Efficient welding of 80 mm S355ML plates using a hybrid laser-arc and narrow-gap SAW process

The Paton Welding Journal, 2026, №03. Scientific-technical and production “The Paton Welding Journal” was founded in 1989 and was published in the UK as a full English translation of “Avtomaticheskaya Svarka” (Automatic Welding) journal, which was published in Russian since 1948. Since 2000 publication of “The Paton Welding Journal” continued in Ukraine. (Short history of “The Paton Welding Journal”) The content of “The Paton Welding Journal” includes original articles by authors from around the world in welding, specialty electrometallurgy, technical diagnostics and NDT, as well as related technologies. Content of the Journal also selectively includes translations into English of articles from the following journals, published in Ukrainian and included in the list of professional publications of Ukraine (category “B”) in technical fields of science: “Avtomatychne Zvaryuvannya” (Automatic Welding), ISSN 3041-2374 (print), ISSN 3041-234X (online); “Suchasna Elektrometalurhiya” (Electrometallurgy Today), ISSN 3041-2382 (print), ISSN 3041-2331 (online); “Tekhnichna Diahnostyka ta Neruinivnyi Kontrol” (Technical Diagnostics & Nondestructive Testing), ISSN 041-2358 (print), ISSN 3041-2366 (online)