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    Tungsten Inert Gas Welding (TIG)

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    Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding, also known as GTAW, uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode and an inert shielding gas, typically argon, to heat metal and protect the weld from contamination. It offers high quality welds on a variety of metals with aesthetic beads, no sparks or spatter, and no smoke or fumes. However, it also has lower deposition rates, requires good hand-eye coordination, and has slower travel speeds than other welding processes. Common shielding gases are argon, helium, and mixtures of the two, with each having advantages for different applications.

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    Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding, also known as GTAW, uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode and an inert shielding gas, typically argon, to heat metal and protect the weld from contamination. It offers high quality welds on a variety of metals with aesthetic beads, no sparks or spatter, and no smoke or fumes. However, it also has lower deposition rates, requires good hand-eye coordination, and has slower travel speeds than other welding processes. Common shielding gases are argon, helium, and mixtures of the two, with each having advantages for different applications.

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    Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding, also known as GTAW, uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode and an inert shielding gas, typically argon, to heat metal and protect the weld from contamination. It offers high quality welds on a variety of metals with aesthetic beads, no sparks or spatter, and no smoke or fumes. However, it also has lower deposition rates, requires good hand-eye coordination, and has slower travel speeds than other welding processes. Common shielding gases are argon, helium, and mixtures of the two, with each having advantages for different applications.

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    Tungsten Inert Gas Welding (TIG)

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    The Engineers EDGE, Coimbatore
    Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding, also known as GTAW, uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode and an inert shielding gas, typically argon, to heat metal and protect the weld from contamination. It offers high quality welds on a variety of metals with aesthetic beads, no sparks or spatter, and no smoke or fumes. However, it also has lower deposition rates, requires good hand-eye coordination, and has slower travel speeds than other welding processes. Common shielding gases are argon, helium, and mixtures of the two, with each having advantages for different applications.

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    TUNGSTEN INERT GAS WELDING

    (TIG)
    BACKGROUND

    • What is TIG?
    • Tungsten Inert Gas
    • Also referred to as GTAW
    • Gas Shielded Tungsten Welding
    • In TIG welding, a tungsten electrode heats the metal you are
    welding and gas (most typically Argon) protects the weld from
    airborne contaminants

    2
    BACKGROUND
    • TIG welding uses a non-consumable tungsten
    • Filler metal, when required, is added by hand
    • Shielding gas protects the weld and tungsten

    3
    ADVANTAGES

    • Welds more metals and metal


    alloys than any other process
    • High quality and precision
    • Aesthetic weld beads
    • No sparks or spatter
    • No flux or slag
    • No smoke or fumes

    4
    DISADVANTAGES

    • Lower filler metal deposition


    rates
    • Good hand-eye coordination a
    required skill
    • Brighter UV rays than other
    processes
    • Slower travel speeds than other
    processes
    • Equipment costs tend to be
    higher than other processes

    5
    TIG SHIELDING GASES

    • Argon
    • Helium
    • Argon/Helium Mixtures

    6
    TIG SHIELDING GASES
    Argon Helium
    • Good arc starting • Faster travel speeds
    • Good cleaning action • Increased penetration
    • Good arc stability • Difficult arc starting
    • Focused arc cone • Less cleaning action
    • Less low amp stability
    • Lower arc voltages
    • Higher arc voltages
    • 10-30 CFH flow rates
    • Higher flow rates (2x)
    • Higher cost than argon

    7
    TIG SHIELDING GASES
    Argon/Helium Mixtures
    • Improved travel speeds over pure argon
    • Improved penetration over pure argon
    • Cleaning properties closer to pure argon
    • Improved arc starting over pure helium
    • Improved arc stability over pure helium
    • Arc cone shape more focused than pure helium
    • Arc voltages between pure argon and pure helium
    • Higher flow rates than pure argon
    • Costs higher than pure argon

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