Kevin Beardsley, a registered professional engineer with 21 years of manufacturing experience, is an application engineer at The Lincoln Electric Company, 22801 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44117-1199, www.lincolnelectric.com. For questions or comments on this column, contact Kevin at 216-383-2259 or kevin_beardsley@lincolnelectric.com.
It is possible for manufacturers that are welding with solid wire or flux-cored wire to calculate the starting wire-feed speed and travel speed? These calculations will get you close, but some tweaking may have to be done to achieve your desired weld.
By using some simple math, Kevin Beardsley of Lincoln Electric shows how to make the calculations necessary to get a very accurate estimation on the amount of welding wire and shielding gas needed to complete a job being quoted.
Kevin Beardsley of Lincoln Electric simplifies this complex subject by examining the important points of applications using the most common materials that most experienced welders can follow.
Here are several important tricks that will maintain 50 percent austenite and 50 percent ferrite microstructure in the base metal, HAZ, and the weld metal.
Kevin Beardsley of Lincoln Electric explores some areas to concentrate on that will quickly and easily help you manage the costs of your MIG welding operations.