How To Gas Metal Arc Welding. This process uses inert gases or gas mixtures as the shielding gas. GMAW is commonly known as Metal Inert Gas welding MIG or MAG Metal Active Gas welding.
Welding Current Welding. An electric arc melts this wire so that it forms a weld pool that then solidifies to form a weld joint. Introduction In the first blog of this series a general description was given of the basic operation of the gas metal arc welding GMAW process.
For MAG reactive gas is used mostly carbon-dioxide which thus reacts.
Remove all flammables within 35 ft 107 m of the welding arc. As the name already implies the difference lays in the gas that is being used. GMAW is commonly known as Metal Inert Gas welding MIG or MAG Metal Active Gas welding. In the gas welding process the metal is melted and joined by heating the metals with a flame that is caused by a reaction of fuel gas and oxygen.