The action of DIP transfer welding is very aggressive as the process requires the wire to "short circuit" onto the material to generate the explosion and create heat. These explosions mean that once the weld pool is developed the wire is then dipping into a liquid pool. If this pool then becomes too runny the dipping of the wire creates a popping effect much like a needle popping a balloon and this can pop it causing a hole.
TIG welding is an arc process whereby you create the arc with an electrode and add the filler wire by hand. The electrode used is made of tungsten which is a rare metallic element. Tungsten has the highest melting point of any metal, 3,410 °C
Tungsten electrodes come in a varying degree of sizes depending on the material you want to weld and the welding current you want to use.
Each electrode is colour coded to eliminate any confusion and it appears at the end of the electrode.
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SPR or Self Piercing Rivets are a process used to join two or more layers of material without a pre-drilled or punched hole. The action of the rivets piercing the material forces it into the shaping anvil behind, forcing the legs of the rivet to splay. This with the correct force applied gives the required strength.
We often hear the word synergic when related to welding equipment, but what does it mean? Synergic means the interaction of elements and parameters to form a single control. Or to put it bluntly, single knob or button operation. On...
