Air Products offers a full range of standard shielding gas mixtures for the MIG / MAG welding of all common material types.

Our standard gases are available in traditional cylinder sizes at 150 bar and 200 bar cylinder pressure. Further information on cylinder contents, pressures and valve outlet connections can be found on the Welding and Cutting Gases Cylinder Identification sheet.

MIG (metal inert gas) and MAG (metal active gas) welding are widely used wherever medium and high fusion rates are required.

Both techniques use a DC arc burning freely between the workpiece and a wire electrode, which functions simultaneously as a power carrier and a source of filler metal.

A protective gas envelope shields the arc, the drop transfer process and the melt from the atmosphere.

For MIG welding, the gas is inert: argon or an argon-helium mix. MAG welding uses a mixture of argon with an active gas such as oxygen, CO₂ or both.