Improve Weld Quality with Precision Ground Tungsten Electrodes
Improve weld quality with precision ground Tungsten Electrodes using non-radiotoxic MultiStrikes ® and The TEG-1000 Tungsten Electrode Grinder .
Back by popular demand , Huntingdon Fusion Techniques HFT ® have re-initiated the manufacturing of the famous TEG-2 Tungsten Electrode Grinder , under the new name of TEG- 1000 .
Ron Sewell , Chairman for HFT ® said : “ Ensuring your Tungsten Electrodes are sharpened correctly can help to improve weld quality . Tungsten Electrode Grinders are a convenient , safer and more accurate way than other methods of grinding Tungsten Electrodes .”
“ Grinding thoriated Tungsten Electrodes with open air belt and disc grinding tools for example can be extra hazardous not only for safety , but also for personal health . To overcome these conditions , whilst maintaining a very high life expectancy for the Tungsten Electrode we manufacture blue-tipped MultiStrike ® Tungsten Electrodes that contain nonradioactive rare earth elements , eliminating the risk to health posed by red tipped radiotoxic thoriated Tungsten Electrodes .”
Other Tungsten Electrodes work at higher temperatures so their oxide additions ( mostly radioactive ) burn out , or evaporate much faster than those nonradioactive ingredients in MultiStrike ®, so much so that MultiStrikes ® give at least 10 times more arc striking capacity over other Tungsten Electrodes , when tested under the same conditions . MultiStrikes ® can be used for welding aluminium with the AC process , as well as steels and alloys with the DC process , which allows the welder to have just one type of Tungsten Electrode to weld all materials and reduce the amount of stocks and purchasing requisitions .
The use of the TEG-1000 Grinder with HFT ®’ s well established and technically popular MultiStrike ® Tungsten Electrodes will give repeatable Tungsten Electrode points every time , enabling consistent repeatable arc performance and welding results . Sizes 1.0 to 3.2 mm can be ground as standard , with other sizes catered for on request . Savings can be achieved because of the increased life of properly ground Tungsten Electrodes . With the special collet accessory on the TEG-1000 , shorter Tungsten Electrodes can be held , significantly increasing the length of life of each Tungsten Electrode before it is discarded .
Repeatable high quality TIG welding requires Tungsten Electrodes to have perfectly ground and polished tips . HFT ®’ s TEG-1000 provides these , time after time , to exactly the same size and shape . The diamond wheel grinds the Tungsten Electrodes longitudinally , preventing arc flicker or wander caused by circumferential lines or ridges found on electrodes , which have been ground incorrectly .
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12 TUBE NEWS May 2018