subject: What Is The Purpose Of Welding Equipment? [print this page] As you can see new technologies is working very easily. Similarly to build a new modern building you need to use good equipment. These welding are used and seen from World War II. These are famous for cutting heavy metals. You can find many variety of welding equipment for welding and cutting metals. Some of the welding and cutting equipments are TIG welder, Arc welder, MIG welder, welding helmet, plasma cutter and welding machines.
TIG welders:
The full form of Tig is Tungsten Inert Gas. An arc is created with a TIG welding between metal and non consumable welding. These can weld almost any king of metal. It gives a high quality and the metal is cut in a neat manner. It can weld many metals than other welding equipment.
Arc welding:
It is the most easiest and portable welding equipment. The other name given is stick welding. It used for transforming the electricity. One of the disadvantages of this welding is you got to change the electrode very often.
MIG welder:
These take lesser time than the above welding equipment. The metal inert gas is also ascribing as wire feed welding. It consumes less time and is less costly. These need a constant voltage for welding. The mig welding has 3 properties are to be set properly i.e. voltage, wire speed feed and shielding gas flow.
Welding helmet:
These are the head gear used for protecting your eyes and face. You can burn your face or the welding can damage your eyes if you dont wear a welding helmet. It saves you from the sparks while welding. Always wear a good quality welding helmet.
Plasma cutter:
This is the most effective and fast moving tool in the market. To cut the metal plasma requires high temperature and electric arc. One of the major merits of plasma cutting is the inner surface of the metal stays cool. These are generally used by the automobile people. It is the fastest among all welding and cutting machines which can also cut thick metals in no time. These can cut the metal in different shapes and sizes.
Welding machines:
The fuel gas and oxygen are used for welding and cutting. It is other wise known as oxy - fuel welding. Now these welding are less popular but in olden days these were more famous. It takes the help of a welding torch for fusing the metals. Similarly for cutting first the metal is heated up by a bleak torch. It is majorly used in repairing the pipes and tubes. There are some fuel torches which dont mix well with oxygen. These are known as single tank. There are some metals which cannot be welded or cut by these welding.
