201757 HandbookWeldingTechniques

Variations
Metal
Transfer

WELDINGVOLTAGE
Equipment
AlthoughdiscussedinChapter3,itshouldbereemphasizedthatthevoltagesettingdirectlycontrolsthearc
length.Inaddition,acertainrangeisrequiredtomaintainarcstabilityatanygivenweldingcurrentlevel.
Power
Supply
ARCTRAVELSPEED
Shielding
Gases Thearctravelspeedisthelinearratethatthearcmovesalongtheworkpiece.Thisparameterisusually
expressedasinchesormetersperminute.Threegeneralstatementscanbemaderegardingthearctravel
speed:
Wire
Electrodes 1)Asthematerialthicknessincreases,thetravelspeedmustbelowered.

2)Foragivenmaterialthicknessandjointdesign,astheweldingcurrentisincreased,soisthearc
travelspeed.Theconverseisalsotrue.
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3)Higherweldingspeedsareattainablebyusingtheforehandweldingtechnique.

Effects
Welding
Techniques WeldBead WELDINGTECHNIQUES
Characteristics

TorchPosition Thefirstgeneralweldingtechniquethataffectsweldcharacteristicsistorchposition.Thisreferstothe
Welding
mannerinwhichthetorchisheldwithrespecttotheweldjoint.Thepositionisusuallydescribedfromtwo
Conditions
directionstheanglerelativetothelengthoftheweldandtheanglerelativetotheplatesasillustratedin
74and75respectively.Bothbackhandandforehandweldingtechniquesareshownin74.Thebackhand
methodmeansthetorchispositionedsothatthewireisfeedingoppositetothedirectionofarctravel.Filler
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metalisbeingfedintotheweldmetalpreviouslydeposited.Fortheforehandmethod,thetorchisangledso
thattheelectrodewireisfedinthesamedirectionasarctravel.Nowthefillermetalisbeingdeposited,for
themostpart,directlyontheworkpiece.Itshouldbenotedthatachangeinweldingdirectionisnotrequired
Weld
Defects tofacilitateforehandorbackhandwelding,onlyareversalinthelongitudinaltorchpositioning.Generally,
operatorsfindthatthebackhandtechniqueyieldsamorestablearcandlessspatterontheworkpiece.

MigSpot
Welding

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