Applications of Electron Beam Welding

Applications of Electron Beam Welding

Applications of Electron Beam Welding -
(i) For welding reactive'" and refractory'" metals used in the atomic energy and rocketry fields.
(ii) For welding other common similar'" * and dissimilar metal combinations [e.g. Invar (64Fe - 36Ni) and (12Mn -18 Cu -10Ni); stainless steel and Inconel, titanium, and copper, etc.].
(iii) For welding automobile, airplane, aerospace, farm and other types of equipment, where especially low distortion is desired.
(iv) Since arc length may be varied from very short to very long without changing the quality of welds, welds can be made even at those points that are virtually inaccessible for other welding processes.

(v) Recently developed machines can make two parallel beads simultaneously with one gun and find applications in the mass production of type writer carriages.
(vi) Electron beam welding is very suitable where high quality, large scale, automatic welding operations are required or where other welding processes will not produce the desired results.
(vii) Electron beam welding can do the same jobs as TIG and plasma welding; in some respects it is better.
(viii) Materials ranging from thin foils to 50 mm in thickness can be joined by electron beam welding.
(ix) Electron beam welding is used to assemble conventional production parts such as cams, gear clusters and driven shafts.

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