WHAT IS MIG WELDING

MIG Welding is short for Metal Inert Gas Welding, it’s a process that has been widely used since 1948 and has largely remained the same. They changed the name a few years ago to Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW)….but the name has never really stuck!

MIG welding is so useful because of the versatility when it comes to welding different types of metals such as Carbon, Stainless Steel, Magnesium, Aluminium, Nickle, Silicon Bronze and other alloys.

MIG Welding involves a solid wire electrode being fed through a copper contact tube in the welding gun, this conducts a welding current into the wire and an ARC is struck between the end of the wire electrode and the workpiece, and this melts both of them forming a weld pool. The weld pool surrounding atmosphere is protected by a shielding gas which is fed through the nozzle surrounding the wire. Your shielding gas selection depends on the material being welded and the application.

ADVANTAGES OF MIG WELDING

• MIG welding gives you the ability to join a wide range of metals and a variety of thicknesses.
• Generally regarded as one of the easier types of welding to learn.
• High quality welds are produced often faster than other welding techniques.
• Minor weld spatter is produced due to the gas protecting the arc.
• Fewer stops and starts due to the continuously fed wire electrode.
• No stub end losses caused by changing electrodes.
• All-position Welding capabilities.

As with everything in life nothing is perfect, we have also included a list of disadvantages.

DISADVANTAGES OF MIG WELDING

• Unsuitable for outdoor welding since you need shielding gas to protect the weld.
• Cost – Consumables need replaced regularly.
• MIG welders can only really be used on thin to medium/thick metals, it doesn’t deliver proper penetration on thicker metals.
• Not ideal for portability due to the wire feeder and gas bottle needed.

So there it is, a basic guide to MIG welding. Don’t hesitate to contact us if you need any other information or check out our range of MIG Welders here.

Premier Welding will close On Friday 21st of December at 2pm and will re-open on Friday the 4^th of January at 8.30am

Any website orders placed before 1pm on the 20th of December will be delivered before Christmas day.

Website orders placed after the 20th of December cannot be guaranteed to arrive before Christmas Day.

Any orders placed on the website after the 21st of December will not be processed until the 4^th of January where normal delivery times will apply

I also want to take this opportunity to say thank you to all of our existing and new customers for your continued support and custom over the years

Here at Premier welding we wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year when the time comes.

Kind Regards

Alan

Alan Young - Company Director

Hi all,

After many years of successfully selling the Jackson range of Air Fed Helmets it’s now a case of ‘all good things must come to an end’ as the Airmax Blower Unit sold with the Jackson Helmets is in the process of being discontinued??

There are very limited stocks of the Airmax’s available, but as the Main Filters will also be discontinued I have taken the decision sadly to not promote the Jackson range anymore.

We do however have excellent stocks of both Filters and Helmet spares to enable us to supply our existing customers for some time yet, so all is not lost!!

The good news however is the two new ranges I’ve sourced.

The Malina Clean Air & Horizon Momentum helmets, Both offer fantastic & unique products, with the more competitively priced Horizon Momentum System offering a price similar to that of the Jackson, but with far more features and benefits such as True Colour Technology and TH3 Certification and already these are flying out the door to my local customers who have numerous Jackson Systems that need to be replaced.

So have a look at them on our website where there is a presentation highlighting these benefits and if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to get in touch

As always thank you for your continued support and custom.

Thanks

Alan

Alan J Young

Director

PREMIER WELDING LTD

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