December 15, 2008
Mid Month Bulletin 32

PWL#064B - Resources on Tungsten Electrodes, Pure Tungsten, Thoriated, Ceriated, Lanthanated, GTAW, Welding and Cutting, Material Safety, Guidelines for Selection, Preparation, Grinding, Tips, Toxicology and more...

Mid December Bulletin

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Gas Tungsten Arc Welding is dealt with in our pages on Arc Welding Equipment and Tig Welding Tips.

Short articles on Hot-Wire TIG Welding and on Orbital Welding were published (7) in PWL#050 and PWL#051.

ANSI/AWS A5.12/A5.12M-98 (R2007)
Specification for Tungsten and Tungsten Alloy Electrodes for Arc Welding and Cutting
American Welding Society / 05-Feb-1998 / 32 pages
Click to Order.

BS EN ISO 6848:2004
Arc welding and cutting. Nonconsumable tungsten electrodes. Classification
British Standard / European Standard / International Organization for Standardization / 20-Jan-2005 / 18 pages
Click to Order.

JIS Z 3233:2001
Tungsten electrodes for inert gas shielded arc welding,
and for plasma cutting and welding
Japanese Industrial Standard / Japanese Standards Association / 01-Jan-2001 /

Safety Bulletin
Use of Tungsten Welding Rods containing Thorium (2 pages)
Energy.

Material Safety Data Sheet No. TE001 Tungsten Electrodes (7 pages)
http://www1.boc.com/uk/sds/industrial_equipment/tunsgsten_electrodes.pdf

Material Safety Data Sheet - Tungsten Electrodes for Welding (9 pages)
http://www.harrisproductsgroup.com/pdf/MSDS/TUNGSTEN.pdf

Material Safety Data Sheet - 1.5 Lanthanated Tungsten Electrode (1 page)
http://www.inweldcorporation.com/msds/1.5lthntung%20(new).pdf

Storage and Use of Thoriated Tungsten Electrodes
http://www.hse.gov.uk/fod/infodocs/564_6r.pdf

The Proper Selection & Preparation of Tungsten Electrodes for Arc Welding
http://www.diamondground.com/Guidebook0105.pdf

How to "Correctly" Grind, Cut & Prepare Tungsten Welding Electrodes
http://www.diamondground.com/HowtoPrepareElectrodes.pdf

Thoriated Tungsten Electrodes
http://files.aws.org/technical/facts/FACT-27.PDF

Selection and Preparation Guide for Tungsten Electrodes
http://www.millerwelds.com/education/articles/articles83.html

Choosing tungsten electrode type, size for aluminum GTAW
Article 527.

Guidelines for tungsten electrodes
http://www.thefabricator.com/ArcWelding/ArcWelding_Article.cfm?ID=1276

The use of thoriated tungsten electrodes
http://www.twi.co.uk/content/faq_thoriated.html

Tig Welding Tips
http://www.tig185.com/using/tips.asp

Substitution of Thoriated Tungsten Electrodes in Switzerland (ppt)
Session 2.

Thoriated Tungsten Electrodes
http://www.iem-inc.com/prmad9r.html

Tungsten and Grinders (6 pages)
http://www.lencocanada.com/pdf.d/500-06.pdf

Handi Grinder - Tungsten Electrode Grinder (12 pages)
Instruction Manual
http://www.abicorusa.com/Grin2man.pdf

Tips and Techniques
http://www.mwsco.com/kb/articles/19990330g.htm

Gas Tungsten Arc Welding
http://www.weldreality.com/tigData.htm

Product Information - Tungsten Electrode Designations
http://www.tungsten.de/deutsch/english/downloads/electrodes.pdf

Tungsten Electrodes
http://www.migatronic.com/media/wolframkompendie_uk.pdf

Tungsten and Selected Tungsten Compounds (49 pages)
Review of Toxicological Literature
http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ntp/htdocs/Chem_Background/ExSumPdf/tungsten.pdf

Tungsten - Public Health Statement (9 pages)
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp186-c1.pdf

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1350/2006 of 13 September 2006
imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on
imports of certain tungsten electrodes originating in
the People's Republic of China
Europa.

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