Oxy Acetylene Welding

and Cutting
Equipment and Setup
Required Oxyacetylene
Welding Equipment
Oxygen regulator
Acetylene regulator
Oxygen/ Acetylene welding hose
Hose couplings
Single-purpose cutting torch or welding torch
Cylinders and cart for portability
Flash arrestor and check valves (protective
equipment)
Flint lighter to ignite torch
Approved Protective Equipment
Installed in OAW system to prevent:
Backflow of oxygen into fuel-gas supply
system
Passage of flashback into fuel-gas supply
system
Excessive back pressure of oxygen in fuel-
gas supply system
Equipment
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Wide
assortment
of tips
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Equipment setup
for welding
Portable tank
outfits are
mounted on
a truck
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Pressure Regulators
Reduce high cylinder pressure to relatively
low pressure of 0 to 45 p.s.i. used for
welding
Maintain pressure without variation during
welding
Flame remains steady and uniform
Two pressure gauges mounted on body of
regulator
One shows pressure in cylinder, other
pressure of gas being supplied to torch
Pressure Regulators
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Union for attachment to cylinders
Outlet connection for hose leading to torch
Pressure of cylinder
Pressure of gas being supplied
to the torch
Hand screw which adjusts working pressure
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Regulator Construction
Internal mechanism of oxygen regulator
Oxygen Enters regulator at left at 2,200
p.s.I. and must leave regulator at desired
pressure for welding 10 p.s.i.

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Regulator Construction
Force that opens valve provided by
tension of spring
Force that closes valve provided by high
gas pressure from tank
When two forces balanced, constant flow
of oxygen to torch results
Two Types of Oxyacetylene
Welding Torches
Injector
Acetylene carried through torch and tip at low
pressure by suction force
Higher oxygen pressure passing through small
orifice of injector nozzle
Mixing head and injector integral part of tip
Equal (balanced-pressure)
Both gases delivered at equal pressures
Mixing head separate replaceable unit in body
of torch
Injector Torch
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The acetylene is carried
Through the torch and tip at
low pressure by the suction
force of the higher oxygen
pressure passing through the
small orifice of the injector
nozzle.
Linde Division, Union Carbide Corp.
Injector Type Mixer

The oxygen passing through the
Venturi (1), pulls the fuel gas
available in chamber (2). The gases
are mixed, starting at point (3).

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Equal-pressure (balanced-pressure) torch
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Balanced-Pressure Type Mixer
The gases are mixed, beginning
at point (3), throughout
the mixing chamber.
The two gases are fed in at points
(1) fuel gas and (2) oxygen
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Torch Tips
Size measured by diameter of end
opening
Marked on side of tip
Most common system: numbers from 000-
15
Larger the number, larger hole in tip and
greater volume of heat provided
Tips for injector torches provided with
individual mixers so mixer and tip one unit
Most made of pure drawn copper
Oxygen and Acetylene Hose
Especially manufactured for purpose
Siamesed (two built in one)
Colors of Hose
Green for oxygen
Red for acetylene
Black for inert gas and air


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Lighters
Use friction spark lighter to light welding
torch
Safety note: Never use matches
Puts welder's hand too close to torch tip
where it may be burned when gases ignite
Gas lighters may explode in your hand or
pocket.
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Filler Rod
Most gas welding done with filler rod
Provides additional metal to form larger weld
bead
Many diameters, available in bundles of 50 or
100 pounds and boxes up to 300 pounds net
weight
36 inches long
Steel rods copper coated to prevent
rusting
Some aluminum rods flux coated
Both Braze and aluminum 28 inches long