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Für eine signifikante Festigkeitssteigerung von vergüteten hochfesten Feinkornbaustählen ist eine Zugabe von Mikrolegierungselementen wie Nb und Ti unerlässlich. Die Normvorgaben zur chemischen Zusammensetzung dieser Stähle gibt sehr breite Legierungsintervalle für die Hersteller vor, was eine Vorhersage bezüglich der Schweißeignung und des Tragverhaltens der Schweißverbindung erschwert. Zuzüglich kommen vermehrt moderne Schweißprozesse zum Einsatz, die durch ihre hohe Wärmeeinwirkung die Phasenumwandlung in der Wärmeeinflusszone negativ beeinflussen können. Eine unerwünschte Eigenschaft ist dabei die Erweichung (Festigkeitsverlust, engl.: softening) dieser Wärmeeinflusszone.
In many industrial steel construction branches, like mobile cranes and the offshore sector, high-strength fine-grained structural steels with a yield strength of over 690 MPa have long been used. To guarantee the necessary load-bearing capacity, the welding processing of these steels requires reliable knowledge of the complex interaction between the welding process, its underlying heat input and corresponding cooling conditions, chemical composition of base and filler materials, and resulting metallurgical phenomena in the weld seam and HAZ. Microalloying elements such as Ti and Nb make an indispensable contribution to increasing the strength by precipitation hardening. Previous investigation has shown that significant influence of the microalloying elements on the phase transformation can be assumed regarding the hardening and/or softening of the heat-affected zone. The standard specs for the chemical composition according to DIN EN 10025-6 often just specify chemical limitations for the manufacturer to achieve the desired mechanical properties. The effect of the alloying elements and the corresponding precipitates (carbides and/or nitrides) is sometimes entirely contrary, especially in case of dissolution and re-precipitation in the heat-affected zone (HAZ) with identical filler metal. This makes an adequate prediction of the batch dependency with regard to weldability and the load-bearing capacity of the welded joint difficult. The joining of these steels is mainly carried out by gas metal arc welding (GMAW). Modern inverter welding sources and micro-electronics control technology enabled the use of controlled arc variants, such as the modified spray arc (Mod. SA). Several characteristics from this arc variant e.g. reduced weld seam opening angles and increased deposition rates. Whereby this high heat exposure can have a negative effect on the phase transformation in the HAZ. An undesirable property is the softening of the HAZ, as well as the opposite effect of hardening.