GMAW Tungsten Electrodes

Gas metal arc welding (GMAW), sometimes referred to by its subtypes metal inert gas (MIG) welding or metal active gas (MAG) welding, is a welding process in which an electric arc forms between a consumable wire electrode and the workpiece metal(s), which heats the workpiece metal(s), causing them to melt, and join.

Along with the wire electrode, a shielding gas feeds through the welding gun, which shields the process from contaminants in the air. The process can be semi-automatic or automatic. A constant voltage, direct current power source is most commonly used with GMAW, but constant current systems, as well as alternating current, can be used. There are four primary methods of metal transfer in GMAW, called globular, short-circuiting, spray, and pulsed-spray, each of which has distinct properties and corresponding advantages and limitations.

Tungsten is absolutely the electrode in GMAW welding. Tungsten electrodes, including cerium tungsten electrode, lanthanum tungsten electrode, thorium tungsten electrode, yttrium tungsten electrode, pure tungsten electrode and composite tungsten electrode, are mostly widely used.

The regular dimensions are(mm)

Ø1.6x150

Ø2.4x150

Ø3.2x150

Ø1.6x175

Ø2.4x175

Ø3.2x175

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TIG Tungsten Electrode

Tungsten Inert Gas Welding for TIG as short name is a process of welding by using tungsten electrode under gas protection. This process can also be called as GTAW(Gas Tungsten Arc Weld).

The Operation is as following:

Manual gas tungsten arc welding is a relatively difficult welding method, due to the coordination required by the welder. Similar to torch welding, TIG normally requires two hands, since most applications require that the welder manually feed a filler metal into the weld area with one hand while manipulating the welding torch in the other. Maintaining a short arc length, while preventing contact between the electrode and the workpiece, is also important. 

To strike the welding arc, a high frequency generator (similar to a Tesla coil) provides an electric spark. This spark is a conductive path for the welding current through the shielding gas and allows the arc to be initiated while the electrode and the workpiece are separated, typically about 1.5–3 mm (0.06–0.12 in) apart.

Once the arc is struck, the welder moves the torch in a small circle to create a welding pool, the size of which depends on the size of the electrode and the amount of current. While maintaining a constant separation between the electrode and the workpiece, the operator then moves the torch back slightly and tilts it backward about 10–15 degrees from vertical. Filler metal is added manually to the front end of the weld pool as it is needed.

Welders often develop a technique of rapidly alternating between moving the torch forward (to advance the weld pool) and adding filler metal. The filler rod is withdrawn from the weld pool each time the electrode advances, but it is always kept inside the gas shield to prevent oxidation of its surface and contamination of the weld. Filler rods composed of metals with a low melting temperature, such as aluminum, require that the operator maintain some distance from the arc while staying inside the gas shield. If held too close to the arc, the filler rod can melt before it makes contact with the weld puddle. As the weld nears completion, the arc current is often gradually reduced to allow the weld crater to solidify and prevent the formation of crater cracks at the end of the weld.

Chinatungsten can provide you many kinds of tungsten electrodes for GTAW welding:

Pure tungsten electrode (WP)

Thorium tungsten electrode (WT20)

Cerium tungsten electrode (WC20)

Lanthanum tungsten electrode (WL15, WL20)

Zirconium tungsten electrode (WZ3, WZ8)

Yttrium tungsten electrode (WY20)

Composite tungsten electrode

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GTAW Tungsten Electrode

The whole name for GTAW is Gas Tungsten Arc Weld, which is used to describe a process that uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode to produce the weld. The weld area is protected from atmospheric contamination by an inert shielding gas (argon or helium), and a filler metal is normally used, though some welds, known as autogenous welds, do not require it. A constant-current welding power supply produces electrical energy, which is conducted across the arc through a column of highly ionized gas and metal vapors known as a plasma.

GTAW is most commonly used to weld thin sections of stainless steel and non-ferrous metals such as aluminum, magnesium, and copper alloys. The process grants the operator greater control over the weld than competing processes such as shielded metal arc welding and gas metal arc welding, allowing for stronger, higher quality welds. However, GTAW is comparatively more complex and difficult to master, and furthermore, it is significantly slower than most other welding techniques. A related process, plasma arc welding, uses a slightly different welding torch to create a more focused welding arc and as a result is often automated.

Chinatungsten can provide you many kinds of tungsten electrodes for GTAW welding:

Pure tungsten electrode (WP)

Thorium tungsten electrode (WT20)

Cerium tungsten electrode (WC20)

Lanthanum tungsten electrode (WL15, WL20)

Zirconium tungsten electrode (WZ3, WZ8)

Yttrium tungsten electrode (WY20)

Composite tungsten electrode

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Tungsten Foil Application

There is a wide application for tungsten foil, which is as target in EOS. Factors influenced the target effect are thickness, surface condition, density and grain size direction. Mostly, the purity of foil used for target is 99.90%min, but with density over 19.0g/cm3 to ensure its shielding effect. The surface condition can be rough, or smooth, but regularly, the most used is electrolytic polishing.

As heat generator in sapphire growth furnace, after connecting the power, current goes through, with the property of high electricity conductivity, the foil is heating, then the heat is generated.

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Tungsten Foil

Tungsten foil is made of pure tungsten with purity over 99.95%, and density of 19.2g/cm3 and with very thin thickness. This kind of foil is widely used to make parts for electricity, and raw material to produce tungsten boat. With the development of LED sapphire growth furnace, the use of tungsten foil has come to the heat resistance shielding and heat spreader.

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Tungsten Filament - Stranded Tungsten Heater

Tungsten stranded tungsten wire, namely tungsten heater, and always called tungsten filament. It is not to explain the wire used in the lamp, but to use as heater for vacuum coating. 

As the drawing showed, the wire can be single wire,double wires and three ones and three strands with one Al wire. 

Tungsten heater made of tungsten wire, features high melting point and high corrosion resistance, mainly applied for vacuum metallizing, such as aluminizing scope, chrome scope, mirrors, plastics and heater elements for decoration articles. 

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Tungsten Molybdenum in China

Pure tungsen is similar to pure molybdenum in properties, and most of the alloys can be added, such tungsten lanthanum to molybdenum lanthanum. China owns most of tungsten ores around the world, and the one we would like to mention is China is also the biggest producer of molybdenum, which is statistics from the US Geological Survey (USGS).

China

Mine production: 100,000 tonnes

China produces the vast majority of the world's moly, and despite a 1,000-tonne drop in production between 2014 and 2015, the country remains the globe's biggest producer by a large margin.

The Asian country's massive economy includes a giant industrial sector, and it is keen to limit its reliance on western mine output. By producing the moly needed to keep its industrial capacity strong, China avoids overpaying for imported metal. In years past, the country leveraged its position as the top moly producer by limiting exports of the metal, but as mentioned above, that changed in 2015. The full implications of China's more open trade policy for moly remain unclear.

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