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Why Choose Dayton Rogers Welding Services for your Sheet Metal Fabrication Project?

Dayton Rogers offers in-house welding to save you money, time and hassle. We can use welding to incorporate several parts into a single assembly - reducing your overall project cost. Dayton Rogers also builds custom welding fixtures in-house. If your project requires large quantities of multi-point welding, we can use our robotic welders for a greater price savings. Our welding services include: Spot welding Arc welding (Metal Inert Gas (MIG) welding and Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding Oxyfuel Gas Welding (OFW) Robotic welding

What type of Welding should I choose for my Metal Fabrication project?

Besides Resistance Spot Welding (RSW), three welding processes are commonly used for metal stampings and sheet metal fabrication: Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW), commonly referred to as MIG (Metal Inert Gas)  Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW), usually called TIG (Tungsten Inert Gas)  Oxyfuel Gas Welding (OFW)

Metal Inert Gas (MIG) welding creates an arc between a continuous wire filler metal (consumable electrode) and the sheet metal work pieces. A shielding gas protects both the molten metal and the arc from the atmosphere. This process is suitable for most metals and alloys including: Carbon steels, low-alloy steels, stainless steel, and some forms of aluminum, magnesium and copper alloys. Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding produces an arc between a non-consumable tungsten electrode and the sheet metal work pieces. An inert gas is used to shield the arc and the work piece, and filler metal is optional. Like MIG welding, TIG can join most metals and alloys - and because it does not cause weld splatter, it produces higher-quality welds.

An advantage of TIG is it can be used to produce fuse-welded joints without filler metal, resulting in minimal eruption above the base metal. TIG welding can also reduce distortion in sheet metal, allowing us to weld parts with a less-than-optimum fit. A disadvantage of TIG is it takes at least twice as long as other welding processes.

Oxyfuel Gas Welding uses heat generated by an oxygen and acetylene gas (or another gas) flame to weld two components together. A welding rod is used as filler metal. This welding method is declining in use because of the resulting heat distortion and because faster, more economical methods are available.

We Help You Achieve the Best Custom Metal Fabrication!
Dayton Rogers' Process Engineers can save you time and money. We suggest talking with our Process Engineers if your project requires a welded assembly. Contact Us Over-specifying welds on your designs could lead to extra costs. We want to help you avoid choosing the wrong process - which could mean increased design time, labor and the risk of excessive part distortion.