{"id":3292,"date":"2010-11-29T18:36:22","date_gmt":"2010-11-29T18:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joewelder.com\/?p=3292"},"modified":"2010-11-29T18:36:22","modified_gmt":"2010-11-29T18:36:22","slug":"welding-aluminum-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/2010\/11\/29\/welding-aluminum-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Welding Aluminum Questions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happened upon a great article &#8211;really informative&#8211;about welding aluminum over at <em><strong>The Fabricator<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 We get lots of calls from customers trying to weld aluminum, and wondering what the best way to go about it is. \u00a0This article answers many common questions about welding aluminum:<a href=\"\/blog\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/tackling-aluminum-gmaw-inert-gas-barrier.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3298\" style=\"border: 10px solid black; margin: 10px;\" title=\"\" src=\"\/blog\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/tackling-aluminum-gmaw-inert-gas-barrier.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By Matt Tavernelli<\/p>\n<p>The reactive nature of aluminum to the welding arc, which is much more pronounced than that of other base materials, presents many challenges, including excess heat input and burn-through, porosity, poor bead appearance, poor fusion, and cracking.\u00a0 Technology advancements have made tackling these challenges easier by providing a balance of high travel speeds with a narrow, focused arc.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefabricator.com\/article\/aluminumwelding\/tackling-aluminum-gmaw\" target=\"_blank\">CONTINUE READING OVER AT THE FABRICATOR -&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And for anything you need to start welding aluminum, be sure to head over to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc-zone.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Arc-Zone.com<\/a>, where we&#8217;ve got <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc-zone.com\/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=1763\" target=\"_blank\">all types of\u00a0 TIG rod<\/a> available, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc-zone.com\/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=13\" target=\"_blank\">TIG consumables and TIG torches<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happened upon a great article &#8211;really informative&#8211;about welding aluminum over at The Fabricator.\u00a0 We get [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,35,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arc-zonecom","category-mig-gmaw-welding","category-tig-welding","entry","fw-tab-6 fw-tabr-4"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Welding Aluminum Questions? 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