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Electric Arc Vacuum Technologies and the Related Equipment

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The following results of studying electric discharges over a wide pressure range and designing technological equipment based on these results and performed in Bauman Moscow State Technical University are presented: a magnetically controlled argon torch for welding, soldering, and heat treatment; a small electric arc melting furnace; and technology and equipment for the cleaning of metallic articles from contaminations and for reaching the required surface roughness according to a functional purpose.

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Anikeev, V.N., Dokukin, M.Y. Electric Arc Vacuum Technologies and the Related Equipment. Russ. Metall. 2019, 576–580 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0036029519060053

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