Aluminum Welding Tech Cell

Welcome to the Aluminum Welding Tech Cell. Here you will find information on arc welding power sources, guns and torches, welding gases, and welding wire specifically for aluminum welding.

Fabricating tight ships on a tight deadline

For Great Lakes Shipyard, a division of the Great Lakes Towing Co., located on the Cuyahoga River’s Old River Channel just off of Lake Erie, one order posed the ship designer and fabricator’s biggest challenge in recent history: designing and fabricating not one but two aluminum ships, something the company had yet to do.

Aluminum welding Q&A: About soot, porosity, and equipment

What causes soot and porosity in aluminum welding? Do I need a push/pull gun with my GMAW machine to weld aluminum? Are robots practical for my aluminum application? These questions are answered in this first installment of a new column on thefabricator.com.

Weldable and unweldable aluminum alloys

Frank Armao discusses which aluminum alloys are weldable, which are not, and why.

Achieving T6 designation for 6061

Can you tell me the heat treatment steps necessary to produce 6061-T6? I have heard that heat treating it after welding will increase its mechanical properties.

Tackling aluminum GMAW

The reactive nature of aluminum to the welding arc, which is much more pronounced than that of other base materials, presents many challenges, including excess heat input and burn-through, porosity, poor bead appearance, poor fusion, and cracking. Technology advancements have made tackling these challenges easier by providing a balance of high travel speeds with a narrow, focused arc

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Aluminum welding machine incorporates pulsed GMAW capabilities

Miller Electric Mfg. Co.'s new AlumaPower™ 450 MPa is a dedicated aluminum welding machine with built-in synergic pulsed GMAW capabilities designed to help increase power while maintaining ease of use. The machine, rated at 450 amps at 100 percent duty cycle, offers a simple interface...

Aluminum welding machine incorporates pulsed GMAW capabilities

Miller Electric Mfg. Co.'s new AlumaPower™ 450 MPa is a dedicated aluminum welding machine with built-in synergic pulsed GMAW capabilities designed to help increase power while maintaining ease of use. The machine, rated at 450 amps at 100 percent duty cycle, offers a simple interface...

Wire feeder/welding machine designed for GMAW, FCAW on mild steel, stainless steel, aluminum

Lincoln Electric has updated its POWER MIG® 216 wire feeder/welding machine line with the new 216 model for GMAW and FCAW on mild steel, stainless steel, and aluminum. The machine, which provides 30 to 250 amps, arrives spool gun-ready, allowing welders switch quickly to aluminum wire...

Push-pull welding guns designed for aluminum fabrication, production welding environments

Lincoln Electric has introduced two push-pull welding gun models for aluminum fabrication and production welding environments. The Panther™ semiautomatic, gooseneck-style gun provides smooth wire feeding with dual-driven rolls for added pulling power without damaging the wire. It also...

Aluminum filler metals meet AWS Specification A5.10

Hobart Brothers has added two new lines of aluminum solid welding wires and GTAW cut lengths to its McKay® brand of filler metals. The company joined in a strategic relationship with Maxal Aluminum to offer the new products. Smootharc™ 5356 is a magnesium-based alloy that provides...

Arc welding technology to be showcased at FABTECH

Miller Electric Mfg. Co. offers a variety of equipment for arc welding that will be on display at the 2008 FABTECH International & AWS Welding Show. The PipePro system, suitable for field and shop fabrication, features the company's RMD (Regulated Metal Deposition) process, a precisely...