Seminar Report

On

UNDERWATER WELDING
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement
for the award of the degree

Of

Bachelor of Technology

In

Mechanical Engineering

By

AMIT
1217473

Session 2016-20

Seth Jai Parkash Mukand Lal Institute Of Engineering And Technology

Kurukshetra University, (Haryana)

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

It is a matter of great pleasure for me to submit this Seminar report on UNDERWATER

WELDING, as a part of curriculum for award of BACHELOR’S IN TECHNOLOGY (ME)
degree of Kurukshetra University.

At this moment of accomplishment, I am presenting my work with great pride and pleasure, I
would like to express my sincere gratitude to all those who helped me in the successful
completion of my venture. I would like to thank our PROF. NITTIN SALUJA for helping me in
the successful accomplishment of my study and for his timely and valuable suggestions. His
constructive criticism has contributed immensely to the evolution of my ideas on the subject.

I am exceedingly grateful to my Head of Department PROF. AMIT KUMAR and other

faculty members for their inspiration and encouragement. I would also like to thank my parents
and friends for their over whelming and whole hearted encouragement and support without
which this would not have been successful.

AMIT

1217473

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 DECLARATION

I hereby certify that the work which is being presented in the Seminar Report entitled,
“Underwater Welding” by Amit (1217473) in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the award of degree of Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering
submitted in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at JMIT Radaur
(Affiliated to Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra, Haryana (India)) is an
authentic record of my own work. The matter presented in the report has not been
submitted in any other University/Institute for the award of any degree.

AMIT

1217473

This is to certify that the above statement made by the candidate is correct to the best of
our knowledge.

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 PREFACE

This report about the use of varied, exaggerated & intensive manufacturing tool “welding” under
the water, which was formerly just used in the atmospheric fabrication works only. By the advent
of special waterproof electrodes, the engineers proved to the world that one can also perform all
the welding operations in the presence &continuous water. It also laid to repair or sometimes to
replace the underwater structures, offshore structures which may get fail soon at the deeper water
level. It also encompassed the use of various underwater welding techniques & some other new
technologies which are emerging up in the field of underwater welding like: Automation
welding.

Now a days in all the fabrication works welding has become a very important tool. The
application of welding has become so varied and extensive that it would be no exaggeration to
say that there is no metal industry and no branch of

engineering that doesn’t involve the use of welding as a manufacturing tool. As per the
application to requirement,

the similar welding processes can be applicable within the atmosphere. But if one wants to do the
welding below water then these processes would not be applicable, since, they are not designed
for that application. Hence underwater welding came into existence. At the offshore structures,
underwater platforms and all the marine applications where there is a presence of water or there
is a continuous contact of water called splash zone, it is a major concern.

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 TABLE OF CONTENT

TOPICS Page no.

Acknowledgement ii

Declaration Iii

Preface iv

Chapter 1 Introduction 1-2

Chapter 2 Types of Underwater Welding 3-8

Chapter 3 Advantages & Disadvantages 9-10

Chapter 4 Safety During Processes 11-14

Conclusion 15

References 16