Gas Metal Arc Welding refers to:

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  1. Electron Beam Welding
  2. TIG Welding
  3. Plasma Arc Welding
  4. MIG Welding

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Option 4 : MIG Welding
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Gas metal arc welding (GMAW) or Metal inert gas arc welding (MIG)

  • In this process, the arc is formed between a continuous, automatically fed, metallic consumable electrode and welding job in an atmosphere of inert gas, and hence this is called metal inert gas arc welding (MIG) process.
  • The shielding gases for MIG welding are mixtures of argon, oxygen, and CO2, and special gas mixtures may contain helium. 

Electron beam welding 

  • Electron beam welding joins metals by bombarding a specific confined area of the base metal with high-velocity electrons.
  • The operation is performed in a vacuum to prevent the reduction of electron velocity.
  • It allows fusion welds of great depth with a minimum width because the beam can be focused and magnified.
  • As you can see in the above diagram that in electron beam welding is focused on the weld spot using the magnetic lens.

 

TIG Welding: 

  • Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) or Gas Tungsten Arc (GTA) welding is the arc welding process in which arc is generated between non-consumable tungsten electrode and workpiece.
  • The tungsten electrode and the weld pool are shielded by an inert gas normally argon and helium.
  • The principle of the tungsten inert gas welding process is shown below

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