Tig Welding Services
 | Vista Industrial Products, Inc. has some of the most talented welders in the industry. Although TIG welding is more advanced than other welding methods, our welders have the experience and knowledge to perform this type of welding with ease and precision. Tungsten Inert Gas welding (TIG Welding) uses the heat of an electric arc between a tungsten electrode and the base metal. A separate welding filler rod is fed into the molten base metal, if needed. |
A shielding gas flows around the arc to keep away air and other harmful materials. Gas tungsten arc welding is typically desirable when welding stainless steel, aluminum, titanium, and many other nonferrous metals.
TIG welding is also known as GTAW or Heliarc Welding. TIG welding was invented in 1940 by a man named Russell Meredith who was working on an aircraft for Northrop Grumman. Since then, this type of welding has become a widely used method of welding dissimilar metals together. A TIG welder is generally more advanced than any other type of welder due to the difficulty of the process. It takes experience and high precision since both hands are used during this welding process. Since both hands are used, TIG welding is the most difficult since one hand holds the TIG torch that creates the arc, and the other hand is used to add the filler metal to the weld joint. This creates more control over the other welding processes out there and constructs strong precise weldments.
By using a non-consumable electrode, called the tungsten electrode, a strong and high quality weld is produced. Tungsten is a slightly radioactive, hard but brittle metal. The unique properties of tungsten allows for welding with a hotter arc than the actual melting point of the tungsten. TIG welding uses the heat of an electric arc between a tungsten electrode and the base metal, shielding gas, and filler metal. A separate welding filler rod is fed by hand into the arc and melted. A shielding gas flows around the arc to keep away air and other harmful materials.
Gas tungsten arc welding is typically desirable when welding critical weld joints, small precise welds, stainless steel, aluminum, and titanium.For more information about our welding services, please click on a link below:
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