Yeah, you must have heard that Old is Gold. How many times have you proved it yourself or seen someone proving it? There are very few such times. This article will give you one of those instances. In the domain of welding, old is still the king. I am specifically talking about Arc welding. For most of the construction and maintenance purposes even today, the most conventional welding i.e. arc welding is used. You can see it yourself in nuclear plants, pipelines, paper mills, skyscrapers.
At times, it seems that technology has changed a lot. When we take a close look, we find ourselves wrong. The same old grandpas technology is seen to be in use today. If any technology has stood the test of time for so long, there must be something special about it. Have you ever wondered about arc welding? No matter how many welding articles a welder with
AWS welder certification has, possessing an arc welding machine is a must. See why I am saying this with so much confidence?
With stick welding machine, molten puddle is protected by Flux from the rod even in the windy conditions
Equipment used in the conventional welding is much cheaper than the modern
welding procedure
Simple equipments with polarity and amperage features
Easy change of metals is possible when compared to others
Easily accessible and affordable rods
no need for the welding gas cylinders
Different rods for different jobs make it all the more easier
Option for Hot Rodding and Arc gouging with carbon arc rod
Arc welding machine can also be used for scratching tig weld
In the above features, some are quite important. I would like to mention again that with stick welding, changing metals is very easy. You need to change the rod and may be polarity. It seems nothing when it is compared to changing the spool of wire.
Every job is not possible with the same job. Therefore, 1/16" rods are used to weld an auto body panel and 1/8 and 5/32 rods are used to weld heavy duty trailer. When rods are specialised for different jobs, it makes the entire job very easy.
For using the conventional type of welding to scratch the tig weld, you need to have a DC machine with other little things like flowmeter, air cooled tig torch and a cylinder of argon.
The stick welding is used for steel, stainless steel, cast iron, and aluminium. It covers most of the big industries and stick welding is capable to do it all. It is not dead yet...
