Abstract
An attempt has been made to establish a submerged arc welding procedure that will enable the production of welded butt joints in thin steel plate, having proper fusion and reinforcement geometry in a single welding run. In this work, the combined effect of the basic welding parameters, i.e. voltage, current, and speed, along with the effect of thickness, on weld penetration have been studied. Also an attempt has been made to develop a flux filled reusable backing strip. In the present investigation submerged arc welding flux in its powdered form has been used without application of any external pressure and also without any additives. Experiments have been carried out extensively on 6 mm and 8 mm thick C–Mn steel plate specimens. This form of backing strip has shown great promise towards achieving single side single run welding. The welds achieved in this single side single pass welding process are not yet 100% satisfactory, however, the results indicate the feasibility of the process to achieve quality welds to meet relevant quality standards.
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