Abstract
Weld bead forming rule is very important during double-pulsed gas metal arc welding (DP-GMAW) process, and this process has more advantages than that of conventional arc welding process. This work employed grey rational analysis to explore the weld bead forming rule. Since the latest twinpulse XT DP control process was employed, the parameters adjustment was easier than that of conventional operation. The grey relational analyses between five main process parameters, which were average welding current, welding speed, twin pulse relation, twin pulse frequency together with twin pulse current change in percent, and three key characteristic parameters, which were bead width, bead height and penetration, were conducted to explore the weld bead forming rule. To accurately calculate the grey relational degree, the negative relevancies were transformed to positive ones. According to calculations and corresponding analyses, it can be concluded that the effects of average welding current and welding speed on the weld bead forming and key characteristic parameters of the weld bead were higher than that of other process parameters. Moreover, the relevancies between key characteristic parameters of the weld bead, and process parameters which included twin pulse relation, average welding current and twin pulse current change in percent were positive, while the relevancies between key characteristic parameters and other two process parameters were negative. The work can supply a new method to evaluate the effects of process parameters during the DP-GMAW process on the weld bead forming or other process characteristics, and references for parameters selection and process optimization.
Highlights
IntroductionAs an effective metallic material joining method, double-pulsed gas metal arc welding (DP-GMAW)
As an effective metallic material joining method, double-pulsed gas metal arc welding (DP-GMAW)process has been employed in many industrial areas [1]
This analysis method can identify the influential level of objects to be identified on the research objects through comparing the different relational degrees, under the circumstance that the number of specimens is so limited. This method had been widely employed in various areas, such as in assessing sustainable performance of energy systems [19,20], assessing influential factors of heat transfer in a blast furnace hearth [21], optimization of surface textured journal bearing [22], and relative other areas. This method was employed to analyze the influential factors of different process parameters on the characteristic parameters of weld bead, and induced corresponding important rule about weld bead forming during the DP-GMAW process
Summary
As an effective metallic material joining method, double-pulsed gas metal arc welding (DP-GMAW). To explore the influential levels of different process parameters on the characteristic parameters of the weld bead, grey relational analysis, which is a powerful tool to assess quantitative and qualitative relationship between factors and variables using a relatively small amount of data [18], was employed in this work This analysis method can identify the influential level of objects to be identified on the research objects through comparing the different relational degrees, under the circumstance that the number of specimens is so limited. This method had been widely employed in various areas, such as in assessing sustainable performance of energy systems [19,20], assessing influential factors of heat transfer in a blast furnace hearth [21], optimization of surface textured journal bearing [22], and relative other areas In this work, this method was employed to analyze the influential factors of different process parameters on the characteristic parameters of weld bead, and induced corresponding important rule about weld bead forming during the DP-GMAW process.
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