Helium additions to MIG shielding gas - an economic option?

Galloway, Alexander and McPherson, Norman and Gillies, Andrew (2011) Helium additions to MIG shielding gas - an economic option? Welding and Cutting, 10 (2). pp. 118-121. ISSN 1612-3433

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Abstract

An investigation has been carried out to establish the technical and economic benefits of adding two levels of helium to a normal shielding gas. Technically no adverse issues were established using the two levels of helium, and the most significant positive one was the highly beneficial effects on travel speed increase and heat input decrease. Although helium gas carries a significant cost premium, the economic evaluation showed that overall this was a beneficial approach as the man-hour reduction associated with the welding process dominated the process cost effects.

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Galloway, Alexander ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0143-8314

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  Item type:	Article
  ID code:	30402
  Dates:	Date Event April 2011 Published
  Keywords:	helium, shielding gas, welding process, Mechanical engineering and machinery, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Metals and Alloys
  Subjects:	Technology > Mechanical engineering and machinery
  Department:	Faculty of Engineering > Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  Depositing user:	Pure Administrator
  Date deposited:	10 May 2011 12:20
  Last modified:	22 Mar 2023 02:03
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  URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/30402