WO2015054391A2 - Systems and methods for corrosion-resistant welding electrodes - Google Patents

Systems and methods for corrosion-resistant welding electrodes Download PDF

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WO2015054391A2
WO2015054391A2 PCT/US2014/059701 US2014059701W WO2015054391A2 WO 2015054391 A2 WO2015054391 A2 WO 2015054391A2 US 2014059701 W US2014059701 W US 2014059701W WO 2015054391 A2 WO2015054391 A2 WO 2015054391A2
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Mario Anthony Amata
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Tre' Dorell Heflin-King
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  • the invention relates generally to welding and, more specifically, to electrodes for arc welding, such as Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) or Flux Core Arc Welding (FCAW).
  • GMAW Gas Metal Arc Welding
  • FCAW Flux Core Arc Welding
  • Welding is a process that has become ubiquitous in various industries for a variety of applications. For example, welding is often used in applications such as shipbuilding, offshore platform, construction, pipe mills, and so forth.
  • Certain welding techniques e.g., Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW), Gas-shielded Flux Core Arc Welding (FCAW-G), and Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW)
  • GMAW Gas Metal Arc Welding
  • FCAW-G Gas-shielded Flux Core Arc Welding
  • GTAW Gas Tungsten Arc Welding
  • a shielding gas e.g., argon, carbon dioxide, or oxygen
  • FCAW Flux Core Arc Welding
  • SAW Submerged Arc Welding
  • SMAW Shielded Metal Arc Welding
  • welding may involve a welding electrode in the form of welding wire.
  • Welding wire may generally provide a supply of filler metal for the weld as well as provide a path for the current during the welding process.
  • certain types of welding wire e.g., tubular welding wire
  • may include one or more components e.g., flux, arc stabilizers, or other additives that may generally alter the welding process and/or the properties of the resulting weld.
  • a tubular welding wire has a sheath and a core, and the tubular welding wire includes an organic stabilizer component, a rare earth component, and a corrosion resistant component comprising one or more of: nickel, chromium, and copper.
  • a corrosion resistant weld deposit is formed on a coated workpiece.
  • the weld deposit includes between approximately 0.5% and approximately 21% chromium by weight, between approximately 0.02% and approximately 12% nickel by weight, and between approximately 0.05% and approximately 1% copper by weight. Additionally, the weld deposit has a porosity less than approximately 0.25 inches per inch of the weld deposit.
  • a method of manufacturing a tubular welding wire includes disposing a core within a metallic sheath.
  • the core includes an organic stabilizer component including a sodium or potassium salt of an organic molecule or an organic polymer.
  • the core includes a rare earth component including one or more elements or compounds of the lanthanide series.
  • the core also includes an agglomerate having oxides of one or more of: potassium, sodium, silicon, titanium, and manganese.
  • the core further includes a corrosion resistant component including one or more of: nickel, chromium, and copper.
  • the method also includes compressing the metallic sheath around the core to form the tubular welding wire.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a gas metal arc welding (GMAW) system, in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a tubular welding wire, in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure
  • FIG. 3 is a process by which the tubular welding wire may be used to weld a workpiece, in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 4 is a process for manufacturing the tubular welding wire, in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure.
  • stabilizer or “additive” may be generally used to refer to any component of the tubular welding that improves the quality of the arc, the quality of the weld, or otherwise affect the welding process.
  • approximately may generally refer to an approximate value that may, in certain embodiments, represent a difference (e.g., higher or lower) of less than 0.01%, less than 0.1%, or less than 1% from the actual value. That is, an "approximate” value may, in certain embodiments, be accurate to within (e.g., plus or minus) 0.01 %, within 0.1%, or within 1% of the stated value.
  • a "stainless steel” is any steel that includes at least 10.5 % chromium by weight and at least 50% iron by weight.
  • a non-limiting list of example stainless steels include: 200 series stainless steel, 300 series stainless steel, and 400 series stainless steel.
  • certain types of welding electrodes may include one or more components (e.g., flux, arc stabilizers, or other additives) that may generally alter the welding process and the properties of the resulting weld.
  • certain presently disclosed welding electrode embodiments include one or more corrosion resistant components (e.g., nickel, chromium, copper, and/or alloys or mixtures thereof) that may enable a weld deposit to have enhanced or improved resistance to corrosion or oxidation.
  • an organic stabilizer e.g., a derivatized cellulose-based component
  • an organic stabilizer may refer to an organic salt or organometallic compound having an organic portion (e.g., a carbon-based molecule or polymer chain) and a stabilizer portion (e.g., a Group I/II metal ion).
  • Certain presently disclosed welding electrode embodiments also include a rare earth component (e.g., a lanthanide alloys, lanthanide silicides) that may generally help to control the shape and penetration of the arc during welding.
  • a metal sheath having lower carbon content may be used to provide, for example, a lower spatter rate, reduced welding fumes, and/or reduced penetration into the workpiece during welding.
  • the disclosed tubular welding wire may have a suitable composition to enable the formation of a weld deposit with a relatively high chromium content (e.g., 4 - 6 wt% chromium), which may hold nitrogen in solution within the weld deposit to mitigate or prevent weld porosity.
  • low porosity weld deposits e.g., a porosity less than approximately 0.25 inches or less than approximately 0.10 inches per inch of weld
  • a high nitrogen content e.g., nitrided steel
  • the presently disclosed tubular welding wires enhance the weldability of coated (e.g., galvanized, galvannealed, aluminized, nitrided, painted, and so forth) workpieces and/or thinner (e.g., 20-, 22-, 24-gauge, or thinner) workpieces, even at high travel speed (e.g., greater than 30 in/min or greater than 40 in/min).
  • coated e.g., galvanized, galvannealed, aluminized, nitrided, painted, and so forth
  • thinner e.g., 20-, 22-, 24-gauge, or thinner
  • the aforementioned corrosion resistant components within the sheath and/or the core of certain embodiments of the disclosed tubular welding wires may improve the corrosion resistance of the weld deposit relative to a mild steel weld deposit.
  • the sheath of the disclosed tubular welding wires may be a corrosion resistant sheath, such as a stainless steel sheath (e.g., 304, 409, 410, or 430 stainless steel) as defined by the American Welding Society (AWS) A5.22.
  • the corrosion resistant weld deposit formed by the disclosed tubular welding wires may be stainless weld deposits (e.g., 304, 409, 410, or 430 stainless steel), in accordance with AWS A5.22.
  • the improved corrosion resistance enabled by certain embodiments of the disclosed tubular welding wires may either obviate or supplement certain post-weld process steps, such as preparing and coating (e.g., zinc plating) the weld deposit after deposition.
  • tubular welding wires may be drawn to particular diameters (e.g., 0.024 in, 0.030 in, 0.035 in, 0.0375 in, 0.040 in, or other suitable diameters) to provide good heat transfer and deposition rates and/or to enable the welding of thinner workpieces.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates an embodiment of a gas metal arc welding (GMAW) system 10 that utilizes a welding electrode (e.g., tubular welding wire) in accordance with the present disclosure.
  • GMAW gas metal arc welding
  • the welding system 10 includes a welding power source 12, a welding wire feeder 14, a gas supply system 16, and a welding torch 18.
  • the welding power source 12 generally supplies power to the welding system 10 and may be coupled to the welding wire feeder 14 via a cable bundle 20 as well as coupled to a workpiece 22 using a lead cable 24 having a clamp 26.
  • the welding wire feeder 14 is coupled to the welding torch 18 via a cable bundle 28 in order to supply consumable, tubular welding wire (i.e., the welding electrode) and power to the welding torch 18 during operation of the welding system 10.
  • the welding power unit 12 may couple and directly supply power to the welding torch 18.
  • the welding power source 12 may generally include power conversion circuitry that receives input power from an alternating current power source 30 (e.g., an AC power grid, an engine/generator set, or a combination thereof), conditions the input power, and provides DC or AC output power via the cable 20. As such, the welding power source 12 may power the welding wire feeder 14 that, in turn, powers the welding torch 18, in accordance with demands of the welding system 10.
  • the lead cable 24 terminating in the clamp 26 couples the welding power source 12 to the workpiece 22 to close the circuit between the welding power source 12, the workpiece 22, and the welding torch 18.
  • the welding power source 12 may include circuit elements (e.g., transformers, rectifiers, switches, and so forth) capable of converting the AC input power to a direct current electrode positive (DCEP) output, direct current electrode negative (DCEN) output, DC variable polarity, pulsed DC, or a variable balance (e.g., balanced or unbalanced) AC output, as dictated by the demands of the welding system 10.
  • DCEP direct current electrode positive
  • DCEN direct current electrode negative
  • DC variable polarity e.g., pulsed DC
  • a variable balance e.g., balanced or unbalanced
  • the illustrated welding system 10 includes a gas supply system 16 that supplies a shielding gas or shielding gas mixtures from one or more shielding gas sources 17 to the welding torch 18.
  • the gas supply system 16 is directly coupled to the welding torch 18 via a gas conduit 32.
  • the gas supply system 16 may instead be coupled to the wire feeder 14, and the wire feeder 14 may regulate the flow of gas from the gas supply system 16 to the welding torch 18.
  • a shielding gas may refer to any gas or mixture of gases that may be provided to the arc and/or weld pool in order to provide a particular local atmosphere (e.g., to shield the arc, improve arc stability, limit the formation of metal oxides, improve wetting of the metal surfaces, alter the chemistry of the weld deposit, and so forth).
  • the shielding gas flow may be a shielding gas or shielding gas mixture (e.g., argon (Ar), helium (He), carbon dioxide (C0 2 ), oxygen (0 2 ), nitrogen (N 2 ), similar suitable shielding gases, or any mixtures thereof).
  • a shielding gas flow (e.g., delivered via the conduit 32) may include Ar, Ar/C0 2 mixtures (e.g., between 1% and 99% C0 2 in Ar), Ar/C0 2 /0 2 mixtures, Ar/He mixtures, and so forth.
  • the shielding gas flow may include 100% Ar; 75% Ar and 25% C0 2 ; 90% Ar and 10% C0 2 ; or 98% Ar and 2% 0 2 .
  • the illustrated welding torch 18 generally receives the welding electrode (i.e., the tubular welding wire), power from the welding wire feeder 14, and a shielding gas flow from the gas supply system 16 in order to perform GMAW of the workpiece 22.
  • the welding torch 18 may be brought near the workpiece 22 so that an arc 34 may be formed between the consumable welding electrode (i.e., the welding wire exiting a contact tip of the welding torch 18) and the workpiece 22.
  • the composition of the welding electrode i.e., the tubular welding wire
  • the chemistry of the arc 34 and/or the resulting weld e.g., composition and physical characteristics
  • the welding electrode may include fluxing or alloying components that may affect the welding process (e.g., act as arc stabilizers) and, further, may become at least partially incorporated into the weld, affecting the mechanical properties of the weld.
  • certain components of the welding electrode i.e., welding wire
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a tubular welding wire 50 that includes a metallic sheath 52, which encapsulates a granular or powdered core 54 (also referred to as filler).
  • the tubular welding wire 50 may comply with one or more AWS standards.
  • the tubular welding wire 50 may be classified in accordance with AWS A5.18 (“SPECIFICATION FOR CARBON STEEL ELECTRODES AND RODS FOR GAS SHEILDED ARC WELDING”), or AWS A5.20 (“CARBON STEEL ELECTRODES FOR FLUX CORED ARC WELDING"), or AWS A5.29 (“SPECIFICATION FOR LOW ALLOY STEEL ELECTRODES FOR FLUX CORED ARC WELDING"), or AWS A5.36 (“SPECIFICATION FOR CARBON AND LOW-ALLOY STEEL FLUX CORED ELECTRODES FOR FLUX CORED ARC WELDING AND METAL CORED ELECTRODES FOR GAS METAL ARC WELDING”), or AWS A5.22 (“SPECIFICATION FOR STAINLESS STEEL FLUX CORED AND METAL CORED WELDING ELECTRODES AND RODS”), or another suitable AWS standard applicable to coated (e.g.,
  • the disclosed tubular welding wire may not fall within an existing AWS standard.
  • the disclosed tubular welding wire may form martensitic weld deposits and, as such, may fall outside of an existing AWS standard.
  • such tubular welding wire embodiments may be useful, for example, as a hard-facing type wire used to form hard-facing weld deposits.
  • the resulting martensitic weld deposit may be subsequently heat treated (e.g., at approximately 1200 °F for approximately 1 hour or less) to improve the ductility of the weld deposit while still retaining its high strength.
  • post-weld heat treatments may add time and cost to the welding operation and may cause deleterious distortions in certain types of workpieces.
  • tubular welding wire 50 may be capable of providing quality welds on coated (e.g., galvanized, aluminized, nitrided, etc.) and uncoated mild steel workpieces.
  • coated e.g., galvanized, aluminized, nitrided, etc.
  • uncoated mild steel workpieces e.g., galvanized, aluminized, nitrided, etc.
  • the aforementioned corrosion resistant components e.g., nickel, chromium, copper, and/or mixtures or alloys thereof
  • process steps e.g., cleaning and coating the surface of the weld deposit. Further, elimination of such process steps may reduce welding process time and/or improve welding process efficiency.
  • the tubular welding wire 50 may be designed for either single -pass or multi-pass welding operations. It may be appreciated that, generally speaking, single pass weld metal may be diluted by approximately 15% and 50% by the base material of the workpiece, and, accordingly, the composition of the tubular welding wire 50 may be adjusted in order to provide particular target concentrations of the corrosion resistant components in the resulting weld deposit for a particular type (e.g., single pass or multi-pass) of welding operation.
  • the tubular welding wire 50 may be capable of achieving a weld deposit having ferritic stainless chemistry, in which a minimum chromium level (e.g., at least 2.5% chromium by weight of the weld deposit) may be provided to the weld deposit using a single pass welding operation to result in a corrosion resistant weld deposit on coated (e.g., galvanized, aluminized, nitrided) or uncoated mild steel workpieces, including workpieces having thicknesses of 0.3 inches or less (e.g., gauge thicknesses).
  • coated e.g., galvanized, aluminized, nitrided
  • uncoated mild steel workpieces including workpieces having thicknesses of 0.3 inches or less (e.g., gauge thicknesses).
  • the metallic sheath 52 of the tubular welding wire 50 illustrated in FIG. 2 may be manufactured from any suitable metal or alloy, such as steel.
  • the composition of the metallic sheath 52 may affect the composition of the resulting weld and/or the properties of the arc 34.
  • the metallic sheath 52 may account for between approximately 80% and 90% of the total weight of the tubular welding wire 50.
  • the metallic sheath 52 may provide or account for between approximately 84% and approximately 86% of the total weight of the tubular welding wire 50.
  • the metallic sheath 52 may be manufactured from 304, 409, 410, or 430 stainless steel, as defined by AWS A5.22.
  • the metallic sheath 52 may include certain additives or impurities (e.g., alloying components, carbon, alkali metals, manganese, or similar compounds or elements) that may be selected to provide desired weld properties.
  • the metallic sheath 52 of the tubular welding wire 50 may be a low-carbon strip that includes a relatively small (e.g., lower or reduced) amount of carbon.
  • the carbon content of the metallic sheath 52 may account for less than approximately 0.01%, less than approximately 0.02%, less than approximately 0.03%, less than approximately 0.04%, less than approximately 0.05%, less than approximately 0.06%, less than approximately 0.07%, less than approximately 0.08%, less than approximately 0.09%, or less than approximately 0.1% of the weight of the entire tubular welding wire 50.
  • the metallic sheath 52 may be made of steel (e.g., low-carbon steel) generally having a small number of inclusions.
  • the manganese content of the metallic sheath 52 may account for between approximately 0.25% and approximately 0.5%, or approximately 0.34% or approximately 0.35% manganese of the weight of the tubular welding wire 50.
  • the metallic sheath 52 may have a phosphorus content that is less than approximately 0.02% of the total weight of the tubular welding wire 50 and/or a sulfur content that is less than approximately 0.02% of the total weight of the tubular welding wire 50.
  • the metallic sheath 52 may also provide less a silicon content that is less than approximately 0.04% of the weight of the tubular welding wire 50, an aluminum content that is less than approximately 0.05% of the weight of the tubular welding wire 50, a copper content that is less than approximately 0.1 % of the weight of the tubular welding wire 50, and/or a tin content that is less than approximately 0.02% of the weight of the tubular welding wire 50.
  • the iron content of the metallic sheath 52 may account for more than approximately 80% (e.g., 84%, 85%) of the weight of the tubular welding wire 50.
  • one or more of the corrosion resistant components e.g., nickel, chromium, copper
  • the granular core 54 of the illustrated tubular welding wire 50 may generally be a compacted powder.
  • the granular core 54 may account for between approximately 5% and approximately 40% or between approximately 10% and approximately 20% of the total weight of the tubular welding wire 50.
  • the granular core 54 may provide approximately 14%, approximately 15%, approximately 16%, or approximately 20% of the total weight of the tubular welding wire 50.
  • the components of the granular core 54 discussed below, may be homogenously or non-homogenously (e.g., in clumps or clusters 56) disposed within the granular core 54.
  • the granular core 54 of certain flux-cored and metal-cored welding electrode embodiments may include one or more metals (e.g., iron, iron titanium, iron silicon, or other alloys or metals) that may provide at least a portion of the filler metal for the weld deposit.
  • the granular core 54 may include between approximately 0% and approximately 60% iron powder, as well as other alloying components, such as ferro-titanium (e.g., 40% grade), ferro-magnesium-silicon, and ferro-silicon powder (e.g., 50% grade, unstabilized).
  • components that may be present within the tubular welding wire 50 include other stabilizing, fluxing, and alloying components, such as may be found in METALLOY X-CELTM welding electrodes available from Illinois Tool Works Inc.
  • the total percentage of the combination of the one or more carbon sources and the one or more alkali metal and/or alkali earth metal compounds may be between approximately 0.01 % and approximately 10% by weight, relative to the granular core 54 or the entire tubular welding wire 50.
  • the total percentage of the combination of the one or more carbon sources and the one or more alkali metal and/or alkali earth metal may be between approximately 0.01 % and approximately 8%, between approximately 0.05% and approximately 5%, or between approximately 0.1 % and approximately 4% of the granular core 54 or of the tubular welding wire 50 by weight.
  • the granular core 54 may include a carbon source and a potassium source that together account for approximately 10% or less of the granular core 54 by weight.
  • the components of the welding wire 50 e.g., the metal sheath 52, the granular core 54, and so forth
  • may change physical state, chemically react e.g., oxidize, decompose, and so forth
  • become incorporated into the weld substantially unmodified by the weld process may change physical state, chemically react (e.g., oxidize, decompose, and so forth), or become incorporated into the weld substantially unmodified by the weld process.
  • the tubular welding wire 50 may include (e.g., in the metallic sheath 52 and/or the granular core 54) one or more metals or alloys that may limit, block, or prevent corrosion within the weld deposit after deposition.
  • the metallic sheath 52 and/or the granular core 54 may include one or more of nickel (Ni), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), and mixtures or alloys thereof, that may limit corrosion of the weld deposit by reactive species, such as oxygen.
  • chromium may account for between approximately 0.1 % and approximately 20%, between approximately 0.2% and approximately 18%, between approximately 0.3% and approximately 17%, between approximately 0.4% and approximately 16%, between approximately 0.5% and approximately 15.8%, approximately 0.6%, between approximately 4% and 6%, approximately 2.5%, or approximately 16% of the tubular welding wire 50 by weight. Further, in certain embodiments, chromium may account for between approximately 0.5% and approximately 90% or between approximately 4% and approximately 80% of the weight of the core 54.
  • the tubular welding wire 50 may be designed to provide a weld deposit having a relatively high chromium content (e.g., a weld deposit having at least 3%, 4%, or 5% chromium by weight), to enable the formation of low porosity welds on base materials that are high in nitrogen (e.g., nitrided steel base materials).
  • a weld deposit having a relatively high chromium content e.g., a weld deposit having at least 3%, 4%, or 5% chromium by weight
  • nickel may account for between approximately 0% and approximately 5%, between approximately 0.1% and approximately 2.5%, between approximately 0.2% and approximately 2%, between approximately 0.3% and approximately 1%, between approximately 0.4% and approximately 0.8%, or approximately 0.6% of the tubular welding wire 50 by weight. In certain embodiments, nickel may account for between approximately 0.5% and approximately 10%, between approximately 1 % and approximately 5%, or approximately 4% of the weight of the core 54. In certain embodiments, copper may account for between approximately 0% and approximately 2%, between approximately 0.1% and approximately 1%, between approximately 0.25% and approximately 0.9%, between approximately 0.3% and approximately 0.75%, or approximately 0.6% of the tubular welding wire 50 by weight. Further, in certain embodiments, copper may account for between approximately 0.5% and approximately 10%, between approximately 1% and approximately 5%, or approximately 4% of the weight of the core 54.
  • molybdenum may be present in the tubular welding wire 50 in order to capture carbon during the welding process, which may increase the availability of chromium for corrosion resistance.
  • molybdenum may be present in an amount that is approximately 40% of the amount of chromium (by weight) in the tubular welding wire 50.
  • molybdenum may account for between approximately 0.01 % and approximately 5%, between approximately 0.02% and approximately 4%, between approximately 0.03% and approximately 3%, between approximately 0.05% and approximately 1.5%, between approximately 0.08% and approximately 1.2%, or approximately 0.09% of the tubular welding wire 50 by weight.
  • titanium or niobium may be used in lieu of molybdenum in similar amounts to provide a similar effect.
  • the tubular welding wire 50 may include an organic stabilizer disposed in the granular core 54.
  • the organic stabilizer may be any organic molecule that includes one or more alkali metal ions (e.g., Group I: lithium (Li), sodium ( a), potassium (K), rubidium (Rb), cesium (Cs)) or alkali earth metal ions (e.g., Group II: beryllium (Be), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), strontium (Sr), or barium (Ba)).
  • alkali metal ions e.g., Group I: lithium (Li), sodium ( a), potassium (K), rubidium (Rb), cesium (Cs)
  • alkali earth metal ions e.g., Group II: beryllium (Be), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), strontium (Sr), or barium (Ba)
  • the organic stabilizer includes an organic subcomponent (e.g., an organic molecule or polymer), which includes carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, and may be chemically (e.g., covalently or ionically) bonded to the alkali metal or alkali earth metal ions.
  • the organic stabilizer may include an organic sub-component (e.g., an organic molecule or polymer, such as cellulose) that has been mixed with (e.g., not chemically bonded with) the alkali metal and/or alkali earth metal salt (e.g., potassium oxide, potassium sulfate, sodium oxide, etc.).
  • the organic stabilizer may be a cellulose-based (e.g., cellulosic) component including a cellulose chain that has been derivatized to form a sodium or potassium salt (e.g., sodium or potassium carboxymethyl cellulose).
  • the cellulose-based organic stabilizer may be sodium carboxymethyl cellulose having a degree of substitution (DS) ranging from approximately 0.5 and approximately 2.5.
  • the DS of a derivatized cellulose may be a real number between 0 and 3, representing an average number of substituted hydroxyl moieties in each monomer unit of the polysaccharide.
  • the organic stabilizer may be other organic molecules that include one or more Group I/Group II ions.
  • the organic stabilizer may include derivatized sugars (e.g., derivatized sucrose, glucose, etc.) or polysaccharides having one or more carboxylic acids or sulfate moieties available to form an alkali metal or alkali earth metal salt.
  • the organic stabilizer may include soap-like molecules (e.g., sodium dodecyl sulfate or sodium stearate) or alginates.
  • the organic stabilizer may account for less than approximately 10%, between approximately 0.05% and approximately 5%, between approximately 0.1% and approximately 3%, between approximately 0.25% and approximately 2.5%, between approximately 0.5% and approximately 1.5%, approximately 0.75%, or approximately 1% of the granular core 54 by weight. Additionally, in certain embodiments, the organic stabilizer may account for less than approximately 5%, between approximately 0.05% and approximately 3%, between approximately 0.08% and approximately 2%, between approximately 0.1% and approximately 1 %, or approximately 0.15% of the tubular welding wire 50 by weight.
  • the organic stabilizer component of the tubular welding wire 50 may be maintained at a suitable level such that a reducing environment (e.g., hydrogen-rich) may be provided near the welding arc, but without introducing substantial porosity into the weld. It should further be appreciated that utilizing an organic molecule as a delivery vehicle for at least a portion of the Group I/Group II ions to the welding arc, as presently disclosed, may not be widely used since organic molecules may generate hydrogen under the conditions of the arc, which may result in porous and/or weak welds for mild steels.
  • a reducing environment e.g., hydrogen-rich
  • organic stabilizers afford quality welds (e.g., low-porosity welds), even when welding at high travel speed on coated (e.g., galvanized, aluminized, nitrided) and/or thin workpieces.
  • tubular welding wire 50 may also include a carbon component disposed in the granular core 54.
  • the carbon source present in the granular core 54 and/or the metal sheath 52 may be in a number of forms and may stabilize the arc 34 and/or increase the carbon content of the weld.
  • graphite, graphene, nanotubes, fullerenes and/or similar substantially sp 2 -hybridized carbon sources may be utilized as the carbon source in the tubular welding wire 50.
  • graphene or graphite may be used to also provide other components (e.g., moisture, gases, metals, and so forth) that may be present in the interstitial space between the sheets of carbon.
  • substantially sp -hybridized carbon sources e.g., micro- or nano-diamond, carbon nanotubes, buckyballs
  • substantially amorphous carbon e.g., carbon black, lamp black, soot, and/or similar amorphous carbon sources
  • carbon source e.g., carbon black, lamp black, soot, and/or similar amorphous carbon sources
  • the present disclosure may refer to this component as a "carbon source,” it should be appreciated that the carbon source may be a chemically modified carbon source that may contain elements other than carbon (e.g., oxygen, halogens, metals, and so forth).
  • the tubular welding wire 50 may include a carbon black component in the granular core 54 that may contain a manganese content of approximately 20%.
  • the carbon component of the tubular welding wire 50 may be powdered or granular graphite.
  • the carbon component may account for between approximately 0.01 % and approximately 9.9%, between approximately 0.05% and approximately 5%, between approximately 0.1% and approximately 3%, between approximately 0.25% and approximately 2%, between approximately 0.4% and approximately 1 %, or approximately 0.5% of the granular core 54 by weight. Additionally, in certain embodiments, the carbon component may account for less than approximately 10%, between approximately 0.01 % and approximately 5%, between approximately 0.05% and approximately 2.5%, between approximately 0.1 % and approximately 1 %, or approximately 0.5% of the granular core 54 by weight.
  • the carbon component may account for less than approximately 5%, between approximately 0.01 % and approximately 2.5%, between approximately 0.05% and approximately 0.1%, or approximately 0.08% of the tubular welding wire 50 by weight.
  • the granular core 54 may not include a carbon component.
  • the tubular welding wire 50 may also include one or more inorganic stabilizers to further stabilize the arc 34. That is, the granular core 54 of the tubular welding wire 50 may include one or more compounds of the Group 1 and Group 2 elements (e.g., Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba).
  • the Group 1 and Group 2 elements e.g., Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba.
  • a non-limiting list of example compounds include: Group 1 (i.e., alkali metal) and Group 2 (i.e., alkaline earth metal) silicates, titanates, manganese titanate, alginates, carbonates, halides, phosphates, sulfides, hydroxides, oxides, permanganates, silicohalides, feldspars, pollucites, molybdenites, and molybdates.
  • the granular core 54 of the tubular welding wire 50 may include potassium manganese titanate, potassium sulfate, sodium feldspar, potassium feldspar, and/or lithium carbonate.
  • the granular core 54 may include potassium silicate, potassium titanate, potassium alginate, potassium carbonate, potassium fluoride, potassium phosphate, potassium sulfide, potassium hydroxide, potassium oxide, potassium permanganate, potassium silicofluoride, potassium feldspar, potassium molybdates, or a combination thereof as the potassium source.
  • the one or more alkali metal and/or alkaline earth metal compounds may include Group 1 and Group 2 salts of carboxymethyl cellulose (e.g., sodium carboxymethyl cellulose or potassium carboxymethyl cellulose). Similar examples of stabilizing compounds that may be used are described in U.S. Application Serial No.
  • one or more inorganic stabilizers may be included in the granular core 54 in the form of an agglomerate or frit. That is, certain embodiments of the tubular welding wire 50 may include one or more of the inorganic stabilizers described above in an agglomerate or frit that may stabilize the arc during welding.
  • agglomerate or "frit,” as used herein, refers to a mixture of compounds that have been fired or heated in a calciner or oven such that the components of the mixture are in intimate contact with one another.
  • the agglomerate may have subtly or substantially different chemical and/or physical properties than the individual components of the mixture used to form the agglomerate.
  • agglomerating as presently disclosed, may provide a frit that is better suited for the weld environment than the non-agglomerated materials.
  • the granular core 54 of the tubular welding wire 50 may include an agglomerate or frit of one or more alkali metal or alkaline earth metal compounds (e.g., potassium oxide, sodium oxide, calcium oxide, magnesium oxide, or other suitable alkali metal or alkaline earth metal compound).
  • the granular core 54 of the tubular welding wire 50 may include an agglomerate of a mixture of alkali metal or alkaline earth metal compound and other oxides (e.g., silicon dioxide, titanium dioxide, manganese dioxide, or other suitable metal oxides).
  • one embodiment of a tubular welding wire 50 may include an agglomerated potassium source including of a mixture of potassium oxide, silica, and titania.
  • another embodiment of a tubular welding wire 50 may include in the granular core 54 another stabilizing agglomerate having a mixture of potassium oxide (e.g., between approximately 22% and 25% by weight), silicon oxide (e.g., between approximately 10% and 18% by weight), titanium dioxide (e.g., between approximately 38% and 42% by weight), and manganese oxide or manganese dioxide (e.g., between approximately 16% and 22% by weight).
  • potassium oxide e.g., between approximately 22% and 25% by weight
  • silicon oxide e.g., between approximately 10% and 18% by weight
  • titanium dioxide e.g., between approximately 38% and 42% by weight
  • manganese oxide or manganese dioxide e.g., between approximately 16% and 22% by weight
  • an agglomerate may include between approximately 5% and 75% alkali metal and/or alkaline earth metal compound (e.g., potassium oxide, calcium oxide, magnesium oxide, or other suitable alkali metal and/or alkaline earth metal compound) by weight, or between approximately 5% and 95% alkali metal and/or alkaline earth metal (e.g., potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, or other suitable alkali metal and/or alkaline earth metal) by weight.
  • alkali metal and/or alkaline earth metal compound e.g., potassium oxide, calcium oxide, magnesium oxide, or other suitable alkali metal and/or alkaline earth metal compound
  • alkali metal and/or alkaline earth metal compound e.g., potassium oxide, calcium oxide, magnesium oxide, or other suitable alkali metal and/or alkaline earth metal compound
  • the agglomerate may account for between approximately 0.01% and approximately 9.9%, between approximately 0.05% and approximately 5%, between approximately 0.1% and approximately 4%, between approximately 1% and approximately 3%, between approximately 1.5% and approximately 2.5%, or approximately 2% of the granular core 54 by weight.
  • the agglomerate may account for less than approximately 10%, between approximately 0.1 % and approximately 6%, between approximately 0.25% and approximately 2.5%, between approximately 0.5% and approximately 1.5%, approximately 1 %, or approximately 0.75% of the granular core 54 by weight. In certain embodiments, the agglomerate may account for less than approximately 5%, between approximately 0.05% and approximately 2.5%, between approximately 0.1% and approximately 0.5%, or approximately 0.75% of the tubular welding wire 50 by weight.
  • the granular core 54 of the tubular welding wire 50 may also include other components to control the welding process.
  • rare earth elements may generally affect the stability and heat transfer characteristics of the arc 34.
  • the tubular welding wire 50 may include a rare earth component, such as the Rare Earth Silicide (e.g., available from Miller and Company of Rosemont, Illinois), which may include rare earth elements (e.g., elements of the lanthanide series), non-rare earth elements (e.g., iron and silicon), and compounds thereof (e.g., cerium silicide, lanthanum silicide, etc.).
  • the Rare Earth Silicide e.g., available from Miller and Company of Rosemont, Illinois
  • rare earth elements e.g., elements of the lanthanide series
  • non-rare earth elements e.g., iron and silicon
  • compounds thereof e.g., cerium silicide, lanthanum silicide, etc.
  • any lanthanide element, alloy, or compound may be used in an amount that does not negate the effect of the present approach.
  • the rare earth component may account for less than approximately 10%, between approximately 0.01% and approximately 8%, between approximately 0.5% and approximately 5%, between approximately 0.25% and approximately 4%, between approximately 1% and approximately 3%, between approximately 0.75% and approximately 2.5%, approximately 2%, or approximately 1.5% of the granular core 54 by weight.
  • the rare earth component may account for less than approximately 5%, between approximately 0.01 % and approximately 2.5%, between approximately 0.1% and approximately 0.75%, or approximately 0.3% of the tubular welding wire 50 by weight.
  • the tubular welding wire 50 may, additionally or alternatively, include other elements and/or minerals to provide arc stability and to control the chemistry of the resulting weld.
  • the granular core 54 and/or the metallic sheath 52 of the tubular welding wire 50 may include certain elements (e.g., titanium, manganese, zirconium, fluorine, or other elements) and/or minerals (e.g., pyrite, magnetite, and so forth).
  • certain embodiments may include zirconium silicide, nickel zirconium, or alloys of titanium, aluminum, and/or zirconium in the granular core 54.
  • sulfur containing compounds including various sulfide, sulfate, and/or sulfite compounds (e.g., such as molybdenum disulfide, iron sulfide, manganese sulfite, barium sulfate, calcium sulfate, or potassium sulfate) or sulfur-containing compounds or minerals (e.g., pyrite, gypsum, or similar sulfur-containing species) may be included in the granular core 54 to improve the quality of the resulting weld by improving bead shape and facilitating slag detachment, which may be especially useful when welding galvanized workpieces, as discussed below.
  • sulfide e.g., such as molybdenum disulfide, iron sulfide, manganese sulfite, barium sulfate, calcium sulfate, or potassium sulfate
  • sulfur-containing compounds or minerals e.g., pyrite,
  • the granular core 54 of the tubular welding wire 50 may include multiple sulfur sources (e.g., manganese sulfite, barium sulfate, and pyrite), while other embodiments of the tubular welding wire 50 may include only a single sulfur source (e.g., potassium sulfate) without including a substantial amount of another sulfur source (e.g., pyrite or iron sulfide).
  • the granular core 54 of the tubular welding wire 50 may include between approximately 0.01 % and approximately 0.5%, or approximately 0.15% or 0.2% potassium sulfate by weight of the granular core 54.
  • the tubular welding wire 50 may generally stabilize the formation of the arc 34 to the workpiece 22.
  • the disclosed tubular welding wire 50 may improve more than one aspect of the welding process (e.g., deposition rate, travel speed, splatter, bead shape, weld quality, etc.).
  • the improved stability of the arc 34 may generally enable and improve the welding of coated metal workpieces and thinner workpieces.
  • the coated metal workpieces may include galvanized, galvannealed (e.g., a combination of galvanization and annealing), or similar zinc-coated workpieces.
  • a non-limiting list of example coated workpieces further includes painted, sealed, dipped, plated (e.g., nickel- plated, copper-plated, tin-plated, or electroplated or chemically plated using a similar metal), chromed, nitrided, aluminized, or carburized workpieces.
  • plated e.g., nickel- plated, copper-plated, tin-plated, or electroplated or chemically plated using a similar metal
  • chromed nitrided, aluminized, or carburized workpieces.
  • the presently disclosed tubular welding wire 50 may generally improve the stability and control the penetration of the arc 34 such that a good weld may be achieved despite the zinc coating on the outside of the workpiece 22. Additionally, by improving the stability of the arc 34, the disclosed tubular welding wire 50 may generally enable the welding of thinner workpieces than may be possible using other welding electrodes.
  • the disclosed tubular welding wire 50 may be used to weld metal having an approximately 14-, 16-, 18-, 20-, 22-, 24-gauge, or even thinner workpieces.
  • the disclosed tubular welding wire 50 may enable welding workpieces having a thickness less than approximately 5 mm, less than 3 mm, less than approximately 1.5 mm, less than approximately 1.27 mm (e.g., approximately 0.05 inches), less than approximately 1.1 1 mm (e.g., approximately 0.0438 inches), or at approximately 1 mm (e.g., approximately 0.0375 inches).
  • the presently disclosed tubular welding wire 50 enables welding (e.g., welding of thin gauge galvanized steels) at travel speeds in excess of 30 or even 40 inches per minute.
  • the tubular welding wire 50 readily enables high quality fillet welds at travel speeds above 40 inches per minute (e.g., 35 or 45 inches per minute) with low weld porosity. That is, the presently disclosed tubular welding wire 50 may enable higher (e.g., 50% to 75% higher) travel speeds than other solid-cored, metal- cored, or flux-cored welding wires. It should be appreciated that higher travel speeds may enable higher production rates (e.g., on a production line) and reduce costs.
  • tubular welding wire 50 exhibits good gap handling and provides excellent weld properties (e.g., strength, ductility, appearance, and so forth) using a wide operating process window. Further, the tubular welding wire 50 generally produces less smoke and spatter than other solid-cored, metal-cored, or flux-cored welding wires.
  • the disclosed tubular welding wire 50 may also be combined with certain welding methods or techniques (e.g., techniques in which the welding electrode moves in a particular manner during the weld operation) that may further increase the robustness of the welding system 10 for particular types of workpieces.
  • the welding torch 18 may be configured to cyclically or periodically move the electrode in a desired pattern (e.g., a circular, spin arc, or serpentine pattern) within the welding torch 18 in order to maintain an arc 34 between the tubular welding wire 50 and the workpiece 22 (e.g., only between the sheath 52 of the tubular welding wire 50 and the workpiece 22).
  • the disclosed tubular welding wire 50 may be utilized with welding methods such as those described in U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 61/576,850, entitled “DC ELECTRODE NEGATIVE ROTATING ARC WELDING METHOD AND SYSTEM,”; in U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 13/681 ,687, entitled “DC ELECTRODE NEGATIVE ROTATING ARC WELDING METHOD AND SYSTEM”; and in U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 61/676,563, entitled “ADAPTABLE ROTATING ARC WELDING METHOD AND SYSTEM”; which are all incorporated by reference herein in their entireties for all purposes. It should be appreciated that such welding techniques may be especially useful when welding thin workpieces (e.g., having 20-, 22-, or 24-gauge thickness), as mentioned above.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates an embodiment of a process 60 by which a workpiece 22 may be welded using the disclosed welding system 10 and tubular welding wire 50.
  • the illustrated process 60 begins with feeding (block 62) the tubular welding electrode 50 (i.e., the tubular welding wire 50) to a welding apparatus (e.g., welding torch 18).
  • the tubular welding wire 50 may include, for example, one or more corrosion resistant components (e.g., nickel, chromium, copper, or mixtures or alloys thereof), organic stabilizer components (e.g., sodium carboxymethyl cellulose), and one or more rare earth components (e.g., rare earth silicide).
  • corrosion resistant components e.g., nickel, chromium, copper, or mixtures or alloys thereof
  • organic stabilizer components e.g., sodium carboxymethyl cellulose
  • rare earth components e.g., rare earth silicide
  • tubular welding wire 50 may have an outer diameter between approximately 0.024 in and approximately 0.062 in, between approximately 0.030 in and approximately 0.060 in, between 0.035 in and approximately 0.052 in, or approximately 0.040 in. It may also be appreciated that, in certain embodiments, the welding system 10 may feed the tubular welding wire 50 at a suitable rate to enable a travel speed greater than 30 in/min or greater than 40 in/min.
  • the process 60 includes providing (block 64) a shielding gas flow (e.g., 100% argon, 100% carbon dioxide, 75% argon / 25% carbon dioxide, 90% argon / 10% carbon dioxide, or similar shielding gas flow) near the contact tip of the welding apparatus (e.g., the contact tip of the torch 18).
  • a shielding gas flow e.g., 100% argon, 100% carbon dioxide, 75% argon / 25% carbon dioxide, 90% argon / 10% carbon dioxide, or similar shielding gas flow
  • a shielding gas flow e.g., 100% argon, 100% carbon dioxide, 75% argon / 25% carbon dioxide, 90% argon / 10% carbon dioxide, or similar shielding gas flow
  • a shielding gas flow e.g., 100% argon, 100% carbon dioxide, 75% argon / 25% carbon dioxide, 90% argon / 10% carbon dioxide, or similar shielding gas flow
  • welding systems may be used that do not use a gas supply system (e.g., such as
  • the tubular welding wire 50 may be brought near (block 66) the workpiece 22 to strike and sustain an arc 34 between the tubular welding wire 50 and the workpiece 22.
  • the arc 34 may be produced using, for example, a DCEP, DCEN, DC variable polarity, pulsed DC, balanced or unbalanced AC power configuration for the GMAW system 10.
  • a portion of the tubular welding wire 50 e.g., filler metals and alloying components
  • tubular welding wire 50 may be released (block 70) from the tubular welding wire 50 to serve as arc stabilizers, slag formers, and/or deoxidizers to control the electrical characteristics of the arc and the resulting chemical and mechanical properties of the weld deposit.
  • the Group I or Group II metals (e.g., potassium and sodium ions) of the organic stabilizer may generally separate from the organic stabilizer and provide a stabilization effect to the arc.
  • the organic portion e.g., comprising at least carbon and hydrogen, but possibly including oxygen
  • the organic portion may decompose under the conditions of the arc to provide a reducing (e.g., rich in hydrogen) atmosphere at or near the welding site.
  • the tubular welding wire 50 may generally enable the welding of thinner workpieces as well as painted, galvanized, galvannealed, plated, aluminized, nitrided, chromed, carburized, or other similar coated workpieces.
  • tubular welding wire 50 may enable welding workpieces having thicknesses less than 5 mm or less than 4 mm, or workpieces having thicknesses of approximately 1.3 mm or 1.2 mm, while maintaining relatively high travel speed (e.g., in excess of 30 in/min or in excess of 40 in/min) and low-porosity, even when performing gap fills (e.g., 1-3 mm gap fills).
  • relatively high travel speed e.g., in excess of 30 in/min or in excess of 40 in/min
  • gap fills e.g., 1-3 mm gap fills.
  • the corrosion resistant components of the tubular welding wire 50 may enable the formation of an as- welded corrosion resistant (e.g., rust or oxidation resistant) weld deposit that may obviate additional processing steps that are commonly used for coated workpieces.
  • an as- welded corrosion resistant (e.g., rust or oxidation resistant) weld deposit that may obviate additional processing steps that are commonly used for coated workpieces.
  • the surface of the weld deposit and the workpiece may be cleaned, prepared to receive a coating, and then coated with the coating to provide corrosion resistance to the workpiece.
  • the surface of the weld deposit and the workpiece may be cleaned with a wire brush and then plated with zinc or painted with a zinc-based spray paint.
  • the corrosion resistance afforded by the aforementioned additional processing steps may be limited by how well the operator cleans, prepares, and coats the workpiece.
  • the weld deposit will include at least a portion of the corrosion resistant components of the tubular welding wire 50, which provides corrosion resistance to the weld deposit while obviating the additional cleaning, preparing, and coating processing steps.
  • the corrosion resistant weld deposit formed using the disclosed tubular welding wire 50 may undergo the aforementioned cleaning, preparing, and coating processing steps to provide even greater corrosion resistance to the workpiece.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates an embodiment of a process 80 by which the tubular welding wire 50 may be manufactured. It may be appreciated that the process 80 merely provides an example of manufacturing a tubular welding wire 50; however, in other embodiments, other methods of manufacturing may be used to produce the tubular welding wire 50 without negating the effect of the present approach. That is, for example, in certain embodiments, the tubular welding wire 50 may be formed via a roll-forming method or via packing the core composition into a hollow metallic sheath. The process 80 illustrated in FIG.
  • the metal strip begins with a flat metal strip being fed (block 82) through a number of dies that shape the strip into a partially circular metal sheath 52 (e.g., producing a semicircle or trough).
  • the metal strip may be filled (block 84) with the filler (e.g., the granular core 54). That is, the partially shaped metal sheath 52 may be filled with various powdered alloying, corrosion resisting, arc stabilizing, slag forming, deoxidizing, and/or filling components.
  • one or more corrosion resistant components e.g., nickel, chromium, copper, and/or alloys or combinations thereof
  • one or more organic stabilizer components e.g., sodium carboxymethyl cellulose
  • one or more carbon components e.g., graphite powder
  • one or more rare earth components e.g., rare earth silicide
  • other components e.g., rare earth silicide, magnetite, titanate, pyrite, iron powders, and/or other similar components
  • other components e.g., rare earth silicide, magnetite, titanate, pyrite, iron powders, and/or other similar components
  • the partially shaped metal sheath 52 may then be fed through (block 86) one or more devices (e.g., drawing dies or other suitable closing devices) that may generally close the metal sheath 52 such that it substantially surrounds the granular core material 54 (e.g., forming a seam 58). Additionally, the closed metal sheath 52 may subsequently be fed through (block 88) a number of devices (e.g., drawing dies or other suitable devices) to reduce the circumference of the tubular welding wire 50 by compressing the granular core material 54.
  • devices e.g., drawing dies or other suitable closing devices
  • the tubular welding wire 50 may subsequently be heated to between approximately 300 °F and approximately 650 °F for approximately 4 to 6 hours prior to packaging the tubular welding wire onto a spool, reel, or drum for transport, while, in other embodiments, the tubular welding wire 50 may be packaged without this baking step.
  • Table 1 includes the ingredients of the granular core 54 in weight percent relative to the weight of the granular core 54. Further, Table 1 includes the computed chemical composition of the metallic strip 52 and the granular core 54 for embodiments E1-E5 of the tubular welding wire 50, wherein values are provides as weight percent relative to the entire tubular welding wire 50.
  • the granular core 54 may account for approximately 15% of the total weight of the tubular welding wire 50, while for embodiment E3, the granular core 54 may account for approximately 20% of the total weight of the tubular welding wire 50.
  • the tubular welding wire 50 may include one or more of chromium (e.g., 0.1% to 30% chromium by weight), copper (e.g., 0% to 1% copper by weight), and nickel (e.g., 0% to 10% nickel by weight), or any combination thereof, in order to provide a weld deposit that is substantially corrosion resistant.
  • the AWS A5.29 specification defines all-weld metal (AWM) deposit chemistry for a B classification and for a W2 classification, both of which provide greater corrosion resistance than typical mild steel chemistries.
  • AWS A5.29 specification is generally directed toward forming weld deposits on mild steel and/or low-alloy steel workpieces.
  • the AWS A5.22 specification defines AWM chemistry for single-pass stainless steel weld deposits (e.g., the 409 classification, the 304 classification, and the 308 classification) that provide adequate corrosion resistance without surface treatment on stainless workpieces.
  • AWS A5.29 and A5.22 specifications define corrosion resistant weld deposits, these standards do not directly address welding coated workpieces (e.g., galvanized, galvannealed, plated, aluminized, chromed, nitrided, carburized, or other similar coated workpieces).
  • embodiment El of the tubular welding wire 50 may include similar corrosion resistant components as welding wires classified under the AWS A5.29 W2 classification
  • embodiment E2 of the tubular welding wire 50 may include a combination of corrosion resistant components used in welding wires classified under the AWS A5.29 W2 and/or B classifications.
  • embodiment E3 of the tubular welding wire 50 may include similar corrosion resistant components as welding wires classified under the AWS A5.22 409 classification
  • embodiment E4 of the tubular welding wire 50 may include similar corrosion resistant components as welding wires classified under the AWS A5.22 308 classification.
  • embodiment E5 of the tubular welding wire 50 may include similar corrosion resistant components as welding wires classified under the AWS A5.22 B3 and/or W2 classifications.
  • the tubular welding wire 50 may be classified as A5.22 ECG welding wire (e.g., according to the classification system described in AWS A2.2.3-8) and may provide a ferritic stainless AWM chemistry on mild coated or uncoated steel workpieces of gauge thicknesses, wherein sufficient chromium is provided to the weld deposit during a single-pass welding operation (e.g., at approximately 15% - approximately 50% dilution) to impart corrosion resistance to the weld deposit.
  • the tubular welding wire 50 may not fall within an AWS classification (e.g., due to low ductility) and may form weld deposits that would receive post-weld heat treatment to impart the desired mechanical properties to the weld deposits.
  • certain embodiments of the tubular welding wire 50 e.g., E4 may enable the formation of an austenitic stainless weld deposit at approximately 30% dilution during a single -pass welding operation.
  • Such an austenitic weld deposit may include corrosion resistant components similar to the AWS A5.22 308 or 304 classification (e.g., including between approximately 18% and approximately 21% chromium and between approximately 9% and 1 1% nickel).
  • tubular welding wire 50 may include greater than approximately 20% (e.g., between approximately 25% and approximately 30%) chromium by weight and/or greater than approximately 10% (e.g., between approximately 12% and approximately 18%) nickel by weight of the tubular welding wire 50.
  • certain embodiments of the tubular welding wire 50 may utilize a stainless steel strip (e.g., according to the AWS A5.22 304 classification) for the metallic sheath 52 of the tubular welding wire 50.
  • the metallic sheath 52 of the tubular welding wire 50 may include approximately 0.02% carbon, approximately 18.3% chromium, approximately 70% iron, approximately 1.85% manganese, and approximately 9.8% nickel by weight. Accordingly, for embodiments of the tubular welding wire 50 using a stainless steel metallic sheath 52, chromium (e.g., in the sheath 52 and the core 54) may account for between approximately 15% and approximately 30% of the weight of the tubular welding wire 50, and nickel (e.g., in the sheath 52 and the core 54) may account for between approximately 5% and approximately 10% of the weight of the tubular welding wire 50.
  • Table 1 Ingredients and calculated chemical composition of the metallic sheath 52 and the granular core 54 for embodiments E1-E5. Note that ingredients for the granular core 54 are provided in weight percent relative to the total granular core. Note that chemical composition values are computed values provided as weight percent relative to the total weight of the tubular welding wire 50. Further, the list of chemical composition list is not exhaustive and, as such, the amounts of each component may not sum up to unity. [0053] Table 2 below includes example welding parameters that may be used when forming a weld deposit using the embodiments E1-E3 of the disclosed tubular welding wire 50.
  • weld deposits were formed from the tubular welding wire embodiments E1-E3 using robotic welder (e.g., a Miller Auto-Axcess 450 and a Motoman EA1400N robot arm) and a galvanized steel sheet metal workpiece according to the parameters set forth in Table 2. These example weld deposits did not show signs of burn-through and provided an acceptable surface appearance. Each of the embodiments E1-E3 provided good weldability as well as good feedability. Additionally, certain embodiments of the tubular welding wire 50 (e.g., El) provided weld deposits exhibiting good ductility based on longitudinal bend tests (e.g., according to the testing procedure set forth in AWS A5.36 for single -pass butt-welds). Further, each of the embodiments E1 -E5 are believed to provide sound weld deposits having a tensile strength greater than approximately 70 ksi.
  • robotic welder e.g., a Miller Auto-Axcess 450 and a Motoman E
  • the exterior of the weld deposits showed little or no external porosity, while the starts and stops of the welding operation showed some minor external porosity that is common in welding of galvanized coated materials.
  • X-ray analysis of these weld deposits confirmed the presence of only minor internal porosity. Accordingly, it may be appreciated that the present approach enables low-porosity (e.g., a low surface porosity and/or low total porosity) welds to be attained at high travel speed (e.g., in excess of 30 in/min or 40 in min), even when welding coated workpieces.
  • low-porosity e.g., a low surface porosity and/or low total porosity
  • the low- porosity enabled by the presently disclosed tubular welding wire 50 may provide a weld that is substantially non-porous.
  • the disclosed tubular welding wire 50 may provide a low-porosity weld having only small voids or pores (e.g., less than approximately 1.6 mm in diameter) that are separated from one another by a distance greater than or equal to the respective diameter of each pore.
  • the porosity may be represented as a sum of the diameters of the pores encountered per distance of the weld in a direction (e.g., along the weld axis).
  • the weld may have a porosity less than approximately 0.3 inches per inch of weld, less than approximately 0.25 inches per inch of weld, less than approximately 0.2 inches per inch of weld, or less than approximately 0.1 inches per inch of weld.
  • the amount of chromium present in the tubular welding wire 50 may keep a substantial portion of the nitrogen present in the workpiece in solution to provide such low porosity welds, especially when welding workpieces having high nitrogen content (e.g., nitrided steel). It may be appreciated that the porosity of the weld may be measured using an X-ray analysis, microscope analysis, or another suitable method.
  • tubular welding wire 50 may form weld deposits that initially have high strength, but also have relatively low ductility and toughness.
  • an embodiment of the tubular welding wire 50 e.g., E5
  • an flux-cored arc welding process e.g., current: -280 A, voltage: 28 V, travel speed: approximately 12 in/min, electrical stickout: 7/8 in, shielding gas mixture: 90% Ar / 10% C0 2 ).
  • the weld deposit may not have sufficient ductility to comply with the remainder of the AWS classification.
  • PSI pounds per square inch
  • CE carbon equivalent
  • the weld deposit may not have sufficient ductility to comply with the remainder of the AWS classification.
  • a longitudinal bend e.g., about a 0.75 in radius
  • openings may begin to form in the weld bead.
  • post- weld heat treatment e.g., approximately 1200 °F for approximately 1 hour or less
  • the weld deposit may pass similar longitudinal bend tests while still maintaining a high strength.
  • the example weld deposit may be acceptable for use without the post-weld heat treatment.
  • Table 3 below includes chemical analysis of weld deposits formed using a commercially available tubular welding wire, FabCOR® F6 (available from Hobart Brothers Company of Troy, OH) and using embodiments E1-E3 of the present tubular welding wire 50 for three different welding experiments (i.e., a melt- button, an AWM Chem Pad, and 1 layer pad).
  • the tubular welding wire 50 e.g., embodiments El , E2, E3, and E5
  • the weld deposit may include one or more of nickel, chromium, copper, and mixtures or alloys thereof, which may limit corrosion of the weld deposit by reactive species, such as oxygen.
  • reactive species such as oxygen.
  • certain embodiments of the disclosed tubular welding wire 50 may produce low alloy weld deposits having a martensitic and/or a ferritic structure, while other embodiments may produce high alloy weld deposit having a martensitic and/or a ferritic structure.
  • a "low alloy weld deposit” is a weld deposit having an iron content greater than 50% by weight and a total alloy content (e.g., chromium, nickel, copper, etc.) less than 10% by weight.
  • a "high alloy weld deposit” is a weld deposit having an iron content greater than 50% by weight and a total alloy content (e.g., chromium, nickel, copper, etc.) greater than 10% by weight.
  • the weld deposit may be a stainless steel.
  • the weld deposit may be a 200 series stainless steel, a 300 series stainless steel, or a 400 series stainless steel.
  • copper may account for between approximately 0.05% and approximately 2%, between approximately 0.07% and approximately 1%, between approximately 0.08% and approximately 0.9%, between approximately 0.09% and approximately 0.8%, between approximately 0.1% and approximately 0.8%, or approximately 0.4% of the weld deposit by weight.
  • chromium may account for between approximately 0.4% and approximately 20%, between approximately 0.5% and approximately 16%, between approximately 0.6% and approximately 1 1%, between approximately 0.7% and approximately 10% of the weld deposit by weight.
  • nickel may account for between approximately 0.1% and approximately 1 %, between approximately 0.2% and approximately 0.7%, between approximately 0.3% and approximately 0.65%, between approximately 0.4% and approximately 0.65%, or approximately 0.35% of the weld deposit by weight.
  • molybdenum may be present in the tubular welding wire 50, a portion of which may be incorporated into the resulting weld deposit.
  • molybdenum may account for between approximately 0.001% and approximately 0.2%, between approximately 0.01% and approximately 0.15%, between approximately 0.01% and approximately 1.2%, or approximately 0.07% of the weld deposit by weight.
  • titanium and/or niobium may, additionally or alternatively, be present in the weld deposit.
  • the presently disclosed tubular welding wires include one or more corrosion resistant components (e.g., nickel, chromium, copper, and/or alloys or mixtures thereof) that may enable a weld deposit to have enhanced or improved resistance to corrosion or oxidation.
  • the disclosed tubular welding wire may have a suitable composition to enable the formation of weld deposits having relatively high chromium content (e.g., 4 - 6 wt% chromium), which may hold nitrogen in solution within the weld deposit to mitigate or prevent weld porosity when welding nitrided steel workpieces.
  • tubular welding wires enhance the weldability of coated (e.g., galvanized, galvannealed, aluminized, nitrided, painted, and so forth) workpieces and/or thinner (e.g., 20-, 22-, 24-gauge, or thinner) workpieces, even at high travel speed (e.g., greater than 30 in/min or greater than 40 in/min).
  • coated e.g., galvanized, galvannealed, aluminized, nitrided, painted, and so forth
  • thinner e.g., 20-, 22-, 24-gauge, or thinner
  • Table 3 Chemical analysis of weld deposits formed using the commercially available FabCOR® F6 welding wire as well as embodiments El, E2, E3 and E5 of the disclosed tubular welding wire 50. Values are provided in weight percentage relative to the total weight of the weld deposit. Note that E5 is illustrated under both DCEP and DCEN bias, and that the composition of the base plate is also included in the table for the 1 layer pad welding experiments. Further note that italicized values are higher due to unintentional pick-up of tungsten and/or copper from the electrode and/or crucible during the welding operation.

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