The aim of this study was to compare the mechanical strength of different joints made by conventional brazing, TIG and laser welding with and without filling material. Five standardized joining configurations of orthodontic wire in spring hard quality were used: round, cross, 3 mm length, 9 mm length and 7 mm to orthodontic band. The joints were made by five different methods: brazing, tungsten...

Process This chapter presents the principle of tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding process besides important components of TIG welding system and their role. This process is also known as gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) process. Further, fundamentals of heat generation, arc stability and arc efficiency have also been described. Additionally, comparison of argon and helium as shielded gases has bee...

UNLABELLED Achieving stable and desirable changes in tip rotation (TR) and tip projection (TP) is among the primary goals of modern day rhinoplasty. The tongue-in-groove (TIG) technique is one technique in rhinoplasty used to improve TR and/or TP. Performing TIG endonasally using a permanent suture can be quite cumbersome as the suture needs to be buried under the skin. We describe a variation ...

Welding of metals and alloys is important to Dentistry for fabrication of dental prostheses. Several methods of soldering metals and alloys are currently used. The purpose of this study was to assess, using the flexural strength testing, the efficacy of two processes Nd:YAG laser and TIG (tungsten inert gas) for welding of pure Ti, Co-Cr and Ni-Cr alloys. Sixty cylindrical specimens were prepar...

Tungsten inert gas welding (TIG) represents one of the most widely used metal joining processes in industry. Its propensity to generate a greater portion of welding fume particles at the nanoscale poses a potential occupational health hazard for workers. However, current literature lacks comprehensive characterization of TIG welding fume particles. Even less is known about welding fumes generat...

Human cells are known to be more refractory than rodent cells against oncogenic transformation in vitro. To date, the molecular mechanisms underlying such resistance remain largely unknown. The combination of simian virus 40 early region and H-Ras V12 has been effective for transformation of rat embryo fibroblasts, but not for human cells. However, the additional ectopic expression of the telom...