• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.75-81
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• 2017

Recently in the welding field, the establishment of unmanned and automated systems are rapidly developing. Accurate interpretation of the welding phenomenon is applied a number of monitoring systems. In this paper, butt welding (6t) type I using Plasma-MIG welding was carried out. And we evaluated characteristics of the Al-5083 aluminium alloy in Plasma-MIG hybrid welding. Process variables including the plasma current, MIG voltage, wire feeding rate and the welding speed were used. Butt welding was conducted 1 pass. Argon gas was used as the protective gas that results from the experiment were able to achieve full penetration. In addition to monitoring the welding process occurring during MIG welding current, welding votage and Plasma current, voltage were collected in real time, the photodiode and CCD cameras observing the phenomenon that the welding is in progress were measured using a quantity of light.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.67-72
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• 2016

Aluminum alloy is one of light weight material and it is used to make LNG tank and ship. However, in order to weld aluminum alloy high density heat source is needed. In this paper, I-butt welding of Al 5083 with 6mm thickness using Plasma-MIG welding was carried out. The experiment was performed to investigate the influence of plasma-MIG welding parameters such as plasma current, wire feeding rate, MIG-welding voltage and welding speed on the tensile strength of weld. In addition we suggested 3 strength estimation models which are second order polynomial regression model, multiple nonlinear regression model and neural network model. The estimation performance of 3 models was evaluated in terms of average error rate (AER) and their values were 0.125, 0.238, and 0.021 respectively. Neural network model which has training concept and reflects non -linearity was best estimation performance.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.770-783
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• 2015

Lately, high production rate welding processes for Al alloys, which are used as LNG FPSO cargo containment system material, have been developed to overcome the limit of installation and high rework rates. In particular, plasma-metal inert gas (MIG) hybrid (PMH) welding can be used to obtain a higher deposition rate and lower porosity, while facilitating a cleaning effect by preheating and post heating the wire and the base metal. However, an asymmetric undercut and a black-colored deposit are created on the surface of PMH weld in Al alloys. For controlling the surface defect formation, the wire feeding speed and nozzle diameter in the PMH weld was investigated through arc phenomena with high-speed imaging and metallurgical analysis.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.28-33
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• 2014

In this paper, I-butt welding with 6mm thickness using Plasma-GMA welding was carried out. And weld characteristics of the Al-5083 aluminium alloy for Plasma-GMA hybrid welding was evaluated. The orthogonal experimental design was used to investigate the influence of plasma-MIG welding parameters such as plasma current, wire feeding rate, MIG-welding voltage and welding speed on the weld bead geometry and tensile strength using the ANOVA(Analysis of Variation). Then we conducted evaluation of contribution for process parameters. ANOVA results show that bead dimensions are affected by wire feeding speed, welding voltage and welding speed and tensile strength is mainly affected by welding speed and plasma arc current. Tensile strength was decreased by rise in plasma welding current because GMA welding current was decreased by plasma arc.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.61-71
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• 2015

The effect of welding condition on microstructure and mechanical property of Plasma-MIG Hybrid Weld between Al 5083 plates(thickness : 10mm) was investigated. 1 pass weld without any defects such as puckering, undercut, and lack of fusion was obtained by 150~200A of plasma current and 5~7mm of welding speed. Gas porosities and shrinkage porosities were existed in the weld near fusion line. As welding speed and plasma current were decreasing, the area fraction of porosity was increasing. The hardness of the weld is increasing as welding speed. On the basis of microstructural analysis, Mg segregated region near dendrite boundaries tends to increase with the welding speed. In the result of hardness test, Distribution of hardness in fusion zone showed little change with the plasma current. However, when the welding speed increased, hardness in weld metal markdly increased. It could be considered that effect of heat input to growth of the dendritic solidification structures. Based on tensile test, tensile properties of weld metal was predominated by area fraction of porosities. Consequently, tensile properties can be controlled by formation site and area fraction of porosity.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.21-30
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• 2017

현재 국내에서 공장 보수용접이 가장 많이 이루어지고 있는 선박 엔진 부품은 피스톤 크라운과 배기밸브이다. 또한 선박 엔진 밸브와 크랭크 축 등의 경우에는 신규 부품에서도 성능향상을 위해 표면개질방법으로 오버레이 용접이 시공되고 있다. 용착률을 높이는 고능률 오버레이 용접 공정으로 Hot Wire GTAW, Cold Tandem GMAW, Band Arc SAW, Tandem SAW법이 개발되어 있고, 용사방법으로 PTA공정이 현장에서 많이 시공되고 있다. 입열량 제어가 용이한 공정으로 GMAW-Pulse, CMT 용접공정이 있다. 엔진 배기밸브의 보수를 위한 오버레이공정에서 열영향부에 가까운 모재 내에 액화균열이 발생하는 경우가 있어 주의를 요한다. GMAW-Pulse 공정과 CMT공정에서는 입열량 제어가 용이하여 높은 용착속도를 유지하면서도 액화균열의 발생 없이 엔진 밸브의 보수 또는 표면 개질 목적으로 시공이 가능하다. 최근에 국내에서 고능률 용접 공정으로 선박엔진의 보수 또는 표면 개질 목적으로 사용 가능한 Super-TIG 용접공정이 개발되어 있다. 이 공정은 아크를 플라즈마 스트림이라고 보고 전류증가에 따라 커지는 아크압력을 막으면서도 용가재의 용융 효율이 극대화 되도록 폭이 큰 C형의 오목한 용가재를 발명하여 용착률을 획기적으로 향상시킨 용접공정이다.