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No total or partial reproduction of this work can be made, under any format or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording or computer techniques, without the written authorization of the publisher.  \nPrinted in France.  \nPublished by Polysoude, Nantes, Fr  \n[www.polysoude.com](www.polysoude.com) [info@polysoude.com](info@polysoude.com)  \nTHE  \nORBITAL WELDING HANDBOOK  \nINDEX  \n1. Preface 7  \n2. What is orbital welding? 7  \n3. Recapitulation of the TIG (GTAW) process 7  \n3.1. Advantages/Inconveniences of the TIG (GTAW) process 8  \n3.2. Types of weld currents 8  \n3.3. Tungsten electrodes 9  \n3.4. Filler metals 9  \n3.5. Gases 10  \n3.6. Weld energy 11  \n4. Reasons to select orbital welding 13  \n4.1. Increased productivity compared to manual welding 13  \n4.2. Consistent excellent weld quality 13  \n4.3. Required skill levels of the operators 13  \n4.4. Environment 13  \n4.5. Traceability – Quality Control 13  \n5. Industries which apply the orbital TIG welding process 14  \n5.1. Aircraft industry 14  \n5.2. Food, diary and beverage industries 14  \n5.3. Pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries 14  \n5.4. Fabrication of semi-conductor devices 15  \n5.5. Chemical industries 15  \n5.6. Fossil and nuclear power plants 15  \n6. Speci􀀞cities of the orbital weld process 16  \n6.1. Typical welding positions 16  \n6.2. Pulsed current 16  \n6.3. Programming of sectors 17  \n7. Hardware components of orbital welding equipment 17  \n 3  \nTHE ART OF WELDING  \nTHE  \nORBITAL WELDING HANDBOOK  \n8. Programmable power sources 18  \n8.1. General 18  \n8.2. Portable power sources 18  \n8.3. Medium-sized mobile power sources 19  \n8.4. Full-size power sources 20  \n9. Orbital welding heads 20  \n9.1. Tube-to-tube welding heads 20  \n9.2. Tube-to-tubesheet welding heads 22  \n10. Wire feeders 23  \n11. Functionalities of the orbital welding equipment 23  \n11.1. Gas management 23  \n11.2. Current 24  \n11.3. Torch rotation 25  \n11.4. Wire feeding 26  \n11.5. AVC (Arc Voltage Control) 27  \n11.6. Oscillation 28  \n11.7. Remote control 29  \n11.8. Cooling Unit 29  \n12. Weld cycle programming 30  \n12.1. Program structure of a weld cycle with 4 axes 30  \n12.2. Interfaces for the programming of weld cycles 31  \n12.3. Of ine programming 32  \n13. Real time data acquisition 33  \n13.1. In summary 33  \n13.2. Integrated real-time data acquisition 33  \n13.3. External real-time data acquisition 34  \n14. Tube-to-tube fusion welding 34  \n14.1. Applications 34  \n14.2. Equipment 35  \n14.3. Calculation of weld parameters values 37  \n14.4. Joint preparation 37  \n4   \nTHE ART OF WELDING  \n14.5. Electrode preparation 38  \n14.6. Backing gas 39  \n14.7. Chemical composition and repeatability of the welds 39  \n15. Tube-to-tube or pipe-to-pipe orbital welding with 􀀞ller wire 40  \n15.1. Applications 40  \n15.2. Choice of the equipment 40  \n15.3. Weld preparation 41  \n15.4. Positioning of the tubes 42  \n15.5. Multilayer welding 42  \n15.6. AVC requires precise electrode geometry 43  \n15.7. Backing gas 43  \n15.8. Boundary parameters 43  \n15.9. Geometrical adjustments 44  \n15.10. Possibilities to increase the performance of orbital TIG welding 44  \n16. Orbital tube-to-tubesheet welding 46  \n16.1. Range of materials and tube dimensions 46  \n16.2. Welding equipment 46  \n16.3. Speci􀀞c requirements of tubes and weld preparations 47  \n16.4. Welding of ush tubes 48  \n16.5. Welding of protruding tubes 49  \n16.6. Welding of recessed tubes 51  \n16.7. Internal bore welding behind the tubesheet 52  \n17. Conclusion 53  \n 5  \nTHE ART OF WELDING  \nTHE  \nORBITAL WELDING HANDBOOK  \n6   \nTHE ART OF WELDING  \n1. 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