Avtomaticheskaya Svarka (Automatic Welding), #5, 2024, pp. 32-39
Development of the technology of press welding with a magnetically implelled arc of small-diameter pipes using supercapacitors
V.S. Kachynskyi1, D. Allford2, M.P. Drachenko1, I.V. Ziakhor1, V.I. Klymenko1, S.M. Samotryasov1
1E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute of the NASU.
11 Kazymyr Malevych Str., 03150, Kyiv, Ukraine. E-mail: vskweld@gmail.com
2ARC SPECIALTIES, 1730 Stebbins Drive, Houston, TX 77043-2807 USA. E-mail: dan@arcspecialties.com
Pipes of small diameters of up to 100 mm are used at various industrial and agricultural facilities. The methods of manual arc
welding or automatic welding are traditionally used for welding the pipes. The issue of using supercapacitors in equipment for
magnetically impelled arc butt welding (MIAB) process, in order to reduce peak loads on the electrical network is considered. The
need for such equipment is primarily determined by the tasks of «green» technologies. Application of supercapacitors in power
sources allows ensuring further on the optimal parameters of pulse welding processes, in order to improve their quality and work
productivity. A prototype of a new generation of power source for MIAB welding of pipes of a small diameter in the field and
stationary conditions using an autonomous power supply source has been developed and manufactured. 15 Ref., 2 Tabl., 11 Fig.
Keywords: generators of welding current, magnetically impelled arc butt welding, autonomous sources of powerful current
pulses and power supply, supercapacitors.
Received: 24.04.2024
Received in revised form: 18.07.2024
Accepted: 09.09.2024
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