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    Electroslag Welding: Operating Principle

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    Electroslag welding is a single-pass welding process used to join thick steel plates over 25mm. It generates heat through the resistance of a molten slag bath rather than an electric arc. The plates are held vertically and cooled copper shoes form a cavity filled with flux and wire. As the wire feeds in, it melts into the slag bath and sinks to the bottom, forming the weld. The process is used for thick pressure vessels, blast furnace shells, and railway points due to its speed, lack of distortion, and simple joint preparation.

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    Electroslag welding is a single-pass welding process used to join thick steel plates over 25mm. It generates heat through the resistance of a molten slag bath rather than an electric arc. The plates are held vertically and cooled copper shoes form a cavity filled with flux and wire. As the wire feeds in, it melts into the slag bath and sinks to the bottom, forming the weld. The process is used for thick pressure vessels, blast furnace shells, and railway points due to its speed, lack of distortion, and simple joint preparation.

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    Electroslag welding is a single-pass welding process used to join thick steel plates over 25mm. It generates heat through the resistance of a molten slag bath rather than an electric arc. The plates are held vertically and cooled copper shoes form a cavity filled with flux and wire. As the wire feeds in, it melts into the slag bath and sinks to the bottom, forming the weld. The process is used for thick pressure vessels, blast furnace shells, and railway points due to its speed, lack of distortion, and simple joint preparation.

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    Electroslag Welding: Operating Principle

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    Electroslag welding is a single-pass welding process used to join thick steel plates over 25mm. It generates heat through the resistance of a molten slag bath rather than an electric arc. The plates are held vertically and cooled copper shoes form a cavity filled with flux and wire. As the wire feeds in, it melts into the slag bath and sinks to the bottom, forming the weld. The process is used for thick pressure vessels, blast furnace shells, and railway points due to its speed, lack of distortion, and simple joint preparation.

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    ADVANCED WELDING TECHNOLOGY Electroslag Welding

    OPERATING PRINCIPLE

    •Electro slag welding is a very efficient, single pass process carried out in the
    vertical or near vertical position and used for joining steel plates/sections in
    thicknesses of 25mm and above.
    •It was developed by the Paton Institute in the Ukraine in the early 1950s and
    superseded the very high current submerged arc process for making
    longitudinal welds in thick-walled pressure vessels.

    •Unlike other high current fusion processes, electro slag welding is not an arc
    process.
    •Heat required for melting both the welding wire and the plate edges is
    generated through a molten slag's resistance to the passage of an electric
    current.
    ADVANCED WELDING TECHNOLOGY Electroslag Welding
    EQUIPMENT

    1. Power source 4. Starting block


    2. Wire feeder 5. Solid electrode wire
    3. Copper shoes 6. Protective equipment
    ADVANCED WELDING TECHNOLOGY Electroslag Welding
    OPERATION

    •In its original form, plates are held vertically approximately 30mm apart with
    the edges of the plate cut normal to the surface.
    •A bridging run-on piece of the same thickness is attached to the bottom of the
    plates.
    •Water cooled copper shoes are then placed each side of the joint, forming a
    rectangular cavity open at the top.
    •Filler wire, which is also the current carrier, is then fed into this cavity, initially
    striking an arc through a small amount of flux.
    •Additional flux is added which melts forming a flux bath which rises and
    extinguishes the arc.
    •The added wire then melts into this bath sinking to the bottom before
    solidifying to form the weld.
    •As welding progresses, both the wire feed mechanism and the copper shoes
    are moved progressively upwards until the top of the weld is reached.
    ADVANCED WELDING TECHNOLOGY Electroslag Welding
    OPERATION
    ADVANCED WELDING TECHNOLOGY Electroslag Welding
    APPLICATION

    1. In the fabrication industry, the process continues to be used for thick


    walled pressure vessels and for structures such as blast furnace shells
    and steel ladles which are used at above ambient temperatures.
    2. The process is also extensively used for the welding of railway points.
    3. The main benefits of the process are:
    • speed of joint completion; typically 1 hour per metre of seam,
    irrespective of thickness
    • lack of angular distortion
    • simple joint preparation, i.e. flame-cut square edge

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