Study on Key Parameters of Dilution Ratio of the Bead Deposited by GTAW Method for Nuclear Components

Abstract

It is of great significance to reduce welding hot cracks and improve the corrosion resistance of nuclear power components by controlling the dilution ratio of the cladding weld bead formed by gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW). This paper presents a method to predict the dilution ratio by using the ratio of the thermal power of forming a unit length weld to the cross-section of the fuse, that is, the linear energy of forming a unit volume of deposited metal, which is characterized by the “Heat Equivalent for Melting Welding Wire” (HEMW). It is found that there is a linear positive correlation between the HEMW and the dilution ratio. With the increase in HEMW, the proportion of deposition heat energy in the whole effective heat input energy decreases, the proportion of base metal melting heat energy increases, and the proportion of non-melting heat energy diffused to the base metal remains basically unchanged. The HEMW is used to predict and control the dilution rate under the condition of pulse welding. By increasing the wire feeding speed under the condition of pulse peak current and reducing the welding speed, a high deposition efficiency, low dilution rate and low heat input is realized, which plays an important guiding role in improving the deposition quality.

1. Introduction

Cladding welding of high-performance alloy on the surface of structural parts exposed to water vapor is a widely used process in the construction, operation and maintenance of nuclear power plants [1,2,3,4]. Improving the mechanical and corrosion resistance of the surfacing layer is of great significance for the safe operation of nuclear power plants [1,5,6]. For example, the pressure vessel of a nuclear power plant is made of low-alloy steel, and its inner surface needs cladding in stainless steel to prevent corrosion by high-temperature water [7,8]. In addition, the strength of a pipeline with defects is also improved by cladding in stainless steel, nickel-based alloy and other high-toughness and corrosion-resistant alloy materials on the outer wall of the pipeline, for the case of internal defects in the nuclear power pipeline. Furthermore, the expansion of defects is avoided by the compressive stress on the inner wall generated by the weld bead design [9,10,11,12,13].

The deposited weld bead is composed of a base metal (weldment metal) and an electrode/welding wire metal; its composition ratio depends on the welding process conditions [14,15,16]. During cladding welding, the welding pool consists of the droplet metal of electrode/welding wire and the melted base metal. The weld is formed during the continuous formation and solidification of the welding pool. The proportion of the locally melted base metal in the weld metal is usually expressed by the “penetration ratio” [17]. It is obviously related to the local penetration of the base metal and the melting of the electrode metal, as well as the welding method, welding parameters, joint size and shape, groove form, number of weld passes and the metal properties of the weldment. The properties of the welding materials also have a certain impact.

The penetration of the base metal has a great influence on the composition of the deposited weld bead [18,19]. For the cladding welding of nuclear power components, since the alloy composition of the deposited metal mainly comes from the welding rod/wire, the effect of the locally melted base metal in the deposited weld bead is considered as dilution. Thus, for cladding welding, the fusion ratio is often considered as the dilution rate.

It is meaningful to study the key factors affecting the dilution ratio of the deposited weld bead. In the application of nuclear power cladding welding, maintaining a stable and low dilution ratio is very important to control hot cracks and the corrosion resistance of the deposited layer. However, there are many factors that affect the dilution ratio, such as the welding current, voltage, travel speed, wire feeding speed, wire diameter, type of shielding gas, welding position, type of welding materials and the microelement in the base metal. Moreover, the influence law is complex due to the interaction of factors. At present, the relationship among them has not been fully mastered. In addition, after selecting the welding object, adjusting the welding heat input of the dilution ratio and other welding parameters have a significant impact on the welding defects, joint toughness and deposition efficiency. Thus, it is difficult to control the deposition dilution ratio based on the coordinated consideration of welding efficiency, forming quality and joint performance, and to control the deposition dilution ratio.

Thus, the “fuse heat equivalent” is proposed in this study to predict the dilution ratio. This study has an important guiding significance for high-quality cladding welding in complex structures, welding metallurgical systems and in working conditions.

2. Weld Bead Dilution Ratio

The weld bead dilution ratio is used to describe the mixing ratio between the welded filler metal and the welded base metal during the welding process. A weld cross-sectional area (Figure 1) is used as the typical method to calculate the weld dilution ratio D (Equation (1)), where A_bm is the cross-sectional area with solid–liquid transition below the base metal surface, and A_fm is the cross-sectional area above the base metal surface [14,18,19].

$$D=\frac{A_{bm}}{A_{bm}+A_{fm}}\times 100\%$$

(1)

For cladding welding of nuclear power components, a NiCrFe nickel-based alloy is generally used as the welding wire; a FeCrNi austenitic stainless steel is often used as the deposited metal for the pipes. As a simplified approximation, this study ignores the difference in melting latent heat and specific heat capacity between the weldment and the welding wire; it uses the ratio of the base metal melting heat power (Q_bm) and the welding material melting heat power (Q_fm) to approximately replace the ratio of the base metal melting cross-sectional area and the deposited weld bead cross-sectional area. The heat ratio is used to replace the cross-sectional area ratio to calculate the weld dilution ratio [18,19]. As shown in Figure 2.

In Figure 2, the relation between Q_bm and Q_fm is listed in Equation (2).

$$Q_{bm}+Q_{HAZ}=Q_{arc}-Q_{fm}$$

(2)

where Q_arc is the welding line energy (the effective arc heat per unit length of weld); Q_bm is the melting line energy of the base metal (the welding heat that forms the base metal melted by the weld per unit length); Q_HAZ is the line energy transmitted to the base metal without melting (forming the heat transmitted to the base metal without melting the base metal by the weld of unit length); Q_fm is the welding wire melting line energy (the heat that forms the welding wire melting per unit length of weld). Thus, the dilution ratio is expressed as in Equation (3)

$$D =\frac{Q_{bm}}{Q_{bm}+Q_{fm}}\times 100\%$$

(3)

In addition, Q_fm is expressed as in Equation (4)

$$Q_{fm}=\frac{\tau ·W_{FS}·A_{wire}}{T_S}$$

(4)

where W_FS the wire feeding speed; A_wire is the sectional area of welding wire; T_S is the welding speed; τ is the heat required to melt the welding wire per unit volume; the approximate value is expressed as Equation (5):

$$\tau =E_{fm}+\left(C_{fm}·{\rho }_{fm}·\Delta T_{melt}\right)$$

(5)

where E_fm is the melting latent heat of the welding wire; C_fm is the specific heat of the welding wire; ρ_fm is the density of the welding wire; ΔT_melt is the difference between the ambient temperature and the melting temperature.

3. Base Metal Melting Efficiency

The base metal melting efficiency (μ_m) refers to the ratio of the thermal power of the molten base metal to the total thermal power input to the base metal, as listed in Equation (6)

$${\mu }_m=\frac{Q_{bm}}{Q_{bm}+Q_{HAZ}}$$

(6)

Following which, the calculation of dilution ratio becomes:

$$D =\frac{{\mu }_m·\left(Q_{bm}+Q_{HAZ}\right)}{{\mu }_m·\left(Q_{bm}+Q_{HAZ}\right)+Q_{fm}}\times 100\%$$

(7)

Thus, the dilution ratio is achieved by the ${\mu }_m$.

The EPRI and the Bechtel Marine Propulsion Company (Bettis Atomic Energy Laboratory, Philadelphia, PA, USA) have conducted a large number of cold-wire GTAW tests on 690 alloy substrates for the study of base metal melting efficiency [19]. Although these 690 alloy tests change many parameters at the same time, it is difficult to determine the influence of a single welding parameter on base metal melting efficiency. Fortunately, it is found that the arc current is the most important parameter related to base metal melting efficiency, and it has little change with the other parameters. Figure 3 shows the curve of the base metal melting efficiency and the arc current for these tests [19]. As shown in the figure, the melting efficiency of the base metal increases with the increase in the arc current, and this can be fitted with a formula. The calculated value of the dilution ratio can be obtained by using the melting efficiency of the base metal fitted with Ref. [3].

4. Materials and Experimental Procedures

A filler metal designated as Inconel 52 M (produced by the Special Metal Welding Products Company (Newton, USA), diameter 0.89 mm) and a rolled Z2CN19.10 plate (thickness of 5 mm) were used in this study; the plate was machined into dimensions of 500 mm × 200 mm × 5 mm and underwent positive polishing before the welding procedure. The auto-weld equipment designated as SNPI Model D (designed and manufactured by Suzhou Nuclear Power Research Institute, Suzhou, China) was used for welding, which provided accurate control of the AMPs, welding speed, volts and wire feeding speed. The WL20 type was selected as a tungsten electrode, the cone angle of which was 30°, shaped by the ESG PLUS (produced by Orbitalum (Singen, Germany)).

Twenty-five beads for analysis of the dilution ratio were planned to be uniformly spaced on the substrate plate, as shown in Figure 4. These beads were formed with various AMPs, welding speeds and wire feeding speeds. The substrate plate should be cooled to room temperature before the welding of the next bead. The arc length was held constant at about 3 mm by the arc voltage tracking system of the SNPI Model D when welding. Samples were taken out at the center (from the beginning to the end) of the beads when all of the beads were completed, as shown in Figure 4. The cross-section macro metallograph of all samples was observed with an optical microscope designated as Observe A3, produced by ZEISS (Oberkochen, Germany).

5. Comparison of Measurement and Prediction Results of the Dilution Ratio under Pipeline Repair Welding Cladding Conditions

5.1. Test Design Affecting Dilution Ratio

Based on the work carried out by the EPRI of the USA, this study focuses on the cladding welding parameters for nuclear power pipeline maintenance, including the influence of the current, voltage, travel speed and wire feeding speed as variables in the weld bead dilution ratio. The experimental parameters, metallographs and the dilution ratio are shown in

Table 1. Dilution ratio under different welding parameters.

Welding Voltage/V	Peak Current/A	Welding Speed mm/min	Peak Wire Feeding Speed mm/min	Dilution Ratio	Cross Section Metallography
8.7	150	70	500	68.72%
8.7	150	80	600	62.70%
8.7	150	80	700	56.91%
8.7	150	90	800	50.09%
8.7	150	100	900	47.85%
8.8	160	70	500	72.26%
8.8	160	80	600	64.15%
8.8	160	80	700	59.34%
8.8	160	90	800	53.25%
8.8	160	100	900	50.39%
8.9	170	70	500	72.74%
8.9	170	80	600	67.12%
8.9	170	80	700	61.62%
8.9	170	90	800	55.27%
8.9	170	100	900	54.12%
9	180	70	500	75.75%
9	180	80	600	67.72%
9	180	80	700	62.49%
9	180	90	800	55.49%
9	180	100	900	58.59%
9	190	70	500	78.24%
9	190	80	600	68.07%
9	190	80	700	64.21%
9	190	90	800	57.14%
9	190	100	900	59.07%

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5.2. Estimation of the Dilution Ratio by the Literature

Arc Thermal Efficiency

The arc efficiency measurement range of the GTAW process is 0.21 to 0.85 [20,21,22,23]. This study refers to the research results of the GTAW thermal efficiency, conducted by the EPRI, and assumes that the arc thermal efficiency is 0.8. The selection of a higher thermal efficiency is related to the low arc voltage (less than 10 V), short arc length (i.e., less distance from the electrode tip to the workpiece during welding) and the small amount of arc radiant heat escaping into the atmosphere.

1.

Heat required to melt the unit volume of welding wire, $\mathsf{\tau }$

Through the integration of the specific heat capacity curve, the heat required to melt the unit volume of welding wire is 7.62 J/mm³.

2.

Calculation of the base metal melting efficiency${\mu }_m$

The formula of the base metal melting efficiency is shown by Figure 5:

$${\mu }_m=0.151·\ln \left(I_A\right)-0.6926$$

(8)

When the welding current is 150 A, 160 A, 170 A, 180 A and 190 A, the base metal melting efficiency is 0.064, 0.074, 0.083, 0.092 and 0.100, respectively. The predicted dilution ratio can be obtained by calculating the melting efficiency of the base metal.

$$Q_{bm}+Q_{HAZ}=\frac{{\mu }_A{I}_A{V}_A-\tau ·W_{FS}·A_{wire}}{T_S}$$

(9)

The comparison between the calculation and the measured values is showed in Figure 6.

The method recommended by the EPRI is basically consistent with the dilution ratio measured under the conditions of this study, but the linear relationship between the predicted dilution ratio and the actual dilution ratio is not good, and the linear fitting degree is less than 0.8. Moreover, the predicted dilution ratio is small, with an average of 87% of the actual measured value. For major engineering applications, the prediction accuracy needs to be further improved.

6. Prediction of the Dilution Ratio Using the Thermal Equivalent of the Fuse

As mentioned above, the dilution ratio calculated according to the EPRI is different from that obtained under the experimental conditions in this study. The main reason for the difference is the calculation of the base metal melting efficiency, which is a key parameter for predicting the weld dilution ratio based on the heat input distribution. According to the results from the EPRI [18,19], differences arise from similar test conditions. Ref. [18] sets the base metal melting efficiency as 0.37 for all conditions but, under the same test conditions, the melting efficiency is ~0.1, as shown in Ref. [19].

In this study, the “fuse heat equivalent” parameter is proposed, which is the ratio of the thermal power to the cross-section of the fuse, that is, the linear energy to form the deposited metal per unit volume.

$$H_{eq}=\frac{Q_{arc}}{A_{fm}}=\frac{{\mu }_A·I_A·V_A/TS}{W_{FS}·A_{wire}/TS}=\frac{{\mu }_A·I_A·V_A}{W_{FS}·A_{wire}}$$

(10)

The unit of the fuse heat equivalent is J/mm³, considered as the total heat input to form the welding wire melted per unit volume.

Considering that the heat required for melting the per unit volume of welding wire is only related to the specific heat capacity, melting point and melting latent heat of the welding wire, it is a constant value related to the materials. The heat equivalent of the fuse is larger, greater than the heat input from melting in the same volume of welding wire. That is, more heat is transmitted to the base metal, causing the melting and temperature rise of the base metal. Thus, the heat equivalent of the fuse should be positively related to the dilution ratio.

The relationship shown in Figure 7 is obtained by calculation. It is seen that the dilution ratio is linear with the heat equivalent of the fuse.

Through this formula, the dilution ratio is predicted as:

$$D\% =0.24\times \frac{{\mu }_A·I_A·V_A}{W_{FS}·A_{wire}}+28.2$$

(11)

taking the heat equivalent of the fuse as the dependent variable. The formula obtained by fitting the experimental values is related to the welding current and welding speed, and the prediction accuracy is higher. It is found that the heat equivalent of the fuse is the key factor affecting the dilution ratio.

Next, we discuss how the heat equivalent of the fuse is used as a key factor to predict the dilution ratio, from the perspective of the welding heat distribution.

• Estimation of the melting efficiency of the base metal

$${\mu }_m=\frac{Q_{bm}}{Q_{bm}+Q_{HAZ}}=\frac{Q_{bm}}{Q_{arc}-Q_{fm}}$$

(12)

Q_bm and Q_fm are calculated as:

$$Q_{fm}=\frac{Q_{arc}}{H_{eq}}·\tau$$

(13)

$$Q_{bm}=\frac{D}{1-D}·Q_{fm}=\frac{D}{1-D}·\frac{Q_{arc}}{H_{eq}}·\tau$$

(14)

Thus,

$${\mu }_{m }=\frac{\frac{D}{1-D}·\frac{Q_{arc}}{H_{eq}}·\tau }{Q_{arc }-\frac{Q_{arc}}{H_{eq}}·\tau }=\frac{D}{1-D}·\frac{1}{\frac{H_{eq}}{\tau }-1}$$

(15)

The curve of the base metal melting efficiency changing with the fuse heat equivalent is obtained by using the fuse heat equivalent calculation, as shown in Figure 8. With the increase in the heat equivalent of the fuse, the melting efficiency of the base metal increases.

The heat used to melt the base metal accounts for less than 20% of the total heat transferred to the base metal (between 10% and 37, as proposed by the EPRI) [14,15].

2.

The relationship between the heat distribution ratio and the equivalent heat of the fuse

The proportion of linear energy distributed in the welding wire is:

$$\frac{Q_{fm}}{Q_{arc}}=\frac{\tau }{H_{eq}}\times 100\%$$

(16)

The linear energy ratio of molten base metal is:

$$\frac{Q_{bm}}{Q_{arc}}=\frac{D}{1-D}·\frac{\tau }{H_{eq}}\times 100\%$$

(17)

The proportion of linear energy without the melting of imported base metal is:

$$\frac{Q_{HAZ}}{Q_{arc}}=1-\frac{Q_{fm}}{Q_{arc}}-\frac{Q_{bm}}{Q_{arc}}$$

(18)

Figure 9 shows the change trend of the linear energy ratio of the molten welding wire and molten base metal with the increase in the dilution ratio.

It is seen that, with the increase in the dilution ratio, the proportion of linear energy distributed in the welding wire gradually decreases and the variation range decreases from ~8% to ~4%; the proportion of linear energy used for melting the base metal increased from ~8% to ~14%, and the total heat used for melting accounted for 16–18% of the total effective heat. More than 82% of the effective heat is conducted by the base metal without melting.

The linear energy of the base metal without melting is introduced by Equation (19).

$$Q_{HAZ}=C·Q_{arc}$$

(19)

Under the welding conditions of this study, C is a constant; it is ~0.82, implying that the heat is transferred to the base metal without melting, which has a constant proportion for the total effective arc heat.

Since $\mathrm{the} \mathrm{relationship} \mathrm{between} Q_{fm}, Q_{bm},Q_{HAZ}$ and $Q_{arc}$ is expressed with the fuse heat equivalent as the only variable, the weld dilution ratio is also expressed as $Q_{fm},Q_{bm}, Q_{HAZ}$ and $Q_{arc}$ for the only representation. Thus, the weld dilution rate can be uniquely characterized by the fuse heat equivalent.

7. Discussion

The previous derivation is based on steady welding parameters, while the cladding welding of actual nuclear power components is often used on pulse TIG welding. The following is a further discussion on whether the dilution ratio is predicted by the heat equivalent of the fuse under the condition of pulse TIG welding. In addition, the application conditions are analyzed in order to achieve a lower dilution ratio and higher cladding efficiency.

7.1. Walking Speed Remains Constant, and the Pulse Line Energy Changes in Proportion to Wire Feeding Speed

Taking steady welding as a reference, the walking speed is constant and the pulse heat input changes in the same proportion to the wire feeding speed, as first discussed, and the proportional constant is set as a.

The following footmarks 0 and 1, respectively, represent the physical quantities related to the peak values of steady welding and pulse welding (the situation under the condition of the pulse welding arc is similar to that under the condition of the pulse welding peak value, which is not repeated here). In this case, it has the characteristics of Equation (20).

$$\left.\begin{array}{c}\frac{Q_{arc1}}{Q_{arc0}}=\frac{W_{FS}{}_1}{W_{FS}{}_0}=a\\ T_{S1}=T_{S0}\end{array}\right\}$$

(20)

Then,

$$H_{eq1}=\frac{Q_{arc1}·T_S}{W_{FS}{}_1·A_{wire}}=\frac{{\mu }_{arc}·I_{arc1}·V_{arc1}}{W_{FS}{}_1·A_{wire}}=H_{eq0}$$

(21)

$$A_{fm1}=\frac{Q_{fm1}}{\tau }=\frac{Q_{arc1}}{H_{eq1}}=\frac{W_{FS}{}_1·A_{wire}}{TS}=a·A_{fm0}$$

(22)

$$Q_{arc1}=a·Q_{arc0}$$

(23)

$$Q_{fm1}=a·Q_{fm0}$$

(24)

$$Q_{HAZ1}=a·Q_{HAZ0}$$

(25)

$$Q_{bm1}=a·Q_{bm0}$$

(26)

$${\mu }_{m1}=\frac{Q_{bm1}}{Q_{bm1}+Q_{HAZ1}}={\mu }_{m0}$$

(27)

It is seen that the cross-sectional area of the cladding weld bead has an equal proportion, but the heat equivalent of the fuse, the dilution ratio and the melting efficiency of the base metal are not changed.

This is a very interesting result; that is, if the heat equivalent of the fuse remains unchanged, the dilution ratio does not change. The dilution ratio is only related to the value of the heat equivalent of the fuse. If the dilution ratio is reduced, the heat equivalent of the fuse must be reduced. The increased ratio of the wire feeding speed is greater than the increased ratio of the welding current voltage product.

7.2. Prediction of the Dilution Ratio of the Welding Speed and the Pulse Line Energy/Wire Feeding Speed

If the ratio of the pulse peak line energy to the wire feeding speed is still proportional to the stable welding conditions, the change coefficient is a. The variation coefficient of the pulse peak travel speed under the condition of stable welding is b (the case under the condition of the pulse welding dimension arc is similar to that under the condition of the pulse welding peak, which will not be repeated here), i.e.,

$$\left.\begin{array}{c}\frac{Q_{arc1}}{Q_{arc0}}=\frac{W_{FS}{}_1}{W_{FS}{}_0}=a\\ \frac{T_{S1}}{T_{S0}}=b\end{array}\right\}$$

(28)

Then,

$$A_{fm1}=\frac{Q_{fm1}}{\tau }=\frac{Q_{arc1}}{H_{eq1}}=\frac{W_{FS}{}_1·A_{wire}}{T{S}_1}=\frac{a}{b}·A_{fm0}$$

(29)

$$H_{eq1}=\frac{Q_{arc1}·T{S}_1}{W_{FS}{}_1·A_{wire}}=\frac{{\mu }_{arc}·I_{arc1}·V_{arc1}}{W_{FS}{}_1·A_{wire}}=H_{eq0}$$

(30)

$$Q_{arc1 }=\frac{a}{b}·Q_{arc0}$$

(31)

$$Q_{fm1}=\frac{a}{b}·Q_{fm0}$$

(32)

$$Q_{HAZ1}=\frac{a}{b}·Q_{HAZ0}$$

(33)

$$Q_{bm1}=\frac{a}{b}·Q_{bm0}$$

(34)

$${\mu }_{m1}=\frac{Q_{bm1}}{Q_{bm1}+Q_{HAZ1}}={\mu }_{m0}$$

(35)

Thus, as long as the heat equivalent of the fuse does not change, although the cross-sectional area of the clad weld bead will change in proportion, the melting efficiency and dilution ratio of the base metal does not change, regardless of whether the pulse is used.

7.3. Control Strategy for Improving the Cladding Efficiency and Reducing the Dilution Ratio at the Same Time

Under the condition of pulse welding, in order to improve the cladding efficiency, A_fm needs to be increased. It is also necessary to reduce the heat equivalent of the fuse to achieve a lower dilution rate.

Assuming that a pulse contains three control variables: pulse line energy, pulse wire feeding and pulse travel speed, the peak value accounts for x of the whole cycle and the base value accounts for 1−x, the following standard 2 represents the physical quantity of the dimensional arc stage (the pulse base value). Under the condition that pulse welding and steady-state welding have the same input line energy:

$$\mathrm{x}·Q_{arc1}+(1-x)·Q_{arc2}=Q_{arc0}$$

(36)

$$\mathrm{x}·\frac{a}{b}·Q_{arc0}+(1-x)·Q_{arc2 }=Q_{arc0}$$

(37)

$$Q_{arc2}=\frac{1-\frac{a}{b}·x}{1-x}·Q_{arc0}$$

(38)

When a/b > 1, the average linear energy of pulse welding is less than that of steady welding.

During the pulse TIG welding process, the welding wire cladding efficiency significantly increases by improving the wire feeding speed and reducing the welding travel speed, by inputting peak current to reduce the heat equivalent of the fuse and the dilution ratio. When the basic arc current is maintained, the heat equivalent of the fuse is maintained under steady welding conditions. Such a combination of parameters can simultaneously improve the average melting efficiency, reduce the dilution ratio and maintain a small linear energy.

Hence, through the combination of the pulse line energy, pulse wire feeding speed and pulse travel speed, and by maintaining a low fuse heat equivalent, the double improvement of welding efficiency and welding quality is achieved.

8. Conclusions

(1)

The “fuse heat equivalent”, used to predict the dilution ratio of the deposited weld bead of the cladding welding of nuclear power components, is proposed. The dilution ratio of the heat power of the weld-forming unit length to the section of the fuse is predicted by the linear energy of the deposited metal-forming unit volume. Under this condition, there is a linear positive correlation between the fuse heat equivalent and the dilution ratio.

(2)

With the increase in the heat equivalent of the fuse, the proportion of the deposition line energy to the total effective heat input line energy decreases; the proportion of the base metal melting line energy increases; and the proportion of the non-melting line energy diffused to the base metal is basically unchanged.

(3)

The fuse heat equivalent is used to predict and control the dilution ratio under the condition of pulse welding. By increasing the wire feeding speed under the condition of the pulse peak current and reducing the welding travel speed, a high-deposition efficiency, low-dilution ratio and low-heat input is achieved, which plays an important guiding role in improving the deposition quality.