HIGH PRODUCTIVITY WELDING TECHNIQUES IN SHIPBUILDING AND OTHER HEAVY INDUSTRIES

A plate thickness of 35mm is not uncommon in present day ship construction and for pressure vessels, boilers, heat exchangers for nuclear plants and legs of offshore platforms 200mm can occur. For shipbuilding the submerged arc process was chosen which is versatile and particularly suitable for automated high productivity welding. Describes how some of the problems were solved which arose when welding these new materials at economic speeds.

• Corporate Authors:

  Australian Trade Publications Proprietary, Ltd

  28 Chippen Street
  Chippendale 2008,   Australia 
• Authors:
  • Horsfield, A M
• Publication Date: 1975-8

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 4 p.
• Serial:
  • Australian Welding Journal
  • Publisher: Australian Trade Publications Proprietary, Ltd

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic welding; Automation; Electrodes; Fluxes; Shipyards; Welding
• Old TRIS Terms: Automatic welding systems; Shipyard automation; Welding electrodes
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00129005
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Elektriska Svetsning Aktiebolaget
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 19 1976 12:00AM