<VV> MIG

[Garth Stapon]

The American Welding Society calls this process Gas Metal Arc Welding. The 
name was changed as non inert gas mixtures are used and they wanted the 
process name to reflect that (Although everone still calls it Mig)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Gault" <r.gault at sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 1:14 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> MIG


>A Google search of this arcane translation of MIG yields the following:
> "Mechanical Inert Gas" - 80 hits
> "Metal Inert Gas" - 12,700 hits
>
> "Metal" wins.  "Mechanical" must be an early mis-naming.
>
> Metal Inert Gas welders are better than Mechanical Inert Gas welders.
>
> ;-)
> Roger
> '65 Convert and Metal Inert Gas welder.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <vairologist at juno.com>
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> Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 1:57 AM
> Subject: <VV> MIG
>
>
>> Smitty says:        Tom I guess this will light off another war of
>> opinions, but the Acronym MIG stands for Mechanical Inet Gas.
>>
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