Without welding, we wouldn’t have many of the things that we use daily. Welding is important to our growth as a country because it is used in everything from houses to farming tools to transportation. Production welding and upkeep welding are two different types of welding that require very different skills and experience.
What Is Maintenance Welding?
Maintenance welding is done on something that was made to last but has been worn down so much that it needs to be fixed or put back together. Maintenance welders should always have general production welding experience because so many things can go wrong when doing maintenance welding.
Maintenance welding is the exact opposite of production welding or manufacturing, which deals with things that can be controlled. Maintenance welding needs skills such as telling what the base metals are, how much disassembly and repair is required, and which products will work best to get the job done.
What Is Production Welding?
Another name for production welding is fabrication welding or just fabrication. Fabrication welding is also called “creation welding” because it uses different metals to make new parts. Aluminum, steel, and cast iron are the most popular materials used for fabrication. Each of these materials makes other parts and items.
Production welding is sometimes thought to be easier than other types of welding because there is a plan. The parent metals are picked, the welding environment is set up, and a plan is made by a company such as Micro Weld, Inc. on how to move forward, what to weld, and what the expected result will be.
