Study of the Tig Keyhole Technique Through Comparative Analysis Between Two High Productivity Torches in Joints of the Middle Thickness Carbon Steel Plates

In the common reference bibliography, the welding through Keyhole technique it always associated with welding processes with a high energy concentration, such as Laser processes or Plasma processes. New advances in TIG torches are changing the way as the TIG welding process should be considered. An...

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Published inSoldagem & Inspeção Vol. 20; no. 3; pp. 262 - 274
Main Authors Olivares, Erick Alejandro Gonzalez, e Silva, Regis Henrique Goncalves, Dutra, Jair Carlos
Format Journal Article
LanguagePortuguese
Published 01.09.2015
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Summary:In the common reference bibliography, the welding through Keyhole technique it always associated with welding processes with a high energy concentration, such as Laser processes or Plasma processes. New advances in TIG torches are changing the way as the TIG welding process should be considered. An example of these new advances is the commercially known as Infocus torch, which according to its manufacturers, the main feature of these torch is his capacity of energy concentration on the electrode tip, through an increase the electrode cooling power, which differentiate the Infocus of one conventional TIG torch. This concentration of energy allows the torch Infocus to work with Keyhole technique. Therefore, the objective of this work was to study the feasibility of a conventional TIG torch to use the Keyhole technique, with the same working conditions that the torch commercially known as Infocus. Through tests it was possible to confirm that the TIG process can effectively work with Keyhole technique, without need for a special torch. However, the electrode of the torch Infocus has a greater life compared to a conventional electrode of the same composition, increasing the productivity.Original Abstract: Na bibliografia de referenda comum, a soldagem por meio da tecnica Keyhole sempre foi associada a processos de soldagem com uma alta concentracao de energia, como o processo Laser ou o processo Plasma. Novos avancos em tochas TIG estao mudando a forma em como o processo de soldagem TIG deveria ser considerado. Um exemplo desses novos avancos e a tocha comercialmente conhecida como Infocus, que segundo seus fabricantes a principal caracteristica da tocha e a capacidade de concentracao de energia na ponta do eletrodo, por medio de um aumento na potencia de refrigeracao do eletrodo, diferenciando a infocus de uma tocha convencional TIG. Tal concentracao de energia permite a tocha Infocus trabalhar com a tecnica Keyhole. Portanto, e objetivo do presente trabalho estudar a factibilidade de uma tocha convencional TIG de usar a tecnica Keyhole, com as mesmas condicoes de trabalho que a tocha comercialmente conhecida como Infocus. Atraves dos ensaios realizados foi possivel confirmar que o processo TIG consegue trabalhar com a tecnica Keyhole, sem necessidade de uma tocha com caracteristicas especiais. Porem, o eletrodo da tocha Infocus possui uma vida maior, em comparacao a um eletrodo convencional da mesma composicao, aumentando a produtividade do processo.
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ISSN:0104-9224
1980-6973
DOI:10.1590/0104-9224/SI2003.02