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The Paton Welding Journal, 2005, #1, 10-14 pages

Technological features of twin-arc consumable electrode pulsed welding of aluminium alloys

A.Ya. Ishchenko, V.S. Mashin, M.P. Pashulya

E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute of the NASU. 11 Kazymyr Malevych Str., 03150, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Abstract
Some peculiar features of a pulsed twin-arc consumable electrode welding of aluminium alloy AMg6 using two pulsed power sources with synergic control of process conditions and parameters of the welding torch ensuring feeding of isolated electrode wires are shown.
Keywords: single-arc welding, twin-arc pulsed welding, consumable electrodes, aluminium alloys, argon, welding conditions, geometric parameters of welds, defects

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Suggested Citation

A.Ya. Ishchenko, V.S. Mashin, M.P. Pashulya (2005) Technological features of twin-arc consumable electrode pulsed welding of aluminium alloys. The Paton Welding J., 01, 10-14.