Scribd
Upload
12 views1 page

vdoc.pub_a-practical-guide-to-tig-gta-welding_Part75

The document provides guidelines for selecting the correct weld speed and maintaining optimal conditions for automatic welding applications, including maintaining a small arc gap and ensuring cleanliness of the weld area. It emphasizes the importance of proper current return and provides starting points for welding current values based on material types. Additionally, it discusses the use of a welder's lathe for circumferential welds and suggests travel speeds based on material and thickness.

Uploaded by

Minh Sơn - HN
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
12 views1 page

vdoc.pub_a-practical-guide-to-tig-gta-welding_Part75

The document provides guidelines for selecting the correct weld speed and maintaining optimal conditions for automatic welding applications, including maintaining a small arc gap and ensuring cleanliness of the weld area. It emphasizes the importance of proper current return and provides starting points for welding current values based on material types. Additionally, it discusses the use of a welder's lathe for circumferential welds and suggests travel speeds based on material and thickness.

Uploaded by

Minh Sơn - HN
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 1

By experimentation select correct weld speed in automatic applications

and adjust these ratios if necessary;


Set the smallest practicable arc gap f 0.05 mm (0.002 in) and maintain;
Ensure a good fit-up and heat balance at the weld point (adviceon this is
given in a following chapter);
0 Keep the weld area clean and uncontaminated. Aluminium for example
oxidises very quickly: weld within ten minutes of cleaning;
Provide current return (or earthing) sufficient to carry the full welding
current. This is most important and often overlooked. Never use plain
carbon brushes with automatic fixtures. Copper and brass are more
suitable and copper-carbon is suitable below 50 A average current. A
spring-loaded shoe should be in contact with a moving part of thejig as
near as possible to the weldment. As a guide, using copper brushes,
there should be al least 600 mm* (1 in2) of brush surface in contact per
50 A of welding current (or pro rata). It is also useful to coat the rubbing
surfaces lightly with fine graphite powder when running in a shoe.
Try for a 5 - 10 per cent overrun of a circumferential or linear weld
seam allowing upslope and downslope to occur whilst the component is
still being moved under the arc.

WELDING CURRENT SELECTION AND TRAVEL SPEED

DCEN welding - for thin section autogenous welds only


The correct setting of welding current values can only be determined by
experiment and production of samples, but the following is a guide for a
safe starting point. Note that everything depends on smooth consistent
travel either of the arc along the seam or vice versa. The values are given per
0.025 mm (0.001 in) of metal thickness and for a square butt joint.
Carbon, mild and stainless steels - 0.50 A
Aluminium and alloys - 1.5 A
Copper and alloys - 2-3 A

These are average welding currents and are purposely given low to avoid
ruining too many expensive samples.
Regarding travel speeds these will usually range from 2 - 6 mm/sec
dependent on material and thickness, although in production much higher
speeds have been attained.

Circumferential welds
A welder’s lathe is a great asset for coping with a wide range of cylindrical
welded components. Heat sinks, sometimes watercooled, can be fixrd to

66 PRACTICAL TIG (GTA) WELDING

You might also like