used alongside the Schlieren
mirror 2. The knife edge is used to im-
can be specified. The results of the gas technique.
prove the contrast by blocking the deflect-
flow analysis for GTA, GMA, and plasma In the interference method, two light
ed light. Images of the Schlieren are
arc welding (PAW) are presented, where waves are superimposed so that an inter-
generated by a high-speed camera with a
the influences of typical welding parame- ference pattern is generated. The interfer-
200-mm objective with a macrolens.
ters on the gas flow are displayed. ence image allows the reconstruction of
The exact position in which the
the location and the intensity of the light
Schliere is arranged between the two mir-
Experimental Procedure refraction as well as the speed of the gas
rors has no influence on the measurement
flow, the density, and the temperature.
outcome. The deflection level of the light
Physical Principle and Measuring System However, this measurement method re-
a in the Schlieren aperture depends only
quires high precision in the adjustment of
upon the angle of deflection and the focal
By the Schlieren technique, differences the measuring equipment.
length f of the mirror.
in density that cause changes in the re- By the shadowgraph method, deflec-
fraction index n, in the propagation veloc- tion of the light can be made visible by
Δa = ε﹒f (4)
WELDING RESEARCH
Fig. 4 — Schlieren image of a 100-A gas tungsten arc with vertical (top) Fig. 6 — Schlieren images made by using 50-W automobile headlight (top, left), 150-
and horizontal (middle) apertures, and an iris (bottom). W tungsten coiled filament lamp (top, right), 250-W tungsten coiled filament lamp
(bottom, left), and 150-W halogen lamp (bottom, right).
Requirements of the Schlieren Method to cross-fading due to arc radiation resulted. gular light sources were used.
Analyze Welding Arcs Analyses of the influence of the geom- Initially, the applicability of simple
etry and the orientation of slits clarify light bulbs was tested. Only by the use of
Alongside the already described basic that good results can be achieved with high-luminosity light sources could the slit
requirements such as the positioning of slits oriented perpendicular to the work- opening as well as the exposure time of the
the mirrors, the quality of the Schlieren piece — Fig. 4. camera be reduced, so that:
images of arc processes is above all deter- The hot gas above the workpiece was vi- 1) The complete area of the gas flow
mined by the light source and the slit sualized using apertures with a slit, which was illuminated,
(knife-edge) or alternatively colored filter were oriented parallel to the workpiece. 2) overexposure of the images due to
pairs, which induce colored shadows and The iris can be used to visualize gas flow in the arc radiation could be avoided, and
interferences — Fig. 3. all directions, but the images are character- 3) minor differences in density could be
The knife-edge or the filter affects the ized by a lower brightness of the image. visualized in the gas-free jet.
sensitivity of the Schlieren apparatus, By reducing the slit width of the knife Beside the power, the light source must
whereas the magnitude of the deflected edge, less diffracted light, and conse- generate a high light intensity on the knife
light can be assigned to different dye by quently smaller differences in density, edge. The gas flow in the boundary region
using color filters. The applicability of aper- can be visualized (Ref. 6). At the same of the process gas-free jet can be visual-
tures with horizontal or vertical slits, or an time the influence of the radiation of the ized well using halogen lamps.
iris as well as two- and four-color filters was arc decreases. However, less light from However, with the light sources used as
investigated. In all experiments, the open the light source passes the knife edge es- described in Fig. 6, the area of the arc can-
area of the slits was equal and the orienta- pecially if the width of the knife edge is not be investigated in detail due to its
tion of the illumination and the Schlieren less than the focal diameter. The goal of strong brightness. Thus, further analyses
slit was always identical. the slit variation was to be able to visual- employed alternative light sources such as
The two-color filters (blue/yellow and ize the turbulence and the density gradi- a plasma arc and laser beam.
red/green) as well as a four-color filter, ent of the shielding gas flow in the free jet The radiation energy of a plasma arc is
utilizing all four colors, were used. The of the process gas in close proximity to approximately 10 to 20% of the total power.
best results were obtained using the two- the arc individually. It was ascertained Thus, the radiation emission of a 250-A
color filters, by which the turbulences that in spite of a small slit width, the den- plasma arc with a voltage of 30 V is about
could be visualized with very strong con- sity variation produced by the arc domi- 1000 W. Using this kind of arc is further-
trast — Fig. 3. In comparison, using the nated — Fig. 5. more advantageous since the projection of
four-color filter, only marginal color nu- When using identical concave mirrors the light source is rectangular, as the knife
ances could be recognized. However, the in the geometry described above, it is rec- edge is. Considering the solid angle of emis-
light intensity was reduced when colored ommended that the shape of the light sion, only 1% of the radiation reaches the
filters were used. Thus, the exposure time sources used be equivalent to that of the mirror. Nevertheless, even this amount of
had to be extended whereby a strong slit opening. Therefore, elongated rectan- light is sufficient to obtain a detailed flow
GTAW
Fig. 7 — Schlieren images made by using 250-A plasma arc (left) and 20-mW continuous wave laser (λ= GTAW with differing shielding gases,
532 nm) (right). flow rates, and currents was analyzed —
Fig. 8.
The transition of the process gas-free
jet to the atmosphere is especially good to
visualize using argon with an appreciable
helium percentage (50%) as shielding gas.
However, it has to be assumed that helium
has an essential influence on the arc geom-
etry and, above all, on the gas flow.
The arc current influences the temper-
ature of the arc and the temperature of the
effluent gas. From the Schlieren images, it
can be clearly seen that the arc moves up
farther on the tungsten cathode, that the
core of the arc is brighter, and that there is
WELDING RESEARCH
Fig. 8 — Schlieren images of GTAW as a function of current, shielding gas, and flow rate. PAW
WELDING RESEARCH
Annual Assembly of the International Institute of
powerful tung- Welding, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
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Fig. 1 — Scheme of the apparatus for determining surface tension
and wetting angles of metallic liquids. The labeled numbers repre-
sent the following: vacuum chamber (1); stream-oil pump (2); vac-
uum valve (3); furnace (4); metal sample on the ceramic substrate
studied (5); next samples (6); horizontal rod (7); quartz prism (8);
vertical rod (9); and digital camera (10).
Semiconducting BaTiO3-x The main experiments consist of the Metal samples for wetting experiments
wettability measurements of BTO by liq- typically have approximately 0.5–0.9 g.
Nonstoichiometric semiconducting uid metals. Wettability studies were car- Metal alloys were formed in-situ by alloy-
BaTiO3-x can be obtained by means of an- ried out by a sessile drop method in vac- ing. Polycrystalline barium titanate has
nealing in high vacuum, as is mentioned uum (~ 10–4 Pa) at temperature 870–1870 been specially fabricated by the method of
above. It is believed that BaTiO3-x nonsto- K. This method allows determining the solid-phase synthesis. In this study, we
ichiometry is insignificant and will not ex- values of the wetting contact angle and in- used BaTiO3 ceramic discs 20 mm in di-
ceed such parameters for pure titanium terphasic surface energy at the liquid-gas ameter and ~ 3 mm thick. The sample’s
oxide TiO2-x. For this oxide, the x value is interface. The sessile drop method porosity was 3.5±0.03%. BTO substrates
between 0.04 and 0.07 (Ref. 12). Such de- essence was discussed in detail earlier were ground and polished with sandpaper
viation only has a minor effect on me- (Refs. 14–16). The main requirement for and abrasive powder. The average surface
chanical and thermodynamic properties of measuring wetting contact angle by the roughness value (Ra) was equal to 0.02
the compound, except for the electrophys- sessile drop method is in the placement of μm. Before experiments, BTO samples
ical characteristics. a symmetrical drop of the melt on the solid were annealed in vacuum at ~ 1740 K dur-
Such nonstoichiometry variation can surface. The sample should be in con- ing 60 min.
be attributed to oxygen vacancies com- trolled gaseous atmosphere or in at the The wetting of BTO by molten alloys
pensated mostly by background and/or in- temperature specified. Standard equip- Cu 8.6% (at.) Sn, Ag 39.9% (at.) Cu, and
trinsic acceptors within higher oxygen par- ment for the wettability of solid ceramic Cu 17.6% (at.) Ga (which was used to cre-
tial pressure (p(O2)) regions and by specimens by a liquid metals study using ate the many braze alloys) with active tita-
electrons within lower p(O2) regions (Ref. the sessile drop method is shown in Fig. 1. nium additive (from 3 up to 25% (at.)) was
13). Semiconducting BTO has specific re- A wide variety of metals and alloys hav- studied as well. Results of the wetting
sistivity value near 300 Ω⋅cm (compared to ing a broad application range in electroce- studies of BTO by pure metals melts and
about 106–10 Ω⋅cm for ferroelectric ramic devices was used. Fourteen pure some alloys are presented in Table 1.
BaTiO3). metals (Cu, Ag, Au, Ge, Sn, Pb, Ga, In, Al, Most of the investigated pure metals
The technology of vacuum metaliza- Si, Ni, Co, Fe, Pd) and several titanium- did not wet the barium titanate ceramics
tion and brazing by melts containing tita- containing alloys (Cu-Sn-Ti, Ag-Cu-Ti, surface (contact angles exceeded 90 deg).
nium as a chemically active element was Cu-Ga-Ti, In-Ti) were tested. Silicon and aluminum wet BTO (alu-
transition zone
BaTiO3
C-1 C-2
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C-3 C-4
Fig. 4 — Microstructure of (Cu-8.6 Sn) – 25 Ti-BaTiO3 interface. A — ×1000; B — distribution of elements at interface, % (at.); and C — characteristic emis-
sion of elements at BaTiO3 molten metal interface (top part – ceramics, bottom part – alloy) with barium (1), titanium (2), tin (3), and copper (4).
minum has a minimum value contact by liquid metals is caused by an intensive relaxation of surface ions and according to
angle of 78 deg). As a whole, the results interfacial chemical interaction (Figs. 2, Weyl’s scheme for structure of surface of
agree with Ref. 9. For example, wetting 3). For oxides like Al2O3, SiO2, and MgO, oxides), the oxide surface is formed mainly
contact angle values for Ag and Au in Ref. liquid metal interaction with oxygen is the by oxygen anions.
9 confirm our data, though we consider main factor (Refs. 17, 18). Comparatively, The BTO surface structure containing
value of contact angle for Cu as obviously due to the more anion O2– dimension to two cations of different sizes and valence
underestimated. metal cation one and the more latter dis- numbers required special consideration.
Overall, a high degree of solids wetting placement in the bulk of crystal (effect of Titanium ions (with a 0.068-nm radius) are
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uid metal systems have to be similar to reg-
Pd 1860 116±3 — 845
ularity for “classical” oxide (Al2O3) metal
systems. Nevertheless, the interaction of
Ni 1743 113±1 — 1030
certain liquid metal phases with barium
ions at a BaTiO3 surface should be Fe 1823 96±2 — 1350
considered.
Free formation energies of chemical Si 1733 84±1 — 830
compounds for the metals under investi-
gation with barium are within 167–250 Al 1073 140±1 — 210
kJ/mol (for comparison, heat of formation 1173 136±2 — 250
for the oxides is ΔH(Al2O3) = –1675 1273 129±3 — 340
kJ/mol, ΔH(SiO2) = –911 kJ/mol) (Ref. 1373 93±1 — 880
21). Only a silicon compound with barium 1423 85±2 — 1015
1473 78±2 — 1140
(BaSi3) is formed with significant heat re-
lease (ΔH(BaSi3) = –544 kJ/mol). But Co 1793 108±2 — 1245
pure silicon can only moderately wet the
BaTiO3 surface, and its adhesion is lower
than the same value for aluminum, though one with BaTiO3 surface and metallic with tration increases from 20% (at.) in the
Al-Ba compounds are considerably less liquid metal phase. In other words, tita- transition zone up to ~50–60% (at.) in the
stable thermodynamically according to nium from a liquid phase can become a contact zone. Oxygen concentration in
phase diagrams data (Ref. 22). Thus, wet- bridge connecting the solid BaTiO3 phase this zone is about 18% (at.).
ting and adhesion in BTO metal systems is with molten metal. In Fig. 4C, the layer (new phase) with
evidently not determined by Ba-Me inter- Our SEM research of contact bound- high titanium concentration is clearly visi-
action to a significant degree. ary BaTiO3/titanium-containing alloy has ble. Titanium segregation from the melt at
An inactive matrix of Cu-Ga, Ag-Cu, shown the presence of a transitive zone interface is the main reason for high wet-
and Cu-Sn alloys (Fig. 3) does not wet the 5–7 μm wide, which obviously is a product tability of BaTiO3 by Ti-containing alloys.
BTO surface (θ ∼ 120 ÷ 130 deg). A tita- of interphase reaction. Figure 4 shows the The metal chemistry studies by M. V.
nium addition reduces contact angles structure of cooled drop (Cu-8.6 Sn)-20Ti Nevitt (Ref. 23) show that oxygen stabi-
down to 20–70 deg for titanium concen- on the BaTiO3 substrate. lizes intermetallic compounds like Ti2Cu;
tration up to 10–25% (at.). It has been as- Analysis of the BaTiO3/liquid metal in- the Cu2-3Ti3-4O phase has been identified.
sumed that wetting the BTO surface is, terface shows the character of elements A special investigation of the processes
first of all, a result of interaction between distribution in the direction perpendicular occurred at different temperatures in the
liquid metal (titanium) and oxygen of solid to the interface — Fig. 4B. Chemical com- contact zone by a high-temperature, X-ray
phase, as in the case of “classical” oxide position for the BaTiO3 phase in volume diffraction method of pressed mixture
materials (Al2O3 and MgO). Formation of is reproduced precisely as ~20% (at.) of with barium titanate, copper, and titanium
titanium oxide (TiO) having metal-like barium and titanium, and ~60% (at.) of powders carried out as well (Fig. 5).
properties in a BaTiO3/Ti-containing alloy oxygen. This ratio remains unchanged to Two new phases with TiO and Cu3Ti3O
system is the reason of high adhesion in the BaTiO3/metal interface. Barium con- structures were identified in this system.
this case. Titanium, as a transition metal, centration is insignificant at the interface. Both substances can be responsible for
is characterized by its ability to participate That is why metal interaction with barium wetting. However, the Cu3Ti3O pattern
simultaneously in several chemical bond- is possible only as a monolayer adsorption disappears at 1370 K (Fig. 5B); probably,
ing interactions of different types — ionic at the BaTiO3 surface. Titanium concen- this compound is not stable. Just TiO can
Fig. 5 — X-ray diffraction patterns of the BaTiO3 (Cu-28 Ti) system. A — 1280 K; B — 1370 K.
A B
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Fig. 6 — The samples of the semiconducting BaTiO3 ceramics metalized and brazed in vacuum using the following: A — In-Ti alloys; B — Ag-Cu-Ti paste.
be accounted for the explanation of a wet- metal (arising of second liquid phase with faces by such metal is required. Theoreti-
ting-in system studied at high tempera- a high Ti concentration). cally (Ref. 14), for producing continuous
tures. The same data were published, for The temperature dependence of con- film of liquid metal, spreading factor (K)
example, in Ref. 24 for Al2O3 systems. tact angle for indium-titanium alloys on has to be positive (Equation 1).
Varying wetting effects of titanium in dif- the BaTiO3 surface has been investigated
ferent systems studied — Cu-Ag, Cu-Ga, as well. K = WA – WC (1)
Cu-Sn (Fig. 3) — can be explained by sev- The contact angle of a In-Ti melt drops
eral reasons, in particular by various ther- significantly at a low temperature (in in- where WA is work of adhesion and WC is
modynamic activity of titanium in alloys. terval, ∼770–870 K). Almost full spreading work of cohesion.
Ag-Cu-Ti alloys demonstrate some pe- of the In-Ti melt on a BTO surface occurs For brazing and metalization of per-
culiarity. A eutectic system with about at 830–870 K. It can be used for brazing ovskite, compounds were chosen for
60% (at.) of silver can dissolve in about not only semiconducting barium titanate brazed compositions that are well wetted
2% (at.) of titanium at 1270 K. A titanium (BaTiO3–x) but the ferroelectric one for the surface of such materials.
content increase leads to arising the sec- (BaTiO3) as well. Braze alloys based on titanium-
ond equilibrium liquid phase that contains containing systems (Cu-Sn-Ti, Ag-Cu-Ti,
64% (at.) of Cu, 28% (at.) of Ti, and 8% Brazing Alloys and Technological In-Ti) for joining and metalization of per-
(at.) of Ag (Ref. 14). The mechanism de- Conditions for Semiconducting ovskite BaTiO3 ceramic were used for
tails of such interface processes in a com- creating uniform coatings and strong
BTO Joining
plex BaTiO3 – (Ag–Cu–Ti)phase I – (Ag– brazed samples — Fig. 6A. The shear
Cu–Ti)phase II system requires special strength of brazed ceramic/ceramic butt
consideration. It is possible now to note Metalization of materials using liquid joints was measured (Table 2, Figs. 7, 8).
only that this process can be useful for im- metal film is a perspective method. How- It is shown that the strength of brazed
proving adhesive bonding of BaTiO3 to ever, a high degree of wetting for solid sur- perovskite samples obtained using Cu-
Sn-Ti alloys equaled 42 MPa. It is about
80% of the average strength of mono-
Table 2 — The Result of Measurements of the Shear Strength of Brazing Barium Titanate lithic samples.
Ceramic Samples Beside basic requirements (particu-
larly sufficiently high wetting) for materi-
Shear Strength of Brazing Ceramic Samples, MPa
als to be joined, compliance of their coef-
Ag–Cu–O Ag–Cu–Pt–O In–Ti Cu–Sn–Ti Ag–Cu–Pb–Ti ficients for thermal expansion is
46±4 28±3 20±2 42±3 41±2 important, because stresses caused by
Fig. 9 — Scheme of the apparatus for determining the contact angle of metal
melts in the air (oxygen) atmosphere. The labeled numbers represent the fol-
lowing: silica tube (1); furnace (2); heat transparent screen (3); digital cam-
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era (4); metal refractory wire (5); and metal sample on the BaTiO3 ceramic
substrate (6).
C D
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Transitive zone
Fig. 12 — Cross section of Ag-Cu-O drop (top part) on surface of the ferroelectric BaTiO3. A — In air; B — in oxygen.
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an obvious result of copper diffusion into ments in vacuum for 13 pure met-
the ceramic substrate in air media (Fig. als and Ti-containing alloys (Cu-
11). But in oxygen atmosphere such zone Sn-Ti, Cu-Ga-Ti, and Ag-Cu-Ti)
is thin (~ 1 μm) or absent (Fig. 12). It is were carried out. Most of the
important for saving whole degree ferro- metals under investigation do not
electric properties of such ceramics. wet BaTiO3. Titanium addition
sharply increases capillary prop-
Brazing of Ferroelectric Barium erties and adhesion. Composi-
Titanate tions of capillary active braze al-
loys, plus methods in brazing and
Under the air, and especially under metalization BaTiO3 for high Fig. 13 — The Weibull’s graph of shear strength for brazed in
air ferroelectric BaTiO3 ceramics samples.
pure oxygen atmosphere, the process of contact strength achieving, were
joining (brazing) of ferroelectric BaTiO3 found.
ceramics can be performed. The brazing process for ferro- References
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of the weld. A new type of spherical inclusion is reported with an average size of 311 also be achieved with a complex combina-
nm in diameter that exhibits a shelled structure mainly rich in Al, Mg, and O in the tion of ferrite with martensite/austenite is-
core, and Mg, O in the outer shell. It is suggested the good properties stem from a lands, martensite, degenerated pearlite,
combination of fine inclusion size, low content of interstitials, and small ferrite packet and upper bainite (Ref. 18). High-tough-
size. Instrumented impact testing indicates that grain refinement in reheated zones ness weld metals based on large fractions
near the root of the weld improve the Charpy impact energy; however, fracture initia- of ferrite with nonaligned second phase
tion energy is similar to the top of the weld. and little acicular ferrite microconstituents
were produced; however, this was limited
with a diameter between 0.2 and 2 µm, to a tensile strength of 480 to 651 MPa
Introduction (Ref.19). Alternative microstructures are
where the ideal size is close to 0.4 µm
(Refs. 10–13). It has been shown that of interest since they may offer reduced
This research focuses on the use of a levels of interstitial oxygen and nitrogen,
achieving this structure typically occurs
novel flux-cored arc welding wire formu- which will help to improve low-tempera-
when the weld metal oxygen content is
lation, which appears to depart from the ture toughness; however, these elements
close to 200 ppm, where lower oxygen con-
typical mechanisms of microstructural de- are normally required in forming inclu-
centrations fail to produce the acicular fer-
velopment, resulting in outstanding weld sions that nucleate acicular ferrite.
rite, while higher values form excessive
metal strength and toughness. The tradi- The general consensus is that tough-
amounts of large oxide inclusions that are
tional strategy for achieving a combination ness during impact testing is limited in the
> 1 µm in diameter and nucleate cracks
of high strength along with good low- upper shelf region by the volume fraction
(Refs. 14, 15) and deteriorate toughness
temperature toughness in high-strength of nonmetallic inclusions, and by the type
(Ref. 16).
weld metals is to promote an acicular fer- and morphology of microconstituents dur-
Considering the influence of chemistry
rite microstructure (Refs. 1–4). This mi- ing brittle fracture in the lower shelf (Refs.
and cooling rate on the thermodynamics
crostructure consists of fine interlocking 2, 20, 21). Since a ferrite structure with
and kinetics of inclusion formation (Ref.
ferrite needles, with high grain boundary aligned second phase dominates at low-
17), successful application of welding con-
misorientations to promote grain bound- oxygen contents, the toughness is limited
sumables using Ti additions requires care-
ary strengthening together with crack de- by the larger unit crack length path during
ful control of welding parameters that
viation during cleavage fracture at low brittle fracture (Refs. 22–24). Weld metal
influence the chemistry in the weld pool,
temperatures (Refs. 5, 6). The nucleation deposits that achieve Charpy impact en-
particularly Ti, O, and N content. This can
of acicular ferrite occurs intragranularly in ergy values of 300 J at –50°C (Ref. 25) are
limit the operating window for some con-
austenite on inclusions, and commercial possible through optimizing oxygen and Ti
weld consumables rely on Ti and Al addi- content to control the formation of TiO2,
tions to form inclusions such as TiOx, TiN, which nucleates acicular ferrite. However,
and MnO. Al2O3 (Refs. 7–9). The nucle- KEYWORDS there are a few techniques discussed that
ation of acicular ferrite depends on achiev- do not rely on acicular ferrite structures
ing a large volume fraction of inclusions Flux Cored and do not use Ti additions.
Microstructure This investigation examines the use of a
Phase Formation flux cored arc welding consumable with a
A. P. GERLICH is with University of Waterloo, nominal tensile strength of more than 825
Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, Wa- Oxide Inclusions
terloo, Ontario, Canada, H. IZADI and P. F. Instrumented Charpy MPa, which does not utilize Ti additions
MENDEZ are with University of Alberta, Chem- Magnesium or promote acicular ferrite formation. The
ical and Materials Engineering, Edmonton, Al- weld metal can be deposited with 100%
berta, Canada, J. BUNDY is with Hobart Broth- CO2 shielding gas, while containing low in-
ers, Troy, Ohio. terstitial content with good low-tempera-
weld metal.
C Mn P S Si Cu Cr V Ni Mo Al Ti
0.059 1.219 0.006 0.003 0.123 0.044 0.264 0.005 3.511 0.212 0.557 0.002
Nb Co B W Sn Pb Zr Ce As O N Mg
0.003 0.005 0.0005 0.005 0.005 0.001 0.028 0.001 0.0034 0.012 0.0064 0.03
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with a hardness of 281 (±6.0) HV1kgf. It
The macroscopic
should be noted that the capping pass weld
section of the joint in
metal had a higher hardness of 332 (±2.0)
the 0.75-in. plate is
HV1kgf as a result of the higher cooling
shown in Fig. 1A, and
rates. Weld metal testing indicated that
the typical microstruc-
the yield point was 763 MPa with an ulti-
tures observed in the
mate tensile strength of 866 MPa, and
as-deposited and re-
elongation to failure of 17.8%, which is
heated regions of the
consistent with the expected minimum ul-
weld are shown in Fig.
timate tensile strength (UTS) of 825 MPa.
1B and C. The root
Fig. 3 — XRD spectrum of weld metal indicating presence of ferrite (α) and and fill passes of the
retained austenite (γ). weld metal contain a Electron Microscopy and XRD Results
significant fraction of
reheated weld metal, The as-deposited and reheated regions
dissolving the weld metal in a 25% HCl and while the upper region capping passes of the weld metal are shown in Fig. 2.
25% HNO3 mixture, followed by collection comprise mainly as-deposited material. There is clearly no basket-weave structure
of the dissolved metal residue on filter The weld metal mainly consisted of or acicular ferrite present. Instead,
paper. The residue as well as the bulk weld upper bainite, referred to as FS(A) mi- bainitic ferrite dominates with a fine
metal was examined by XRD analysis. The crostructures in the as-deposited material, packet size in the as-deposited mi-
weld metal solidification was also simulated and bainitic ferrite or an FS(NA) mi- crostructure. The as-deposited regions
by calculating the Scheil diagram using crostructure in the reheated zones con- containing predominantly aligned ferrite
ThermoCalc version S with the TCFE6 taining fine-grained material. These were organized into packets that com-
database. The ThermoCalc investigations microstructures were identified using the prised ferrite laths, with an average length
examined the chemistry shown in Table 1 for modified IIW classification scheme (Ref. of 7.4 ± 2.3 µm (n = 35) and width of 0.49
only elements >0.1 wt-% as well as oxygen 29) as either ferrite with aligned second ± 0.18 µm (n = 54).
and carbon, and the stability of all phases phase (FS(A)), ferrite with nonaligned The XRD pattern of the bulk weld
within the TCFE6 database. The algorithm second phases (FS(NA)), and polygonal metal is shown in Fig. 3, and the only
for this is included within ThermoCalc, ferrite (PF). Both the as-deposited and re- peaks that could be indexed consisted of
where the equilibrium composition of solid heated weld metals were examined, and ferrite and retained austenite. Based on
phases are calculated, assuming negligible the area fractions of each of the ferrite the relative intensities of the (220) ferrite
diffusion in the solid and perfect mixing in morphologies or microconstituents were peak, I1, and the (111) austenite peak, I2,
the liquid. quantified by image analysis, summarized the volume fraction of retained austenite
RA% can be estimated (Ref. 29) using the
following equation:
Table 2 — Quantification of Ferrite Microstructures
1
RA % =
Region, % Area Fraction FS(A) FS(NA) PF ⎛I ⎞
1 + 0.65 ⎜ 1 ⎟
⎝ I2 ⎠ (1)
As deposited 82.4 17.2 0.4
Reheated 4.6 92.5 2.9 which indicated that the weld metal con-
tained approximately 2.9% retained
austenite.
Fig. 4 — Weight fraction of Mg (A) and Al (B) in the halite phase vs. temperature during solidification of the weld metal, calculated using ThermoCalc.
The halite phase consists dicated they have an average size of 311 ±
mainly of MgO, and is in- 120 nm (n = 69). These fine inclusions
cluded in the ThermoCalc were found to contain aluminum and mag-
TCFE6 database within nesium — Fig. 5. Auger electron spec-
the Fe-Al-Ca-Cr-Mg-Mn- troscopy (AES) was used to map the
Ni-Si-Ti-C-O system, with elemental distribution in these oxides, and
possible substitution of a core/shell structure can be observed con-
Mg for other elements taining mainly Al oxide in the core, and a
permitted. In the present shell with Mg oxide — Fig. 6. These ob-
work, halite begins to pre- servations support the thermodynamic cal-
cipitate in the melt at just culations in Fig. 4, which suggest that the
over 2300°C and is initially inclusions are initially nucleated with a
aluminum rich, and then core that is rich in magnesium, aluminum,
devoid of aluminum at and oxygen, and then following growth,
Fig. 5 — SEM micrograph of an Mg- and Al-rich inclusion in weld metal. lower temperatures the outer shell only contains magnesium
<1600°C, and this is fol- and oxygen. Some prior research has also
lowed by solidification of shown that halite particles with a MgO
ferrite. The calculated stoichiometry are predicted by Thermo-
Thermodyamic Analysis content of magnesium and aluminum in Calc in steels containing low oxygen con-
the halite during solidification is shown in tent and trace amounts of Mg (Ref. 31)
The formation of inclusions in the weld Fig. 4, with a balance of oxygen, suggesting However, to the authors’ knowledge, such
pool was examined by considering the it would have (Mg,Al)O chemistry. It Mg-Al-O-rich inclusions have never been
thermodynamic stability of various oxides should be noted that when magnesium is reported in weld metal and no correlation
using ThermoCalc, considering the actual not included in the chemistry, the calcula- could be observed between nucleation of
weld metal chemistry and the assumptions tions suggest that Si2O4-Al6O9 phase ferrite phases and these inclusions.
for a Scheil solidification plot. The results would solidify first in the melt, followed by The carbides in the steel were also ex-
indicated that the equilibrium phases dur- MnO-Al2O3, and the halite phase is not tracted by dissolving the weld metal in a
ing solidification of the steel first involves formed. mixture of HCl and HNO3 acid. The dis-
solved solution was screened through fil-
ter paper in order to capture the solid
Table 3 — Instrumented Charpy Impact Testing Measurements particles. XRD analysis was used to deter-
mine the solid phases recovered following
Weld Test Temperature, Dynamic Fracture Total dissolution and filtering. The XRD peaks
Region °C Toughness J1d, kJ/m2 Energy, J observed in the residue recovered were
identified as ZrC carbide (Ref. 32), and
Top 20 246 94 the particles were extracted from the filter
Top –18 245 87 paper onto double-sided copper tape for
Top –62 280 67 SEM microscopy. This residue is shown in
Bottom 20 303 137
Fig. 7, and consisted mainly of cuboidal
Bottom –18 279 139
particles; however, a small fraction of
Bottom –62 294 118
spherical particles could also be observed,
which may correspond with the oxide in-
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Charpy specimens tested at –18°C exhib-
ited mainly a fibrous fracture surface,
while those tested at –62°C exhibited a
combination of fibrous failure and quasi-
cleavage fracture, as shown in Fig. 9.
Spherical particles could be observed in
bottoms of many of the dimples observed
Fig. 6 — AES analysis of element distributions of the Mg- and Al-rich oxide in weld metal, with A — Fe;
in the fibrous fracture surfaces, in addition B — O; C — Mg; D — Al maps shown.
to a few randomly distributed cuboidal
particles, as shown in Fig. 10. The quasi-
cleavage fracture surface shown in Fig. 11
had facets with dimensions comparable to one to estimate when the actual fracture 3. The J1d and the total impact energy are
the ferrite packed diameters observed by has initiated based on the force-displace- similar for both regions of the weld
SEM in Fig. 2. ment data collected during impact. For (slightly higher for the bottom region, with
this type of specimen, the dynamic frac- the difference more marked at lower tem-
Instrumented Charpy Testing of Top and ture toughness is given by: peratures). The fracture surfaces are also
Bottom Region of Weld comparable, with slightly finer features
(average size of dimples) in the bottom.
J1d = η (ES)i Bbo (2)
The top (near the cap) and bottom The similarity in fracture toughness and
fracture surface between the top and the
(near the root) of the welds tested showed where η is a constant, (ES)i is the energy
significantly different microstructures. The bottom of the weld, despite having such
absorbed up to the crack initiation point,
bottom of the weld shows a much higher different balances of FS(A) and FS(NA)
the sample thickness B is 10 mm, and bo is
amount of reheated material, as shown in is consistent with a fracture mechanism
the remaining ligament length of 8 mm. It
Fig. 1A, which results in much different dominated by inclusions and carbides,
has been shown that in the case of Charpy
which are stable during reheating and are
balances between FS(A) and FS(NA) mi- impact specimens, η =1.45 (Refs. 33, 34),
croconstituents (higher FS(NA) in re- expected to have a similar distribution in
and that the crack initiation point for fer-
heated material). the top and bottom of the weld. In a mech-
ritic steel specimens can be taken as the
The differences in the fracture strength anism dominated by carbides and inclu-
point corresponding with (PMAX + PGY)/2,
of these two microstructures were investi- sions, smaller inclusions result in higher
where PMAX is the maximum load during
gated using instrumented impact tests. In toughness values, and the small size of the
impact, and PGY is the general yield load
these tests, the evolution of force during inclusions and carbides observed here (all
(Ref. 35). In some cases, resonance in the
the breaking of the sample is recorded. below 0.5 µm) are an important factor in
impact tester produced large oscillations
The resulting curves are illustrated in Fig. the high-impact values observed.
in the force output, so the force output
12. These curves provide much richer de- data was averaged to remove these oscil-
tail than a report of only total impact en- lations and allow PMAX and PGY to be Discussion
ergy values. In particular, the dynamic readily determined. The area directly
fracture toughness or J-integral value (J1d) under the force-displacement curve up to In prior investigations, Koseki and
may also be calculated from the data the point (PMAX + PGY)/2 was then quan- Thewlis have shown that toughness and
based on the methodology proposed by tified to directly measure (ES)i. strength degrades when the weld metal
Moitra et al. (Ref. 33). In this approach, The measured values for the impact Al/O ratio exceeds 1.0 (Ref. 4), since these
the standard Charpy sample has a notch performance of the top and bottom re- will promote a spinel structure that does
and no precrack is present, which requires gions of the weld are summarized in Table not favor acicular ferrite nucleation (Ref.
A B
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Fig. 9 — Fracture surfaces from central region of the Charpy sample for tests. A — –18°C; B — –62°C.
36). However, this ideal Al/O ratio is from a small number of large inclusions to mation of a core/shell structure prevents
based on the fraction of acicular ferrite a large number of fine inclusions will re- coarsening and agglomeration of inclu-
being maximized, as long as titanium is sult in lower room temperature fracture sions by “capping” the aluminum oxide
present (Ref. 37). Since the Al/O ratio was energy values since the number of initia- particles and suppressing their growth. In
extremely high and there was negligible ti- tion points for fibrous fracture will in- that study, a much higher fraction of ni-
tanium content, no acicular ferrite formed crease (Ref. 38), particularly if decohesion trogen (0.018 to 0.020 wt-%) was present
in the weld metal. has already occurred at the particle inter- in the weld metal, promoting a shell of
Precipitate particles with dimensions face upon cooling of the weld metal. In the (Zr,Ti)N to cap the inclusions. In the pres-
>1 µm could not be observed in the inclu- case of cleavage fracture, fracture stress ent work, it appears that magnesium may
sions extracted from the weld metal by dis- increases dramatically with decreasing in- have a similar effect in suppressing the
solution, or on the fracture surfaces, clusion size, particularly those <0.5 µm in coarsening or agglomeration of the oxides
suggesting that the presence of submicron diameter (Ref. 39), as in the case of the in the liquid weld metal, as suggested by
sized (Mg, Al)O particles may have sup- weld metal examined here. Further analy- the thermodynamic calculations in Fig. 4.
pressed the coarsening of oxide inclusions. sis could not directly correlate the size and The amount of retained austenite
The oxygen content measured in the weld spacing of the inclusions to any other mi- measured (2.9%) is comparable to 9.4%
metal (120 ppm) is within the range ob- crostructural features. measured using the same technique previ-
served for gas metal arc welds; however, It is interesting to note a shelled inclu- ously in steel welds containing 9 wt-% Ni
the particularly low nitrogen content (64 sion structure similar to the one observed (Ref. 41), where no peaks corresponding
ppm) is attributed to the use of CO2 in this work (but without Mg) was ob- with martensite could be detected (Ref.
shielding gas along with the high alu- served in a prior study of flux cored con- 42). However, this does not necessarily in-
minum content (0.557 wt-%). For any sumables containing Ti and Zr by Narayan dicate that martensite was absent since the
given level of oxygen content, a transition et al. (Ref. 40). They showed that the for- low carbon content of the weld metal
A B
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Fig. 12 — Instrumented Charpy impact data showing force and displacement during impact from the A —Top region of weld; B — bottom region.
would minimize lattice strains, making it matically. The premise is that nickel im- ture. When the width of the ferrite laths or
difficult to detect martensite via XRD. Re- proves the cohesive strength of the ferrite size of the packets are reduced (as shown
gardless, the presence of a significant frac- lattice itself, which contributes to the en- in Figs. 1 and 2), and few aligned carbides
tion of austenite may be beneficial during hanced fracture properties (Ref. 48). The are present, the cleavage fracture stress in-
fracture, and the nickel content (3.51%) of present work suggests that an additional en- creases dramatically (Ref. 51). Since the
the weld metal likely provides an austenite hancement may occur due to a change in FS(A) microconstituents that dominate
stabilization effect (Refs. 41, 43). The ad- the distribution of microconstituents as well, the upper portion of the weld exhibit a fine
dition of Ni to weld metal has long been since nickel is an austenite stabilizer. For ex- packet size, this contributed to the fracture
known to improve low-temperature tough- ample, when MA phase does not contain toughness in the top regions of the weld
ness of weld metals, particularly martensite but rather is dominated by (containing mostly the as-deposited mate-
below –30°C (Refs. 44–46). For example, austenite, this may also enhance toughness rial), reducing the unit crack path during
more than a 100°C decrease in the ductile properties (Ref. 49). fracture (Refs. 23, 52). Both J1d and the
to brittle transition temperature can be The high fracture toughness values ob- total impact energy are slightly higher for
achieved when only 3.5% nickel is added tained at low temperatures are also pro- the bottom region of the weld, and this
to steel (Ref. 47). moted by the fine-grained ferrite trend is explained by increased fraction of
The Charpy toughness values and im- microstructures produced in the welds in reheated material with a microstructure
pact transition temperature achieved in Fig. combination with small-diameter oxide in- that contains a lower fraction of aligned
8 are comparable to those observed in a clusions. The fine ferrite sizes with fewer ferrite/carbide phases. The difference in
9%Ni steel, despite using a much lower aligned microstructures in reheated zones toughness between top and bottom is
nickel content (Ref. 41). Reducing the frac- contributed to the higher fracture energy more pronounced at lower temperatures,
tion of interstitials, in addition to the pres- values. Aligned ferrite grains are typically where cleavage fracture dominates and
ence of nickel in solution is also known to separated by boundaries with low-angle the finer microstructures with fewer
increase the cleavage fracture strength and misorientation (Ref. 50), and do not pro- aligned ferrite microconstituents result in
lower the brittle transition temperature dra- mote crack deviation during cleavage frac- higher fracture energies.
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input. Investigations of phase transformations at cooling from 1300°C and micro- Nb additions can have a detrimental or
hardness measurements have shown that investigated steels with Nb content up to beneficial effect at low heat inputs, de-
~0.1% do not have a tendency for cold cracking in the HAZ during welding, even pending on the C level (Ref. 5). Investi-
with very low heat input. gating HAZ embrittlement in Nb-contain-
ing C-Mn steels, it was shown that 1) C
content dominates in the control of the
toughness properties and is particularly
Introduction tures, small Nb additions increase harden- detrimental to HAZ toughness at higher C
ability by depressing the Ar3 transforma- levels (0.19% C) in combination with Nb;
The high working pressure of modern tion temperature. 2) Nb does not have a significant effect on
gas pipelines up to 100–120 MPa require Microalloying with Nb is an integral part HAZ toughness at low C levels (0.06% C)
high-impact toughness [Charpy V-notch of the composition of modern high-strength at high welding heat inputs up to 6 kJ/mm;
(CVN)] of the material (at least 180–250 steels for pipelines because of its significant 3) good toughness properties can be ob-
J/cm2) at relatively low temperatures and simultaneous effects on retardation of tained at intermediate C levels of 0.12%
down to –20° to –40°C, depending on the recrystallizaton, precipitation hardening, with intermediate to high Nb additions at
specifications for the pipelines. Designed and hardenability of austenite facilitating lower heat inputs in the range 1.5 to 3
steel grades actually have higher CVN val- the formation of a grain-refined structure of kJ/mm; 4) high C levels (0.19% C) com-
ues; however, the most critical area of favorable acicular ferrite/bainitic ferrite and bined with a low heat input result in the
pipelines is the weld heat-affected zone contributing substantially to the strength of formation of untempered brittle marten-
(HAZ). The HAZ undergoes recrystal- low-C steels (Ref. 1). site and lower bainite with poor toughness
lization, grain growth, followed by (at At the same time, there is considerable properties regardless of Nb content.
cooling) a large scope of austenite trans- disagreement on the effect of Nb on HAZ Numerous publications have discussed
formation, thus destroying the attractive toughness. Some controversy exists in the the effect of Nb addition on the properties
thermomechanical-controlled processing literature concerning the influence of Nb and microstructure of the HAZ in low-C
(TMCP) microstructure, and often is the on HAZ properties under certain condi- microalloyed steels. Niobium is reported
site of the lowest fracture resistance. tions that is discussed by pipeline construc- to be beneficial as it expands the nonre-
The microstructure of high-strength tion companies and steel producers. crystallization temperature range, which is
low-alloy (HSLA) steels depends on the In the study of the effect of Nb in the useful not only for plate rolling, but be-
steel composition and thermomechanical presence of nickel (Ni), chromium (Cr), cause it increases hardenability, which, in
processing route. With the recent trend to- turn, leads to retardation of the grain
ward lower carbon (C) contents, nio- boundary ferrite network, thus enhancing
bium’s (Nb) effect on transformation be- intragranular ferrite formation in low-
havior has been noted with the emergence KEYWORDS heat-input HAZ (e.g., Ref. 6). The posi-
of acicular or bainitic steels. Under certain tive effect of Nb was found in another
conditions, such as utilizing low interstitial Weld Process Simulation study, where it was noted that at higher C
contents and high austenitizing tempera- Weldability Testing contents Nb facilitates the formation of
High-Strength Steels carbides, decreasing the martensite-
I. I. FRANTOV (ifrantov@mail.ru), A. N. Piping/Tubing austenite (MA) fraction (Ref. 7).
BORTSOV (alnicbortsov@gmail.com), and I. C-Mn Steels Other works reported that the increase
Y. UTKIN are with I. P. Bardin Central Research Submerged Arc Welding in the hardenability by Nb enhances not
Center for Ferrous Metallurgy, Moscow, Russia. Shielded Metal Arc Welding only the Widmanstätten ferrite and upper
A. A. VELICHKO is with Izorsky Pipe Plant, bainite but also MA formation in the re-
Kolpino, Russia.
A B
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Fig. 3 — The temperature dependence of the impact toughness in the HAZ of the following: A — X70; B — X80 grade steels depending on the cooling rate
(shown on the curves), corresponding to a different heat input at welding.
heated region. Some researchers pointed dissolution of Nb (Ref. 5). bainitic packet in the HAZ leading to an im-
out a linear increase in MA with an in- An investigation of the HAZ mi- provement in impact toughness (Ref. 9).
crease in Nb content, but this effect has crostructures of two steels with 0.04% C and Some researchers found that a small
been found at rather high C content (Ref. 0.07–0.10% Nb showed no difference in the addition of Nb decreases toughness (Ref.
8). The corresponding hardness increase prior austenitic grain size and, conse- 10), while others found either no signifi-
was attributed to precipitation of fine quently, in the local hardenability. On the cant effect of Nb addition in the case of
Nb(C, N) formed at cooling after the re- other hand, Nb reduced the size of the low-C steels (Ref. 11) or increased tough-
ness in very low C (~0.03%) steel (Ref.
12). The importance of very low C to en-
sure high HAZ toughness in two-pass sub-
Table 1 — Chemical Composition of the Investigated Steels
merged arc welds is emphasized in a few
studies together with confirmation of the
Grade Chemical Composition (%)
fact that without microalloying by Nb the
C Si Mn S P Al Ti N2 Ca strength of X80 cannot be achieved (Ref.
X-70 0.05 0.33 1.73 0.0005 0.006 0.033 0.013 0.0051 0.0002 13). An investigation of coarse-grained
HAZ of X80 grade steel with ~0.1% Nb
Nb V Mo Cr Ni Cu B using simulation of a single welding ther-
0.056 0.001 0.002 0.17 0.012 0.014 0.0002 mal cycle came to the conclusion that the
heat input should be less than 30 kJ/cm to
ensure good Charpy impact toughness
C Si Mn S P Al Ti N2 Ca (Ref. 14).
X-80 0.06 0.30 1.56 0.002 0.014 0.037 0.014 0.004 0.0026
As is well known, all properties includ-
Nb V Mo Cr Ni Cu B ing impact toughness are defined by the
0.094 0.002 0.01 0.23 0.13 0.24 — microstructure. Therefore, all discussions
and differences of opinion about the role
Notes: H70 (HSLA) is the steel for offshore application in accordance with Standards Det Norske Veritas of Nb, which was often overshadowed or
(DNV) Offshore Standard OS-F101, Submarine Pipeline Systems. mixed with the dominating roles of C and
X80 (HSLA) is the steel for the Cheyenne Plains Pipeline, U.S.A.
Mn or Mo content, should be related to
Fig. 4 — The impact of toughness of steel in the HAZ of A — X70; B — X80 at different temperatures of testing vs. the applied cooling rate (W800/500): 2 —
the line of the average brittleness threshold (T50 CVN); 3 — the line of specified minimum toughness (here 70 J/cm2).
the role of Nb in specific steel composi- varieties of evaluation of weldability, the process, when the cooling rate is less than
tions on parameters of phase transforma- final assessment of the suitability of pipe 10°C/s, 10 × 10-mm samples were used.
tion of overheated austenite at specified steels for use in specific conditions is ac- For multipass welding with low heat input
cooling conditions, defined by specific complished by testing the impact tough- and therefore high cooling rates, 5 × 10-
heat input. In fact, there is a lack of data ness of the welds. As is well known, the mm samples were applied to reduce the
correlating the thermal conditions of the coarse-grained HAZ (CGHAZ) under- temperature gradient over the cross sec-
HAZ, in particular for multipass welding, goes heating to 1300°–1320°C and there- tion of the blanks. For normalizing Charpy
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with Nb effect on phase transformation at fore has the most reduced, in comparison toughness values, the converting factor of
corresponding cooling rate. with the base metal, impact toughness, but 0.65 was used for smaller samples, which
Thus, the presented study of two high- a direct investigation of its properties with has been established by comparing the ex-
Nb-containing pipeline steels aims to char- the necessary localization of fracture in perimental results of the impact tests of
acterize not only the impact toughness of the site of the HAZ is difficult. Simulation subsized and traditional full-size Charpy
the simulated HAZ as a function of tem- of various heat inputs in the current study samples of compared steels.
perature and a wide range of heat inputs, in- was implemented by varying the applied Thermal simulation facilitates not only
cluding two-pass and multipass welding, but cooling rates to samples heated at high the investigation of impact toughness and
also to investigate phase transformations of heating rates up to 1300°–1320°C, as is hardness of the HAZ, but also the mor-
coarse-grained austenite at various cooling widely used in modern studies (Refs. 3, phology of microstructures corresponding
rates as well as the type/microhardness of 14). In comparison with those studies, to specific welding conditions.
the obtained structure. where a Gleeble was used, the authors of In the process of manufacturing
this work applied contactless induction pipelines, various types of welding are
Materials and Methods of heating to samples with the same capabil- used including two-pass SAW during pipe
Investigation ity to simulate a real welding process and production and multipass shielded metal
obtain dilatometric data at cooling. This arc (SMA) or other welding processes
Material. Investigation of weldability in method allowing the assessment of weld- during the construction of gas pipelines.
the current study was carried out on sam- ability criteria and investigations of phase These welding processes are fundamen-
ples of steels with strength of the X70 to X80 transformation in the HAZ based on sim- tally different in terms of the welding heat
classes corresponding to the requirements ulation of thermal welding processes input and the character of the thermal
of Russian and international standards, within tubular steels has been developed fields. Calculations of thermal fields are
whose compositions and tensile properties by the I. P. Bardin Central Research Insti- made using two-dimensional field equa-
are shown in Tables 1 and 2. Sample thick- tute of Ferrous Metals and actively used tions, applied to the factory mode of weld-
nesses for steel grades X70 and X80 were, for more than two decades.The samples ing pipes with large heat inputs, and three-
respectively, 25.4 and 16.4 mm. for subsequent mechanical testing were dimensional ones for multipass welding of
The low-C steel investigated contained subjected to heating and cooling, using butt joints in pipes at low heat-input
1.62–1.75% Mn, no V or Mo, and Nb mi- thermal cycles that corresponded to typi- values.
croalloyed in the range of 0.06 to 0.10%. cal welding conditions adopted during the Calculation of thermal fields and de-
Sulfur (S), and phosphorus (P), aluminum manufacture of pipes, as well as in the con- termination of cooling rates for multipass
(Al), and titanium (Ti), as well as calcium struction of pipelines. For simulation of welding and two-pass SAW. Based on the
(Ca) and trace elements, are not signifi- the submerged arc welding (SAW) theory of thermal processes (Ref. 16), the
cantly different in those two grades:
0.0007–0.001% S; 0.006–0.0013% P;
0.02–0.04% Al; 0.012–0.026% Ti;
0.004–0.006% N2; 0.0012–0.0015% Ca; Table 2 — Tensile Properties of Investigated Steels
0.0002% boron (B); 0.004–0.005% tin
(Sn); 0.000% arsenic (As); 0.05–0.10% Grade Tensile Properties
copper (Cu); 0.001% cobalt (Co); and η YS0.5 UTS TE YS0.5/UTS
0.003% lead (Pb). E (MPa) (MPa) (%)
Figure 1 shows an example of the grade
X80 steel base metal microstructure. x-70* 551 631 32.2 0.87
Simulation of welding. With all existing x-80* 614 715 33 0.86
equations of two- and three-dimensional ments, allow estimations of the cooling from 0.3° to 250°C/s. Microstuctures of
heat-conducting paths are used to esti- rates from the peak temperature for every dilatometric and weld-simulated samples
mate the interrelation of modes of weld- specific heat input. One of the correspon- were investigated using etching in 2%
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ing (heat input) and time of cooling (cool- ding charts for multipass welding will be Nital and optical microscope Axiovert 40
ing rate) of welded connections. presented later. MAT. Twelve to 15 samples were used to
In particular, calculations of a three- During longitudinal welding with high build each CCT diagram. The diagrams
dimensional thermal field was applied to heat input, the cooling rate of the HAZ is contain microhardness values against
welding weld roots at low heat input. At a affected by the amount of heat input, a each cooling rate and corresponding prod-
given mode of welding, there is no influ- wall thickness, and a temperature prior to uct of phase transformation so those num-
ence from the pipe wall thickness, d, and welding, meaning the temperature of the bers can be used, in particular, for evalua-
the equation reflects only the effect of previous pass during two-pass SAW. tion of hardness of martensite.
heat input, E: The calculated cooling rate values, de- Evaluation of resistance to brittle frac-
pending on the initial temperature of the ture. The investigated steel samples were
(t8/5) = (0.67 – 5*10–4*To)*η*E* weld during two-pass SAW are presented subjected to induction heating in accor-
[1:(500 – To) – 1:(800 – To)] *Κ3 (1) in Table 4 for pipes with wall thicknesses dance with a specific thermal cycle of
of 16.4 and 25.4 mm. During welding of welding and subsequent cooling at a wide
During welding of pipes using SAW the external joint, each thickness requires range of cooling rates. Specimens with
with a large heat input, a two-dimensional a specific optimal level of heat input, simulated microstructure of the HAZ
thermal zone was considered. The equa- which ensures the necessary geometric pa- were machined to cut a sharp (Charpy)
tion demonstrates the influence of both rameters of the joints. Appropriate cool- notch and subjected to impact testing in
pipe wall thickness and the level of heat ing rates of the external weld were defined the temperature range 20° to –60°C. The
input: both for the condition of full cooling of the usual determination of the temperature of
internal joint (20°C), and for its incom- ductile to brittle fracture transition, based
(t8/5) = (0.043 – 4.3*10–5*To) plete cooling to 60° and 100°C. on area fraction of shear fracture, is prac-
*η *E2/d2*[1:(500 – To)]2 – [(1 : (800 –
2
Phase transformations and mi- tically impossible on subsized samples due
To)]2*Κ2 (2) crostructure. The study of phase transfor- to the large plastic deformation of thin
mations was performed using a fast oper- samples. Therefore, the estimations of re-
Table 3 shows the symbols and designa- ating, high-temperature dilatometer sistance to brittle fracture were based on
tions for Equations 1 and 2. The charts as (DB-Chermet) capable of induction heat- the following set of parameters, schemati-
presented in Fig. 9, which are based on ing up to 1350°C at a heating rate from 10° cally shown in Fig. 2.
corresponding calculations and experi- to 300°C/s and cooling capacity with rates • The “upper limit,” corresponding to
the beginning (lowest temperature) of
the “shelf toughness” (ShCVN) and sig-
Table 3 — Symbols and Designations for Equations 1 and 2 nifying the beginning of the transition
from ductile to brittle fracture (projec-
Designation Units of Measure Parameter tion “T1” in Fig. 2).
• The “average threshold” T50 ShCVN
t8/5 seconds Time of cooling from 800° to 500°C (here at ~110 J/cm2) corresponding to the
η Dimensionless factor Parameter of the process effciency decrease in impact toughness by 50% rel-
E J/sm Heat-input (E = U*I/V) ative to the maximum (Shelf CVN) values,
U Volt Electric voltage of a welding arc which corresponds to a mixed brittle-
I Amperage Electric current of a welding arc ductile fracture and, as shown by compar-
V sm/s Speed of welding
ison with full-size samples, corresponds to
To °C Temperature of preheating
50–60% of the tear fracture pattern (pro-
d sm Thickness of pipe wall
jection “T2” in Fig. 2).
C D
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Fig. 7 — Microstructure of HAZ depending on simulated thermal conditions (250×).
• The temperature of minimum tough- brittle transition temperature (here, too, perature region of phase transformations
ness required (here 70 J/cm2), which is at CVN ~ 120 J/cm2) is also –30°C (deter- W8/5 (cooling rate from 800° to 500°C),
usually defined by specifications for gas mined for cooling rate 7°C/s, and for weld- which may ensure a prescribed level of
pipes (projection T3 in Fig. 2). ing over the “hot” joint (again at 100°C) brittle fracture resistance of the steel in
rises also to –20°C. Thus, the increase of the HAZ. As shown, these curves exhibit
Results and Discussion Nb content does not negatively impact the some extremes, pointing out a maximum
brittle fracture resistance of the HAZ dur- possible impact toughness of the HAZ. At
Investigation of HAZ Resistance to Brittle ing welding with high heat input. present, this possibility cannot be imple-
Fracture The obtained experimental data were mented due to lack of technical means to
transformed to some diagrams depicted in control postweld cooling.
Evaluation of weldability of the steel Fig. 4. These diagrams present the CVN In particular, Fig. 5 presents the HAZ
containing 0.056% Nb based on T50 CVN values vs. applied cooling rate at various microstructure after simulation of multi-
(Fig. 3A) shows that during cooling of the temperatures of impact toughness meas- pass joint welding, the “hot pass” version.
external weld with a rate of 6°–8°C/s cor- urements and thus allow us to define per- When very favorable microstructure with
responding to the condition of complete missible ranges of cooling rates in the tem- 100% lath bainite was obtained, bainite
precooling of the internal weld, the tem-
perature of the average threshold ductile-
brittle transition of the HAZ (here corre- Table 4 — Calculated Values of Cooling Rates, Depending on the Preliminary Temperature of
sponding to CVN ~120 J/cm2) is –30°C the Joint during Two-Pass, SAW
(determined for 7°C/s). For welding over
the “hot” joint (with its temperature of Temperature of Pipe wall thickness, (mm)
Internal Joint 16.4 25.4
100°C) and accordingly for the condition
before Welding,
of a reduced cooling rate T50 ShCVN in- T, °C Heat input (E ), kJ/mm
creases only up to –20°C (determined for 3.4–4.0 4.8–5.4
3.3°C /s). Cooling rate (W800/500) (°C/s)
Evaluation of weldability of the steel 20°C 5–7 6–8
containing 0.096% Nb by T50 CVN pre- 60°C 4–6 5–7
sented in Fig. 3B, under the same welding 100°C 3–5 4–6
conditions, demonstrates that the ductile-
Fig. 8 — CCT diagrams of A — X70; B — X80 steel grades, built at cooling from 1300°C.
lath size is 15 microns, prior austenite cooling rates are presented in Fig. 7. Fig- rates, but they do occur in pipeline butt
grain size is 40 microns. ure 7A corresponds to the HAZ at very joints. Niobium slightly increases the sta-
As shown for X70 grade (Fig. 4A), the slow cooling and contains 50% bainite and bility of austenite, so that the formation of
studied composition shows a wide range of 50% polygonal ferrite with the sizes of the martensite in steel containing 0.094% Nb
acceptable cooling rates for welding with bainite packet and ferrite grain of 30 and is observed at a cooling rate of 50°C/s,
large heat inputs, typical for factory-made 35 microns, respectively. Figure 7B pres- compared with 70°C/s at 0.056% Nb con-
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longitudinal SAW, as well as with low heat ents the microstructure of the SAW HAZ tent. This effect is small and it is necessary
inputs applied for field construction joints. with a “hot pass” (preliminary tempera- to note that the actual cooling, which ac-
Depending on the test temperature for a ture 100°C): 5% polygonal ferrite and companies the root welding without pre-
specific pipeline operation, the allowable 95% bainite, average bainite packet size is heating the weld, even with a cooling rate
range of postweld cooling rates may vary. 15 microns, and prior austenite grain size of 90°C/s, results in the volume fraction of
For example, to guarantee a CVN value (PAGS) is 70 microns. Microstructure of martensite being not more than 25% and
more than 120 J/cm2 at –20°C, the permis- HAZ at SAW with a “cold pass” (20°C) is 10%, respectively, for the 0.094% and
sible range of cooling rates is from 2.7° to presented in Fig. 7C and contains 100% 0.056% Nb. As can be seen from the CCT,
70°C/s. bainite of lath and globular morphology, the formation of a significant amount of
It is worth noting that for field SAW and the bainite packet size is 10 microns (low-carbon and therefore not very hard)
at –7°C, all existing working instructions and the PAGS is 60 microns. The mi- martensite in these steels is impossible.
require preheating to 150°C, which means crostructure that can ensure the highest Diffusion-controlled ferrite transfor-
heat input should be 1.2 kJ/mm or higher low-temperature toughness is presented mation is shifted, under the influence of
to ensure a cooling rate no higher than in Fig. 7D. It is 100% lath bainite with a niobium, to the slow cooling rates — up to
40°C/s. packet size of 10 microns and PAGS of 45 2.5°C/s at 0.094% Nb, and up to 4.2°/s at
As can be seen for X80 grade (Fig. 4B), microns. 0.056% Nb, i.e., toward significantly lower
its high Nb content shows a wide range of than the usual cooling rates during weld-
acceptable cooling rates for welding with Effect of Nb on the Kinetics of Austenite ing of thick-walled tubes under a layer of
both high and low heat input. Depending Transformations flux.
on the testing temperature for a specific
pipeline operation, the allowable range of The changes in impact toughness Evaluation of Tendency to Cold Cracking
postweld cooling rates may vary. For ex- shown above reflect changes in mi-
ample, for a guaranteed level of toughness crostructure resulting from the transfor- During multipass welding, the HAZ
of more than 120 J/cm2 at –20°C, the per- mation of coarse-grained austenite in the cooling rate depends on the heat input and
missible cooling rate range is from 2.7° to HAZ for a specific thermal cycle. Investi- the temperature of the weld before the
40°C/s. gations of phase transformations resulting welding, beside the effect of the wall thick-
Figure 6 presents the comparison of in the building of continuous cooling ness. Processing of multipass butt-joint
those permissible ranges of cooling rates transformation diagrams (CCT) were per- welding of pipelines varies depending on
for both investigated steels for impact formed after the high-speed heating of type of weld and heat input values as the
toughness tested at –30°C. As shown, the dilatometer samples to a temperature of following:
X70 steel with 0.056% Nb can guarantee 1300°–1320°C. • Root weld with heat input up to 0.55
retaining 50% ShCVN (here 115 J/cm2 ) at As shown in Fig. 8A, B, the kinetics of kJ/mm;
cooling rates from 8° to 60°C/s, and the austenite transformation in both steels • Hot pass with heat input up to 1.2 kJ/mm;
specified minimum value (here 70 J/cm2) that were investigated is featured by bai- • Facing joint with GMA (CO2) welding
at cooling rates from 3.8° to more than nite transformations in a wide range of with heat input up to 2.0 kJ/mm.
100°C/s. Increase in Nb content results in cooling rates. The fact that Nb promotes The diagram of cooling rates vs. heat
slight changes of those values. The tough- the formation of lower temperature trans- inputs for these types of butt-joint welding
ness of 115 J/cm2 at –30°C can be guaran- formation banite-like products at a rela- is shown in Fig. 9.
teed at cooling rates from 7° to 20°C/s, tively high cooling rate is noted also at Measurements of microhardness of
whereas the level of 70 J/cm2 can be as- comparative investigation of effects of Nb dilatometric samples used at constructing
sured at cooling rates from 3° to 70°C/s. and V (Ref. 15). Martensitic transforma- CCT diagrams to characterize products of
Microstructures obtained at various tion is observed at high enough cooling austenite transformations allow the evalu-
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ation of the tendency to cold cracking in ture of 50% shelf impact toughness and Microstructure of heat-affected zone in Nb-
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