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9 Welding Process
9
Welding Process
Stud welding with tip ignition is divided into contact stud welding and gap stud wel-
ding. This power unit must be used exclusively for stud welding with contact.
9.1
Contact Stud Welding
–
The welding gun is placed onto the workpiece (see figure,
position 1
). The wel-
ding element which projects above the welding gun support legs, is pushed back
tensioning a pressure spring.
– After positioning the welding gun against the workpiece, the operator triggers the
welding gun button and starts the welding process; thus the current circuit is closed.
– The capacitors of the power unit are discharged. Because of the high discharge
current, the ignition tip evaporates explosion-like. The air gap between welding
element and workpiece is ionized (see figure,
position 2
), an arc is produced.
– The arc melts the face of the welding element together with an area of the workpiece
of about the same dimension (see figure,
position 3
).
– Caused by the pressure spring, the welding element moves to the workpiece with
a speed of 0,5 to 1 m/s. The adjusted spring force controls the plunging speed of
the welding element.
– Higher plunging speed leads to shortened arc time and consequently to lower wel-
ding energy with identical voltage setting.
– The arc is cut as soon as the welding element touches the workpiece.
– Now the capacitors are short-circuited and the rest of the energy drains off (see
figure,
position 4
).
– The pressure spring continues to push the welding element into the weld pool.
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