There are two most basic and easily confused types of welding rods in manual arc welding: acidic welding rods (such as AWS E6013) and alkaline low-hydrogen welding rods (such as AWS E7018). Many w...
Flux-cored welding wire first appeared in the United States and Germany in the 1920s. However, it was not until the 1950s that it was really widely used in industrial production, especially after t...
Vertical welding with stick electrodes gives many welders trouble. The molten metal wants to drip downward, the puddle sags, and the bead ends up uneven. But vertical welding is not as hard as it...
High-carbon steel refers to carbon steel with w(C) higher than 0.6%, which has a greater tendency to harden than medium-carbon steel, and forms high-carbon martensite, which is more sensitive to t...
TIG spot welding (also known as gas tungsten arc spot welding) is a specialized technique that uses a tungsten electrode to generate an arc that melts a localized area of overlapping metal sheets,...
In GMAW (gas metal arc welding) practice, horizontal welding is a position that many beginners have mixed feelings about. It’s easier than vertical or overhead welding, but if parameters an...