Sample rate 10kHz
(10thousand measurements of V, I and wire-feed-speed
recorded every second).
Values calculated for region of steady weld run:
Spray transfer is revealed to be exactly as envisaged. The current and voltage hold essentially constant values. The streaming transfer occurs in quasi-static equilibrium, where most other GMAW modes are cyclical.
Invoking a common idiom - Volts and Amps "are as flat as a billiard
table".
There is no "waveform" - the welding condition holds constant
electrical conditions.
The "fuzz" giving some height to the plot of V, I and wfs - if it's not to be dismissed as "noise", you'd better to have a very well-informed expert explanation what real physical effect it is...
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R D Smith, May&June 2011, 12Jun2017