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High Speed Aluminum Welding

Accession number: 
1955.0036
Alternate Titles: 
L'alumium soudé à grande vitesse
French title
Production Years: 
1955

Languages:

Film Properties: 
Length (feet): 
546 (16mm)
Length (minutes): 
16
Holding Institutions: 

Library and Archives Canada: 16mm.
"Examines the new technique of high speed aluminum welding explaining and demonstrating the advantages of this method, considered a breakthrough at the time opening up new possibilities in welding. This 'Inert Metal Arc' process replaces the tungsten electrode with a fine aluminum wire. The high speed is achieved with a high concentration of heat without the need for a corrosive flux. Slow motion photography demonstrates the welding process in close up as the narration explains the details. One advantage of this method is overhead welding. The drops are projected with enough force to overcome gravity. This allows for position welding, an advantage in many welding jobs. Using a superstructure as an example the film shows how a ship was welded in this manner including the decks, bulkheads, bridges and funnels. Test welds are recommended and two tests, the fracture and bend, are demonstrated while a third, radiography, is described. The film concludes with a summary of the process; easy to learn, simple to use, versatile enabling accuracy, economy and primarily speed."

Bibliography: 

“High Speed Aluminum Welding,” Alcan 16mm Film Catalogue (Montreal: Aluminum Company of Canada, Limited: c.1960), 9.

“The film demonstrates the Inert Metal Arc process for welding aluminum simply, economically and efficiently in the shop and in the field. The spectacular recent advances in this technique are shown in relation to shipbuilding, structures, railway rolling stock, chemical processing and other industries. This is an Alcan production for technical audiences.
Colour
Running Time: 20 mins.”

“High Speed Aluminum Welding,” Alcan 16mm Film Catalogue (Montreal: Aluminum Company of Canada, Limited: c.1960), 9.

[Still shot from the film].