Hot Wire TIG

The hot wire GTAW (TIG) process is used in industries requiring high quality, high productivity welding. Although the GTAW process has a much lower deposition rate than GMAW (MIG), the quality is generally superior. When hot wire technology is used in conjunction with GTAW, especially in down hand welding on plate or on larger diameter pipe, deposition rates can approach that of MIG. Hot wire GTAWnarrow groove welding has been used extensively for the welding of nickel-based alloys, a wide range of steel alloys as well as reactive metals such as titanium. Hot wire GTAW equipment is finding increasing uses in industry applications as varied as valve manufacture, oil and gas industry components,and components used in nuclear power generation.