SUBMERGED ARC WELDING

LIGHT ENGINEERING PROGRAM, FACULTY OF PHYSICS, VILNIUS UNIVERSITY

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 ARC WELDING

• ARC WELDING — A METHOD TO WELD

TWO METAL OBJECTS TOGETHER USING
ARC DISCHARGE( THERMIONIC
EMISSION OF ELECTRONS THAT
PRODUCES PLASMA).
• THE FIRST ARC WELDER DEVICE WITH
CARBON ELECTRODE — NIKOLAY
BENARDOS & STANISŁAW OLSZEWSKI
1881.
 BACKGROUND OF THE
INVENTION

• UNTIL THE YEARS1920S — GAS

WELDING(OXYGEN-ACETYLENE).
• IN 1920S AUTOMATIC ARC WELDING
INTRODUCED.
• USING INERT GASES FOR ARC WELDING — IN
EXPERIMENTAL STATE.
• A REVOLUTIONARY METHOD OF GAS-
TUNGSTEN ARC WELDING(EMITTING NON-
OXIDIZING GASSES TO PROTECT WELDS)
WAS DEVELOPED ONLY LATER IN 1940.
AIMS OF THE
COMPANY

• GROWING DEMAND FOR

NEW PIPELINES, SHIPS AND
WAR MACHINES IN THE US.
• THE NATIONAL TUBE
COMPANY WAS LOOKING
FOR A WAY TO ACHIEVE
HIGHER WELDING RATES IN
CREATING PIPE SEAMS.
SUBMERGED ARC
WELDING(SAW)

• INVENTOR: BORIS S. ROBINOFF

• ASSIGNEE: NATIONAL TUBE
COMPANY(US)
• PUBLICATION DATE: 18.11.1930
CLAIMS

TECHNIQUE INLCUDE:
• CREATING A GROOVE BETWEEN TWO PLATES TO BE WELDED
• FILLING THE GROOVE WITH MAGNETIZABLE FLUX WHICH IS MOLTED AND
DEPOSITED AS SLAG ON THE SURFACE LATER
• SUBMERGING AN ELECRODE WHICH IS BEING MELTED AND THE METAL IS LAYERED
IN THE GROOVE.
• APPLYING MAGNETIC FIELD TO RAISE THE FLUX TO BE MELTED BY AN ELECTRIC ARC.
• ...
GRAPHICAL EXPLANATION
SUBMERGED ARC WELDING
 OUTCOME
• THE SAW METHOD SHOWED BETTER
SPEED OF WELDING THAN PREVIOUSLY
USED TECHNIQUES.
• THE POPULARITY OF THIS PROCESS
EXPERIENCED STEADY GROWTH
STARTING FROM MILITARY
MANUFACTURING.
• THE METHOD COULD NOT BE
IMPLEMENTED MASSIVELY BECAUSE
HORIZONTAL SURFACE IS NECESSARY FOR
THESE WELDS.
REFERENCES
• HTTPS://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/ARC_WELDING
• HTTPS://WWW.MILLERWELDS.COM/RESOURCES/ARTICLE-LIBRARY/THE-HIST
ORY-OF-WELDING
• HTTPS://PATENTS.GOOGLE.COM/PATENT/US1782316
• HTTPS://WWW.THEFABRICATOR.COM/THEWELDER/ARTICLE/ARCWELDING/SU
BMERGED-ARC-WELDING--THEN-AND--NOW
• HTTPS://WELDGURU.COM/WELDING-HISTORY/