Patent GB-1332915-A (GB)
Title: Electric arc welding method and welding head
Inventor: SCHERL P
IPC: B23K35/02
Filed: 1970-12-29
Abstract: 1332915 Welding by fusion BOHLER & CO AG GEBR 29 Dec 1970 [24 Dec 1969] 61756/70 Heading B3R [Also in Division C7] In build-up deposition of metal or seam welding by arc welding (e.g. flux-submerged or gas shielded) using uncovered flat cross-section consumable electrode strips, at least two electrode strips are positioned by guides 6 in a welding head so as to be in full or partial mutual widthwise overlap. The strips may be of different thicknesses, different widths or different compositions, and may be contiguous or separated thicknesswise. At least one electrode strip may be a filled strip containing alloying components and/or deoxidants and/or fluxes. The welding may be A.C. or straight or reversed polarity D.C. A plurality of strips of a same standard thickness and width may be mutually offset to produce a desired bead width. In Figs. 1, 2, the guides 6, for three strips 1, 2, 3 taken from reels (not shown), comprise discs grooved at 5 and adjustably and exchangeably mounted on shafts 4 in the upper part of the welding head. The strips pass through feed rollers 7, 7<SP>1</SP> defining a gap adjustable by a screw 8 and pass through an adjustable gap between the lower edges 12 of contact plates 10, 11 which are preferably of copper and partly lined with insulating bodies 9 and carry flux powder hoppers 13.  In Fig. 4 (not shown), contact plate gap adjustment is by lever operated lazy tongs device (15) and flux powder hoppers or a gasshielding device are/is carried on brackets provided on the contact plates. The strips may be positioned separated thicknesswise by spacing pieces which may be arranged between or below the contact plate edges. The strips may be fed by individual roller pairs 7, 7<SP>1</SP> or a common roller pair, past one or, Fig. 6, two wedge-shaped contact members 18, 18<SP>1</SP> which co-operate with spring-pressed rollers 17 and may be slidably adjustable to vary strip separation.  The specification provides the following examples of build-up deposition of metal and seam welding, and also gives strip size, current, welding speed, workpiece dilution of the weld metal, and fusion output data, together with some comparisons with prior art. Deposition with strips of same composition. Example 1.-Two strips of equal size with full overlap. Strip composition: 0À017% C, 0À47% Si, 1À67% Mn, 24À2% Cr, 12À82% Ni, 0À60% Nb, less than 0À020% P and S, balance Fe. Workpiece composition: 0À08% C, 0À26% Si, 0À45% Mn steel. Flux powder composition, I: 29À5% SiO 2 , 27À1% CaO, 23À8% CaF 2 , 7À3% ZrO 2 , 3À5% Al 2 O 3 , 2À6% Na 2 O, 2À2% Mn, 3À1% Cr. Example 2.-Two, three or four strips of equal size. Strip composition: 0À020% C, 0À45% Si, 1À82% Mn, 21À72% Cr, 11À13% Ni, less than 0À020% P and S, balance Fe. Workpiece composition: Unalloyed steel. Flux I. Example 3.-As Example 1 but with varying strip overlap. Example 4.-Three strips of equal size arranged as shown in Fig. 7. Strip composition: as Example 1. Flux powder composition, II: 21À4% SiO 2 , 26À2% CaO, 3À1% CaF 2 , 14À8% MgO, 7À2% MnO, 21À0% Al 2 O 3 , 0À8% Fe 2 O 3 , 5À3% Cr. Example 5.-Four or five strips of equal size arranged as shown in Fig. 8. Strip composition: 0À018% C, 0À43% Si, 1À71% Mn, 20À44% Cr, 13À90% Ni, 2À62% Mo, less than 0À020% P, less than 0À010% S, balance Fe. Flux II. Example 6.-Two strips of unequal size arranged as shown in Fig. 9. Strip composition: as Example 2. Flux II. Example 7.-Strips of unequal thickness arranged: (a) Two equal width strips, full overlap. (b) Two large width and three smaller width strips sandwiched therebetween. (c) One large width strip with one smaller width strip centrally positioned thereof. (d) One large width strip with two smaller width strips at the edges thereof. Strip composition: as Example 2. Flux I. Deposition with strips of differing composition for hard-facing and corrosion protection. Example 8.-Two strips of equal size. One strip (tool steel) composition: 1À26% C, 0À24% Si, 0À31% Mn, 0À72% Cr, 1À88% W, 0À14% V. Other strip (Cr steel) composition (a): 0À07% C, 0À4% Si, 0À4% Mn, 18% Cr, balance Fe. Alternative other strip (Cr steel) composition (b): 0À20% C, 0À85% Si, 0À4% Mn, 17À8% Cr, 1À1% Mo, balance Fe. Flux powder composition, III: 39À3% SiO 2 , 10À2% CaO, 6À2% CaF 2 , 2À1% Al 2 O 3 , 39À6% MnO, 2À4% FeO. In an alternative to Example 8, two strips of said tool steel are used. Example 9.-Large width tool steel strip and smaller Cr-steel strip centrally positioned thereof. Otherwise as Example 8 with Cr-steel (b). Example 10.-Two strips of equal size. One strip (H.S. steel) composition: 0À82% C, 0À37% Si, 0À32% Mn, 4À22% Cr, 4À83% Mo, 1À98% V, 6À60% W, balance Fe. Other strip (tool steel) as Example 8. Workpiece: Fe base 1-2% C. Flux III. Producing weld metal: 0À91% C, 0À66% Si, 0À91% Mn, 2À45% Cr, 2À26% Mo, 0À61% V, 4À06% W, balance Fe. Example 11.-Three equal size strips. Strip (a) composition: 0À18% C, 0À80% Si, 1À28% Mn, 25À96% Cr, 10À0% Ni, 5À05% W, 0À35% Fe, balance Co. Strip (b) Tool steel as Example 8. Strip (c) Co. Workpiece: Co based alloy. Producing weld metal with Cr-W carbides in a Co base. Example 12.-Strips of equal size. One strip (a) composition: 0À019% C, 24À05% Cr, 12À70% Ni, balance Fe. One or more strips (b) composition: 0À018% C, 19À75% Cr, 10À30% Ni, balance Fe. Workpiece: 0À20% C. Flux I. Producing weld metal: one strip (b), 0À029% C, 20À8% Cr, 10À93% Ni, balance Fe; two strips (b): 0À028% C, 20À18% Cr, 10À55% Ni, balance Fe. Deposition with strips separated. Example 13.-Two equal sized strips, full overlap, spaced 6 mm. Strip composition: 0À22% C, 0À40% Si, 1À91% Mn, 21À80% Cr, 11À50% Ni, less than 0À020% P and S, balance Fe. Workpiece composition: as Example 1. Flux powder composition IV: 32À6% SiO 2 , 28À3% MgO, 19À2% Al 2 O 3 , 6À4% CaF 2 , 4À1% CaO, 5À9% Cr, 3À3% Fe. Producing weld metal: 0À036% C, 0À63% Si, 0À92% Mn, 19À37% Cr, 9À66% Ni, balance Fe. Example 14.-Two equal sized strips, full overlap, spaced 1À6 mm. Strip composition: 0À49% C, 0À37% Si, 1À77% Mn, 19À00% Cr, 12À58% Ni, less than 0À020% P and S, balance Fe. Flux IV. Producing weld metal: 0À054% C, 0À62% Si, 1À10% Mn, 17À34% Cr, 11À06% Ni, balance Fe. Cored strip, together with plain strip Example 15.-Cored strip envelope composition: 0À06% C, 0À30% Mn, traces of Si, less than 0À025% P or S, balance Fe. Cored strip filling composition: 77% Cr powder, 2% Mn powder, 2% ferrosilicon (45%), 5À5% Al powder, 11À5% silver graphite. Plain strip wider than cored strip, composition: 25% Cr, 4% Ni, balance Fe. Producing weld metal: chromium cast iron having 3À1% C, 28% Cr, 1À4% Ni. Seam (fillet) welding. Example 16.-Three equal sized strips, full overlap, disposed either at right angles or parallel to the direction of welding. Strip composition: 0À11% C, 0À46% Si, 6À80% Mn, 19À30% Cr, 8À60% Ni, less than 0À020% P and S. Flux I. Workpiece composition: 0À45% C, 0À25% Si, 0À62% Mn, less than 0À020% P, less than 0À010% S, balance Fe. Example 17.-Two equal sized strips, full overlap, and disposed parallel to the direction of welding. Strip composition: 0À018% C, 0À42% Si, 1À74% Mn, 19À09% Cr, 2À51% Mo, 12À30% Ni, balance Fe. Workpiece composition: 0À022% C, 0À69% Si, 1À02% Mn, 17À54% Cr, 2À26% Mo, 11À55% Ni, balance Fe. The specification also discloses the advantageous use, for hard build-up deposition, of at least one strip electrode containing 0À5-4À3% C and the combination of the latter (preferably iron based with 0À6-2À8% C) with at least one strip electrode containing 12-30% Cr and optionally up to 5% Mo or with a strip electrode of Co or Co alloy.