Welding Copper Pipe With Tig

For example in welding copper with thickness of 5mm 0 196 inch tig welding requires a preheating of 50 c as well as shielding gas of argon helium and mix up to 300 amps of power.

Welding copper pipe with tig.

Subscribe for new videos every monday and friday. Buy the right copper. Some grades of copper have oxygen dissolved in the metal. 152 4 to 304 8 mm away from the weld.

Whereas mig welding requires a preheating of 10 100 c and up to 240 amps of power with argon as its shielding gas. The oxygen will corrode your weld bead under the heat of tig welding. виг заваряване на медни тръби 22 х 1мм. As a general rule of thumb copper under 2 mm should have argon gas and up to 160 a applied.

Use the proper gas ratio. If you are tig welding copper buy oxygen free copper. In the past we have. Https goo gl frdnss in this episode of tig time wyatt shows you how to weld copper.

Oxygen free copper doesn t have this problem and it takes tig welds beautifully. Tig welding copper pipes 22 x 1 mm. Do you know of any videos books cd s on how to tig cooper that is 1 1 2 thick. I am an experienced 6g pipe welder with certs in both stick and tig.

If the copper is thicker you will need to adjust the gas and amp by applying helium and upping the.