Effect of GMAW Shielding Gas on Tensile Strength of Dissimilar SS400 Carbon Steel and SUS304 Stainless Steel Butt Joint

2019 ◽  
Vol 950 ◽  
pp. 70-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kittipong Kimapong ◽  
Surat Triwanapong

An optimization of a gas metal arc welding (GMAW) process parameter is currently investigated for producing a dissimilar SS400/SUS304 steels joint because a requirement of a sound joint with higher tensile strength. A gas shielding type is one of the important parameter because it could produce a good arc, protect the weld pool from atmosphere and so on. So, this research work aimed to study an effect of the shielding gas type on the mechanical properties of the dissimilar SS400/SUS304 steels butt joint. A relation between microstructure and the mechanical properties of the butt joint was also investigated and compared. The summarized results are as follows. The optimized shielding gas that produced a maximum tensile stregnth of 550 MPa was 95%Ar+5%N2. Nitrogen gas that mixed to the shielding gas affected to decrease dendrite size and to increase the hardness and tensile strength of weld metal. Fracture characteristic of the joint produced by N2 mixed gas showed a larger deformation at the location that was closely the fracture location that implied a ductile behavior. The dissimilar SUS304/SS400 metals joint showed a low hardness base metal, a higher hardness interface and a highest hardness weld metal.

2016 ◽  
Vol 705 ◽  
pp. 250-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yustiasih Purwaningrum ◽  
Triyono ◽  
M. Wirawan Pu ◽  
Fandi Alfarizi

The aimed of this research is to determine the feasibility and effect of the mixture of the shielding gas in the physical and mechanical properties. Low carbon steel LR grade A in a thickness 12 mm were joined in butt joint types using GMAW (Gas Metal Arc Welding) with groove’s gap 5 mm and groove angle’s 400 with variation of shielding gas composition. The composition of shielding gas that used were 100% Ar, 100 % CO2 and 50% Ar + 50 % CO2. The measured of mechanical properties with regard to strength, hardness and toughness using, tensile test, bending test, Vickers hardness Test, and Charpy impact test respectively. The physical properties examined with optical microscope. Results show that tensile strength of welding metals are higher than raw materials. Welds metal with mixing Ar + CO shielding gas has the highest tensile strength. Hardness of weld metals with the shielding gas 100% Ar, 100 % CO2 and 50% Ar + 50 % CO2 are 244.9; 209.4; and 209.4 VHN respectively. The temperature of Charpy test was varied to find the transition temperature of the materials. The temperature that used were –60°C, -40°C, -20°C, 0°C, 20°C , and room temperature. Weld metals with various shielding gas have similar trends of toughness flux that was corellated with the microstructure of weld .


2010 ◽  
Vol 654-656 ◽  
pp. 2560-2563 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kalenda Mutombo ◽  
Madeleine du Toit

Semi-automatic and automatic pulsed gas metal arc welding (GMAW) of aluminium alloy 5083 with ER5356 filler wire causes considerable softening in the weld. The tensile strength of dressed automatic welds approaches that of the base metal, but the stress concentration caused by the weld toe in undressed semi-automatic welds reduced the tensile strength significantly. Fully automatic welds displayed improved fatigue properties compared to semi-automatic welds.


2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-58
Author(s):  
Nallasamy Sankar ◽  
Sudersanan Malarvizhi ◽  
Visvalingam Balasubramanian

Abstract The main problem associated with high thickness carbon steel plate's narrow range or “V” groove welding in conventional welding processes is the sagging of the molten pool due to gravity, which in turn leads to defects formation and deteriorates mechanical properties. This problem could be overcome by the rotating arc gas metal arc welding (RA-GMAW) technique. This investigation aims to evaluate mechanical properties and metallurgical characteristics of high thickness IS2062 Gr-B carbon steel joints welded by RA-GMAW technique. The experimental results show that RA-GMAW joint exhibited higher (598 MPa) tensile strength, higher hardness (220 HV) at weld metal region, and lower impact toughness (137 J) than the unwelded base metal. This is due to the presence of fine acicular ferrite and widmanstatten ferrite matrix mixed with fine lamellar pearlite microstructure in the weld metal region.


Author(s):  
R Duraisamy ◽  
S Mohan Kumar ◽  
A Rajesh Kannan ◽  
N Siva Shanmugam ◽  
K Sankaranarayanasamy

The steel wall measuring 120 mm in length and 210 mm in height was manufactured by wire and arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) using ER347 wire and gas metal arc welding (GMAW). The mechanical integrity and microstructure of the WAAM treated plate were examined. It was found that the steel plate was well formed, no clear boundaries between the layers were observed, and different thermal history leads to a variety of microstructures. The hardness of the WAAM-processed plate gradually varied from top to bottom and was between 203.5 HV and 248.2 HV. Microstructure of WAAM 347 consists of columnar dendrites and equiaxed dendrite in the multilayer deposition. The percent volume fraction of delta ferrite in the as-deposited WAAM plate was 4.2 and the predicted ferrite number from WRC-1992 diagram is 4.1. The mechanical properties of the welded parts were anisotropic; the sample at 45° orientation has a higher tensile strength compared to 0° and 90° orientation samples. The fractured tensile specimens in the as-deposited state were characterized by dimple-like structures revealing the ductile fracture. SEM line mapping confirms the presence of intermetallic compounds (NbC) in the WAAM 347 plate.


2011 ◽  
Vol 341-342 ◽  
pp. 16-20
Author(s):  
Mongkol Chaisri ◽  
Prachya Peasura

The research was study the effect of gas metal arc welding process parameters on mechanical property. The specimen was carbon steel ASTM A285 grade A which thickness of 6 mm. The experiments with full factorial design. The factors used in this study are shielding gas and voltage. The welded specimens were tested by tensile strength testing and hardness testing according to ASME boiler and pressure vessel code section IX 2007. The result showed that both of shielding gas and voltage had interaction on tensile strength and hardness at 95% confidential (P value < 0.05). Factors affecting the tensile strength are the most carbon dioxide and 27 voltage were tensile strength 213.43 MPa. And hardness maximum of 170.60 HV can be used carbon dioxide and 24 voltage. This research can be used as data in the following appropriate parameters to gas metal arc welding process.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (24) ◽  
pp. 11655
Author(s):  
Gwang-Gook Kim ◽  
Dong-Yoon Kim ◽  
Insung Hwang ◽  
Dongcheol Kim ◽  
Young-Min Kim ◽  
...  

Gas metal arc welding of aluminum 5083 alloys was performed using three new welding wires with different magnesium and manganese contents and compared with commercial aluminum 5183 alloy filler wire. To investigate the effect of magnesium and manganese contents on the mechanical properties of welds, mechanical properties were evaluated through tensile strength, bending, and microhardness tests. In addition, the microstructure and chemical composition were analyzed to compare the differences between each weld. The tensile strengths of welds using aluminum alloy filler wires with a magnesium content of 7.33 wt.% (W1) and 6.38 wt.% (W2), respectively, were similar. The tensile strength and hardness of welds using wires with a similar magnesium content, but a different manganese content of 0.004 wt.% (W2) and 0.46 wt.% (W3), respectively, were higher in the wire with a high manganese content. Through various mechanical and microstructural property analyses, when the magnesium content of the filler wire was 6 wt.% or more, the manganese content, rather than the magnesium content, had a dominant effect on the strengthening of the weld.


Author(s):  
Augusta Ijeoma Ekpemogu ◽  
Olamide Emmanuel Ariwoola ◽  
Akeem Abiodun Rasheed ◽  
Oladipupo Akinleye Ogundele ◽  
Taiwo Ebenezer Abioye ◽  
...  

In this work, gas metal arc welding of AISI 304 stainless steel at varying compositions of argon-CO2 shielding environment was performed using an established optimum parametric combination. Thereafter, investigations on the microstructure of the welded joints and mechanical properties of the weldments were carried out. Weldments of excellent surface quality that are void of spatters and pores were obtained when the shielding gas composition (wt.%) range is between 100% argon and 75% argon - 25% CO2. Increasing percentage composition of CO2 beyond 25% resulted in irregular bead formation characterized with spatters and pores. The hardness of the welded joint became significantly high as the CO2 composition in the shielding gas increased. The highest value of 310 HV was obtained when the shielding gas composition was 5% argon- 95% CO2. The least (220 HV) was obtained when the shielding gas was 100% argon. High ultimate tensile strength (596 - 378 MPa) was achieved when the shielding gas composition range is between 100% argon and 75% argon-25% CO2. The UTS dropped significantly as the CO2 composition in the shielding gas increased beyond 25%. It decreased from 336 MPa at 70% argon-30% CO2 shielding gas composition to 133 MPa when 100% CO2 was utilized as the shielding gas. At the end, the effects of the CO2 addition and suitable composition of CO2 addition to argon shielding environment during GMAW of AISI 304 stainless steel have been established.


2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terumi Nakamura ◽  
◽  
Kazuo Hiraoka ◽  

We develop a coaxial multilayer solid wire to use in Gas Metal Arc welding with pure Ar shielding gas (Ar-GMA welding). The oxygen concentration in weld metal that degrades the welded parts is reduced using by Ar-GMA welding. We produce stable welds with pure Ar shielding gas and obtain a high-quality joint with improved toughness.


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