Different types of Welding Wires for Different Welding Needs
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Sep-20-2011
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Encompassing the requirements of various welding process, welding wires with availability in different sizes, shapes, composition and types have always played an important role by working as a filler metal which is added to the melted work pieces.
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As a fabrication or sculptural process of joining the metals together in one joint, welding has a very old and long history which started back in the Bronze Age. One of the earliest welding was used in the Iron Pillar in Delhi, India, around 310 AD.
Now with modernization and increasing new technologies, welding has reached far new heights with varies kind of welding process. In fact, the requirement of welding differs from industry to industry and process to process. Ranging from underwater welding to thermit welding, electrodes welding to flux cored arc welding, oxy fuel welding to metal inert arc welding and much more; all are the different types of welding processes. Encompassing these requirements, welding wires have always played an important role in every welding process by working as a filler metal which is added to the melted work pieces. This melted work pieces transforms into a puddle of molten metals that cools to become a strong joint. Welding wires work as a solvent to join the metals (with the help of heat) and are also used to generate the arc. More importantly, welding process is impossible without the help of these wires.
Welding wires are available in different formats, sizes, shapes and composition. The major types of wires used for welding are MIG wires, SAW wires, TIG wires, MMA wires, SS wires, flux cored arc wires, copper coated wires, submerged arc wires and more. Below is the brief highlight on few of them.
Flux Cored Arc Welding Wires
Flux cored arc welding wires or also referred as FCAW wires are used for the purpose of flux cored arc welding. It enhances and improves the process of MIG welding with metal transfer, arc action, weld appearance and metal properties. The tubular wire electrode wire is continuously fed with on the welding work surface.
TIG Wires
Gas tungsten arc welding or also referred as TIG welding wires are the wires used during the TIG welding process wherein the metals are joined by heat generated the work surface and the tungsten electrode. TIG welding wires plays the role of tungsten electrode in this process. These wires are available in different sizes, grades and shapes to meet the requirements of different TIG welding process.
SAW Wires
Submerged arc welding wires or SAW wires are the wires used during SAW welding process wherein the metals are joined by heat produced between the work surface and a bare metal electrode. The role of SAW wires are played by bare metal electrodes.
Mig Wires
Metal inert gas welding wires or MIG wires is used for the MIG welding process which can be both semi-automatic and automatic. In this process the continuous and consumable shielded gas and wire electrode is inserted with a welding gun. The wire electrode is the MIG wires used during the process.
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http://www.articleseen.com/Article_Different types of Welding Wires for Different Welding Needs_83630.aspx
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Author Resource :
Raajratna Electrodes is manufacturer, supplier, & exporter of welding electrodes, Stainless Steel Welding Wires, copper coated mig wires, stainless steel welding electrodes, Flux cored arc welding wire, saw wires & welding flux. Visit us at http://www.raajratnaelectrodes.com/
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Welding wire, Tigmig saw, Flux cored arc welding wire, Saw wire, SS wire, tig wires, mig wires, saw wire,
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