Automatic Welding, 2019, №11



2019 №11 (04)

DOI of Article 10.15407/as2019.11.05

2019 №11 (06)

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Avtomatichne Zvaryuvannya (Automatic Welding), #11, 2019, pp.29-39

Processes of nonconsumable electrode welding with welding current modulation (Review) Part 1. Peculiarities of burning of non-stationary arcs with refractory cathode

U. Boi¹, I.V. Krivtsun²

¹Guangdong Institute of Welding (China-Ukraine E.O. Paton Institute of Welding). 363 Chiansin Str., Tianhe, 510650, Guangzhou. E-mail: wuby@gwi.gd.cn
²E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute of the NAS of Ukraine. 11 Kazymyr Malevych Str., 03150, Kyiv, Ukraine. E-mail: office@paton.kiev.ua

Works devoted to the processes of inert-gas nonconsumable electrode welding with current modulation were reviewed. In the first part of the review attention is focused on studies, dealing with the features of running of thermal, gas-dynamic and electromagnetic processes in non-stationary arcs with refractory cathode at different modes of arc current modulation. 35 Ref., 2 Tabl., 18 Fig.
Keywords: arc with refractory cathode, arc plasma, TIG welding, welding current modulation, pulse, frequency, duty cycle, amplitude

Received: 28.10.2019
Published: 20.11.2019

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