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The Paton Welding Journal 2011 #11
The Paton Welding Journal, 2011, #11, 28-36 pages  

SINGLE- AND MULTIOPERATOR SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATIC WELDING OF POSITION BUTT JOINTS OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANT PIPING

N.M. MAKHLIN1, A.E. KOROTYNSKY1, V.A. BOGDANOVSKY1, I.A. OMELCHENKO2 and A.A. SVIRIDENKO3


1E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute, NASU, Kiev, Ukraine
2Expert Center «Transserviceengineering, Kiev, Ukraine
3OJSC «CheZaRa», Chernigov, Ukraine
 
 
Abstract
The paper describes PWI activities on development and manufacture of orbital complexes for automatic welding of butt joints of 8-76 mm piping. These complexes became accepted for repair of equipment of power units of Ukrainian nuclear power plants.
 
 
Keywords: arc welding, TIG welding, non-consumable electrode, filler wire, position butt joints of pipelines, singleand multioperator systems, automatic welding, control systems
 
 
Received:                ??.??.??
Published:               28.11.11
 
 
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Suggested Citation

N.M. MAKHLIN1, A.E. KOROTYNSKY1, V.A. BOGDANOVSKY1, I.A. OMELCHENKO2 and A.A. SVIRIDENKO3 (2011) SINGLE- AND MULTIOPERATOR SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATIC WELDING OF POSITION BUTT JOINTS OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANT PIPING. The Paton Welding J., 11, 28-36.