How To Know If You Are Wasting Shielding Gas

Most manufacturing facilities use  1.5 to 3 times as much shielding gas as they should.  The reasons for this can be found in a previous post: Control Your Shielding Gas Usage. Before doing all the checks to see if you have leaks or other problems there is a simple way to get an idea of whether or not […]

Deposition Rate by Wire Type

A common question in the field is which wire type will provide the best deposition rate.  In one of our earlier posts “Calculating Deposition Rate for Solid Wires” we discussed deposition rates strictly for solid wires.   Here we will talk about deposition rates across wire types – mainly solid wire, metal-cored wire and flux-cored wire.   […]