| Welding has plenty of Welding Types and OxyFuel | | | | viscosity that will be present in the weld because the |
| Welding is one of the most popular types of Welding. | | | | filler metal is added singularly and away form the |
| Learn about OxyFuelWelding and the OxyFuel | | | | heating source. |
| Welding Process. | | | | OFW can be used to weld several types of metals |
| OxyFuel welding or OFW as it is referred to is part | | | | that include thin sheets, smaller pipes and some |
| of a group of processes that weld by joining metals | | | | tubes. They are more cost effective when used on |
| through the use of flares or a fuel gas flame. This | | | | these smaller sections than on thicker sections. |
| can be done with pressure or without it and it can be | | | | |
| used with a filler metal or not. This type of welding | | | | Most welders can afford the equipment that is |
| happens when a process is used using fuel gas and | | | | needed for the OxyFuel welding because it is less |
| oxygen as the heating mechanism. The base metal is | | | | costly than other methods. The equipment can be |
| melted using the tip of a welding torche's flame. | | | | used in a variety of settings because it is portable |
| | | | | and versatile. It can be sued to bend and straighten, |
| The oxygen and fuel glass are already mixed in the | | | | to preheat, post heat, and in brazing and torch |
| welding assembly in the mixing chamber. A molten | | | | brazing. |
| pool is created through the use of filler metals and | | | | |
| plate edges (when filler materials are used). Both the | | | | OFW can also be used mechanically and manually with |
| plate and the filler metal will mix together inside the | | | | a few changes to the equipment. Usually this process |
| pool. When they cool they are molded together as | | | | is used to weld metals like steels, and nonferrous |
| one piece. | | | | metals. The larger situations like welding refractory |
| | | | | metals are done with a different kind of process. |
| There are basically four ways that this process is | | | | |
| done: Oxyhydrogen welding,Oxyacetylene welding, | | | | In most cases the fuel gas that is used is acetylene |
| Air acetylene welding and Pressure gas welding. The | | | | because it is one of the few gases that use oxygen |
| air acetylene welding is used in a more minor capacity | | | | for combustion and meets the requirements for a |
| than the other three processes. | | | | welding operation. These requirements are that the |
| | | | | fuel has a flame that is high in temperature, it has an |
| This welding process has several advantages: | | | | adequate heat content, the flame spread has a high |
| | | | | rate and when the flame hits the base or filler |
| It is a process that the welder can control from the | | | | metals, there is little chemical reaction between them. |
| rate of heat that is put into the process to the | | | | Although there are other types of gases, and |
| oxidizing of the welding environment. | | | | though some of them have a high flame heat, they |
| The welder can also control the temperature that is | | | | do not have the low flame spread that is required. |
| present in the weld zone. | | | | The metals that you are going to use with this |
| They can control the bead size and how much puddle | | | | process will have to be prepared ahead of time. |