Many of us don't know the different tools and terms used in welding; let us have an outline about different types of tools used in industry. First we have an overview about the tools used.
The basic tool the welder use is a welding gun, it is a tool that does spot weld, tack weld and burns holes in metals and you can drill faster and make a spot within a second. The next tool the welder use is a welding torch, it is a part that holds and operate to make the weld and it has various parts such as connection valve for the fuel gas and oxygen, chamber, handle and tip. The different types of torches used are torch, injector torch, rose-bud torch and cutting torch. Welding torch is used to weld metals and cutting torch is used to cut metals, rose-bud torch is used to heat metals for bending and straightening and injector torch is used to mix the two gases.
In electrode is used to conduct current and it can be of either as a consumable one or a non consumable one. Shielded metal arc, gas metal arc, flux cored arc and submerged arc welding comes under the category of consumable electrode methods and tig and plasma arc welding are non consumable electrode methods. The next modern invention in welding industry is plasma cutter, it is a machine which cuts metals and steel of different thickness and plasma gouging is also done in plasma cutter. It is a latest technology in welding industry and the welder in welding industry needs some safety welding gears such as welding helmets, goggles, gloves for the safety measures.
Let us have a synopsis of different terms used in welding. The basic term that we should know in welding is welder. A welder is a worker who is specialized in welding materials together. There are different types of welders and each is specialized in their type. Tig is the welder who is specialized in tig welding process and does all types of work in tig welding process. A mig is a welder do mig welding process and arc welder do arc welding process. Similarly there are different types of welders such as spot, stick, pipe welder, wire welders, wire feed welders, inverter welders, dc welder, ac welders, gas welders, portable welders, ready welders, gas welders, plasma welders, plastic welders, ac dc welders, aluminum welders, steel welders, metal welders, repair welders, flux welders and more.
Multi process units are the units that perform all the welding operations in a convenient way. The new welding process are also been introduced to make the welding process as an easy one and they are, friction stir welding, laser hybrid welding, conductive heat seam and magnetic pulse welding. Shielding gas is mostly used in welding because to prevent atmospheric contamination of weld puddle and mostly inert gases are used in welding process. The basic requirement of welding industry is proper welding equipment and supplies, latest welding techniques, systems and consumables.
