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What is a Tig Welder?
Asked by Smiles_187
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Tig stands for "Tungsten : Inert gas"
Basically a small tungsten (alloy) electrode shoots out of a gun and melts in an electric arc, much the way a mig welder works. With tungsten you can weld things like titanium and stainless steel or even aluminum very cleanly.
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im not sure
Answered by blackknightninja
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a tig welder is a machine that focuses a very intense arc. tig welding is defined as a very focused type of welding. in tig welding you have a torch, with a tungsten electrode in it. you pass either DC+ (torch hot) or DC- (workpiece hot) current through the tungsten to create a welding arc. you add filler as needed to create a strong weld
check this out for more technical info
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tig_welding
Answered by Laser
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Tungsten inert gas
Answered by animalmother
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I've heard of a Mig Welder...
Possibly it's just a different form of welding metal together, like an arc welder.
Answered by jokerkid613
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Tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding is the process of blending together reactive metals such as magnesium and aluminum
Answered by AeR0
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welding with a tungsten rod , with argon gas.
Answered by Scott c
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Tungsten inert gas
Well said AeRO
Answered by TIMOTHY D L
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My husband is a Mig, Tig & Arc welder. But he's not around for me to ask, sorry.
Answered by JennyG33
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welding aluminum in an inert atmosphere.
Answered by gtoacp
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Tig is mostley for welding aluminum.It requires a steady hand.It's alot harder to learn than helearc and mig.
Answered by 69trophy stile!
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Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW), commonly known as tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding, is an arc welding process that uses a nonconsumable tungsten electrode to produce the weld. The weld area is protected from atmospheric contamination by a shielding gas (usually an inert gas such as argon), and a filler metal is normally used, though some welds, known as autogenous welds, do not require it. A constant-current welding power supply produces energy which is conducted across the arc through a column of highly ionized gas and metal vapors known as a plasma.
GTAW is most commonly used to weld thin sections of stainless steel and light metals such as aluminum, magnesium, and copper alloys. The process grants the operator greater control over the weld than competing procedures such as shielded metal arc welding and gas metal arc welding, allowing for stronger, higher quality welds. However, GTAW is comparatively more complex and difficult to master, and furthermore, it is significantly slower than most other welding techniques
Answered by mel
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it's a very expensive welder that welds by heating up the metal on both sides of the joint, and fusing them together with a welding rod. Works kinda like a plasma cutter.
here's a picture...
http://www.beardmorebros.co.uk/Images/how%20to/tig/Tig%20welding.jpg
Answered by random person
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someone who can weld with a TIG welding machine. TIG = Tungsten Inert Gas. This is a weldingmachine that uses a weldingwire thats gets surrounded by an inert gas to prevent corrosion of the weld. An inert gas is a gas that under normal conditions doesn't react chemically with any other substance.
Answered by Cave Man
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you were so payed by the military to wash us with propoganda
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