Aluminum is a light weight metal. It has great mechanical properties so that it can be formed into right shape as per your needs. Welding, machining, forging and casting can be performed very easily with aluminum. In order to use aluminum for high temperature applications, it should be mixed with other metals. There will be improvement in strength, appearance and cost factor … [Read more...]
The History and Basics of Welding
Welding is essentially a fabrication or rather a sculptural process employed to join materials. The materials joined in welding are usually thermoplastics and metals. The joining is done by causing fusion that’s distinct from the metal joining techniques which employ the use of low temperatures: soldering and brazing. These two don’t melt the base metal. In welding, the base … [Read more...]
How to Weld Metal
Due to all the various movies, people tend to think that welding metal is incredibly simple – just plug something in, run your tool across the surface and voila! You have a smooth, clean connection. Unfortunately, that is not so – if you want to get good at welding metal, you are going to have to practice, but here are a few pointers: Safety preparations Before you start, … [Read more...]
A Detailed Exploration of Laser Beam Welding
This welding manufacturing method works like this: joining two or more pieces of material, most often metal, into one full component or object using a laser beam. Laser (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) beaming is an entirely non-contact process. You access the point of welding from one side and use the intense laser light to heat up the metal or other … [Read more...]
Common Welding Mistakes – Avoidance and Quality
Introduction to Welding: Welding is the act of joining together to pieces of metal by heating up the two surfaces with a blowtorch hot enough until they are almost at the point of boiling. To properly combine some pieces the use of hammering comes in handy as well as pressing down. There is a lot to welding, several different kinds of welding and more. With welding you can … [Read more...]
