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Wang et al. (2022) With the development of pulse TIG welding technology, the

fast-frequency pulse TIG (FFP-TIG) welding technology using 20 kHz ultra-high

frequency (UHF) pulse modulation current with obvious high-frequency shrinkage effect

and electromagnetic stirring effect has been gradually improved. FFP-TIG welding

overcomes many shortcomings of traditional pulse TIG welding, such as shallow

penetration, unconcentrated current energy, large heat-affected zone, and many welding

defects. At present, FFP-TIG welding has become the preferred method of metal

connection in high-end manufacturing process, with broad prospects for development and

application. Firstly, this study clarifies the working principle and arc characteristics of

FFP-TIG welding, and reveals the advantages of FFP-TIG welding compared with

ordinary pulse TIG welding; Secondly, the research status of FFP-TIG welding power

supply and welding process at home and abroad is reviewed; Finally, the process

characteristics of FFP-TIG welding are summarized, and its developing trend in industrial

field is prospected.

Tian (2022) the fast-frequency pulse TIG (FFP-TIG) welding technology using 20 

kHz ultra-high frequency (UHF) pulse modulation current with obvious high-frequency

shrinkage effect and electromagnetic stirring effect has been gradually improved. FFP-

TIG welding overcomes many shortcomings of traditional pulse TIG welding, such as

shallow penetration, unconcentrated current energy, large heat-affected zone, and many
welding defects. At present, FFP-TIG welding has become the preferred method of metal

connection in high-end manufacturing process.

Since welding hot cracking is one of the most harmful defects which may largely

reduce the strength of welded joints and structures, it is very important to study the

prediction and prevention of its generation. Hot cracking is caused by both mechanical

and metallurgical factors. In this research, authors proposed a new computational method

for evaluating the occurrence of hot cracking through considering both mechanical and

metallurgical behavior. As the metallurgical behavior, strain due to solidification

shrinkage and mechanical resistance of molten metal were modelled using the

solidification ratio as a parameter. 

Friction stir spot welding (FSSW) is one of the solid-state welding methods and

dissimilar material joining by FSSW has been investigated. ‘Scrubbing refill FSSW (Sc-

RFSSW)’ has developed as a new dissimilar material joining method, and it was shown

that Sc-RFSSW provides higher joint strength than conventional FSSW methods in

joining the aluminum alloy and non-coated steel. In this study, the microscale testing was

performed to evaluate the dissimilar material interfacial strength of Sc-RFSSW joints. The

relationship between the interfacial strength distribution and the macroscopic strength of

the Sc-RFSSW joint was analyzed.

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According to the National Center for Welding Education and Training, the birth of

welding can be traced back to the Bronze Age more than 5,000 years ago when a clever

individual came up with an idea to heat a strong metal like bronze until it melted, then

pound it with a hammer to make an object. Moving forward a few thousand years, people

in Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean began using welded alloys to make weapons and

tools around 1400 B.C. This was the beginning of the Iron Age of civilization.

Dallos (2020) Certainly, the need for face-to-face instruction is obvious for many

CTE courses, especially skill-building courses in welding. However, what is lost in the

discussion about the need for practice to build requisite skills in many CTE courses is the

lack of understanding about student learning preference and the need for socialization.

Welding students are kinesthetic learners. Online learning tends to cater to the opposite

student-learning preference of auditory and visual.

Significant differences in the frequency of skin burns, redness, hyper pigmentation,

itching, eye injuries, and sensorineural deafness were observed among the welders and

non-welders (P < 0.001). Hypertension was noted in 12.6% of the welders as compared to

0.7% among the non-welders. None of the welders used appropriate PPE. For welders,

low educational attainment was associated with an increased risk of eye injury (P < 0.05,
OR = 0.29). There was also a significant difference between sensorineural deafness and a

welder having less than 10 years of welding work experience (P < 0.001, OR = 18.18)

which could probably be accounted for by the healthy worker effect.

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Welding – Beyond the Sparks and the Arc

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The State of Welding Education During COVID-19

https://www.fabtechexpo.com/blog/2020/08/01/the-state-of-welding-education-during-
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Occupational safety measures and morbidity among welders in Vellore, Southern India

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5137558/?
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