Cold Metal Transfer technology has revolutionized the welding of dissimilar metals and thicker materials by producing improved weld bead aesthetics with controlled metal deposition and low heat-input. In this study, t...Cold Metal Transfer technology has revolutionized the welding of dissimilar metals and thicker materials by producing improved weld bead aesthetics with controlled metal deposition and low heat-input. In this study, the process, weld combinations, laser-CMT hybrid welding and applications of CMT welding are critically reviewed. Microstructure and other weld characteristics have been discussed at length for various base metal combinations. Particularly, the welding of aluminium and steel with better results has been possible with CMT Welding. The results reviewed in this article indicate that the CMT-Laser hybrid welding is more preferable to Laser or Laser hybrid welding. CMT welding has found applications in automobile industries, defence sectors and power plants as a method of additive manufacturing.展开更多
Cold metal transfer plus pulse(C+P)arc was applied in the additive manufacturing of 4043 Al alloy parts.Parameters in the manufacturing of the parts were investigated.The properties and microstructure of the parts wer...Cold metal transfer plus pulse(C+P)arc was applied in the additive manufacturing of 4043 Al alloy parts.Parameters in the manufacturing of the parts were investigated.The properties and microstructure of the parts were also characterized.Experimental results showed that welding at a speed of 8 mm/s and a wire feeding speed of 4.0 m/min was suitable to manufacture thin-walled parts,and the reciprocating scanning method could be adopted to manufacture thick-walled parts.The thin-walled parts of the C+P mode had fewer pores than those of the cold metal transfer(CMT)mode.The thin-and thick-walled parts of the C+P mode showed maximum tensile strengths of 172 and 178 MPa,respectively.Hardness decreased at the interface and in the coarse dendrite and increased in the refined grain area.展开更多
为研究冷金属过渡(cold metal transition,CMT)电弧增材制造铝合金传热传质与熔池流动特性,基于Fluent软件建立了三维CMT电弧增材制造数值模型.模型中,采用动网格技术模拟焊丝竖直方向上的往复运动,利用流体体积法捕获气/液界面,焓-孔...为研究冷金属过渡(cold metal transition,CMT)电弧增材制造铝合金传热传质与熔池流动特性,基于Fluent软件建立了三维CMT电弧增材制造数值模型.模型中,采用动网格技术模拟焊丝竖直方向上的往复运动,利用流体体积法捕获气/液界面,焓-孔隙率法追踪固/液界面,并施加周期热量输入和阶段电弧力作用来等效电弧放电行为,研究分析了焊道成形传热传质过程与熔池动态行为.结果表明,焊道成形初期,熔池余高和坡度较大,形貌犹如半个球体,成形后期热量积累造成焊道余高后方较前方略小,而后端熔宽较前端略宽;单滴过渡周期内,焊丝机械回抽对熔池表面流动影响最为明显,液桥断裂产生较大反冲作用于熔池;熔池内部则是电磁力作为主导驱动力产生一股顺时针环流,环流随燃弧阶段周期切换而不断加强与减弱,并基本贯穿整个过渡周期,使得熔池内部热对流更加充分.模拟结果与试验结果显示吻合良好.展开更多
Two dissimilar materials, aluminum alloy and aluminum-coated steel, were joined by cold metal transfer process using AlSi5 filler wire. To this end, the steel was coated with Al-Si. The steel did not melt and aluminum...Two dissimilar materials, aluminum alloy and aluminum-coated steel, were joined by cold metal transfer process using AlSi5 filler wire. To this end, the steel was coated with Al-Si. The steel did not melt and aluminum was melt to form the joint during the process, it was actually cold metal transfer welding-brazing. The macrostructure, microstructure, alloy element distribution, and inter-metallic compounds were analyzed by optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and energy dispersive spectroscopy. It was found that the Al-Si coating dissolved into the weld metal. The pre-existing thin Fe-Al- Si ternary inter-metallic compounds in the interface between the Ak-Si coating layer and base metal steel also partially dissolved into the weld zone, tending to reduce the thickness of inter-metallic compounds. Approximate 3 μm thick undissolved intermetallic compound was found at the interface after welding which could guarantee sound bonding strength in dissimilar materials joining. The sample was fractured at the fusion zone near the aluminum side in the tensile test. The ultimate tensile strength was about 156 MPa, and the fracture mode is ductile failure in nature according to its morphology.展开更多
Cold metal transfer with polarity⁃exchanging is a new integrated welding technology based on MIG.Due to the alternation of the positive and negative polarities of the wire,favorable control upon the deposition rate an...Cold metal transfer with polarity⁃exchanging is a new integrated welding technology based on MIG.Due to the alternation of the positive and negative polarities of the wire,favorable control upon the deposition rate and the welding shape coefficient was obtained in order to meet the desired joint design,and the related controlling principles and joint characteristics were reported.Droplet transfer physical behavior exhibited strong dependability on the studied welding parameters,such as welding voltage,welding current,wire feeding speed,and polarity⁃exchanging.This welding technology provides a new way for the welding of body⁃in⁃white(BIW)thin sheet with special demands.Moreover,the typical quality defects of MIG were greatly improved.Our study provides important technical information from the perspective of industrial application of MIG and sheds light on the higher application level of MIG in BIW welding.展开更多
A required finite element method（FEM） model applicable for narrow gap CMT and CMT＋P MIX welding was established based on the interactions between arc,base metal and filler metal.A novel method of simplifying wire f...A required finite element method（FEM） model applicable for narrow gap CMT and CMT＋P MIX welding was established based on the interactions between arc,base metal and filler metal.A novel method of simplifying wire feeding pulses and heat input pulses was supposed under the conduction of equivalent input.The method together with composed double-ellipse heat sources was included in the model.The model was employed in the investigation of thermal cycling and the identification of the softened zone of AA7A52 base plates.Low-frequency behavior emerged in the form of low-cooling rate sects,which were not expected under experimental conditions.The softened zone including the quenched zone and averaging zone of the base plate was much wider internal the base plate than that close to the surfaces.The reliability of the predictions in thermal cycling was supported by infrared imaging test results of the thermal cycle process.展开更多
为提升高氮钢焊接质量和优化焊接工艺,研究焊丝氮、锰含量带来的焊接工艺稳定性。采用冷金属过渡加脉冲(Cold Metal Transfer plus Pulse,CMT+P)焊技术对5种高氮钢焊丝进行焊接试验,研究焊丝成分对电信号、熔滴过渡、飞溅率的影响。研...为提升高氮钢焊接质量和优化焊接工艺,研究焊丝氮、锰含量带来的焊接工艺稳定性。采用冷金属过渡加脉冲(Cold Metal Transfer plus Pulse,CMT+P)焊技术对5种高氮钢焊丝进行焊接试验,研究焊丝成分对电信号、熔滴过渡、飞溅率的影响。研究结果表明:氮含量的增加会引起电信号波动变大且分布离散,而锰含量的变化对电信号的影响较小,焊丝中氮含量对高氮钢CMT+P焊接稳定性影响大于锰含量的影响;随着氮含量的增加,熔滴过渡模式由一脉一滴转变为多脉一滴,熔滴形状不规律且尺寸变大,焊丝工艺性变差;当焊丝中氮、锰含量较小,分别为0.42%、7.19%时,焊接工艺稳定性较好;氮逸出、锰蒸发导致高氮钢熔滴剧烈爆炸产生大量飞溅,焊接飞溅率随着氮、锰含量的增加而不断增大。展开更多
针对增材制造过程中形成的缺陷会对工件造成不可逆的影响,分析了冷金属过渡(Cold metal transfer,CMT)增材制造过程的焊接电流信号和焊接电压信号,提出了一种基于时间序列算法的CMT增材制造缺陷在线监测方法。设置不同的焊接工况,收集...针对增材制造过程中形成的缺陷会对工件造成不可逆的影响,分析了冷金属过渡(Cold metal transfer,CMT)增材制造过程的焊接电流信号和焊接电压信号,提出了一种基于时间序列算法的CMT增材制造缺陷在线监测方法。设置不同的焊接工况,收集良好组和缺陷组的原始焊接电流和焊接电压信号,使用SAX(Symbolic aggregate approximation)算法对数据进行预处理。使用随机森林模型对数值型数据再分类,达到实时监测的效果;同时为突出SAX算法的优越性,设置对比试验组,将原始的焊接电流数据直接放入随机森林模型进行分类。结果表明,原始焊接电流组的测试集准确率为80%,SAX算法数据预处理组的测试集准确率为96%。展开更多
以UNS S32750超级双相不锈钢为研究对象,采用冷金属过渡脉冲(cold metal transfer pulse,CMT-P)复合电弧焊接技术,运用光学显微镜、扫描电子显微镜、透射电子显微镜、X射线衍射仪和电子探针组织表征手段以及显微硬度和低温冲击韧性性能...以UNS S32750超级双相不锈钢为研究对象,采用冷金属过渡脉冲(cold metal transfer pulse,CMT-P)复合电弧焊接技术,运用光学显微镜、扫描电子显微镜、透射电子显微镜、X射线衍射仪和电子探针组织表征手段以及显微硬度和低温冲击韧性性能测试方法,对比研究了纯Ar和Ar+2%N_(2)气体保护对焊接接头的微观组织、硬度和低温韧性的影响规律.结果表明,与纯Ar保护气相比,添加2%N_(2)保护的焊接过程飞溅较少,焊缝平整笔直,鱼鳞纹更加细致紧密.此外,热影响区主要由过量的铁素体和少量的奥氏体组成,并伴随有害的Cr2N析出.因此,与CMT-P复合电弧焊接头的其它区域相比,热影响区的硬度较高和韧性较低.添加2%N_(2)气体保护增加了焊缝和热影响区奥氏体含量和N原子在铁素体与奥氏体内的固溶量,从而提高了接头各区域的低温韧性.展开更多
搭建了铝合金激光-冷金属过渡(Cold Metal Transfer,CMT)复合焊接试验平台和高速摄像采集平台,研究铝合金激光-CMT焊接过程中的熔滴特性.改变激光功率,获得不同焊接参数下CMT熔滴过渡的高速摄像图.通过对比分析可知,在激光功率较小时,...搭建了铝合金激光-冷金属过渡(Cold Metal Transfer,CMT)复合焊接试验平台和高速摄像采集平台,研究铝合金激光-CMT焊接过程中的熔滴特性.改变激光功率,获得不同焊接参数下CMT熔滴过渡的高速摄像图.通过对比分析可知,在激光功率较小时,激光主要起到引导电弧作用,对CMT电弧影响较小,焊接过程较为稳定,能够获得良好焊缝成形.当激光功率较大时,会影响CMT原有的短路过渡,造成熔滴飞溅等情况,导致焊缝成形较差.结果表明:保持焊丝和激光间距的有效距离和控制激光功率,是保证激光-CMT复合焊接过程稳定的关键.展开更多
综述了涉及工程应用的冷丝熔化极气体保护焊(Cold wire gas metal arc welding,CW-GMAW)熔滴过渡形态特征。结果表明,在大电流、强规范、富氩混合气体保护下,CW-GMAW工艺的熔滴过渡形态呈喷射过渡;当电流较小、电弧电压较低时,可能为滴...综述了涉及工程应用的冷丝熔化极气体保护焊(Cold wire gas metal arc welding,CW-GMAW)熔滴过渡形态特征。结果表明,在大电流、强规范、富氩混合气体保护下,CW-GMAW工艺的熔滴过渡形态呈喷射过渡;当电流较小、电弧电压较低时,可能为滴状过渡,甚至在弧压很低时,呈现短路过渡形态。该工艺电弧发生偏向冷丝的位移,弧长变短甚至发生短路,与冷丝送进速率比增高及冷丝在电弧中产生大量金属蒸气时弧柱电阻下降有关。在具有富氩混合保护气体的相同工艺参数下,CWGMAW转变电流比GMAW降低了4%~7%。焊接工艺参数对CW-GMAW和GMAW工艺熔滴过渡形态的影响规律大致相近,但前者因涉及冷丝送进速率比和电极焊丝送进速度,以及它们的匹配等,使焊接电流的影响更为复杂。展开更多
文摘Cold Metal Transfer technology has revolutionized the welding of dissimilar metals and thicker materials by producing improved weld bead aesthetics with controlled metal deposition and low heat-input. In this study, the process, weld combinations, laser-CMT hybrid welding and applications of CMT welding are critically reviewed. Microstructure and other weld characteristics have been discussed at length for various base metal combinations. Particularly, the welding of aluminium and steel with better results has been possible with CMT Welding. The results reviewed in this article indicate that the CMT-Laser hybrid welding is more preferable to Laser or Laser hybrid welding. CMT welding has found applications in automobile industries, defence sectors and power plants as a method of additive manufacturing.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51605276 and51905333)Shanghai Sailing Program(No.19YF1418100)+2 种基金Shanghai Science and Technology Committee Innovation Grant(Nos.17JC1400600 and 17JC1400601)Karamay Science and Technology Major Project(No.2018ZD002B)Aid for Xinjiang Science and Technology Project(No2019E0235)。
文摘Cold metal transfer plus pulse(C+P)arc was applied in the additive manufacturing of 4043 Al alloy parts.Parameters in the manufacturing of the parts were investigated.The properties and microstructure of the parts were also characterized.Experimental results showed that welding at a speed of 8 mm/s and a wire feeding speed of 4.0 m/min was suitable to manufacture thin-walled parts,and the reciprocating scanning method could be adopted to manufacture thick-walled parts.The thin-walled parts of the C+P mode had fewer pores than those of the cold metal transfer(CMT)mode.The thin-and thick-walled parts of the C+P mode showed maximum tensile strengths of 172 and 178 MPa,respectively.Hardness decreased at the interface and in the coarse dendrite and increased in the refined grain area.
文摘为研究冷金属过渡(cold metal transition,CMT)电弧增材制造铝合金传热传质与熔池流动特性,基于Fluent软件建立了三维CMT电弧增材制造数值模型.模型中,采用动网格技术模拟焊丝竖直方向上的往复运动,利用流体体积法捕获气/液界面,焓-孔隙率法追踪固/液界面,并施加周期热量输入和阶段电弧力作用来等效电弧放电行为,研究分析了焊道成形传热传质过程与熔池动态行为.结果表明,焊道成形初期,熔池余高和坡度较大,形貌犹如半个球体,成形后期热量积累造成焊道余高后方较前方略小,而后端熔宽较前端略宽;单滴过渡周期内,焊丝机械回抽对熔池表面流动影响最为明显,液桥断裂产生较大反冲作用于熔池;熔池内部则是电磁力作为主导驱动力产生一股顺时针环流,环流随燃弧阶段周期切换而不断加强与减弱,并基本贯穿整个过渡周期,使得熔池内部热对流更加充分.模拟结果与试验结果显示吻合良好.
基金This research is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China （ No. 51005101 ）, Jiamusi University Scientific Research Project （12010 -118） and State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding Production Technology Project （AWJ-M13 -04）.
文摘Two dissimilar materials, aluminum alloy and aluminum-coated steel, were joined by cold metal transfer process using AlSi5 filler wire. To this end, the steel was coated with Al-Si. The steel did not melt and aluminum was melt to form the joint during the process, it was actually cold metal transfer welding-brazing. The macrostructure, microstructure, alloy element distribution, and inter-metallic compounds were analyzed by optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and energy dispersive spectroscopy. It was found that the Al-Si coating dissolved into the weld metal. The pre-existing thin Fe-Al- Si ternary inter-metallic compounds in the interface between the Ak-Si coating layer and base metal steel also partially dissolved into the weld zone, tending to reduce the thickness of inter-metallic compounds. Approximate 3 μm thick undissolved intermetallic compound was found at the interface after welding which could guarantee sound bonding strength in dissimilar materials joining. The sample was fractured at the fusion zone near the aluminum side in the tensile test. The ultimate tensile strength was about 156 MPa, and the fracture mode is ductile failure in nature according to its morphology.
文摘Cold metal transfer with polarity⁃exchanging is a new integrated welding technology based on MIG.Due to the alternation of the positive and negative polarities of the wire,favorable control upon the deposition rate and the welding shape coefficient was obtained in order to meet the desired joint design,and the related controlling principles and joint characteristics were reported.Droplet transfer physical behavior exhibited strong dependability on the studied welding parameters,such as welding voltage,welding current,wire feeding speed,and polarity⁃exchanging.This welding technology provides a new way for the welding of body⁃in⁃white(BIW)thin sheet with special demands.Moreover,the typical quality defects of MIG were greatly improved.Our study provides important technical information from the perspective of industrial application of MIG and sheds light on the higher application level of MIG in BIW welding.
基金Project (9140C850205120C8501) supported by the Major Program of National Key Laboratory of Remanufacturing and the Army Foundation Project of China
文摘A required finite element method（FEM） model applicable for narrow gap CMT and CMT＋P MIX welding was established based on the interactions between arc,base metal and filler metal.A novel method of simplifying wire feeding pulses and heat input pulses was supposed under the conduction of equivalent input.The method together with composed double-ellipse heat sources was included in the model.The model was employed in the investigation of thermal cycling and the identification of the softened zone of AA7A52 base plates.Low-frequency behavior emerged in the form of low-cooling rate sects,which were not expected under experimental conditions.The softened zone including the quenched zone and averaging zone of the base plate was much wider internal the base plate than that close to the surfaces.The reliability of the predictions in thermal cycling was supported by infrared imaging test results of the thermal cycle process.
文摘为提升高氮钢焊接质量和优化焊接工艺,研究焊丝氮、锰含量带来的焊接工艺稳定性。采用冷金属过渡加脉冲(Cold Metal Transfer plus Pulse,CMT+P)焊技术对5种高氮钢焊丝进行焊接试验,研究焊丝成分对电信号、熔滴过渡、飞溅率的影响。研究结果表明:氮含量的增加会引起电信号波动变大且分布离散,而锰含量的变化对电信号的影响较小,焊丝中氮含量对高氮钢CMT+P焊接稳定性影响大于锰含量的影响;随着氮含量的增加,熔滴过渡模式由一脉一滴转变为多脉一滴,熔滴形状不规律且尺寸变大,焊丝工艺性变差;当焊丝中氮、锰含量较小,分别为0.42%、7.19%时,焊接工艺稳定性较好;氮逸出、锰蒸发导致高氮钢熔滴剧烈爆炸产生大量飞溅,焊接飞溅率随着氮、锰含量的增加而不断增大。
文摘针对增材制造过程中形成的缺陷会对工件造成不可逆的影响,分析了冷金属过渡(Cold metal transfer,CMT)增材制造过程的焊接电流信号和焊接电压信号,提出了一种基于时间序列算法的CMT增材制造缺陷在线监测方法。设置不同的焊接工况,收集良好组和缺陷组的原始焊接电流和焊接电压信号,使用SAX(Symbolic aggregate approximation)算法对数据进行预处理。使用随机森林模型对数值型数据再分类,达到实时监测的效果;同时为突出SAX算法的优越性,设置对比试验组,将原始的焊接电流数据直接放入随机森林模型进行分类。结果表明,原始焊接电流组的测试集准确率为80%,SAX算法数据预处理组的测试集准确率为96%。
文摘以UNS S32750超级双相不锈钢为研究对象,采用冷金属过渡脉冲(cold metal transfer pulse,CMT-P)复合电弧焊接技术,运用光学显微镜、扫描电子显微镜、透射电子显微镜、X射线衍射仪和电子探针组织表征手段以及显微硬度和低温冲击韧性性能测试方法,对比研究了纯Ar和Ar+2%N_(2)气体保护对焊接接头的微观组织、硬度和低温韧性的影响规律.结果表明,与纯Ar保护气相比,添加2%N_(2)保护的焊接过程飞溅较少,焊缝平整笔直,鱼鳞纹更加细致紧密.此外,热影响区主要由过量的铁素体和少量的奥氏体组成,并伴随有害的Cr2N析出.因此,与CMT-P复合电弧焊接头的其它区域相比,热影响区的硬度较高和韧性较低.添加2%N_(2)气体保护增加了焊缝和热影响区奥氏体含量和N原子在铁素体与奥氏体内的固溶量,从而提高了接头各区域的低温韧性.
文摘搭建了铝合金激光-冷金属过渡(Cold Metal Transfer,CMT)复合焊接试验平台和高速摄像采集平台,研究铝合金激光-CMT焊接过程中的熔滴特性.改变激光功率,获得不同焊接参数下CMT熔滴过渡的高速摄像图.通过对比分析可知,在激光功率较小时,激光主要起到引导电弧作用,对CMT电弧影响较小,焊接过程较为稳定,能够获得良好焊缝成形.当激光功率较大时,会影响CMT原有的短路过渡,造成熔滴飞溅等情况,导致焊缝成形较差.结果表明:保持焊丝和激光间距的有效距离和控制激光功率,是保证激光-CMT复合焊接过程稳定的关键.
文摘综述了涉及工程应用的冷丝熔化极气体保护焊(Cold wire gas metal arc welding,CW-GMAW)熔滴过渡形态特征。结果表明,在大电流、强规范、富氩混合气体保护下,CW-GMAW工艺的熔滴过渡形态呈喷射过渡;当电流较小、电弧电压较低时,可能为滴状过渡,甚至在弧压很低时,呈现短路过渡形态。该工艺电弧发生偏向冷丝的位移,弧长变短甚至发生短路,与冷丝送进速率比增高及冷丝在电弧中产生大量金属蒸气时弧柱电阻下降有关。在具有富氩混合保护气体的相同工艺参数下,CWGMAW转变电流比GMAW降低了4%~7%。焊接工艺参数对CW-GMAW和GMAW工艺熔滴过渡形态的影响规律大致相近,但前者因涉及冷丝送进速率比和电极焊丝送进速度,以及它们的匹配等,使焊接电流的影响更为复杂。
