
The Welding of Stainless Steels
THE WELDING OF STAINLESS STEELS 3 2 Stainless Steel Welding Processes 2.1 Electric Arc Processes 2.1.1 Processes with a Refractory Metal Electrode 2.1.1.1 Gas Tungsten Arc Welding: GTAW (*) The GTAW process, also known as the TIG (Tungsten Inert Gas) or WIG (Wolfram Inert Gas) process, is illustrated in the above fig-ure. The energy necessary