Anvil Bikeworks wrote:
> MIG = "Metal Inert Gas" though it's true name is GMAW which is "Gas Metal
> Arc Welding." When MIG first came on the scene (and literally destroyed the
> CRAFT of welding overnight <- insert bitterness here) MIG ='d "Molybdenum
> Inert Gas" welding" but they since adopted it to welding metals other than
> steels and the name changed to Metal but again, its proper name is GMAW.
>
> TIG is Tungsten Inert Gas welding but its proper name is GTAW or Gas
> Tungsten Arc Welding.
>
> "Stick" welding is SMAW or Shielded Metal Arc Welding since a molten flux is
> used to protect the arc & weld metal from environmental (air, etc.)
> contamination until the weld has returned to solidus.
One of these years I'm going to have to learn arc welding. Living in the home town of Miller Electric I shouldn't have an excuse...
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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA