How welding Arc heat, Temperature be produced?

The term temperature refers to the degree or level of energy in a material and can be measured in degrees with a thermometer. The term heat refers to the quantity of energy in a material and cannot be easily measured. The quantity of heat in a material can be determined by knowing both the temperature and mass (weight) of an object. Likewise, the temperature of an arc from a small diameter electrode is the same as the arc from a large diameter electrode, but the larger arc has more heat. What is the typical temperature of an arc? The temperature … Continue reading How welding Arc heat, Temperature be produced?

Welding Amperage & Heat Relationship

The amount of heat produced by the arc is determined by the amperage. The higher the amperage setting the higher the heat produced by the welding arc, and the lower the amperage setting the lower the heat produced. Each diameter of the electrode has a recommended minimum and maximum amperage range and therefore a recommended heat range. If you were to try to put too many amps through a small diameter electrode it will overheat and could even melt during weld and potential of the welder injury. If the amperage setting is too low for an electrode diameter, the end … Continue reading Welding Amperage & Heat Relationship

Welding Voltage & Arc Length Relationship

The voltage and arc length are closely related. The shorter the arc, the lower the arc voltage and the lower the temperature produced, an as the arc lengthens, the resistance increases, thus causing a rise in the arc voltage and temperature. Most shielded metal arc welding electrodes have chemicals added to their coverings to stabilize the arc. These arc stabilizers form conductive ions that make the arc more stable and reduce the arc resistance. This makes it easier to hold an arc. By lowering the resistance, the arc stabilizers also lower the arc temperature. Other chemicals within the gaseous cloud … Continue reading Welding Voltage & Arc Length Relationship

Welding Term, Definition, and Abbreviations

Find your confusing words by Ctrl+F Active Fluxes – Active fluxes produce changes in weld metal chemistry when welding is changed. Active fluxes are restricted to single or minimal multi-pass welding. Acceptable Weld – A weld that meets the applicable requirements Actual Throat – The shortest distance between the weld root and the face of a fillet weld. Aging – Process of holding metals or alloys at room temperature after subjecting them to shaping or heat treatment, for the purpose of increasing dimensional stability or to improve their hardness and strength through structural changes, as by precipitation. Air Carbon Arc Cutting – A carbon arc cutting process variation that removes molten metal … Continue reading Welding Term, Definition, and Abbreviations

What is Welding Current?

Welding current is the term used to describe the electricity that jumps across the arc gap between the end of the electrode and the metal being welded. An electric current is the flow of electrons. The resistance to the flow of electrons (electricity) produces heat. The greater the electrical resistance, the greater the heat and temperature that the arc will produce. Air has a high resistance to current flow, so there is a lot of heat and temperature produced by the SMA welding arc. Electrons flow from negative (–) to positive (+). What three units are used to describe any … Continue reading What is Welding Current?

Load Line Certificate of Ship

Load line certificate certifies that vessel complies with the Loadline Convention.  International Convention on LoadLine: Adopted: 5th of April 1966 Entry into force: 21st July 1968 Main objectives: to ensure weather-tight and watertight integrity of ships To specify maximum safe draft the ship can sail on by assigning minimum freeboards Loadline convention applies to ships of more than 24 meters in length. Not all ships of more than 24 meters in length need to comply with loadline convention. There are some exemptions to it which are detailed in article 6 of the loadline convention. Article 6 – Exemptions (1). Ships, … Continue reading Load Line Certificate of Ship

Casting steel & Repair standards

This guidance is applied to the surface defects and the standards of measures to take when defects are found in the carbon steel castings of hull structures such as the stern frame and the rudder frame. Purpose Although there are rule requirements for the defects and repairing methods of cast steel structures, they are no more than conceptual explanations so when defects are discovered, problems regarding the standard and repairing methods arise. Therefore, this purposes to define the standards and the repairing methods of surface defects to solve the issue and to prevent delay of the process. Types of Surface … Continue reading Casting steel & Repair standards

Ship Bottom Plug Inspection

The following guidelines apply for testing procedures and overall maintenance of bottom plug/socket installation tasks for all ships constructed in the shipyard or during drying dock examination. Purpose The purpose of this section is to not only prevent malfunction as well as to inspect each item in the B/plug close test performed before dock water filling by establishing testing standards for each stage of hull and ship construction procedure as well as for warehousing of bottom plug/sockets, thereby enabling enhanced productivity and the settlement of an independent quality guaranteeing system. Test Timing and Checking Procedure 1-Warehousing test When warehousing parts, sampling … Continue reading Ship Bottom Plug Inspection