Tig Welding Stainless Steel Pipe

Seal the inside of the area to be welded with caps or dams.

Tig welding stainless steel pipe.

Freehand tig welding stainless steel pipe walking the cup. Prepare the pipe ends for welding. Any welded stainless steel pipe application requires shielding the back of the weld as well as the front when tig welding. Kevin stone is a senior fabricator who began applying his welding and drawing skills to the creation of massive stainless steel sculptures back in 2005.

Purging the weld is the best way to protect the inside of pipes from oxidation. The preferred method for high purity food grade stainless steel is an autogenous tig square butt weld. A weld that was done by walking the cup is almost robot like with the bead. Tig welding stainless steel is performed by using a non disposable tungsten electrode with a tig welder for striking up the arc.

Walking the cup is a welding technique that gives the welder much more control then free hand welding. Https goo gl frdnss what you will see in this episode. How to tig weld stainless steel. Stainless steel part 1 showed you the basics of.

This is basically a common and unique process for joining stainless steel. There are six basic steps to purging a tig weld. When comparing freehand welding to walking the cup there is a huge difference in weld quality and appearance. This process also uses shielding gas against contamination but you can weld thinner metals more efficiently.

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