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Welding-gas,Huge Benefits with low cost Outfits:SOLUTIONS with Effective, Powerful Advice
Welding-gas, also known as Oxyacetylene Gas Welding, is an old and successful process whose many advantages and benefits contribute to keep it on the forefront of helpful tools. Why Gas Welding? Because it is simple, versatile, portable, powerful, easy to learn, low-tech but highly successful. With a simple and economic oxyacetylene welding kit, you can cut, weld, preheat and post-weld heat, braze, braze-weld, hardface, for Hobby and Home Welding jobs. The oxyacetylene welding flame can help heat metal for hammer forging and also for straightening warped parts. It is good for welding steel, cast iron, bronze and other alloys. It is not the preferred choice for aluminum or stainless steel. It cannot be used to weld titanium or other reactive metals. In this page we are going to enter into some more detail for the class of FUSION Welding-gas processes known and described as Oxyfuel Gas Welding processes. What is in here for me? If you work with oxyacetylene flame you know what you need. But are your helpers as knowledgeable as you are? How would you summarize to them the strong points of the process? Although versatile and applicable to many jobs, Welding-gas by the Oxyacetylene Flame is preferred for fine and delicate work, for thin sheets or tubes, and whenever heat input need not be highly concentrated. For best results skill is important, that can be obtained by exercise and training and through dedicated instructions. Of the fusion welding gas processes developed in the twentieth century, GAS WELDING is probably one of the earliest of modern welding history. Of all the combustible gases tried and used in the past only Acetylene gas practically has been retained for its major advantages which are mainly the high temperature of combustion and ease of production and transportation.
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Tip!: The versatility of the Welding-gas process depends on the level of control that the welder has on the flame, on the heat, on the filler metal and on the welding gas speed. In order to exploit these advantages to their best, the welder must develop substantial skills, through learning and training. Here are... The main advantages of Welding-gas, Oxyacetylene welding:
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A short account of these issues is presented in the separate page underlined above. In the manual Welding-gas process the heat required for local progressive melting is provided by the oxyacetylene flame. A filler metal rod of appropriate composition may or may not be used as required. The success of this Welding-gas process, which requires continuous independent supply of the gases acetylene and oxygen from separate high pressure cylinders, derives from the fact that it makes use of a simple but powerful welding torch, where the gases are mixed in about equal volumes and ignited at the exit tip. The oxyacetylene flame of the Welding-gas process develops an extremely high temperature (max. about 3030°C or 5500°F) at its bright inner cone, useful for melting metals. It permits the welder to protect with the flame itself and with its surrounding gaseous envelope the molten puddle from neighboring air which, if allowed in, would oxidize the metal and impair the weld properties. All the controls... The flow of the gases can be easily controlled to provide a neutral flame, an oxidizing one or a reducing (carburizing) one depending on the technique of welding employed and on the application requirements. The welder has also control of the temperature of the metal in the weld zone. By adjusting the flame intensity and the speed of welding, the size and the characteristics of the molten pool are kept consistent with the required shape and appearance of the weld. The molten metal from the two assembled elements flow together, with or without additional filler metal, and the weld solidifies upon cooling so that the pieces are permanently connected at the joint. To perform Welding-gas joining, the items of the structure are first assembled, fixtured if necessary and tack welded. Then the welding gas process takes place, possibly in steps, using a proper sequence of separate stretches of welding to minimize deformation. The flame can be directed to impinge preferentially on the thicker element which should absorb more heat. The thinnest element can be shielded in part from the Welding-gas flame by interposing the filler rod as needed. The filler metal deposition rate is easily controlled by pushing or pulling the filler rod from the tip of the welding gas flame. The above characteristics make the Welding-gas process best suited to join thin steel sheet metal, tubing and small pipes. Obviously the results depend heavily on the manual dexterity and experience of the welder, namely on his skill. A good weld has usually a regular appearance, without spatter, visible cracks or other objectionable defects, so that a first quality assessment can be provided by nothing more sophisticate than visual inspection. Tip!: if an experienced welder cannot satisfactorily weld a simple joint, the reason most probably is in the material, possibly a steel containing high carbon or alloying elements. The complete knowledge of the material type is necessary for dealing adequately with these issues. See the page on MATERIALS IDENTIFICATION. Check the Hardness!... Note: for orientation on causes and remedies for poor welds the knowledge of the hardness of the material to be welded may be helpful. Or better, its importance cannot be overstated. See also our page on Welding Gas Equipment.
In a new page on Oxyacetylene Welding Tips essential information and relevant links to safety provisions for the process are offered. Summing up The Welding-gas equipment is generally simple, inexpensive and portable. The techniques of flame control and torch manipulation can be learned by proper training so that the process is quite diffused and popular, not only for certain production applications but much more for maintenance, for small repairs. Consider the fact that any maintenance department, big or small, has at least one Welding-gas outfit ready and available for repair work. Suited to short runs, welding gas does not need expensive fixtures. It is best for thin thickness of carbon steel sheet and tube and it is highly controllable. The equipment as is, is also suited for Brazing, a different process opening up a new full range of applications. And for Braze Welding, to manufacture or repair many different materials for any sort of uses. See our recent Bulletin including Resources on For more information see also
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