How an electric golf buggy is welded together

December 28th, 2007 by admin

The welding of any component is very important whether it is a golf buggy, lawn mower or competition racing car. The engineers of EMG have had many years of experience in preparing Australian Rally Championship Rally Cars which they have used many principles of in the engineering of an electric golf buggy.

The method that EMG uses is “TIG” welding, a superior form of welding used on competition vehicles, including Formula 1, all over the world. Many factors work together with “TIG” welding. A precise temperature is needed before the filler rod can be added ensuring that penetration of both components has taken place. Once the welding process is completed on components, no further preparation of the welds is needed before being sent off to the final phases of production. No other welding process can match this.

Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW), also known as tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding, is an arc welding process that uses a nonconsumable tungsten electrode to produce the weld. The weld area is protected from atmospheric contamination by a shielding gas (usually an inert gas such as argon), and a filler metal is normally used. A constant-current welding power supply produces energy which is conducted across the arc through a column of highly ionized gas and metal vapors known as a plasma.

Other welding processes are suited mostly to fast production of components, this is usually achieved using “MIG” welding, which is a good welding process, but can often have inconsistent penetration, therefore is not suited to intricate component welding that is found in motorised golf buggies. Imported buggies are a classic example of where fast production welding is used; the result is an old cliché “you get what you pay for.”

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