Author: Adam
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Welding Glove Heat Damage Inspection Guide: Burn-Through, Hard Leather, Seam Failure, and Liner Damage
If welding gloves are stiff, cracked, burned through, oil-soaked, seam-split, shrunken, brittle, or thin at the palm and fingers, remove them from welding service. Heat-damaged gloves lose insulation, grip, dexterity, and electrical…
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Plasma Consumable Mismatch Symptoms: Wrong Nozzle, Electrode, Swirl Ring, Shield, or Retaining Cap
If plasma consumables are mismatched, the torch may start poorly, show cap faults, cut with heavy bevel, make a wide kerf, burn through nozzles, pit electrodes off-center, double arc, lose transfer, or…
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Plasma Arc Starting Then Stopping Troubleshooting: Pilot Arc Dropout, Transfer Loss, Air, Work Clamp, and Consumable Checks
If a plasma arc starts and then stops, fires briefly then drops out, starts the pilot arc but will not transfer, or cuts for a second and shuts off, troubleshoot air supply,…
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Plasma Torch Retaining Cap Damage Causes: Heat, Double Arcing, Loose Caps, and Wrong Consumable Stack
If a plasma torch retaining cap is melted, cracked, burned, cross-threaded, stuck, discolored, or causing torch-cap faults, stop cutting and inspect the full consumable stack. The retaining cap holds the electrode, swirl…
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TIG Ceramic Cup Cracking Causes: Thermal Shock, Over-Tightening, Gas Lens Fit, and Torch Heat
If a TIG ceramic cup cracks, breaks in a clean ring, chips at the end, splits at the base, or keeps failing after short welds, do not treat it as a random…
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TIG Collet Body Overheating Symptoms: Hot Torch Front End, Black Tungsten, Arc Wander, and Gas Lens Damage
If a TIG collet body overheats, the torch front end may run hot, the tungsten may discolor, the arc may wander, the cup may crack, or the electrode may loosen after a…
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TIG Torch Gas Leak Troubleshooting: Argon Loss, Black Tungsten, Porosity, and Torch Seal Checks
If a TIG torch has a gas leak, the weld may show black tungsten, gray weld color, porosity, sugaring on stainless, unstable starts, or a loud uneven gas hiss even when the…
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TIG Tungsten Splitting Causes: Cracked Electrodes, Spitting, Balling, and Arc Instability
If TIG tungsten is splitting, cracking lengthwise, spitting small particles into the weld, balling excessively, or breaking down after only a few starts, stop and check heat load, shielding, polarity, tungsten type,…