A Study on the Development of Underwater Wet Welding Electrodes

J. Ocean Eng. Technol. 2003;17(4):52-58.

Kim Min-Nam

Department of Mechanical Engineering Pukyong National University

Keywords: Underwater Wet Welding Electrode, Flux Ingredient, Operability, Weld Metal, HAZ, Mechanical Properties

Abstract

Underwater wet arc welds were experimentally performed on the KR-RA steel plate as base metal by using four different types of flux coated electrodes: KT33, UWEE, UWCS, and TN20, UWEE, the individually designed flux coated underwater electrode, had good operability when compared with other domestic terrestrial electrodes, and imported goods. The hardness value and the portion of martensite of HAZ were increased, by using a rapid cooling rate, Mechanical properties were also examined experimentally with a multi-pass butt-welding specimen test. The individually designed flux coated electrode UWEE could be used in practice for underwater wet welds.