In the industry of restoration of details and production of designs from low-carbon and low-alloy steels the technology of welding by an electrode of continuous section which melts in the environment of carbon dioxide has become widespread. Welding and surfacing in shielding gases ranks first in terms of the amount of weld metal and manufactured products among other mechanized arc welding methods. Today, the need for wires for welding in shielding gases is about 200 thousand tons. Today's requirements indicate that welding technologies in shielding gases will occupy a leading position for the next 15 to 20 years. This is due to the relatively low cost of materials for surfacing, high performance properties of the obtained coatings, the ability to monitor the surfacing processes and make certain adjustments directly during surfacing. Along with the advantages of surfacing in a protective gas, there are also disadvantages: increased spraying of the metal, the difficulty of increasing the productivity of the process, limited control over the physicochemical properties of the coating metal in particular its deoxidation and alloying. These shortcomings are partially eliminated by the use of flux-cored wires and powdered fluxes, which are introduced into the combustion zone of the arc. The main problem is the ingress of air into the combustion zone of the arc and the interaction of air nitrogen with molten metal, which negatively affects the quality of the latter. Modern technologies of arc welding and surfacing are based on the creation of effective gas protection of the weld material from the penetration of air into the area of molten metal. Physical protection is the expulsion of air from the combustion zone of the arc - the zone of melting of the metal by supplying under pressure from the nozzle of the shielding gas burner. Therefore, the paper considers various ways to protect the melting zone of the metal by expelling air from the combustion zone of the arc. The results of comparative studies of the protective properties of the gas jet of burners of different designs are presented. The technological scheme of protection with two-speed CO2 jet by burners of conical and cylindrical section is considered. Recommendations for the velocity parameters of the shielding gas flowing from the central and peripheral cross-section of the burner are given. Research is aimed at ensuring effective protection of molten metal from air nitrogen, as well as reducing the consumption of shielding gas.

welding, surfacing, seam, coating, shielding gas, gas shielding, electric arc, thermal zone, potential core

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