Throughout the Bronze and Iron Ages, people have discovered a useful process, we now use today, called welding. Many do not realize how important welding truly is in our world, even history, but when anyone is looking or walking around, there’s welding everywhere you go. They’re many types of welding, with different features and processes used on an object or material, that are opaque to your eyes.
Oxygen acetylene (OAW) is one of the most used welds compared to others. It's used in our everyday lives. OAW is sometimes required on automobiles, airplanes, ships, generators, and many more things. Oxygen and acetylene were combined together in a chambered bottle to create a hot and stable flame to melt the metal or metals, nice and evenly. The welding process is well suited for our environment because of the easy manufacturing it creates to make better equipment or builds. Edmund Davy of England discovered acetylene in 1836. Pros for OAW; portable machinery, cheaper than other welding types, easy to learn in a short amount of time; cons for OAW; not suitable enough for heavy or strong metals, slower to melt metal, you need to use a striker to ignite the torch and can take a while to light, etc. …show more content…
Filler rods like magnesium, copper, and aluminum is used in TIG welding. This type of weld helped and made aircraft materials lighter than another type of weld. During the welding process, it made a nice weld pool that it was considerably sturdy. In January 1941 (unknown date), a man named Russell Meredith, produced the first TIG system that actually worked. Pros for TIG welding; do not need to worry about ruining your weld, high quality, leaves a nice clean weld behind, etc. Cons for TIG welding; time-consuming, high payment for equipment, hard to learn,
Oxygen acetylene (OAW) is one of the most used welds compared to others. It's used in our everyday lives. OAW is sometimes required on automobiles, airplanes, ships, generators, and many more things. Oxygen and acetylene were combined together in a chambered bottle to create a hot and stable flame to melt the metal or metals, nice and evenly. The welding process is well suited for our environment because of the easy manufacturing it creates to make better equipment or builds. Edmund Davy of England discovered acetylene in 1836. Pros for OAW; portable machinery, cheaper than other welding types, easy to learn in a short amount of time; cons for OAW; not suitable enough for heavy or strong metals, slower to melt metal, you need to use a striker to ignite the torch and can take a while to light, etc. …show more content…
Filler rods like magnesium, copper, and aluminum is used in TIG welding. This type of weld helped and made aircraft materials lighter than another type of weld. During the welding process, it made a nice weld pool that it was considerably sturdy. In January 1941 (unknown date), a man named Russell Meredith, produced the first TIG system that actually worked. Pros for TIG welding; do not need to worry about ruining your weld, high quality, leaves a nice clean weld behind, etc. Cons for TIG welding; time-consuming, high payment for equipment, hard to learn,