TY - CONF A1 - Sproesser, G. A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Increasing performance and energy efficiency of Gas Metal Arc Welding by a high power tandem process N2 - Standard Gas Metal Arc Welding (Standard GMAW) and a high power Tandem GMAW (TGMAW) process are evaluated with respect to energy efficiency. Current, voltage and overall equipment power are measured and energy consumption is determined. The new key performance indicator Electrical Deposition Efficiency is introduced to reflect the energy efficiency of GMAW processes. Additionally, wallplug efficiency of the equipment is determined in order to identify the overall energy consumption. Results show that energy efficiency as well as economic process performance can be significantly increased by application of the TGMAW process. Furthermore findings indicate that wall-plug efficiency of the equipment is independent of power level and material transfer mode. A metal plate of 30 mm thick structural steel is joined by Standard GMAW and TGMAW to demonstrate the total energy savings for a real weld. Electricity consumption is reduced by more than 20 % using the high power TGMAW process. T2 - 13th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing - Decoupling Growth from Resource Use CY - Bình Dương New City, Vietnam DA - 16.09.2015 KW - Thick metal plate welding KW - Energy efficiency KW - Tandem Gas Metal Arc Welding KW - High power welding PY - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-353762 SN - 2212-8271 VL - 40 SP - 643 EP - 648 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-35376 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -