{"id":6193,"date":"2016-06-22T15:54:28","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T15:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westermans.com\/blog\/?p=6193"},"modified":"2023-08-15T12:03:02","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T12:03:02","slug":"orbital-welding-vs-manual-welding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westermans.com\/blog\/orbital-welding-vs-manual-welding\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Orbital Tig Welding For You? Here Are Some Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What are the benefits of orbital welding in comparison to manual TIG welding? Have you ever wondered if this process would benefit your business?<\/h2>\n<p>The truth is it isn&#8217;t right for all TIG welding applications,&nbsp;but only you can answer that question!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6194\" src=\"https:\/\/www.westermans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Polysoude-Open-Head-Weld.png\" alt=\"Polysoude Open Head Weld\" width=\"649\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.westermans.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Polysoude-Open-Head-Weld.png 649w, https:\/\/www.westermans.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Polysoude-Open-Head-Weld-300x218.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here are some points to consider:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Orbital welding produces repeatable, reliable and higher purity welds, with more control throughout the welding process.<\/li>\n<li>The learning process is fairly short compared to manual TIG welding, which can take years to master.<\/li>\n<li>It allows welding of joints that manual welders are prevented from reaching to fulfil complete welds.<\/li>\n<li>Much improved weld bead smoothness.<\/li>\n<li>Greater corrosion resistance.<\/li>\n<li>Improved strength and weld integrity for applications in industries such as aerospace, petrochemical engineering, food and beverage, nuclear engineering and bio-engineering.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can see a direct comparison between manual welding and orbital welding of re-heater and and super-heater tubes in a power plant factory <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcmachines.com\/news\/case-studies\/practical-applications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">here on Arc Machine&#8217;s website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although a mechanised process, orbital welding is far from being a &#8216;robot&#8217; process replacing the workforce &#8211; operators and welders are still required. However they are an easy tool for a beginner and an advanced tool for an experienced operator to produce reliable, repeatable and excellent quality welds.<\/p>\n<p>Westermans are suppliers\/hirers\/purchasers of new and used orbital welding equipment,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.westermans.com\/orbitalsystems.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">click here to view current stock<\/a> of AMI, Polysoude and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the benefits of orbital welding in comparison to manual TIG welding? Have you ever wondered if this process would benefit your business? The truth is it isn&#8217;t right for all TIG welding applications,&nbsp;but only you can answer that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westermans.com\/blog\/orbital-welding-vs-manual-welding\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[383,385,384],"tags":[234,124],"class_list":["post-6193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-customer-resources-library","category-frequently-asked-questions","category-welding-cutting-processes-info","tag-orbital-welding","tag-tig-welding"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.westermans.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Orbital-welding-workshop-and-operator.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Ygth-1BT","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westermans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westermans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westermans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westermans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westermans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6193"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.westermans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10439,"href":"https:\/\/www.westermans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6193\/revisions\/10439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westermans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westermans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westermans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westermans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}