The Pros And Cons Of Welding

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There are many welding processes in the industry, some more complex than others. Welding processes can be split into two broad categories; fusion and solid phase processes. Welding is arguably the most complex process and the least frequently understood. There are pro and cons in this industry and here are few. Automated welding can provide a huge gain if used in the right application. Welding automated can be broke down in to two categories; semiautomatic and fully automatic. In semi-automatic an operator manually loads the parts in the welding fixture and a weld controller then keeps the welding process and motion torch and the stillness of the parts to the present parameters. After the process is complete the operator removes …show more content…

The pros to mig welding are that with little practice almost anybody can execute this type of welding. Materials that are thinner can be easily welded and thus less waste is produced and operating costs is much lower compared to other types of welding and there are uninterrupted welds. The cons of this type of weld are that there is a possibility of undue melt-through the outcome and will end up in partial joint penetration and or fusion. Also, this type of weld is well known to leave deposits of contamination and greatly rusty deposits. It also lets out heavy smoke and it will not well through any dirty material and it has complex equipment. Plasma cutters are hailed as the best cutters on the market for the automotive and industrial markets. While there are more pro than cons, the top con for this process is name price and there are some serious functional problems when workers cannot handle the cutter properly. The pros to this are the cutting speed and the depth of the plasma cutter, and this type of process is five times faster than other types of cutters in the industry. It also has no preheating, most cutters need from a few minutes to an hour to heat up before it can be used to cut any …show more content…

TIG uses non- consumables electrodes and very different arc that allows for a con tenuous and uninterrupted work which results in a flawless finish. Another pro is that that they can for with a filler metal of without one, there is an amount of versatility that TIG welders enjoy. The cons to this is that TIG welding is very complicated and the welders are very skilled and are professionally trained because of the given complicity and the high skill required of the welders. It is also a slow process weld that is least productive in certain situations and does not produce a high efficiency in the product they have to

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