IP Library Granted Patent US 8,536,487
Granted Patent B2
US 8,536,487 · App. 12/780,076 · Granted Sep 17, 2013

Arc welding method

Inventors: Seigo Nishikawa (Kitakyushu, JP); Kanji Katada (Hirakata, JP); Hirotaka Adachi (Hirakata, JP); Tsuneo Shinada (Ebina, JP); Hideyasu Machii (Ebina, JP)
Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
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Patent No.
US 8,536,487
App. No.
12/780,076
Granted
Sep 17, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A consumable electrode type arc welding method for generating arc between a plate-shaped work and a welding wire by a mixed shield gas including argon gas to weld the plate-shaped work, includes: making a state of reverse polarity in which the polarity of the welding wire is positive at the welding start time, and switching at least once to a state of positive polarity in which the polarity of the welding wire is negative.

Claims (27)

1. A consumable electrode type arc welding method for generating arc between a plate-shaped work and a welding wire by a mixed shield gas including argon gas to weld the plate-shaped work, comprising:

starting a welding while making a polarity state into a reverse electrical polarity state (EP) in which an electrical polarity of the welding wire is positive; continuing the welding while maintaining the reverse electrical polarity state before a welding wire feeding speed reaches 25 m/min; and

switching, after welding wire feeding speed reaches 25 m/min, at least once the electrical polarity state from the reverse electrical polarity state to a positive electrical polarity state (EN) in which the electrical polarity of the welding wire is negative,

wherein a welding current is 600 A or more.

2. The arc welding method according to claim 1 , wherein

when a welding-wire feeding speed is below 25 m/min., a state of reverse electrical polarity is made, and

when the welding-wire feeding speed is 25 m/min or more, the state of reverse electrical polarity is switched to the state of positive electrical polarity.

3. The arc welding method according to claim 2 , wherein

the thickness of the plate-shaped work is 8 mm or more, the wire diameter of the welding wire is 1.2 to 1.6 mm.

4. The arc welding method according to claim 1 , wherein

the state of reverse electrical polarity is switched to the state of positive electrical polarity after several seconds has passed after the welding-wire feeding starts.

5. The arc welding method according to claim 4 , wherein the thickness of the plate-shaped work is 8 mm or more, the wire diameter of the welding wire is 1.2 to 1.6 mm.

6. The arc welding method according to claim 1 , wherein

the thickness of the plate-shaped work is 8 mm or more, the wire diameter of the welding wire is 1.2 to 1.6 mm.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein a wire tip droplet and en electric arc do not rotate.

8. A consumable electrode type arc welding method for generating arc between a plate-shaped work and a welding wire by a mixed shield gas including argon gas to weld the plate-shaped work, comprising:

making a state of reverse electrical polarity in which the electrical polarity of the welding wire is positive at the welding start time, and

switching at least once to a state of positive electrical polarity in which the electrical polarity of the welding wire is negative and

a welding current is 600 A or more,

wherein

the state of reverse electrical polarity is switched to the state of positive electrical polarity after several seconds has passed after the welding-wire feeding starts

wherein

switching the state of reverse electrical polarity to the state of positive electrical polarity, when the welding-wire feeding speed is 25 m/min. or more, or after several seconds has passed since the welding-wire feeding starts, and

repeating to switch the state of positive electrical polarity to the state of reverse electrical polarity at a frequency of 10 Hz or more.

9. The arc welding method according to claim 8 , wherein

the thickness of the plate-shaped work is 8 mm or more, the wire diameter of the welding wire is 1.2 to 1.6 mm.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein a wire tip droplet and en electric arc do not rotate.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 6, 2012
From: HITACHI VIA MECHANICS, LTD.
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
Reel/Frame 028002/0631 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 14, 2010
From: NISHIKAWA, SEIGO; KATADA, KANJI; ADACHI, HIROTAKA; SHINADA, TSUNEO; MACHII, HIDEYASU
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI; HITACHI VIA MECHANICS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 024385/0963 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-118573 · May 15, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100288742A1 · Nov 18, 2010