Flux Cored Patents (Class 219/145.22)
  • Patent number: 12059756
    Abstract: A purpose of the present invention is to provide a flux-cored wire that excels in slag removability and weldability, and is capable of high-efficiency operation without the risk of reheat cracking and makes it possible to obtain a welding bead with high corrosion resistance even when used in equipment operating at high temperature for a long time. The present invention relates to a flux-cored wire for gas-shielded arc welding that is used for welding using a specific shielding gas having a high Ar ratio, includes substantially no As, Sb, Pb and Bi, has slag component and alloy component compositions satisfying predetermined conditions, and satisfies the relationship {(3×?O2?)+?CO2?+(0.0085×A2)?(0.19×A)}?20.0 (where A={?Cr?+(4.3×?Nb?)}).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoki Mukai
  • Patent number: 11958139
    Abstract: A flux-cored wire for gas shielded arc welding may contain, based on total mass of the wire: Fe: 78 mass % or more; TiO2: 4 mass % to 13 mass %; Mn: 1.0 mass % to 2.4 mass %; Cr: 1.0 mass % to 3.0 mass %; Mo: 0.2 mass % to 1.2 mass %; Si: 0.1 mass % to 0.8 mass %; Mg: 0.1 mass % to 1.0 mass %; fluoride (F conversion value): 0.05 mass % to 0.25 mass %; C: 0.01 mass % to 0.10 mass %; V: 0.003 mass % to 0.020 mass %; Nb: 0.003 mass % to 0.020 mass %; and B: less than 100 ppm (including 0 ppm). The contents of Mn, C, and V based on total mass of the wire may satisfy a relationship of 28×Mn/(390×C+2370×V)?0.82.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshimasa Muranishi
  • Patent number: 11577346
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electroslag welding wire containing, by mass % based on total mass of the wire: C: more than 0% and 0.07% or less; Si: more than 0% and 0.50% or less; Mn: more than 0% and 1.0% or less; Ni: 6.0 to 15.0%; and Fe: 79% or more. The electroslag welding wire satisfies the following relationship (1): 0.150?C+Si/30+Mn/20+Ni/60?0.300 (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keito Ishizaki, Yimin Yuan, Hidenori Nako, Tomoko Sugimura, Yoshitomi Okazaki
  • Patent number: 11577345
    Abstract: Systems and methods for low-manganese welding alloys are disclosed. An example arc welding consumable may comprise: less than 0.4 wt % manganese; strengthening agents selected from the group consisting of nickel, cobalt, copper, carbon, molybdenum, chromium, vanadium, silicon, and boron; and grain control agents selected from the group consisting of niobium, tantalum, titanium, zirconium, and boron. The grain control agents may comprise greater than 0.06 wt % and less than 0.6 wt % of the welding consumable. The resulting weld deposit may comprise a tensile strength greater than or equal to 70 ksi, a yield strength greater than or equal to 58 ksi, a ductility (as measured by percent elongation) of at least 22%, and a Charpy V-notch toughness greater than or equal to 20 ft-lbs at ?20° F. The welding consumable may provide a manganese fume generation rate less than 0.01 grams per minute during the arc welding operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: HOBART BROTHERS LLC
    Inventors: Steven Edward Barhorst, Kevin M. Krieger, Joseph C. Bundy, Mario Anthony Amata, Daryl L. Duncan, Susan Renata Fiore
  • Patent number: 11350492
    Abstract: A sample holder includes: a ceramic substrate including one main surface serving as a sample holding surface; a heat-generating resistor located inside or on an other main surface of the ceramic substrate; a metal member having a first surface bonded to, by a bonding layer, and covering the other main surface of the ceramic substrate, the metal member including a through hole penetrating from the first surface to an opposite surface of the metal member; a lead terminal inserted into the metal member; and a conductive portion located inside the bonding layer, the conductive portion electrically connecting the heat-generating resistor and the lead terminal, the conductive portion including a region which extends in a same direction as the other main surface, and separate from the other main surface of the ceramic substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Satoru Kamitani
  • Patent number: 10946486
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a flux-cored wire including a steel sheath and a flux that fills the steel sheath. The flux contains fluorides of which a total value ? of F-equivalent values is 0.21% or more, oxides of which the total value ? of amounts ranges from 0.30% to 3.50%, and carbonates of which a total value of amounts ranges from 0% to 3.50%. An amount of CaO ranges from 0% to 0.20%. An amount of iron powder ranges from 0% to less than 10.0%. A Y-value is 5.0% or less. The amount of CaF2 is less than 0.50%. The amount of Ti oxides ranges from 0.10% to 2.50%. A ratio of ? to ? ranges from 0.10 to 4.00. A total value of amounts of MgCO3, Na2CO3, and LiCO3 ranges from 0% to 3.00%. A chemical composition excluding the fluorides, the oxides, the CaO, the carbonates, and the iron powder is within a predetermined range. Ceq ranges from 0.10% to 0.44%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kotaro Watanabe, Tatsuya Kumagai, Hiroki Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 10870178
    Abstract: A flux-cored wire for arc welding of a duplex stainless steel includes a stainless-steel sheath filled with a flux and contains, with respect to the total mass of the wire, predetermined amounts of Cr, Ni, Mo, N, Mn, and Si, in which letting a Ti alloy content in terms of Ti be [Ti] and letting an Al alloy content in terms of Al be [Al], [Ti] and [Al] are predetermined values, and in which parameter A expressed as A=[Ti]+2×[Al] satisfies a predetermined value, and the balance is composed of Fe, a slag-forming component, and incidental impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Ishida, Hiroshi Sugahara, Tetsunao Ikeda, Shigeki Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 10589388
    Abstract: Systems and methods for low-manganese welding alloys are disclosed. An example arc welding consumable that forms a weld deposit on a steel workpiece during an arc welding operation, wherein the welding consumable comprises: less than 0.4 wt % manganese; strengthening agents selected from the group consisting of nickel, cobalt, copper, carbon, molybdenum, chromium, vanadium, silicon, and boron; and grain control agents selected from the group consisting of niobium, tantalum, titanium, zirconium, and boron, wherein the grain control agents comprise greater than 0.06 wt % and less than 0.6 wt % of the welding consumable, wherein the weld deposit comprises a tensile strength greater than or equal to 70 ksi, a yield strength greater than or equal to 58 ksi, a ductility, as measured by percent elongation, that is at least 22%, and a Charpy V-notch toughness greater than or equal to 20 ft-lbs at ?20° F., and wherein the welding consumable provides a manganese fume generation rate less than 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Hobart Brothers LLC
    Inventors: Steven Edward Barhorst, Kevin M. Krieger, Joseph C. Bundy, Mario Anthony Amata, Daryl L. Duncan, Susan Renata Fiore
  • Patent number: 10569369
    Abstract: A flux-cored wire for gas-shielded arc welding has a steel outer sheath filled with a flux. The flux-cored wire includes specific amounts, relative to a total mass of the wire, of TiO2, at least one of Si, an Si oxide and an Si compound, C, Mn, Mo, Ni, at least one of metal Mg and an Mg alloy, an F compound, a K compound, an Na compound, B and a B compound, and Fe, respectively. A total content of each of Ti and a Ti alloy, metal Al and an Al alloy, and V is restricted to the specific range, respectively. A content of Ti is also restricted to the specific range relative to the total mass of the steel outer sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masafumi Yamakami, Hiroyuki Kawasaki, Masayuki Nagami
  • Patent number: 10562134
    Abstract: Provided is a flux-cored wire for gas-shielded arc welding that contains specific amounts of C, Mn, TiO2, and Ni and specific amounts or less of P and S. The TiO2 has a ratio (?1/?2) of 0.90-1.50 when ?1 (mass %) is the content per wire total mass of particles having a size of 106 ?m or smaller and ?2 (mass %) is the content per wire total mass of particles having a size exceeding 106 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masafumi Yamakami, Masayuki Nagami, Yoshihiko Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 10449637
    Abstract: Provided is a flux-cored wire with excellent welding workability, AW performance, and SR performance that can use both 100% CO2 gas and Ar—CO2 mixed gas as the shield gas in an initial layer welding for a structure body, particularly, a pipeline. The flux-cored wire with a flux filled into a steel outer sheath, includes, relative to the total mass of the wire: Mn: 1.5 to 3.1% by mass; Ni: 0.2% or more by mass and less than 1.00% by mass; at least one kind of Si, a Si alloy, and a Si oxide: 0.3 to 1.0% by mass in terms of Si; Ti: 0.05 to 0.29% by mass; C: 0.06 to 0.30% by mass; at least one kind of B, a B alloy, and a B oxide: 0.0030 to 0.0090% by mass in terms of B; and Fe: 91 to 97% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Peng Han, Hiroyuki Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 10427249
    Abstract: Provided is a flux-cored wire for gas-shielded arc welding that contains, per wire total mass, specific amounts of C, Mn, TiO2 and specific amounts or less of P and S, and contains, in the flux, a specific amount of Ni per wire total mass. The Ni has a ratio (?1/?2) of 0.50-1.00 when ?1 (mass %) is the content per wire total mass of particles having a size of 106 ?m or less and ?2 (mass %) is the content per wire total mass of particles having a size exceeding 106 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masafumi Yamakami, Masayuki Nagami, Yoshihiko Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 10316395
    Abstract: A gas-shielded flux cored welding electrode comprises a ferrous metal sheath and a core within the sheath enclosing core ingredients. The core ingredients and sheath together comprise, in weight percentages based on the total weight of the core ingredients and the sheath: 0.25 to 1.50 manganese; 0.02 to 0.12 carbon; 0.003 to 0.02 boron; 0.2 to 1.5 silicon; 0 to 0.3 molybdenum; at least one of titanium, magnesium, and aluminum, wherein the total content of titanium, magnesium, and aluminum is 0.2 to 2.5; 3 to 12 titanium dioxide; at least one arc stabilizer, where the total content of arc stabilizers is 0.05 to 1.0; no greater than 10 of additional flux system components; remainder iron and incidental impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: The ESAB Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Stanley E. Ferree, Frank B. Lake
  • Patent number: 10279436
    Abstract: Provided is a flux-cored arc welding material having remarkable impact resistance and abrasion resistance. The flux-cored arc welding material having remarkable impact resistance and abrasion resistance comprises: 0.1-0.75 wt % of C; 0.2-1.2 wt % of Si; 15-27 wt % of Mn; 2-7 wt % of Cr; 0.01 wt % or less of S; 0.018 wt % or less of P; 4.3-15 wt % of TiO2; 0.01-9 wt % of at least one selected from the group consisting of SiO2, ZrO2 and Al2O3; and the balance of Fe and other inevitable impurities. Further provided are a welding joint capable of all-position welding and having remarkable weldability, low temperature impact toughness and abrasion resistance, and thus a welding material very preferably applied to the manufacture of pipes used in the oil sand industry field and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Bong-Keun Lee, Il-Wook Han, Jeong-Kil Kim, Sang-Chul Lee, Dong-Ryeol Lee, Geug Kim
  • Patent number: 10124444
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a flux cored wire and the method and apparatus for manufacturing the same. The flux cored wire in accordance with the present invention can prevent the flux filled inside strip from leaking out and the moisture in the atmosphere from penetrating into the flux. The method of the present invention also does not require longer processing time. For this, the flux cored wire in accordance with the present invention is comprised of: an inner tubular body formed with flat strip by curling up the side edges of the strip into a tubular body having a seam and filed with flux inside; and an outer tubular body formed with flat strip by curling up the side edges of the strip into a tubular body having a seam and wrapping around the inner tubular body in tight contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: ALLOY RODS GLOBAL, INC.
    Inventors: Hee Jin Kwak, Young Su Kim
  • Patent number: 10086477
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to flux-cored brazing consumables and preforms which have at least one protrusion which extends from an outer surface of the consumable such that the protrusion engages with a surface of a component to be brazed. The protrusion aids in securing the brazing consumable in position during manufacture, assembly and transport of an assembly to be brazed, prior to a brazing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert A Howard
  • Patent number: 9993898
    Abstract: Forming respective packets (20, 21, 46, 50, 52, 70, 82, 84) of filler metal powder (24) and flux powder (26) for adjacent placement on a working surface (30) for laser deposition of the metal. Each packet may be formed of a sacrificial sleeve (22) or adjacently seamed sheets (72A-D), which may include flux fibers such as alumina, zirconia, basalt, or silica. A packet (56) of flux may be disposed centrally inside a packet (56) of metal or vice versa. A connected stack (70, 82, 84) of three packets (74A-C, 86A-C) may be formed by seaming (76A-B) four stacked sheets (72A-D) around common edges and filling the three resulting spaces between the sheets with a respective vertical sequence of metal/flux/metal or flux/metal/flux powders. Quilting and intermediate stitching may provide for precise control of material distribution and facilitate feeding of material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Gerald J. Bruck, Ahmed Kamel
  • Patent number: 9492894
    Abstract: Provided are a flux cored arc welding wire able to improve low-temperature toughness of a weld joint and a weld joint using the same, in which the flux cored arc welding wire includes 0.01 wt % to 0.1 wt % of carbon (C), 0.3 wt % to 1.4 wt % of silicon (Si), 1.0 wt % to 3.0 wt % of manganese (Mn), 4.0 wt % to 7.5 wt % of titanium (Ti)+TiO, 0.01 wt % to 3.0 wt % of nickel (Ni), 0.01 wt % to 0.2 wt % of boron (B), 0.02 wt % to 0.42 wt % of yttrium (Y) or 0.02 wt % to 0.56 wt % of a rare earth metal (REM), and iron (Fe) as well as other unavoidable impurities as a remainder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Il-Wook Han, Bong-Keun Lee, Jeong-Kil Kim, Hong-Kil Lee
  • Patent number: 9358629
    Abstract: A tungsten submerged arc welding process wherein a non-consumable electrode (18) provides an arc (16) under a protective bed of flux powder (26), thereby eliminating the need for an inert cover gas supply. The arc melts a feed material in the form of alloy powder (22) or filler wire (40) along with a surface of a substrate (12) to form a layer of cladding material (10, 32) covered by a layer of slag (20, 44). The flux and slag function to shape the deposit, to control cooling, to scavenge contaminants and to shield the deposit from reaction with air, thereby facilitating the deposit of previously unweldable superalloy materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
    Inventor: Gerald J. Bruck
  • Patent number: 9283634
    Abstract: Provided is an arc welding method and arc welding apparatus for arc welding by a brazing filler metal two base materials subjected to a plating process. An arc welding method for arc welding two base materials, at least one of which has a plating layer thereon, by a brazing filler material, performs alternately a plating layer removal process of removing a plating layer by performing arc discharge at a first current value while moving a welding torch along a welding line in a state of stopping feed of the brazing filler metal, and a brazing filler metal welding process of welding the brazing filler metal to a position where the plating layer is removed, by performing arc discharge at a second current value smaller than the first current value while feeding the brazing filler metal in a state of stopping a movement of the welding torch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taisei Wakisaka, Masahito Mutou, Tokuji Okumura, Takanori Suzuki, Shinya Oyama
  • Patent number: 9199341
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to welding and, more specifically, to welding wires for arc welding, such as Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) or Flux Core Arc Welding (FCAW). In one embodiment, a tubular welding wire includes a sheath and a core, in which the sheath includes less than approximately 0.06% carbon by weight. The core includes a carbon source and a potassium source that together comprise less than 10% of the core by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: HOBART BROTHERS COMPANY
    Inventors: Steven Barhorst, Mario Amata, Kevin Pagano
  • Patent number: 9029733
    Abstract: A tubular welding wire includes a granular core and a metal sheath encircling the granular core. Furthermore, the metal sheath includes at least approximately 0.3% manganese by weight and at least approximately 0.05% silicon by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Hobart Brothers Company
    Inventors: Steven Barhorst, Joseph Bundy, Michael Bertram
  • Publication number: 20150117937
    Abstract: In a flux-cored wire for welding an ultrahigh tensile strength steel, one or more of CaF2, BaF2, SrF2, and MgF2 are included in the wire and, when a total amount thereof is defined as ?, the ? is more than 2.0% and equal to or less than 8.0% in terms of mass % with respect to a total mass of the wire, one or more of Ti oxide, Si oxide, Mg oxide, and Al oxide are included in the wire and, when a total amount thereof is defined as ?, the ? is 0.01% to 1.20% in terms of mass % with respect to the total mass of the wire, a ratio of an amount of the CaF2 with respect to the ? is 0.50 or more, a ratio of the ? with respect to the ? is 2.0 to 800.0, and Ceq defined in following Expression a is 0.60% to 1.20%, Ceq=[C]+[Si]/24+[Mn]/6+[Ni]/40+[Cr]/5+[Mo]/4+[V]/14??(a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi Nakamura, Kazuhiro Kojima, Yasuhito Totsuka, Ryuichi Shimura
  • Publication number: 20150114944
    Abstract: A Ni based alloy flux cored wire including a Ni based alloy as a sheath is provided, wherein the sheath contains predetermined ranges of Ni, Cr, Mo, Ti, Al, and Mg relative to the total mass of the sheath, control is made to ensure predetermined C and Si, the composition of the whole wire, which is the sum total of the sheath components and flux components enveloped in the sheath, contains predetermined ranges of Ni, Cr, Mo, Mn, W, Fe, Ti, Al, and Mg relative to the total mass of the wire, and control is made to ensure predetermined C, Si, Nb, P, and S.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Kazuhiro FUKUDA, Masaki Shimamoto
  • Publication number: 20150076130
    Abstract: A flux cored welding electrode for welding a 5-9% nickel steel workpiece by a flux cored arc welding (FCAW) process comprises a particulate core and a metal sheath surrounding the particulate core, wherein chemical composition of the metal sheath and the chemical composition of the particulate core are selected so that the weld deposit composition produced by the welding electrode comprises ?0.15 C, ?6.0 Mn, ?1.0 Si, ?0.025 P, ?0.020 S, 12.0-20.0 Cr, ?55.0 Ni, 5.5-7.5 Mo, 1.2-1.8 Nb+Ta, ?12 Fe, ?0.3 Cu and 0.5-4.0 W.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Zhuyao Zhang, Vincent van der Mee, Peter van Erk, Mark Buxton
  • Patent number: 8975559
    Abstract: Methods for forming an aluminum weld on an aluminum work surface are disclosed. The methods include providing an aluminum metal-core wire having a sheath with an outer surface and a core composition within the sheath, applying a voltage to the aluminum metal-core wire in the vicinity of the aluminum work surface to generate an arc, and melting the wire and the work surface to form the weld. The sheath is formed with an inorganic lubricant on its outer surface and the core composition includes metal powders, metal alloy powders, or combinations thereof and less than about 5% of non-metallic components or non-metallic agents based on the weight of the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Hobart Brothers Company
    Inventors: James M. Keegan, Sundaram Nagarajan, Sushil R. Jana
  • Patent number: 8963047
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tubular cored electrode for producing a high-strength fusion-welded connection and relates to a method for producing tubular cored electrodes with a diameter of less than 2 mm. In order to avoid an oxidation and water absorption of the filler flux and to retain the original thermal reaction potentials of the mineral constituents thereof, according to the invention the tubular cored electrode is characterized in that the cold formed metal tube has in the longitudinal direction a tight fusion welded connection or a weld seam, which has a smaller weld penetration than corresponds to the tube wall thickness and in this manner a spacing of the metal bond of the tube wall towards the flux core is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Boehler Schweisstechnik Austria GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Posch, Guenter Moitzi, Michael Fiedler, Franz Rotter, Walter Berger
  • Patent number: 8952295
    Abstract: The electrical resistance between a welding wire used for arc welding and the welding gun contact tip through which it passes is reduced by providing on the surfaces of the welding wire a solid conductor comprising an electrically conductive perovskite or other thermally stable, electrically conductive particulate solid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Ben Schaeffer, Shitong Cao, Joel D. Kneisley, Badri K. Narayanan
  • Publication number: 20150034605
    Abstract: Embodiments of flux cored welding electrodes and methods of use thereof are disclosed. The flux cored welding electrodes limit brittleness of flux cored arc welds, particularly in thick weld deposits. Limiting brittleness in thick (e.g., from about 1? to about 6?) flux cored arc welds is achieved by utilizing flux cored welding electrodes having chemical compositions that reduce (as compared to presently marketed electrodes) or altogether eliminate niobium and vanadium from their chemical compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: James M. Keegan, Radhika Panday, Jonathan S. Ogborn, Badri K. Narayanan
  • Publication number: 20140353288
    Abstract: Provided is a welding method and electrodes (wires) with aluminum as a primary deoxidizer and a basic flux system for joining a workpieces with weld metal of comparable strengths and enhanced toughness. For instance, provided is a welding wire, comprising an aluminum content configured to act as a primary deoxidizer, and an overall composition configured to produce a weld deposit comprising a basic slag over a weld bead, wherein the aluminum content is configured to kill the oxygen in the weld pool, and wherein the oxygen comprises oxygen provided by a shielding gas or produced by heating of welding filler materials. Further provided is a welding method comprising arc welding a workpiece using an electrode having aluminum as a primary deoxidizer under a gas shield to produce a bead of weld deposit and a basic slag over the weld bead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Mario Anthony Amata, Joseph C. Bundy
  • Patent number: 8901455
    Abstract: The copper cladding normally applied to the surfaces of a submerged arc welding wire for preventing weld gun contact tip abrasive wear is replaced with a solid lubricant. This eliminates copper contamination of the weld from the copper cladding while preserving the useful life of the contact tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Ben Schaeffer, Boris Kahn
  • Patent number: 8878099
    Abstract: The present invention provides flux cored wire for welding duplex stainless steel which refines the solidified crystal grains for obtaining weld metal superior in toughness and ductility, characterized by containing, as the chemical ingredients included in the steel sheath and flux, by mass % with respect to the mass of the wire as a whole, C: 0.001 to 0.1%, Si: 0.01 to 1.0%, Mn: 2.0 to 6.0%, Cr: 17.0 to 27.0%, Ni: 1.0 to 10.0%, Mo: 0.1 to 3.0%, Al: 0.002 to 0.05%, Mg: 0.0005 to 0.01%, Ti: 0.001 to 0.5%, and N: 0.10 to 0.30%, further limiting P to 0.03% or less and S to 0.01% or less, satisfying 0.73×Cr equivalents?Ni equivalents?4.0 and Ti (mass %)×N (mass %)?0.0004, and having a balance of iron and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshige Inoue, Manabu Mizumoto, Takashi Namekata, Yusuke Oikawa
  • Publication number: 20140263259
    Abstract: A consumable electrode for use in arc welding applications, e.g., gas shielded metal arc welding (GMAW) or gas shielded flux core arc welding (FCAW-G) applications, on a workpiece with a metal coating, e.g., zinc. The electrode includes a metal sheath surrounding a core, and filler materials are disposed in the core. The filler materials include fluxing materials that facilitate a partitioning of the coating of the workpiece into a slag formed at least in part by the fluxing materials. The fluxing materials include deoxidizing materials in a range of 2% to 6% by weight of the electrode. The deoxidizing materials can include aluminum and/or magnesium. To reduce fume formation, the concentration of the slag forming materials in the core is limited to that needed to partition enough zinc away from the weld/slag interface to produce a weld with little or no porosity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.
    Inventor: Badri K. NARAYANAN
  • Publication number: 20140251974
    Abstract: A self-shielded flux cored arc welding electrode is disclosed including a ferrous metal sheath and a core within the sheath enclosing core ingredients comprise a composition window of aluminum, manganese and rare earth metals in wires of about 2.0-3.0 wt. % [Al], 1.0-2.0 wt. % [Mn] and 0.001-0.11 wt. % rare earth metals or 0.001-0.5% rare earth metal oxides, such as, but not limited to, La, Ce, etc. Resulting welds include 0.7-1.0 wt. % [Al] and 1.1-1.5 wt. % [Mn]. Resulting welds have a maximum diffusible hydrogen content of 5 mL/100 g or less, Resulting welds also have a Charpy V-notch toughness at ?40° F. of at least 100 ft-lbs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: THE ESAB GROUP, INC.
    Inventor: Wesley W. Wang
  • Publication number: 20140203008
    Abstract: The present invention provides a flux-cored welding wire comprising a shell having a tubular cavity, which accommodates flux. The shell is made of 400 series stainless steels. The deposited metal formed after the welding using the flux-cored welding wire of the present invention has more uniform chemical compositions. Because the loss of chromium during the transition to the deposited metal is less than 0.1%, recourses is saved and welding cost is reduced. The filling ratio of the flux-cored welding wire of the present invention is 5%-25% (preferably 10%-20%). As a result, not only the stability of the compositions in the flux is increased, but also the disadvantages to the manufacture process caused by high filling ratio are avoided. The flux-cored welding wire of the present invention will not be rusty even after it is exposed to the air for a long time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventors: Fuhu Chen, Jie Yan
  • Patent number: 8748778
    Abstract: A stainless steel flux-cored welding wire for zinc-coated steel sheet welding use which gives a weld zone where no zinc embrittlement cracking occurs and the corrosion resistance and ductility are excellent and which is good in weld work efficiency and a welding method using the same, the welding wire characterized in that total amounts of elements which are included as metals or alloy compositions in the sheath and flux are, by mass % with respect to a total mass of the welding wire, C: 0.01 to 0.05%, Si: 0.1 to 1.5%, Mn: 0.5 to 3.0%, Ni: 7.0 to 10.0%, and Cr: 26.0 to 30.0%, an F value is 30 to 50 in range, further, the wire contains, as slag forming agents, in the flux, by mass % with respect to the total mass of the wire, TiO2: 3.8 to 6.8%, SiO2: 1.8 to 3.2%, ZrO2: 1.3% or less, and Al2O3: 0.5% or less, a total amount of the slag forming agent and other slag forming agents is 7.5 to 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Kodama, Kenichi Asai, Manabu Mizumoto, Yoshinari Ishida
  • Patent number: 8735776
    Abstract: Weld deposit compositions with improved crack resistance, improved wear resistance, and improved hardness are provided by controlling matrix grain size and balancing Titanium and/or Niobium with Carbon and/or Boron content. Additionally, the presence of coarse chromium carbides is drastically decreased to reduce the amount of check-cracking. Preferably, the weld deposit is produced from a flux-cored or metal-cored wire. The weld deposit characteristics include a matrix having a fine grain size, small evenly dispersed carbides within the matrix, and a small amount of Carbon in the matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Stoody Company
    Inventors: Ravi Menon, Jack Garry Wallin, Francis Lewis LeClaire
  • Patent number: 8704133
    Abstract: A silver-containing antiseptic welding flux for stainless steel includes 0.1-0.5 wt % of silver, 30-54 wt % of silicon dioxide, 20-40 wt % of titanium dioxide, 10-20 wt % of chromium oxide, 5-20 wt % of molybdenum oxide, 5-10 wt % of molybdenum sulfide, and 5-10 wt % of halide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: National Pingtung University of Science and Technology
    Inventor: Kuang-Hung Tseng
  • Publication number: 20140097168
    Abstract: A gas-shielded flux cored welding electrode comprises a ferrous metal sheath and a core within the sheath enclosing core ingredients. The core ingredients and sheath together comprise, in weight percentages based on the total weight of the core ingredients and the sheath: 0.25 to 1.50 manganese; 0.02 to 0.12 carbon; 0.003 to 0.02 boron; 0.2 to 1.5 silicon; 0 to 0.3 molybdenum; at least one of titanium, magnesium, and aluminum, wherein the total content of titanium, magnesium, and aluminum is 0.2 to 2.5; 3 to 12 titanium dioxide; at least one arc stabilizer, where the total content of arc stabilizers is 0.05 to 1.0; no greater than 10 of additional flux system components; remainder iron and incidental impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: THE ESAB GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Stanley E. Ferree, Frank B. Lake
  • Patent number: 8692159
    Abstract: A self-shielding welding electrode and a method of making the same are provided. The self-shielding welding electrode contains lithium aluminate in either the flux or the electrode portion of the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventor: James M. Keegan
  • Patent number: 8669491
    Abstract: Weld deposit compositions with improved crack resistance, improved wear resistance, and improved hardness are provided by controlling matrix grain size and balancing Titanium and/or Niobium with Carbon and/or Boron content. Additionally, the presence of coarse chromium carbides is drastically decreased to reduce the amount of check-cracking. Preferably, the weld deposit is produced from a flux-cored or metal-cored wire. The weld deposit characteristics include a matrix having a fine grain size, small evenly dispersed carbides within the matrix, and a small amount of Carbon in the matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Inventors: Ravi Menon, Jack Garry Wallin, Francis Louis LeClaire
  • Publication number: 20140061179
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to welding and, more specifically, to welding wires for arc welding, such as Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) or Flux Core Arc Welding (FCAW). In one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a tubular welding wire includes disposing a core within a metallic sheath. Further, the core includes an organic stabilizer component, in which the organic stabilizer component is an alkali metal or alkali earth metal salt of an organic molecule or an organic polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: HOBART BROTHERS COMPANY
    Inventors: Steven Barhorst, Mario Amata, Kevin Pagano
  • Patent number: 8664567
    Abstract: A metal cored electrode used to form a weld metal on a workpiece having improved yield strength, tensile strength and impact toughness by the combination of molybdenum, titanium and boron, the electrode containing at least about 0.001 weight percent boron, at least about 0.05 weight percent molybdenum, at least about 0.005 weight percent titanium and a majority of iron, the above metal alloy system having an average yield strength of at least about 70 ksi and an average tensile strength of at least about 90 ksi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis K. Hartman, Vaidyanath B. Rajan
  • Publication number: 20140021187
    Abstract: A filler wire (consumable) for depositing wear-resistant materials in a system for any of brazing, cladding, building up, filling, hard-facing overlaying, welding, and joining applications. The consumable is composed of base filler materials consistent with commonly known compositions. For example, the base filler material can comprise standard materials used in many standard mild steel wires. In addition to the base filler materials, the consumable includes wear-resistant materials. The wear-resistant materials include at least one of diamond crystals, diamond powder, tungsten carbide, and aluminides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.
    Inventors: Paul DENNEY, Michael WHITEHEAD, Peter PLETCHER, Lisa M. BYALL
  • Patent number: 8629374
    Abstract: A cored electrode having reduced moisture pick-up properties and which forms a weld bead with low diffusible hydrogen in a gas shielded electric arc welding process. The cored electrode includes a metal sheath and a fill composition. The fill composition includes titanium dioxide, slag forming agent and a sodium-silica-titanate compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventor: Rajeev Katiyar
  • Patent number: 8624163
    Abstract: A titanium based welding flux that includes titanium dioxide and a moisture resistant agent. The titanium oxide includes purified titanium dioxide that includes little or no impurities that can act as nucleation sites for carbide formation in a weld metal. The moisture resistant compound includes a colloidal metal oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventor: Nikhil U. Karogal
  • Publication number: 20130313242
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a flux cored electrode used in electric arc welding and more particularly to the use of a specific form of magnesium particles in the core of the electrode or wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.
    Inventor: Nikhil Karogal
  • Publication number: 20130294819
    Abstract: Weld deposit compositions with improved crack resistance, improved wear resistance, and improved hardness are provided by controlling matrix grain size and balancing Titanium and/or Niobium with Carbon and/or Boron content. Additionally, the presence of coarse chromium carbides is drastically decreased to reduce the amount of check-cracking. Preferably, the weld deposit is produced from a flux-cored or metal-cored wire. The weld deposit characteristics include a matrix having a fine grain size, small evenly dispersed carbides within the matrix, and a small amount of Carbon in the matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Ravi Menon, Jack Garry Wallin, Francis Lewis LeClaire
  • Publication number: 20130284713
    Abstract: Provided are a flux cored arc welding wire able to improve low-temperature toughness of a weld joint and a weld joint using the same, in which the flux cored arc welding wire includes 0.01 wt % to 0.1 wt % of carbon (C), 0.3 wt % to 1.4 wt % of silicon (Si), 1.0 wt % to 3.0 wt % of manganese (Mn), 4.0 wt % to 7.5 wt % of titanium (Ti)+TiO, 0.01 wt % to 3.0 wt % of nickel (Ni), 0.01 wt % to 0.2 wt % of boron (B), 0.02 wt % to 0.42 wt % of yttrium (Y) or 0.02 wt % to 0.56 wt % of a rare earth metal (REM), and iron (Fe) as well as other unavoidable impurities as a remainder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: POSCO
    Inventors: Il-Wook Han, Bong-Keun Lee, Jeong-Kil Kim, Hong-Kil Lee
  • Publication number: 20130240488
    Abstract: There is provided a flux-cored wire containing flux within a stainless steel or mild steel outer cover for use in stainless steel welding and gas-shielded arc welding using a shielding gas. The flux-cored wire contains, based on the total mass of the flux-cored wire, predetermined amounts of C, Si, Mn, P, S, Cr, Ti, and O. The remainder are Fe and incidental impurities. The shielding gas is pure Ar gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventor: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)