18.Steinfurter Stahlbau-Seminar

Available from TIB Hannover: RR 6876(18) / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekSIGLEDEGerman

19. Steinfurter Stahlbau-Seminar

Available from TIB Hannover: RR 6876(19) / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekSIGLEDEGerman

Influence on the weld strength of high-strength fine-grained structural steels by thin-film-coated GMA welding electrodes

The increasing demand for high-strength fine-grain steels for the purpose of reducing the weight of steel structures and increasing payloads, is driving forward the development of fine-grain steels. However, with the currently available welding consumables, it is not possible to achieve the strengths of modern fine-grain steels with a grade of S1300QL in the weld metal. As a result, there is a need for novel welding consumables, which guarantee high-strength joints. The application of thin, functional layers on GMA welding electrodes by a PVD coating process makes it possible to influence the mechanical-technological properties to an extent which cannot be achieved by state-of-the-art technology. The sputtering of different elements on the substrate material of GMAelectrodes and the layer thickness has an influence on the welding process and the welding metal. Especially, the influence on the microstructure by a niobium coating of different layer thickness is presented. Furthermore, the changes in the mechanical properties of the weld metal depending on the layer thickness or rather the niobium content are shown. In particular, the fine-grain and carbide-forming effect of niobium and the influence on the mechanical properties are presented. Here niobium contents between 0.5 wt.-% and 1.5 wt.-% are in the focus of investigations