An investigation into underwater wet welding using the flux cored arc welding process

Conference · Sat Dec 30 23:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:205448

Brydon, A M; Nixon, J H ^[1]

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1. Cranfield Univ. (United Kingdom). Marine Technology Centre

For the last two years, Cranfield has been carrying out a program of process investigations into wet underwater welding (Graham and Nixon 1993, Nixon and Webb 1994), and has demonstrated that it is possible to markedly improve the stability and consistency of the process by using control techniques developed for hyperbaric welding. In the project reported below, an initial evaluation of wet flux cored arc welding was undertaken. Although there continues to be considerable resistance to the use of wet welding on structures in the North Sea, continued pressure to reduce repair and maintenance costs is causing the industry to re-examine techniques previously discounted, such as wet welding (Anon 1993).

• OSTI ID: 205448
• Report Number(s): CONF-950695--; ISBN 0-7918-1309-6
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
42 ENGINEERING
ARC WELDING
OFFSHORE PLATFORMS
PERFORMANCE
PROCESS CONTROL
REMOTE HANDLING EQUIPMENT
REPAIR
UNDERWATER OPERATIONS
WELDED JOINTS