Microstructure and Properties of Dissimilar Metals Welded Joint of New Tamping Tine Steel for Railways Maintenance

2013 ◽  
Vol 774-776 ◽  
pp. 1149-1154
Author(s):  
Yan Jun Zhao ◽  
Zhi Liu Hu ◽  
Li Mi ◽  
Xue Ping Ren ◽  
Sheng Xu Liu

The microstructure and mechanical properties of welded joint between 20SiMn3NiA and 40CrNiMo were studied by carbon-dioxide arc welding. According to the principle of low strength matching of dissimilar metals weld, the strength of the welded joint is 60% of that of 20SiMn3NiA, and the impact toughness reaches 60% of parent metal’s toughness. Also the impact ductility is high enough to meet the applications of divided structure tamping tine when the strength of welded joint is properly lower than that of 20SiMn3NiA. Furthermore the performances of fusion zone are worse than welded joint and heat-affected zone for martensitic brittle layer was formed during the welding of 20SiMn3NiA and 40CrNiMo.

2011 ◽  
Vol 391-392 ◽  
pp. 768-772 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Yang ◽  
Zhan Zhe Zhang

The weldablity of dissimilar steel between 16MnR and S31803 was analyzed and researched. By means of optical microscope (OM), the microstructure of the weld joint was investigated, which is welded by tungsten inert gas arc backing welding (GTAW) and manual arc filling welding (SMAW). The mechanical properties and corrosion resistance of the welded joint was also tested and studied. Results indicate that austenite and acicular ferrite distribute uniformly in the weld metal, which strengths the toughness and ductility of the joint. The austenite content in weld is higher than that in over-heated zone of S31803.The SMAW joint structure is coarsening than that of GTAW and has more austenite content. It is also observed that there are a decarburization layer and a carbon-enriched zone nearby the fusion line. And very small amounts of the third phase of harmful metal phase are found in the fusion zone of S31803 side. The welded joint shows the excellent mechanical properties and corrosion resistance. The impact toughness of the weld metal is higher than in HAZ of 16MnR side, and the impact toughness at GTAW side and in HAZ is superior to the SMAW side.


2019 ◽  
Vol 964 ◽  
pp. 68-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herry Oktadinata ◽  
Winarto Winarto ◽  
Eddy S. Siradj

HY-80 is the high yield steel that commonly used for naval ship and submarine. Arc welding operations are critical stage in fabrication of this steel. During welding, the problem may occur in the heat affected zone due to the high temperature makes the microstructure suddenly changes. Coarse grain heat affected zone (CGHAZ) develops close to the fusion line, steel become brittle and the impact toughness decrease. This research investigated the microstructure of HY-80 weldment, impact toughness at sub-zero temperatures, and hardness distribution along cross-section of the welded joint. ER100S welding wire, Ar+10%CO2 shielding gas mixture and single V-groove butt joint with an angle of 60° were selected prior to welding. 12 mm thick of HY-80 steel plate that used in this experiment was multipass welded by gas metal arc welding (GMAW). Impact toughness at sub-zero temperature, hardness and microstructure evolutions of base metal (BM), heat affected zone (HAZ) and weld metal (WM) were observed. The result shows at a temperature of-80 °C, the lowest impact toughness was measured at WM (61 J) as compared to fusion line (101 J) and BM (217 J). The hardness measurement shows the maximum hardness was measured in CGHAZ followed WM and BM. Vickers hardness test result of weld joint at bottom area are higher than top area. It may caused of the low heat input of back weld compared to other passes. The lower heat input, cooling rate increased and initiate the formation of hard phase. The microstructure of WM shows acicular ferrites and non-metallic inclusions, these inclusions may deteriorate the impact toughness.


2016 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. St. Węglowski ◽  
M. Zeman ◽  
A. Grocholewski

In the present study, the investigation of weldability of ultra-high strength steel has been presented. The thermal simulated samples were used to investigate the effect of welding cooling time t8/5 on microstructure and mechanical properties of heat affected zone (HAZ) for a Weldox 1300 ultra-high strength steel. In the frame of these investigation the microstructure was studied by light and transmission electron microscopies. Mechanical properties of parent material were analysed by tensile, impact and hardness tests. In details the influence of cooling time in the range of 2,5 ÷ 300 sec. on hardness, impact toughness and microstructure of simulated HAZ was studied by using welding thermal simulation test. The microstructure of ultra-high strength steel is mainly composed of tempered martensite. The results show that the impact toughness and hardness decrease with increase of t8/5 under condition of a single thermal cycle in simulated HAZ. The increase of cooling time to 300 s causes that the microstructure consists of ferrite and bainite mixture. Lower hardness, for t8/5 ≥ 60 s indicated that low risk of cold cracking in HAZ for longer cooling time, exists.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1000 ◽  
pp. 339-347
Author(s):  
Agus Widyianto ◽  
Ario Sunar Baskoro ◽  
Gandjar Kiswanto

In this research, investigation of mechanical properties and microstructure on Pulsatile Current Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (PC-GTAW) was carried out. AISI 304L was chosen as a base material with autogenous welding and butt joint configuration. The dimension of the base material was 120 x 50 mm and the thickness of 3 mm. The welding with pulsatile current and constant current were used in the welding process in this study. In the pulsatile current, the mean current was made all the same with a constant current of 100 amperes. The peak current, base current and time of peak and base current were varied to make it the same. The welding speed used is constant at 2.0 mm/s. The result shows that the HAZ area will get shrinkage if welded using pulsatile current welding. The welding with a pulsatile current can produce more fine cellular dendritic structure than the welding with a constant current. The UTS in the welding with a pulsatile current was lower than the welding with constant current, while the impact toughness in the welding with a pulsatile current was higher than the welding with a constant current. The highest of the UTS and the impact toughness of 577.62 MPa on parameter 65-A and 27 J on parameter 65-C, respectively.


Metals ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 773
Author(s):  
Y.H. Guo ◽  
Li Lin ◽  
Donghui Zhang ◽  
Lili Liu ◽  
M.K. Lei

Heat-affected zone (HAZ) of welding joints critical to the equipment safety service are commonly repeatedly welded in industries. Thus, the effects of repeated welding up to six times on the microstructure and mechanical properties of HAZ for AISI 304N austenitic stainless steel specimens were investigated by a Gleeble simulator. The temperature field of HAZ was measured by in situ thermocouples. The as-welded and one to five times repeated welding were assigned as-welded (AW) and repeated welding 1–5 times (RW1–RW5), respectively. The austenitic matrices with the δ-ferrite were observed in all specimens by the metallography. The δ-ferrite content was also determined using magnetic and metallography methods. The δ-ferrite had a lathy structure with a content of 0.69–3.13 vol.%. The austenitic grains were equiaxial with an average size of 41.4–47.3 μm. The ultimate tensile strength (UTS) and yield strength (YS) mainly depended on the δ-ferrite content; otherwise, the impact energy mainly depended on both the austenitic grain size and the δ-ferrite content. The UTS of the RW1–RW3 specimens was above 550 MPa following the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) standard. The impact energy of all specimens was higher than that in ASME standard at about 56 J. The repeated welding up to three times could still meet the requirements for strength and toughness of welding specifications.


2012 ◽  
Vol 445 ◽  
pp. 195-200
Author(s):  
Murat Aydin ◽  
Yakup Heyal

The mechanical properties mainly tensile properties, impact toughness and high-cycle fatigue properties, of two-phase Al-20Zn alloy subjected to severe plastic deformation (SPD) via equal-channel angular extrusion (ECAE) using route A up to 2 passes were studied. The ECAE almost completely eliminated as-cast dendritic microstructure including casting defects such as micro porosities. A refined microstructure consisting of elongated micro constituents, α and α+η eutectic phases, formed after ECAE via route A. As a result of this microstructural change, mechanical properties mainly the impact toughness and fatigue performance of the as-cast Al-20Zn alloy increased significantly through the ECAE. The rates of increase in fatigue endurance limit are approximately 74 % after one pass and 89 % after two passes while the increase in impact toughness is 122 %. Also the yield and tensile strengths of the alloy increase with ECAE. However, no considerable change occurred in hardness and percentage elongation of the alloy. It was also observed that the ECAE changed the nature of the fatigue fracture characteristics of the as-cast Al-20Zn alloy.


2013 ◽  
Vol 762 ◽  
pp. 551-555 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marek Stanislaw Węglowski ◽  
Marian Zeman ◽  
Miroslaw Lomozik

In the present study, the investigation of weldability of new ultra-high strength - Weldox 1300 steel has been presented. The thermal simulated samples were used to investigate the effect of welding cooling time t8/5 on the microstructure and mechanical properties of the heat affected zone (HAZ). In the frame of these investigation the microstructure was studied by the light (LM) and transmission electron microscopies (TEM). It has been shown that the microstructure of the Weldox 1300 steel is composed of tempered martensite, and inside the laths the minor precipitations mainly V(CN) and molybdenum carbide Mo2C were observed. Mechanical properties of parent material were analysed by the tensile, impact and hardness tests. In details the influence of cooling time in the range of 2,5 - 300 s. on hardness, impact toughness and microstructure of simulated HAZ was studied by using welding thermal simulation test. The results show that the impact toughness and hardness decrease with the increase of t8/5 under the condition of a single thermal cycle in simulated HAZ. The continuous cooling transformation diagrams (CCT-W for welding conditions) of Weldox 1300 steel for welding purposes was also elaborated. The steel Weldox 1300 for cooling time in the range of 2,5 - 4 s showed martensite microstructure, for time from 4 s to 60 s mixture of martensite and bainite, and for longer cooling time mixture of ferrite, bainite and martensite. The results indicated that the weldability of Weldox 1300 steel is limited and to avoid the cold cracking the preheating procedure or medium net linear heat input should be used.


2017 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 327-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Pikuła ◽  
M. Łomozik ◽  
T. Pfeifer

Abstract Welded installations failures of power plants, which are often result from a high degree of wear, requires suitable repairs. In the case of cracks formed in the weld bead of waterwall, weld bead is removed and new welded joint is prepared. However, it is associated with consecutive thermal cycles, which affect properties of heat affected zone of welded joint. This study presents the influence of multiple manual metal arc welding associated with repair activities of long operated waterwall of boiler steel on properties of repair welded joints. The work contains the results of macro and microscopic metallographic examination as well as the results of hardness measurements.


Author(s):  
Emre Korkmaz ◽  
Cemal Meran

In this study, the effect of gas metal arc welding on the mechanical and microstructure properties of hot-rolled XPF800 steel newly produced by TATA Steel has been investigated. This steel finds its role in the automotive industry as chassis and seating applications. The microstructure transformation during gas metal arc welding has been analyzed using scanning electron microscope, optical microscope, and energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry. Tensile, Charpy impact, and microhardness tests have been implemented to determine the mechanical properties of welded samples. Acceptable welded joints have been obtained using heat input in the range of 0.28–0.46 kJ/mm. It has been found that the base metal hardness of the welded sample is 320 HV0.1. On account of the heat-affected zone softening, the intercritical heat-affected zone hardness values have diminished ∼20% compared to base metal.


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