MetFab - Air Products Welder's Handbook - Flipbook - Page 14
Pulsed MIG/MAG welding uses the welding current to
control droplet transfer allowing positional welding
Droplet transfer
Current
Peak current
Spray transition current
Background
current
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Time
Gases for
MIG/MAG welding
Maxx® gases: our best
weld process gases
Air Products’ weld process gases are
designed to deliver optimum performance
when MIG/MAG welding. All of these
gases meet the requirements of ISO14175 /
AWS 5.32 - “Welding consumables - Gases
and gas mixtures for fusion welding and
allied processes”
These gases are grouped into three
families to ensure easy selection:
This standard is widely used across
industry to classify weld process gases. It
assists with the correct gas selection and
minimum quality control and labeling
requirements.
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• Ferromaxx® gases - for carbon steels
• Inomaxx® gases - for stainless steels
• Alumaxx® gases - for aluminium
and alloys
