TY - CONF A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Michael, Thomas A1 - Häcker, Ralf A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Lahnsteiner, R. T1 - GMA welding of AW-6082 using filler wires fostering grain refinement in the weld metal N2 - The application of welded aluminum constructions has increased over the last decades due to the high demand for lightweight design. In this context aluminum alloys have a significant importance especially the heat treatable Al-Mg-Si alloys. With regards to welding the heat input causes the dissolving of the precipitates yielding a degradation of the strength properties. Furthermore, there is the risk of solidification cracking during welding for Al-Mg-Si alloys, especially AW 6082-T6. As a consequence Al-Mg-Si alloys are welded using a dissimilar filler material based on 5xxxx aluminum alloys that yields a reduction of resulting strength properties in comparison to the base material. Therefore, the paper presents the application of a novel massive filler wire for Al-Mg-Si alloys. The wire consists of AW 6082 with additionally added AlTi5B1 master alloy fostering the grain refinement of the weld metal. Exemplarily for the base material AW 6082-T6 GMA welding experiments are performed using the novel filler wire 6082TiB. It could be shown that solidification cracks could totally be avoided. The tensile strength of the welded joints are evaluated and compared with weldments using a conventional 5183 filler wire. Artificial aging is performed after welding in order to improve the strength properties by solution hardening showing the potential of these alloys. T2 - 10th International Conference Trends in Welding Research CY - Tokyo, Japan DA - 11.10.2016 KW - Filler wires KW - MIG welding KW - Aluminium 6082 KW - Precipitation hardening KW - Mechanical properties PY - 2016 AN - OPUS4-38290 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Fabry, Cagtay A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Data-based process monitoring and control in narrow-gap GMAW N2 - An experimental setup to integrate laser sensor into conventional GMAW setups via a unified control architecture is described. The setup is used to automate and monitor narrow-gap GMAW. A way to develop GMAW arc-sensors using artificial neural networks using the setup is shown. The control system is connected to a relational database to store various process measurements. The database can be accessed to filter previous weldments by numerous criteria which allows modelling of process parameter correlation among vast datasets. Such models can be used for process monitoring and control in future applications. T2 - IIW Commission I, IV, XII / SG 212 Intermediate Meeting CY - Genova, Italy DA - 07.03.2016 KW - Narrow gap GMAW KW - MSG-Engspaltschweißen KW - Artificial neural networks KW - Profile measurement KW - GMAW control KW - Arc-sensing KW - Künstliche neuronale Netze KW - Profilvermessung KW - MAG Prozesssteuerung KW - Lichtbogensensorik PY - 2016 AN - OPUS4-35535 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -