Basics of Welding Machinery

Part of the Video Series Welding Basics: Techniques for Tig, Mig & Arc Welds

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Learn the basics of welding from an expert in arc, tig and mig welding in this free DIY video.

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Basics of Welding Machinery
Hello! My name is Mac and on behalf of expertvillage.com I am here to discuss the arc welding process called MIG welding. MIG is a short form that stands for Metal Inert Gas welding, it is a very popular, easy to use arc welding process. It consists of a very high strength steel wire coiled in a roll, a set of drive rollers, a power supply, a MIG gun and a supply of inert gas to shield the weld pool. It is very versatile, the wires come in a wide variety of metals for different users. You can get ordinary carbon steel wire, even though this looks like copper wire, it is actually carbon steel wire covered with copper, a thin layer copper tip to aid in the welding process. It helps the electricity to get on to the wire, as it goes to the contact tip. You can get stainless wires, you can get nickel wires, you can get wires for welding galvanized steel, very popular wire for welding aluminum. You can get aluminum welding wires etc. They come in a wide variety of diameters, different sizes of thickness of wire for different applications and for different machines. One of the integral parts of the machine is a bottle of compressed inert gas that is fed through the gun. The gas is used to protect the arc welds molten puddle from the oxygen and nitrogen in the atmosphere. We will go into this whole system in greater detail as we go through the series of lectures on MIG welding.

About the Expert

Expert: Malcolm MacDonald has traveled extensively throughout Canada working in almost every aspect of the Welding Trade Industry since 1968. Read More