• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.57-69
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• 1993

In the present study, the microstructure and Charpy V notch toughness of multipass $CO_2$ FCA weldment in three different heat inputs(1-3KJ/mm)were investigated. The weldments using two different domestic FCAW wires(AWS E71T-1 and E71T-5 equivalent) in C-Mn steel were chemically analysed. The following conclusions can be inferred. 1. T-1 wire Showed a stable arc transfer, less spatter and harsh, a better bead spreading and easy slag removal, whereas T-5 wire suffered from the arc stability, which tended to increase spatter and produce a more convex bead. 2.The microsturctures of the top beads of the weldments in three different heat inputs consisted of coarse-grained boundary ferrite and Widmanstatten ferrite side plate with increasing heat inputs. The modest fraction of acicular ferrite in the two wire weldments was observed in the 2KJ/mm heat input. 3.The fine-grained reheated zones of both welds consisted of a duplex microstructure of polygonal ferrite and second phases. 4. The basic flux weldment of T-5wires showed a higher Charpy impact property than that of T-1 wires because of a higher fraction of acicular ferrite in the weld microstructure.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.60-69
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• 1990

Plasma arc cutting is a fusion cutting process in which a gas-constricted arc is employed to produce a high-temperature, high-velocity plasma jet on the workpiece. This process provides some advantages such as increased cutting velocity, excellent working accuracy and the ability to cut special materials (widely used stainless steels and Al-alloys, for example), when compared with iconventional oxyfuel gas cutting. From the view point of price and reliability of the power source, plasma arc cutting has also some distinct advantages over laser beam cutting. High-speed machines with NC or CNC systems are needed for the plasma arc or laser beam cutting process, while for oxyfuel gas cutting, low-speed machines with copying templates or optical-shape tracking sensors can be applied. The low price and high flexibility of the microprocessor arc contributing more and more the application of CNC system in the plasma arc cutting process, as in other manufacturing fields. From these points of view, a microprocessor-based plasma arc cutting system was developed by using a reference-pulse system, and its performance was tested. The interpolating routines were programmed in the assembly language for saving the memory volume and improving the compouting speed, which has an intimate relationship with the available cutting velocity.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers Conference
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• 1997.04a
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• pp.36-41
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• 1997

With the trend towards welding automation and robozation, mathematical models for studying the influence of various parameters on the weld bead geometry in Gas Metal Arc(GMA) welding process are required. The results of bead on plate welds deposited using the GMA welding process has enabled mathematical relationships to be developed that model the weld bead geometry. Experimental results were compared to outputs obtained using existing formulae that correlate process input variables to output parameters and subsequent modelling was performed in order to better predict the output of the GMA welding process. The aim of this work was to explain the relationships between GMA welding variables and weld bead geometry and thus, be able to predict input weld bead size. The relationships can be usefully employed for open loop process control and also for adaptive control provided that dynamic sensing of process output is performed.

• Bulletin of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.49-55
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• 1972

The temperature distribution and cooling rate play an important role in the investigation of heat affected zone of weldment. All the problems such as metallurgical changes, welding thermal stress, welding residual stress and welding deformation in the heat affected zone of welded joint are due to the temperature distribution and cooling rate. In this paper, one dimensional temperature distribution and cooling rate due to transient arc welding heat in the heat affected zone of the base metal are studied. Heat transfer equation for one dimensional heat flow is formed, and solution is obtained. Weld heat input formula is also formed and used. Computed numerical results show a good agreement with the experimented temper color.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1993.07a
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• pp.376-379
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• 1993

GoldStar Industrial Systems Co. R & D center successfully developed the inverter for welding under the support of GoldStar Electric Machinery Co. Now, we are currently working on the mechanical part of articulated robot and a high-performance general purpose motion controller. By combining the above three items, we will be able to constitute the complete welding robot system on our own. In this article. the welding robot system currently under developing is introduced. The main focus will be placed on the development of general purpose motion controller with welding control module. Therefore, the architecture of welding robot controller where the general purpose motion controller is combined with the welding controller module will be explained. Here, the software system will be explained with regard to the hardware system.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.61-65
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• 1987

In this study, the characteristics of TRC (tensile restraint crack) critical stress in the gravity type underwater wet welding process and in the in-air welding have been investigated for Y, y and 45$^{\circ}$r grooves using the KR Grade A-3 steel plates and the E4303 covered electrodes. The following results were obtained: (1) In the TRC tests, the initial critical stress of Y groove is higher than those of the 45$^{\circ}$r single bebel grooves in both in-air and underwater weldings, and the cold fracture sensitivity is higher in the underwater welding than in the in-air welding. (2) The hardness of underwater weld metal is the highest in heat affected zone is about Hk 365 in the in-air weld but Hk 670 in the underwater weld which is higher for cooling speed is more rapid, resulting in the lower critical stress by increase of fracture sensitivity. (3) The diffusible hydrogen quantity for 48 hours is about 18cc/100g-weld-metal in the in-air welding but 48cc/100g-weld-metal in the underwater welding. So that, in the case of underwater welding the diffusible hydrogen penetrates about 3 times more than that in the in-air welding.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.15-15
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• 1987

In this study, the characteristics of TRC (tensile restraint crack) critical stress in the gravity type underwater wet welding process and in the in-air welding have been investigated for Y, y and 45°r grooves using the KR Grade A-3 steel plates and the E4303 covered electrodes. The following results were obtained: (1) In the TRC tests, the initial critical stress of Y groove is higher than those of the 45°r single bebel grooves in both in-air and underwater weldings, and the cold fracture sensitivity is higher in the underwater welding than in the in-air welding. (2) The hardness of underwater weld metal is the highest in heat affected zone is about Hk 365 in the in-air weld but Hk 670 in the underwater weld which is higher for cooling speed is more rapid, resulting in the lower critical stress by increase of fracture sensitivity. (3) The diffusible hydrogen quantity for 48 hours is about 18cc/100g-weld-metal in the in-air welding but 48cc/100g-weld-metal in the underwater welding. So that, in the case of underwater welding the diffusible hydrogen penetrates about 3 times more than that in the in-air welding.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.30-40
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• 1984

Moisture content in the coating of an electrode is known to cause defects such as porosities, fish eyes and cracks in the weld metal, however, quantitative relationship between them is not clearly understood. In this study widely consumed and the most common type of arc welding rods such as ilmenite and low hydrogen type were chosen for the investigation, and attempts were made to correlate the relationship between the mechanical properties and gas contents when welding was carried out with electrodes of various moisture contents. As the relative humidity changed from 70% to 92%, it was determined that moisture content to reach saturation was in the range of 0.6~6.8%. As the moisture content in the electrode coating was increased, the amount of gaseous components (H, O, N) in the weld metal was accordingly increased, especially diffusible hydrogen showed prominent effect, i.e. it increased proportionally to the increase of the moisture content. The mechanical properties of the weld metal was observed to become more inferior as the diffusible hydrogen was greater. It was determined for ilmenite type of electrode that the increase of hydrogen content was approximately 1.8ml per unit weight percent increase of moisture and also tensile strength resulted lowering from $45.3kg/\textrm{mm}^2$ to $42.7kg/\textrm{mm}^2$ as moisture content increased from 0.7% to 6.8%. For low hydrogen type the increase of the hyrogen was about 2.4ml per unit percent of moisture and tensile strength decreased from $63.0kg/\textrm{mm}^2$ to $53.8kg/\textrm{mm}^2$ particularly in the region of moisture content 0.1~4.2%.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1994.07a
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• pp.385-388
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• 1994

This paper presents a new configure rectifier which has improved input power factor and efficiency for DC arc weldings. Two rectifiers are series connected and they are single-phase full-wave phase controlled rectifiers that use a transformer with two center-tapped secondary. The input power factor can be improved by controlling the each phase of rectifiers sequentially, and then the efficiency can be also improved because the reactive component currents will be reduced. It is confirmed that the proposed rectifiers has about 80% of input power factor and efficiency with the experimental results which are carried out at the output ranges of 100A to 300A.

• Bulletin of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.45-56
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• 1970

The penetration of domestic high-titania potassium type arc welding rod has been investigated experimentally. The penetration of this type arc welding rod is influenced much more by changing welding current than welding speed and thickness of base metal in range of $6{\sim}9mm$. Values of penetrations were $1.00{\sim}1.75mm$ for $3.2mm{\phi}$ rod, and $1.10{\sim}1.86mm$ for $4mm{\phi}$ rod in adequate welding current range. The domestic rod's penetration is deeper than same type rod of the United State's product.