Submerged arc welding (SAW) is an important metal fabrication technology specially applied to join metals of large thickness in a single pass. In order to obtain an efficient joint, several process parameters of SAW need to be studied and precisely selected to improve weld quality. Many methodologies were proposed in the past research to address this issue. However, a good number of past work s...

Submerged arc welding contributes to approximately 10% of the total welding. Approximately 10% -15% of the flux gets converted into very fine particles termed as flux dust before and after welding, due to transportation and handling. If welding is performed without removing these very fine particles from the flux, the gases generated during welding are not able to escape, thus it may result int...

This paper describes a high-current Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) process using constant voltage power source developed for high-efficiency welding of thick stainless steel plates. A short arc length as condition is preferable to concentrate the and obtain deep penetration plate welding. However, it easily found that an unstable derived from circuit happens irregularly by general purpose GMAW wi...