Present and Future Trends in Welding Consumables

Accession number;04A0640421
Title;Present and Future Trends in Welding Consumables
Author;SUGA TETSUO(Kobe Steel, Ltd., JPN)   
Journal Title;Kobe Steel Engineering Reports
Journal Code:F0164A
ISSN:0373-8868
VOL.54;NO.2;PAGE.6-10(2004)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.8, TBL.2, REF.5
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;Japanese
Abstract;Welding consumables for arc welding are widely used in various industrial fields. In Japan, roughly 300,000 tons/year have been consumed over the past few years. Welding consumable development and production at Kobe Steel has been undertaken with the following keywords in mind:"higher efficiency", "higher performance", "environmental improvement."In this paper, current state-of-the-art and future trends in the development of welding consumables are described. (author abst.)