Method for welding thin-walled tubes by means of peak temperature temper welding

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9737948-B2
Application number	US-201213558477-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 26, 2012
Priority date	Jul 26, 2011
Publication date	Aug 22, 2017
Grant date	Aug 22, 2017

Abstract

A method is disclosed for connecting two components by TIG welding, the components consisting of an air-hardening steel alloy and, for example, of the material T23 or T24. A joint is produced between the components that are to be connected, said joint widening, in particular, from an inside toward an outside. First, a root layer is welded in the region of the inside. Subsequently, a fill layer adjoining the root layer is welded, so that the joint is at least 90% filled. Finally, a cover layer is welded onto the fill layer, whereby the welding parameters are prespecified in such a manner that a temperature in an optimizing temperature range is adjusted on the inside in the region of the root layer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for connecting two components by welding, wherein at least one of the two components or a weld filler material used in the production of the weld joint consists of an air-hardening steel alloy, said method comprising:
providing a joint extending from an inside toward an outside between the two components that are to be connected;
welding a root layer in the region of the inside;
welding of a fill layer adjoining the root layer;
welding a first cover layer comprising adjacent bead tracks and adjoining the fill layer in a region of the outside;
welding a second cover layer comprising a single bead track above the first cover layer; and
wherein a welding current for welding the first cover layer and the second cover layer is adjusted in a non-linear manner with respect to a wall thickness of the two components so that a temperature in the region of the root layer on the inside is adjusted within an optimizing temperature range of approximately 600° C. to approximately 1000° C.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the steel alloy has a chromium content in the range of 1.9-2.6 percent by weight (wt %).

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the steel alloy has a chromium content in the range of 2.25-2.5 percent by weight (wt %).

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one weld bead of the first and the second cover layers is applied as a pendulum bead.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein an upper limit of the optimizing temperature range corresponds to a material-specific A C3 -temperature of the components that are to be connected.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein a lower limit of the optimizing temperature range is approximately at 600° C. or at 700° C.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein a lower limit of the optimizing temperature range corresponds to a material-specific A C1 -temperature of the components that are to be connected.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the welding current for welding the first and the second cover layers is between 70 and 120 Amps.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the components that are to be connected are two tubes or two strips of a tube wall register of a boiler wall.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wall thickness of the components that are to be connected is smaller than 10 millimeters.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wall thickness of the components that are to be connected is in the range of 5.6 to 6.3 millimeters.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the carbon content of the components that are to be connected is at least 0.05 to 0.10 percent by weight (wt %).

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the layers comprises one or more weld seam tracks.

14. The method of claim 1 , where in the welding wire has a diameter of 2.0 to 2.5 millimeters.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the welding current for welding the first and the second cover layers is between 85 to 95 Amps.

16. A method for welding two components together comprising:
providing a joint extending from an inside toward an outside between the two components;
welding a root layer in the region of the inside;
welding a fill layer adjoining the root layer;
welding a first cover layer comprising adjacent bead tracks and adjoining the fill layer in a region of the outside;
welding a second cover layer comprising a single bead track above the first cover layer in a region of the outside; and
wherein a welding current for welding the first cover layer and the second cover layer is adjusted in a non-linear manner with respect to a wall thickness of the two components so that a temperature in the region of the root layer on the inside is adjusted within an optimizing temperature range of approximately 600° C. to approximately 1000° C.,
at least one of the two components, or a weld filler material used to produce the joint, comprises an air-hardening steel alloy, and
at least one of the root layer and the fill layer includes a single bead track.

Assignees

• Helmrich Andreas
• Kopp Andreas
• Yildirim Keyfo
• Baumgarten Torsten
• General Electric Technology Gmbh

Inventors

• Helmrich Andreas
• Kopp Andreas
• Yildirim Keyfo
• Baumgarten Torsten

Classifications

• C21D9/50

  for welded joints · CPC title

• B23K9/0052 Primary

  Welding of pipe panels · CPC title

• F22B37/102

  Walls built-up from finned tubes · CPC title

• B23K2201/14

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• C21D9/08

  for tubular bodies or pipes · CPC title