Aluminium Mig Welding Machine

The complete line of aluminum mig equipment covers full process capability and amperage range.

Aluminium mig welding machine.

Aluminum mig welding equipment from lincoln electric meets all your aluminum welding applications for the home hobby welder to industrial. While tig and mig welding machines are predominantly used to weld aluminum you can also use an oxy acetylene torch. Consider a machine with an output greater than 200 amps if you will be welding aluminum daily. Of course you can t fcaw aluminum.

Lotos mig140 140 amp mig wire welder flux core aluminum gas shielded welding with 2t 4t switch argon regulator metal wire feeder black red 4 1 out of 5 stars 155 misc. Especially welding the metal like aluminum that holds the very complex chemical and physical structure that always needs extra effort and practice for the technical stuff. The latter is a type of torch that uses a combination of oxygen and acetylene. To mig weld aluminum thinner than 14 gauge 074 inch it may be necessary to use specialized pulsed mig or ac tig welding equipment.

Oxide removal should be done after degreasing using a stainless wire brush. The cheapest machines run from 120 v input power and are sold as flux cored arc welding fcaw units for welding steel. A filler rod is used and is melted onto the joint of two aluminum parts. The latter requires a constant voltage and current machines.

A 115 volt welder can handle aluminum up to an eighth of an inch thick 3 mm with adequate preheating and a 230 volt machine can weld aluminum that s up to a quarter of an inch thick 6 mm. Mig tig stick gas gasless wire welding machines for aluminum sold and shipped fast from wisconsin or illinois. Free shipping over 300 locations phone orders. Select more powerful welding machines for thicker metal.

When we talk to about welding aluminum the main problem is burn through rate so that you have to very careful while welding. However many manufacturers make a gmaw conversion kit to allow you to weld using carbon steel gmaw wire and shielding gas usually co 2 or 75 percent argon and 25 percent co 2 for steel.