What You Should Know About Stainless Steel Welding

| Monday, June 24, 2013
By Lana Bray


Generally welding's a fabricating or sculpturing process used to weld materials, particularly thermoplastics or metals. Most of the time, this is achieved by melting work pieces after which a filler substance may be added to build a liquefied material also known as weld pool which on cooling becomes a very strong joint. Stainless steel welding is used to construct highly strong structures.

Construction of structures will require a number of materials of different kind. The type to use for each construction depends on the engineering or economical requirements that can be determined when the project commences. This bluish-gray alloy which is a common material in use today has various suitable properties that provide some benefits and preferred by the builders and engineers.

Basically, this process will be used to fabricate structures of different shape and form. The method of accomplishing such fabrications involves various techniques. Since this involves very high temperatures the equipment used to accomplish the weld must be able to generate such high temperatures to ensure the successful formation of the steel joints.

In order to achieve a strong and successful joining process, you must understand the main properties of this bluish-gray alloy. Apart from the melting point, it will also be appropriate to acquire and use suitable equipment. As a general rule, you cannot use the same equipment you use for blazing because this process requires very high temperatures. This in essence means that you require to have specialized equipment or use professionals who have such equipment.

This joining process includes a number of steps that you can follow. Basically these steps can be adopted in order to attain a successful process on the alloy. However, depending on the technique used other additional materials will be needed during the process. The following are just basic steps that you can adopt when doing a steel weld although the materials you use will depend on the method of joining you are using.

A general safety requirement prior to engaging in such a process is wearing of safety clothes. The protective gear is important in ensuring that your eyes and body are protected from the harmful high radiation that can burn the body or damage the eyes. Once this is in place you can choose the appropriate joinery method. This can be anyone of the methods like the edge, lap T or butt.

Afterwards the metals to be welded can be fixed securely to ensure that the task is accomplished more effectively. You can then choose between shielded metal arc, flux colored arc, gas metal or tungsten arch wielding. The choice of what to use here will depend on the expected product.

Apart from this method, it is also important to determine other factors like the filler metal used during stainless steel welding and of course using the compatible inert gas with the exception of when you are using the shielded metal arc welding method. After the weld it is important to cool the metal to room temperature to enhance the process. The torch for the process can similarly be used to apply a pos heat on the spot afterwards.




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