Halverson CTS
  • Welding Outline
  • Welding Safety Electric Shock
    • Welding Safety Fumes & Gases
    • Welding Safety Fire and Explosions
    • Welding Safety Personal Protective Equipment
  • Welding Safety Document
    • Hand Tools
  • Chapter 14 Oxyfuel Gas Cutting
    • 14.1 The Heat of Combustion of Steel
    • 14.3 Cutting Outfit
    • 14.5 Using a Cutting Torch
    • 14.6 Cutting Steel with the Oxyfuel Gas Cutting Torch
    • 14.7 Cutting Alloy Steels
    • 14.9 Automatic Cutting
    • 14.10 Safety in Oxyfuel Gas Cutting
7.1 The Gas Tungsten Arc Welding Station
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The typical gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) outfit will contain the following equipment and supplies:
  • An ac, dc, ac/dc arc welding power source.
  • Shielding gas supply.
  • A shielding gas regulator.
  • A gas flowmeter.
  • Shielding gas hoses and fittings.
  • Electrode lead, workpiece lead, and hoses.
  • A welding torch (electrode holder).
  • Tungsten electrodes.
  • Welding rods.
Optional accessories:
  • A water cooling system with hoses for heavy duty welding operations.
  • Foot-or finger-operated remote amperage control.
  • Arc timers.
Figure 7-1 shows a schematic drawing of a gas tungsten arc welding outfit.
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​Figure 7-1
Figure 7-1. A diagram of a complete gas tungsten arc welding outfit.
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