Examination of UV Radiation During Inert Gas Arc Welding

Abstract

During the arc welding process, many parameters must be taken into account to create the right joint. For this reason, the welding parameters are of particular importance during the procedure. On the other hand, technologists only recently started focusing on dealing with the harmful effects that occur during welding. Arc welding is one of the widely used processes in industrial practice, so we focused our research primarily on this technology and prepared our experiments to measure the ultraviolet (UV) radiation generated in the process. Among the processes, arc welding with shielding gas is the most frequently used process, which must be investigated from the point of view of UV radiation, after several studies have shown that arc welding with coated electrodes has a lower intensity of UV radiation than other arc welding processes. Our main goal is to determine the appropriate measurement technique for the UV radiation produced during arc welding depending on the type of shielding gas. In addition, it is also worth mentioning that this procedure is widespread in mechanized and automated industrial practice, so the research aims to designate a possible safety zone depending on the harmful radiation during industrial application.