Predicting Bead Geometry of 2F-Fillet Joint Welded by Small Wire SAW

Abstract:

The cost of development of WPS will be very expensive if the welding parameter is selected based on trial and error. Optimal welding condition cannot be easily guessed unless the operator has records of good welding. If a calculator that can predict the welding parameter for the desired bead geometry accurately, such tool will be extremely useful for any fabrication industry. This paper intends to investigate the correlation between the welding parameter and weld bead geometry of 2F position T-fillet carbon steel, when welded by 1.2 mm diameter wire submerged arc welding. Keeping only one parameter as variable, 2F fillet weld coupons are welded by SAW with a range of welding current, welding voltage and welding speed. Only weld bead geometry that complied with the quality requirement of code of practice AWS D1.1 is considered. The trendline graph is created to fit the correlation between the heat input and the fillet weld geometry. By incorporating the trendline formulas into the calculator, the weld bead geometry can be predicted accurately for any welding parameter. The mean absolute deviation (MAD) between the predicted geometry and the experimental results is less than 0.50mm.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 576)
• Pages: 185-188
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.576.185
• Online since: October 2012
• Authors: Shahfuan Hanif Ahmad Hamidi, Abdul Ghalib Tham, Yupiter H.P. Manurung, Sunhaji Kiyai Abas
• Keywords: Bead Geometry, Heat Input, Submerged Arc Welding (SAW), Welding Parameter

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