Abstract: The invention relates to technology and equipment for arc welding.A method of overhead submerged arc welding consists in that flux at the wing site is pressure-fed to the joint being welded from below at different pressures along the joint being welded, a consumable electrode (3) is fed through the flux (3) from below and an arc is struck. A weldpool is formed thereat with a layer of liquid slag.

Abstract: An apparatus for overhead submerged-arc welding includes a driven trolley supporting a vertical slide with a carriage. On the carriage (22) is mounted an arm on the end of which with a possibility of swinging with respect to its longitudinal and transverse planes there is located a forming means. The apparatus also has a hopper with flux accommodating a nozzle for a consumable electrode, a bowl provided in the top part of the hopper through which extends the nozzle for the consumable electrode (14) and means for supplying and pressing the flux. The hopper is mounted on the pivot pin disposed on a front wall (18) of the forming means to extend in parallel with a transverse axis thereof and aligned with the upper and face of a rear wall of the bowl located adjacent to the nozzle. Such location of the pivot pin supporting the hopper (1) and the forming means ensures swinging of the bowl in transverse direction and constant preset flux pressure in the welding zone.

Abstract: An apparatus for overhead submerged-arc welding a hopper containing flux and accommodating a bowl having means for supplying flux and its pressing and having its open upper part facing towards a work being welded, a rear wall of the bowl in the welding direction being made in the form of a movable plate supported by a pivot pin extending perpendicularly with respect to its surface. Adjacent to a movable plate in the bowl is mounted a welding nozzle for supplying a consumable electrode and a forming means is provided above the brim of the open part of the bowl on a suspension supported by a pivot pin for cooperation with the movable plate and for oscillations in the longitudinal and transverse planes, and the hopper is suspended on the pivot pin of the suspension of the forming means. The pivot pin supporting the movable plate is mounted on a means for pressing an upper end face of the movable plate against the front end extremity of the underside of the forming means.

Abstract: An apparatus for overhead submerged-arc welding has a rotatable hopper containing flux and accommodating a bowl communicating with a driven auger feeder having an auger rotating at a constant speed. In the bowl is extended a welding nozzle for a consumable electrode and a former is provided adjacent to the welding nozzle above the brim of the open part of the bowl facing towards a work being welded. The apparatus is also provided with a counter for counting the number of revolutions of the auger and a means for controlling flux supplied to the bowl which are connected to each other for actuating the latter when the auger has completed a preset number of revolutions.

Abstract: An apparatus for overhead submerged arc welding having a pivotally mounted hopper containing flux and accommodating a bowl which has its open part facing towards a work being welded and communicating with a driven auger feeder for supplying and pressing the flux in the bowl and having a controlled drive. A welding nozzle extends through the bowl, and a former is provided above the brim of the open part of the bowl. A flux backing thickness pickup is connected to the controlled drive of the driven auger feeder for varying the number of revolutions of an auger of the driven auger feeder during a preset time period. The flux backing thickness pickup is mounted on a front edge of the bowl in the welding direction, adjacent to the longitudinal axis thereof, and is in the form of any eddy current transducer. By controlling the driven auger feeder, the apparatus monitors and keeps constant the preset flux backing thickness so as to supply a constant amount of flux to the bowl.

Abstract: An apparatus for overhead submerged arc welding has a hopper containing flux being pivotally mounted on a suspension for rotation about the suspension axis, the hopper having a bowl provided in the top part thereof, a welding head with a nozzle for supplying a consumable electrode, and means for supplying flux and pressing it against work.The apparatus also has a forming means mounted for swinging in its longitudinal and transverse planes and for a vertical adjustment with respect to the work being welded. The forming means is in the form of a U-shaped body having its open top part facing towards the work being welded and legs having on the side of the nozzle a pair of diverging wedge-shaped projections, an adjusting bar being provided inside the body to extend length-wise of the joint being welded. Copying members in the form of four wheels are provided outside the body on either side of the legs thereof.