# US 10,766,091 B2 · Low manganese fume welding process

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- Number: US 10,766,091 B2
- Document ID: US10766091B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/697,178
- Filed: 2015-04-27
- Published: 2016-10-27
- Granted: 2020-09-08
- Earliest claimed: 2015-04-27
- Assignees: Lincoln Global, Inc.
- Applicants: Lincoln Global, Inc.
- Inventors: J. Ben Schaeffer
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10766091B2

## CPC

- B23K 9/1093: {Consumable electrode or filler wire preheat circuits}
- B23K 9/121: {Devices for the automatic supply of at least two electrodes one after the other}
- B23K 9/167: and of a non-consumable electrode
- B23K 9/1735: {making use of several electrodes}
- B23K 9/32: Accessories
- B23K 15/0046: {Welding}
- B23K 26/21: by welding
- B23K 26/348: in combination with arc heating, e.g. tungsten inert gas [TIG], metal inert gas [MIG] or plasma welding
- B23K 26/702: {Auxiliary equipment}
- B23K 37/006: Safety devices for welding or cutting
- B23K: SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM

## Abstract

The amount of manganese in the weld fumes generated by an arc welding process can be reduced without reducing the concentration of manganese in the weld deposit ultimately obtained by supplying the manganese to the weld site by the hot wire welding electrode of a hot wire welding process.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An arc welding process for replicating a manganese-containing weld deposit produced when a single conventional welding electrode is used to produce said weld deposit as well as weld fumes, the single conventional welding electrode containing enough manganese so that the weld deposit produced contains a predetermined amount of manganese while the weld fumes generated contain an undesirably high amount of manganese, the arc welding process comprising
carrying out the process by means of a hot wire welding approach in which (a) some of the ingredients forming the weld deposit are supplied by a primary welding electrode which is subjected to the intense heat generated by an electric arc while other of the ingredients forming the weld deposit are supplied by at least one hot wire welding electrode different from the primary welding electrode and (b) the at least one hot wire electrode is melted without being subjected to the intense heat generated by the electric arc,
the process further comprising reducing the amount of manganese in the weld fumes without reducing the amount of manganese in the weld deposit by supplying greater than 50% of the manganese in the weld deposit by means of the at least one hot wire welding electrode,
wherein the primary electrode still contains up to 1 wt. % manganese so that refining all manganese out of the metal forming the primary electrode is avoided, and further
wherein the at least one hot wire electrode is resistance heated so that the arc welding process can be carried out at a rate which is faster than would otherwise be the case if the at least one hot wire welding electrode were not resistance heated.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The process of claim 1, wherein greater than 75% of the manganese in the weld deposit is supplied by the at least one hot wire welding electrode.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The process of claim 2, wherein greater than 95% of the manganese in the weld deposit is supplied by the at least one hot wire welding electrode.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The process of claim 1, wherein the primary welding electrode and the at least one hot wire welding electrode form a weld pool which solidifies to form the weld deposit, and further wherein the primary welding electrode and the at least one hot wire welding electrode are fed to the weld pool at the same mass supply rate.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The process of claim 1, wherein the primary welding electrode and the at least one hot wire welding electrode form a weld pool which solidifies to form the weld deposit, and further wherein the mass supply rate at which the primary welding electrode is fed to the weld pool is greater than the mass supply rate at which the at least one hot wire welding electrode is fed to the weld pool.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The process of claim 1, wherein the process further comprises feeding the at least one hot wire welding electrode to the weld pool at a lower mass supply rate than the mass supply rate at which the primary welding electrode is fed to the weld pool.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The process of claim 1, wherein the at least one hot wire welding electrode comprises a single hot wire welding electrode.

### Claim 8

The process of 61, wherein the arc welding process is a gas metal arc welding (GMAW) process.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The process of claim 1, wherein the arc welding process is a tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding process.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The process of claim 1, wherein the weld deposit also contains one or more deleterious elements selected from chromium, nickel, cadmium and lead, and further wherein at least some of amount of this one or more deleterious elements is included in the at least one hot wire welding electrode.