Effect of current waveform on droplet oscillation in GMAW

Jun Xiao, Shu Jun Chen, Guang Jun Zhang, Yu Ming Zhang

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Abstract

The active droplet oscillation is a method previously proposed to detach the droplet at currents below the transition current. In this method, a droplet oscillation is actively excited when the current is switched from the exciting peak level to base level. The downward momentum of the droplet is utilized to enhance the droplet detachment. In this work, the current waveform is modified to achieve stronger droplet oscillation with lower average current. The critical change is to separate the droplet growing and exciting processes such that the two processes can be controlled independently. The heat input can thus be reduced, and stronger droplet oscillation is obtained. A further optimized current waveform is proposed to maximize the droplet oscillation energy despite the growing current level.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Materials and Materials Processing
Pages2285-2288
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Event2012 3rd International Conference on Advances in Materials and Manufacturing Processes, ICAMMP 2012 - Beihai, China
Duration: Dec 22 2012Dec 23 2012

Publication series

NameAdvanced Materials Research
Volume652-654
ISSN (Print)1022-6680

Conference

Conference2012 3rd International Conference on Advances in Materials and Manufacturing Processes, ICAMMP 2012
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeihai
Period12/22/1212/23/12

Keywords

  • Current waveform
  • Droplet oscillation
  • Exciting rising level

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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