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TIG Welding: Inert Gas Overview

Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding, also known as GTAW, uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode and an inert shielding gas, typically argon, to heat metal and protect the weld from contamination. It offers high quality welds on a variety of metals with aesthetic beads, no sparks or spatter, and no smoke or fumes. However, it also has lower deposition rates, requires good hand-eye coordination, and has slower travel speeds than other welding processes. Common shielding gases are argon, helium, and mixtures of the two, with each having advantages for different applications.

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TIG Welding: Inert Gas Overview

Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding, also known as GTAW, uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode and an inert shielding gas, typically argon, to heat metal and protect the weld from contamination. It offers high quality welds on a variety of metals with aesthetic beads, no sparks or spatter, and no smoke or fumes. However, it also has lower deposition rates, requires good hand-eye coordination, and has slower travel speeds than other welding processes. Common shielding gases are argon, helium, and mixtures of the two, with each having advantages for different applications.

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TUNGSTEN INERT GAS WELDING

(TIG)
BACKGROUND

• What is TIG?
• Tungsten Inert Gas
• Also referred to as GTAW
• Gas Shielded Tungsten Welding
• In TIG welding, a tungsten electrode heats the metal you are
welding and gas (most typically Argon) protects the weld from
airborne contaminants

2
BACKGROUND
• TIG welding uses a non-consumable tungsten
• Filler metal, when required, is added by hand
• Shielding gas protects the weld and tungsten

3
ADVANTAGES

• Welds more metals and metal


alloys than any other process
• High quality and precision
• Aesthetic weld beads
• No sparks or spatter
• No flux or slag
• No smoke or fumes

4
DISADVANTAGES

• Lower filler metal deposition


rates
• Good hand-eye coordination a
required skill
• Brighter UV rays than other
processes
• Slower travel speeds than other
processes
• Equipment costs tend to be
higher than other processes

5
TIG SHIELDING GASES

• Argon
• Helium
• Argon/Helium Mixtures

6
TIG SHIELDING GASES
Argon Helium
• Good arc starting • Faster travel speeds
• Good cleaning action • Increased penetration
• Good arc stability • Difficult arc starting
• Focused arc cone • Less cleaning action
• Less low amp stability
• Lower arc voltages
• Higher arc voltages
• 10-30 CFH flow rates
• Higher flow rates (2x)
• Higher cost than argon

7
TIG SHIELDING GASES
Argon/Helium Mixtures
• Improved travel speeds over pure argon
• Improved penetration over pure argon
• Cleaning properties closer to pure argon
• Improved arc starting over pure helium
• Improved arc stability over pure helium
• Arc cone shape more focused than pure helium
• Arc voltages between pure argon and pure helium
• Higher flow rates than pure argon
• Costs higher than pure argon

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