Due to their good mechanical and other properties, cobalt-chromium alloys (Co-Cr) are often used in prosthetic therapy. The metal structures of prosthetic works can be damaged and break, and depending on the extent of the damage, they can be re-joine...
The welding experiments and numerical simulation analysis of dissimilar magnesium alloy AZ61-AM60 were carried out by TIG and A-TIG methods. The mathematical model of welding pool under three-dimensional transient moving heat source has been establis...
The Q235 steel plate butt joint was successfully welded by the laser K-TIG hybrid welding method. The effects of hybrid welding process parameters such as welding current, the distance between heat sources, laser power, laser defocusing amount, and w...
Visual inspection through image processing of welding and shot-peened surfaces is necessary to overcome equipment limitations, avoid measurement errors, and accelerate processing to gain certain surface properties such as surface roughness. Therefore...
As a highly effective welding method, PPCA-TIG (Powder Pool Coupled Activating Flux–Tungsten Inert Gas) welding aims to achieve automated activation of TIG welding through the use of suitable activating fluxes. However, due to the unique transi...
The main aim of this work was to evaluate the influence and optimize the factors of the TIG-MIG/MAG hybrid welding process on the geometry of the weld bead. An experimental design using the Taguchi methodology (robust design method) was used to condu...
Recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI) modeling tools allows for envisaging that AI will remove elements of human mechanical effort from welding operations. This paper contributes to this development by proposing an AI tungsten inert gas...
This paper aims to develop a novel tungsten inner gas (TIG) welding torch in order to join thin sheets efficiently. Using a narrowing nozzle (constricted nozzle) inside a conventional TIG torch can critically improve the position accuracy of the tung...
Tungsten inert gas-metal inert gas hybrid welding (TIG-MIG) combines the advantages of tungsten and metal inert gas welding. It can efficiently produce high-quality weld joints that meet modern manufacturing quality and efficiency requirements. Based...
Keyhole mode Tungsten Inert Gas (K-TIG) welding is a novel advanced deep penetration welding technology which provides an alternative to high power density welding in terms of achieving keyhole mode welding. In order to facilitate welding procedure o...
In this paper, 8.0 mm thickness 2205 duplex stainless steel (DSS) workpieces were welded with a keyhole tungsten inert gas (K-TIG) welding system under different welding speeds. After welding, the morphologies of the welds under different welding spe...
The P91 martensitic steel and 304L austenitic stainless steels are two mainly used structural steels in power plants. The major problem in conventional multipass tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding of P91/304L steel is high heat input and joint distorti...
Large residual stress of 2219 aluminum alloy induced by Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding decreases its service performances. Shot peening was adopted to decrease the residual stress of TIG welding. Numerical models of TIG welding and shot peening wer...
This paper focuses on discerning the melting state of keyhole tungsten inert gas (K-TIG) welding, a promising welding technique still considered a novelty. In order to achieve this goal, a sensing system is established to collect voltage signals duri...
Tungsten inert gas (TIG) is currently one of the most widely applied welding technologies. However, the arc energy divergence and high heat input of conventional TIG can lead to welding defects in heat-input-sensitive alloys (such as Inconel 718). In...
Selecting an economically suitable welding technique and optimizing welding parameters to obtain high joint quality is considered a challenge for expanding the 5xxx aluminum alloy series in various industrial applications. This work aims to investiga...
Keyhole tungsten inert gas (keyhole TIG) welding is renowned for its advanced efficiency, necessitating a real-time defect detection method that integrates deep learning and enhanced vision techniques. This study employs a multi-layer deep neural net...
This work aimed to compare the quality and properties of the welded joints of AMg6 aluminium alloy produced via conventional TIG welding with the properties of those produced with flux backing tape. This study focussed on the relative length of oxide...
Considering the problem of the weak bonding interface structure between the rolling mill oil and film bearing bushings of Babbitt alloy and steel substrate, a numerical simulation of the layered bimetallic ZChSnSb8Cu4/steel by tungsten inert gas (TIG...
This study involves the validating of thermal analysis during TIG Arc welding of 1.4418 steel using finite element analyses (FEA) with experimental approaches. 3D heat transfer simulation of 1.4418 stainless steel TIG arc welding is implemented using...
Laser-TIG (tungsten inert gas) hybrid welding process is applied to produce stable back beads in the first layer during one-side multilayer welding. To explain why stable back beads can be formed, a comparison is conducted between single TIG and lase...
The usage of AISI/SAE 304L austenitic and 420 martensitic stainless steels is receiving greater interest especially in the defence and navy industries. 304L stainless steels exhibit excellent resistance to oxidizing media, while martensitic 420 alloy...
The fabrication of welded joints in steel sheets has become a focal point, especially in meeting the demands for interconnections within battery packs for electric vehicles (EVs). This study delves into the impact arising from the initiation arc duri...
The new alloying concept of multi-element systems with defined entropy (HEA—high-entropy alloy; MEA—medium-entropy alloy) is gaining increasing importance in materials research. Significantly improved properties or combinations of propert...
The Ti-4Al-2V (wt. %) titanium alloy has garnered widespread applications across diverse fields due to its exceptional strength-to-weight ratio, high toughness, specific strength, and corrosion resistance. The welding of Ti-4Al-2V titanium alloy comp...
This study investigated the use of the linear regression algorithm (LRA) for estimating the cost of tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding of dissimilar metals, specifically, stainless steel 304 and aluminum 2024. Various cost analysis parameters, includin...
The paper investigates the arc behavior and molten metal flow during Keyhole tungsten inert gas (K-TIG) welding of dissimilar materials, Invar 36 and stainless steel (types 304, 316, 309, and 310) specifically. A high-speed camera was used to capture...
For a low cost, there are industrial infrared monitoring systems used for imperfection detection and identification in welded joints. The key drawback that impedes real life industrial applications is the low spatial resolution, as well as the tempor...
In this paper, the S32101 duplex stainless steel welded joints were produced by a K-TIG welding system. The weld geometry parameters under different welding speeds were analyzed by combining the morphological characteristics of the keyhole. The micro...
In this work, a new welding method, AC-DC hybrid TIG welding, is used to weld 304 stainless steel. Research on the formation, microstructure, and properties of 304 stainless-steel welded joints are studied by using optical microscope and microhardnes...
A longitudinal magnetic field provides a new method for regulating the plasma velocity, pressure field, and temperature field of the TIG welding arc. However, the mechanism of action of the longitudinal magnetic field remains poorly understood. In or...
The Invar alloy is widely used for aircraft wing mould manufacturing. In this work, keyhole-tungsten inert gas (K-TIG) butt welding was used to join 10 mm thick Invar 36 alloy plates. The effect of heat input on the microstructure, morphology and mec...
The tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding method most commonly used to weld ferrous metals, nonferrous metals, and other metals since it is simple, easily implemented, and achieves consistent high-quality welds. In this study, butt joints produced between...
In order to improve the poor weldability and low quality of welded joints during the welding of magnesium alloys, a longitudinal magnetic field is introduced in the welding process of A-TIG welding with a fixed magnetic field frequency (30 Hz) and ma...
Stainless steel, due to its exceptional comprehensive properties, has been widely adopted as the primary material for liquid cargo tank containment systems and pipelines in liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers. However, challenges such as hot crackin...
This research investigates the application of activated tungsten inert gas (A-TIG) welding on boiler grade SA516 Grade 70 carbon steel using nano titanium dioxide (TiO2) nano flux to enhance weld penetration depth, microstructure, and mechanical prop...
Besides a wide application in corrosion protection, wear resistance increase, providing thermal properties and power conversion, oxide coatings have found an alternative application in welding technology as catalysts of the tungsten inert gas (TIG) w...
Inconel 600 alloy has gained consideration as a favourable material for heat and power applications, particularly in turbine blades, due to its superior mechanical behaviour encompassing strength, toughness, oxidation resistance, and ductility. Tungs...
This article presents the results of a study on the distribution of weld distortion in thin-walled components made of 17-4 PH steel, resulting from TIG (Tungsten Inert Gas) welding. Both manual and automatic welding processes were examined. Physical...
This investigation explores the application of supervised machine learning regression approaches to predict various responses, including penetration, bead width, bead height, hardness, ultimate tensile strength, and percentage elongation in autogenou...
The Invar steel molten pool is characterized by low fluidity of the molten pool due to high tension, which hinders the escape of gases and exacerbates the formation of porosity defects. In this study, the influences of different welding process param...
Finite element (FE) analysis of welding residual stress and deformation is one of the essential stages in the manufacturing process of mechanical structures and parts. It aids in reducing the production cost, minimizing errors, and optimizing the man...
Ultrasonic frequency pulse assisted TIG welding (UFP-TIG) experiments were conducted to join Inconel 690 alloy (IN690) by adding Inconel 718 alloy (IN718) as the filler. The effect of the filler on the microstructure, mechanical properties, and ducti...
This study presents a comprehensive investigation into optimizing Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding parameters to enhance the mechanical performance of the widely used Al-6061 T6 alloy, specifically in a double V joint configuration with a plate thick...
The need to modify removable partial dentures equipped with a metal framework in order to add other prosthetic teeth to replace natural teeth lost by the patient could lead to laboratory procedures so complex as to require the creation of new prosthe...
Multi-element systems with defined entropy (HEA—high entropy alloy or MEA—medium entropy alloy) are rather new material concepts that are becoming increasingly important in materials research and development. Some HEA systems show signifi...
This work provides a comprehensive investigation of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) inducement in weldment and their apparent effect on the microstructure, %elongation and ultimate fracture behavior of Al-Mg-Si alloy referring modified tungste...
The welding market is changing globally, becoming eco-friendly, robotized and automated. The tungsten inert gas welding (TIG) process is indispensable in industries that require high-quality welds with the absence of spatter and fumes. However, the p...
Duplex stainless steels are gaining greater interest due to their increasing amounts of application fields. Accordingly, there is a need for awareness of problems associated with improper microstructural distributions such as δ-ferrite (delta-ferrite...
The present paper aims to compare the microstructural and mechanical properties of CK45 carbon steel plates, joined by friction stir (FSW) and tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding methods. Besides visual inspection, the welded joints and the base materia...
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