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Keywords
Metal Transfer, Short Circuit Transfer, Pulsed Arc, Power Supply
Characteristics, Open Circuit Voltage, Closed Circuit Current,
Constant Voltage Power Supply, Constant Current Power Supply,
Drooping Characteristic, Self Regulating Arc,Magnetic Arc Blow
Physics of Welding
Tandom
Arc
View the Arc Welding High Speed Videos
from the Video Web Page on the WE300
Website
Turn to the person sitting next to you and discuss (1 min.):
• From the chart showing the effect on metal transfer by
changes in shielding gas it is seen that an addition of 2%
oxygen to tan argon GMAW using DCEP caused the arc to
stop wandering and have good spray transfer. Can you
explain from a physical point of view what might have
happened?
Welding Arcs and Machines
Open-Circuit Voltage
V
CC
Voc
Hot Start
Arc CV
Voc
I
Short-Circuit Current
V
CC
Arc Force
or Dig
CV
Arc
I
Isc Isc
(1000's)
Electrical Stability of the Arc
V
Unstable
Rs
Stable Arc
Arc will
Source
operate here
I
Manual Arc Control
F F
F
B B B
h h h
Vary
h
Arc Arc
h
I I
F Vm
Wire arc too
CV B Feeder CV long
I
Power V arc too
Source short
h
F=constant, I varies
I
current current
drops rises
B<F B>F
Processes Using Processes Using
Constant Current Constant Voltage
• SMAW • GMAW
• GTAW • FCAW
• PAW • SAW
• Processes • Processes that use
where humans constant velocity wire
control arc feeding
length by hand
Turn to the person sitting next to you and discuss (1 min.):
• In the V-I Characteristic Curves, there are two places
where the Arc current and voltage are the same as the power
supply current and voltage, one point is stable and the other
is unstable. Why is the unstable point unstable?
Magnetic Arc Blow
Magnetic Flux Concentration
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