Wire Butt Welding

Butt welding is a commonly used technique in welding that can either be automated or done by hand on steel pieces.It is used to attach two pieces of metal together such as pipe, framework in factories, and also flanges. A flange is something that either is internal or external that provided to strengthen a piece of material.Butt welding is accomplished by heating up two pieces of metal, or applying pressure, or doing both of those.Penetration while welding the metal is important to maintain and with thin pieces of metal this is possible however, with thick pieces edge preparation may have to be done to prepare the metal. Full penetration butt welds are made when they are in the within the parent(bigger, stronger) metal. In butt welding the strongest welds will have the fewest imperfections. To achieve this the heat input is controlled, which decreases the size of the weld.