Welding Accessories

Welding accessories consist of a wide array of products that are used in the welding and joining processes. Such products include rod ovens, torches, nozzles, regulators, safety devices, protective clothing, sensors, and positioners.

Gun or torch welding products are available for:

• gas metal arc welding (GMAW)
  
• gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW)
  
• shielded metal arc welding (SMAW)
  
• plasma arc welding
  
• arc gouging
  
• Oxyfuel or gas, multi-process, and resistance welding applications

Nozzle welding accessories include nozzles for:

• Alumina
  
• Lava
  
• gas metal arc welding (GMAW)
  
• Gas / Acetylene
  
• Deflection
  
• plastic welding
  
• scarfing and cutting
  
• arc, plasma, and laser cutting welding applications

Positioner and manipulator welding applications consist of:

• tube and circumferential welder
  
• turning roll and rotator
  
• weld manipulator
  
• positioner and turntable
  
• longitudinal seamer
  
• robotic positioning station
  
• head and tail stock type positioners and manipulators

General welding tools include:

• air systems
  
• aprons and clothing
  
• booths and curtains
• clamps and holders
  
• coolers
  
• cylinder trucks and carts
  
• flashback arrestors
  
• gloves
  
• grinders and cutters
  
• grounding clamps
  
• helmets, masks, and goggles
  
• hoses
  
• hose reels
  
• markers
  
• nozzle cleaners
  
• planishers
  
• regulators
  
• strikers
  
• torch handles
  
• tools
  
• weld enclosures
  
• gloveboxes
  
• weld sensors

Additional Welding Products and Accessories

Inclusive with air systems is a fresh air supply, as well as systems for evacuation of fumes and vapors. Welding accessories known as flashback arrestors utilize check valves for prevention of the reverse flow of gas.

Ground clamps are welding accessories that are used to connect the grounding wire to a surface or a grounding point. They also allow dissipation of a welding current while minimizing arcing.

A planisher is a piece of weld finishing equipment that flattens weld to a surface that is flush with the base metal. (Roll planishers are welding accessories that are often used for finishing circumferential pipe welds.)

Weld sensors are accessories that measure such parameters as current, temperature, and force and provide feedback for these important parameters in welding processes. Some are displacement sensors used to detect position and orientation for consistent nut placement, etc.

Welding accessories are used in specific processes such as gas metal arc welding, gas tungsten arc welding, shielded metal arc welding, and plasma arc welding. The Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) process is commonly known as the Metal Inert Gas (MIG) process. This process is also referred to as short circuit transfer. The Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) process is commonly known as the Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding process. The TIG welding process is one in which metals are joined by melting base and filler metals with an arc struck between a tungsten electrode and the work piece. Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW), which is stick electrode welding, is among the most widely used welding processes. The flux covering the electrode melts during welding. This forms gas and slag, which shields the arc and molten weld