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Articles tagged with "gas selection"

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Do your welds pass muster?: Evaluating gas and equipment to deliver quality and performance

By: Richard Green

For a job shop or manufacturer, maintaining weld quality begins with consistent shielding gas in the gas metal arc welding (GMAW) process. Consistently delivering the correct blend ensures proper arc characteristics and weld quality. Mixing technology, supply gas density, and gas usage patterns can affect the on-site gas blending system's ability to deliver a consistent blend.

Publish date: November 25, 2008

Tech cell: Consumables

A shielding gas primer for GTAW: Gas selection and optimization

By: W.F. Garth Stapon

With so many blends of shielding gas available, it can be a difficult task to determine which gas or gas blend best suits a particular GTAW application. To simplify that task, you must first understand the distinct properties that each gas or gas mixture brings to the table and how best to optimize the mixture once it's been determined.

Publish date: January 27, 2009

Tech cell: Consumables