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Background of the company:
The workspace of the company is located in Baikampady Industrial area, 10 km from NITK
campus. The company houses a small scale production unit of Air-separators. The company
has workspace well equipped with Welding facilities such as seam welding and TIG
(Tungsten Inert Gas Welding), it also has well documented approach for the whole
manufacturing process including Bill of Materials.
Description of raw materials:
The raw material was a sheet metal used for rolling operation to roll it into a cylinder. The
rolled in cylinder. The other raw material which is again a sheer
The flowchart for the whole manufacturing process can be found below:

Procurement of raw material.

Inspection of raw materials.

Cleaning raw material for

further processing.
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The raw material is then rolled

and then welded.

The other raw material is then

turned into bowl by drawing
operation.

The two parts were then

welded together by TIG
welding.

The completed product looked as shown below:

Theories in practice:

TIG Welding: Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding uses the heat generated by an electric arc
struck between a non-consumable tungsten electrode and the workpiece to fuse metal in the
joint area and produce a molten weld pool. The arc area is shrouded in an inert or reducing
gas shield to protect the weld pool and the non-consumable electrode. The process may be
operated autogenously, that is, without filler, or filler may be added by feeding a consumable
wire or rod into the established weld pool. TIG produces very high quality welds across a
wide range of materials with thicknesses up to about 8 or 10mm. It is particularly well suited
to sheet material.

The success of this welding process hinges on various factors such as the choice of shielding
gas, welding wire, tungsten electrode and the welding technique.

Schematic of the Gas Tungsten Arc Welding process (GTAW/TIG):

We were given information regarding the various types of filler rods and the orientation
of welding it is suited for, the information on the naming

Rolling: