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    Gas Metal Arc Welding

    Gas Metal Arc Welding


    Gas Metal Arc Welding

    GMAW Modes of Metal Transfer


    Spray Globular

    Short Circuiting Pulsed Spray


    GMAW Filler Metal
    Designations

    ER - 70S - 6
    Composition
    Electrode 6 = high silicon
    Solid Electrode
    Rod (can be used
    with GMAW) Minimum ultimate tensile
    strength of the weld metal
    AWS Specifications for GMAW Wire

    AWS A5.18 - Carbon Steel Electrodes


    AWS A5.28 - Low Alloy Steel Electrodes
    Gas Metal Arc Welding

    Shielding Gas
    • Shielding gas can
    affect
    – Weld bead shape
    – Arc heat, stability,
    Ar Ar-He He CO2
    and starting
    – Surface tension
    – Drop size
    – Puddle flow
    – Spatter
    Gas Metal Arc Welding

    GMAW Advantages
    • Deposition rates
    higher than SMAW
    • Productivity higher
    than SMAW with
    no slag removal
    and continuous
    welding
    • Easily automated
    Gas Metal Arc Welding

    Quality
    • Spatter
    – Droplets of electrode
    material that land
    outside the weld fusion
    area and may or may
    not fuse to the base
    material
    • Porosity
    – Small volumes of
    entrapped gas in
    solidifying weld metal
    Gas Metal Arc Welding

    Limitations
    • Equipment is more
    expensive and complex
    than SMAW
    • Process variants/metal
    transfer mechanisms
    make the process more
    complex and the
    process window more
    difficult to control
    • Restricted access
    – GMAW gun is larger than
    SMAW holder

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