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The Paton Welding Journal, 2007, #1, 2-8 pages
Automatic control of the mag welding process with periodic short circuiting of arc gap (Review)
Yu.N. Lankin
E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute of the NASU. 11 Kazymyr Malevych Str., 03150, Kyiv, Ukraine.Abstract
A review of publications on automatic control of the process of CO2 welding with short circuiting of the arc gap and control algorithms at each stage of the welding cycle is done
Keywords: CO2 welding, short circuits, automatic control, self-regulation, process stability, spattering, transfer of drops, current pulse
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