Provided is a submerged arc welding method that produces little fume, has good weldability, and is suitable for welding high-Mn-containing steel materials to be used in cryogenic environments. The method includes welding with a combination of a wire having a predetermined chemical composition and flux having a basicity [BL] of 1.5 to 2.4, while adjusting a welding heat input according to a groove cross-sectional area. In this way, a weld metal with high strength and excellent cryogenic impact toughness where the 0.2% proof stress at room temperature is 400 MPa or more and an absorbed energy (vE.sub.196) in the Charpy impact test is 28 J or more can be easily manufactured.

Provided is a submerged arc welding method including: preparing a plurality of tables in which two or three manipulation parameters and function values are associated with each other in order to associate a plurality of the manipulation parameters for manipulating an AC waveform of a current output from a welding power supply and parameters for determining the AC waveform in combination with the plurality of manipulation parameters with matching between an effective value of the output current and a predetermined current set as a constraint condition; receiving the plurality of manipulation parameters; and calculating the parameters with reference to the plurality of tables by using the plurality of received manipulation parameters.

A method includes monitoring a submerged arc welding (SAW) operation in real-time; determining, based on the monitoring and in real-time, a discrepancy between a desired weld parameter and an actual weld parameter of a weld resulting from the SAW operation; and in response to determining the discrepancy, controlling a power supply, which provides power for the SAW operation, to modify at least one of balance or offset of an alternating current (AC) welding power signal supplied for the SAW operation to compensate for the discrepancy.

A system and method for submerged arc welding. The system advances a consumable welding electrode toward a workpiece, and then stops the advancement when the consumable electrode makes contact with the workpiece. The system provides a preheating current level through the consumable welding electrode proximate the workpiece while the consumable welding electrode is in contact with the workpiece during a preheating period of time to preheat the portion of the consumable welding electrode without establishing an arc. The system then retracts the consumable welding electrode from the workpiece and increases the preheating current level to a welding current level over an arc establishment period of time to establish an arc between the consumable welding electrode and the workpiece. The system then begins to form a weld by advancing the consumable welding electrode toward the workpiece again, resulting in melting the consumable welding electrode and depositing molten metal onto the workpiece.

Methods of welding high manganese steel, the methods comprising: supplying at least one piece of high manganese steel; supplying the metal cored wire comprising a steel sheath with a core comprising powders of certain metal and carbon percentages and at least one of: i: sulfur in an amount less than 0.3 wt. %; or ii. phosphorous in an amount less than 0.03 wt. %; or a combination thereof; and the balance with iron; submerging the at least one piece of high manganese steel in a slag and arc stabilizer; and applying a current to the metal cored wire to produce a liquid alloy steel composition on the at least one piece of high manganese steel.

Disclosed are a flux-cored welding strip and a welding flux used in combination for submerged arc welding of a duplex stainless steel, and preparation methods and use thereof. The flux-cored welding strip is composed of a stainless steel shell and a flux core powder, the flux core powder consisting of the following components: in percentages by mass, ferrochrome nitride: 0.70% to 1.0%, a chromium powder: 26% to 27%, a nickel powder: 4.5% to 5.5%, a molybdenum powder: 3.7% to 4.2%, a manganese powder: 2.55% to 2.65%, a copper powder: 1.45% to 1.55%, a ferrosilicon powder: 1.1% to 1.2%, a tungsten powder: 1.0% to 1.15%, a niobium powder: 0.25% to 0.35%, an aluminum powder: 0.35% to 0.55%, a rhenium powder: 0.35% to 0.40%, a lanthanum powder: 0.1% to 0.15%, and a balance being an iron powder.

A submerged arc welding control method is provided for performing welding by feeding a welding wire and providing a welding voltage and a welding current between the welding wire and a base material to generate an arc. The submerged arc welding control method includes: providing a short-circuit current when a short circuit between the welding wire and the base material is determined; controlling a peak value of the short-circuit current to be in a range of 1500 A to 2500 A.

A submerged arc welding system includes a welding power supply, a welding wire feeder, a control unit for the welding power supply and the welding wire feeder, and a voltage sensor to detect voltage between the tip of the welding wire and a workpiece. Under the control of the control unit, the wire feeder feeds the welding wire at an initial feed speed at start of welding. Further, when the tip of the welding wire shorts to the workpiece, the wire feeder stops the feeding of the welding, and the welding power supply starts outputting welding current. Further, when a detection voltage detected by the voltage sensor reaches or exceeds a voltage threshold, the wire feeder starts feeding the welding wire at a welding feed speed for welding.

The disclosed technology generally relates to welding technologies and more particularly to electrode assemblies for arc welding, e.g., submerged arc welding. In one aspect, a welding system comprises a welding power source and an electrode assembly operably coupled to the welding power source and an electrode. The welding power source is configured to apply a direct current electrode negative (DCEN) to the electrode using the electrode assembly to establish an arc between the electrode and a workpiece and to apply a direct current electrode positive (DCEP) or alternating current (AC) to the electrode after the arc is established.