Ottawa's Welding Experts

There are a number of different types of metals which are acceptable for welding. It is important to know how to weld specific welding metal types so that you have the correct welding equipment on hand to properly get the job done.
Welding Aluminum
Welding aluminum requires high power welding and very clean oxide-free surfaces. Cleaning a surface to be oxide-free can add extra cost to the welding project, but will make the welds cleaner and easier to deal with, keeping the metal from pooling and having surface tension when it is melted. You should use a tungsten inert gas (or TUG) welder and the welding flame should be set to blue, which is the hottest flame to melt the metal and make it possible to weld. It is also a good idea to preheat the aluminum before actually welding on it because this makes it much easier to weld.
Steel Welding
There are many different types of steel which require different types of welding tools and techniques, assuming it can be welded in the first place. Low carbon steel is most suitable for spot welding. High carbon content and alloy steels tend to form hard welds that are brittle and could crack, though this tendency can be reduced by tempering. Austenitic and Ferritic stainless steels can also be welded, though they are much harder and require higher temperatures from the spot welder. Martensitic stainless steels are not suitable for welding because they are very hard.
Copper Alloy Welding
Copper and copper alloys can be joined by arc welding. The intensity of the arc when welding copper and its alloys is important in completing the fusion with minimum heating of the surrounding base metal. Copper binds together well with zinc and tin, which can all be welded together through this welding method. Use the flat position whenever possible when welding copper and its alloys because the metal has a highly fluid nature when being welded. The horizontal position is sometimes used when welding comer joints and T-joints.

For most basic and small to medium size welding projects we use stick welding. Also known as the shielded-metal arc welder, most people prefer it due to how easy it is to buy and the lack of a special environment needed to use it. But the electrodes in a stick Ottawa welder require frequent replacement compared with other forms of welding. These include the gas tungsten arc machines, TIG and gas metal arc welder, known as MIG welders. You will also need some sort of gas feed with this type of welder. Charged Electrode. An electrode is the tip of the tool that passes the current from the welder to the material being welded, making it so hot it becomes liquid. In the cases of the stick and MIG welders, the type of metal and the heat to melt it drives the type of electrode tip needed. But in a TIG welder, the electrode tip is made of non-consumable tungsten, and does not require replacement.

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