Manual/Robotic Welding

Dayton Rogers also has in-house welding as a Value-Added capability. Whether your needs are for Spot welding, Gas welding, MIG/TIG, or even Robotic welding, Dayton Rogers has the resources to complete the job. Welding is a great option for incorporating several parts into a single assembly, thereby reducing your overall costs for production and additional operations. Dayton Rogers can also build custom fixtures in-house to accommodate your welding needs. A project that requires large quantities of multi-point welding can be quoted with our robotic welders for even greater piece price savings.

Besides Resistance Spot Welding (RSW), there are three welding processes most commonly used for metal stampings and sheet metal fabrications. These are:

• Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW), commonly referred to as MIG (Metal Inert Gas)
• Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW), usually called TIG (Tungsten Inert Gas)
• Oxyfuel Gas Welding (OFW)

MIG welding creates an arc between a continuous wire filler metal (Consumable Electrode) and the sheet metal work pieces. A shielding gas protects both the molten metal and the arc from the atmosphere. This process is suitable for most metals and alloys, including: Carbon steels, low-alloy steels, stainless steel, and some forms of aluminum, magnesium, and copper alloys.

TIG welding produces an arc between a non-consumable tungsten electrode and the sheet metal work pieces. An inert gas is used to shield the arc and the work, and filler material is optional. Like MIG welding, TIG can be used to join most metals and alloys, but produces higher quality welds because of the absence of weld splatter. An advantage of TIG is that is can be used to produce fuse-welded joints without filler metal, resulting in minimal eruption above the base metal. TIG welding can also reduce distortion in sheet metal, which can more easily accommodate less-than-optimum fit parts to be welded. A disadvantage of TIG is the fact that it takes at least twice as long as other welding processes.

Oxyfuel gas welding makes use of heat generated by an oxygen and acetylene gas (or other gas) flame to weld two components together. A welding rod is used as filler metal. This welding method is declining in use because of the heat distortion that takes place, and because faster, more economical methods are available.

Dayton Rogers suggests that you consult their Process Engineers if your project requires a welded assembly. By over-specifying welds on your designs, you could incur extra costs, due to design time, labor, and risk excessive part distortion by choosing the wrong process.

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