AIMS Industrial stocks over 940 welding products — filler metals and electrodes, MIG and TIG consumables, torches and spares, gas welding and plasma-cutting equipment, welding PPE, fabrication clamps and tables, and post-weld chemicals. The range is built around Bossweld, which accounts for around three in four products in this collection, alongside Strong Hand Tools fabrication clamps, Tecmen auto-darkening helmets, Pelox stainless pickling paste, Magswitch magnetic ground clamps, CRC and Weld-Aid anti-spatter and cleaning products, plus smaller specialist ranges from Gemini, Safra and Garrick Herbert. Not sure which one suits your job? Our MIG vs TIG vs Stick Welding covers selection in detail.
We're set up as a consumables, accessories and PPE specialist for MIG, TIG and stick welding, plus gas welding and plasma cutting — the parts that wear out, run out or need replacing on a working welding bench — with a compact range of workshop welders alongside it. Everything ships from our Milperra (Sydney) warehouse, with orders placed before 1pm AEST typically dispatched the same business day. Call (02) 9773 0122 for trade pricing on bulk consumable orders, or use the category links below to jump straight to what you need.
Shop by Category
| Category | What's in it |
|---|---|
| MIG Consumables | Contact tips, nozzles, liners, gas diffusers and drive rollers for MIG torches |
| MIG Welding Wire | Solid MIG wire spools for mild steel, stainless and aluminium |
| TIG Welding Rods | TIG filler rods across mild steel, stainless and aluminium grades |
| TIG Welding Consumables | Tungsten electrodes, collets, cups, back caps and gas lenses |
| Gas Welding Equipment | Oxy-acetylene and oxy-LPG torches, hoses, regulators and flashback arrestors |
| Plasma Cutting & Accessories | Plasma consumables and wear parts |
| Welding Helmets | Auto-darkening and fixed-shade welding helmets |
| Welding Safety Equipment | Helmets, gloves, jackets, aprons, blankets and curtains |
| Welding Tables | Fabrication tables and welding work supports |
| Welding Chemicals | Anti-spatter, pickling paste and weld cleaning products |
| Welders | Workshop MIG, stick and multi-process inverter welders |
| Fume Extractors | Portable fume extraction for confined and indoor welding |
Welding Processes We Supply For
Our range covers consumables and accessories for the four processes used across Australian fabrication and maintenance work:
- MIG (GMAW): production welding of sheet and plate, fast and clean indoors. See our MIG welding guide.
- TIG (GTAW): precision work on stainless and aluminium, clean finish, slower and more skill-dependent. See our TIG welding guide.
- Stick (SMAW): outdoor, structural and dirty-steel work — portable and tolerant of poor conditions. See our stick welding guide.
- Gas welding, brazing & cutting: oxy-acetylene and oxy-LPG for heating, brazing, cutting and site work where power isn't available.
Not sure which process suits your job? Our MIG vs TIG vs Stick comparison breaks down the trade-offs.
Consumables, Wire & Filler Metals
Filler metal has to match the base material and process. We carry MIG welding wire (mild steel, stainless and aluminium spools), TIG welding rods including ER316L stainless rod for food, pharmaceutical and marine fabrication, and stick electrodes through the main welding collection — general-purpose E6013 rutile electrodes and low-hydrogen grades for structural steel. Tungsten electrodes, collets, cups and gas lenses for TIG torches sit in TIG welding consumables, and MIG contact tips, nozzles, liners and drive rollers in MIG consumables (175 products).
Torches, Guides & Spares
Binzel-style MIG torches, handles and spares are in MIG torches and the broader MIG welding accessories range (171 products); TIG torches, handles and flex heads are in TIG torches and TIG welding accessories (146 products). Replacement drive rollers are listed separately under welding drive rollers, and welding cables and lead accessories under welding cables & accessories.
Gas Welding, Cutting & Plasma Equipment
Gas welding equipment (85 products) covers oxy-acetylene and oxy-LPG torches, heating and brazing kits, hoses and burners. Welding regulators and flowmeters for argon, nitrogen and oxygen, plus welding hose in the red (fuel gas) and blue (oxygen) covers required to keep gas services correctly identified, round out gas set-ups. For cutting work, see cutting torch accessories, gouging nozzles, and plasma cutting & accessories (55 products) for plasma consumables and wear parts.
Welding PPE & Safety Equipment
Welding safety equipment (131 products) is one of the larger categories in this range. It includes welding helmets and helmet accessories (replacement lenses, filters and headgear), welding gloves, welding jackets, leather aprons, welding blankets, curtains and screens for spatter and bystander protection, and visors and goggles for gas welding and cutting. Shade ratings on welding filters and lenses in Australia follow AS/NZS 1338 (filters for protection against radiation from welding); eye and face protector design follows AS/NZS 1337. For confined or indoor work, our fume extractors support fume control under the Welding Processes Code of Practice.
Fabrication Tables, Clamps & Magnetic Tools
Welding tables and Strong Hand Tools fabrication clamps, pipe pliers, wrist and arm supports, and magnetic squares — see the full Strong Hand Tools range — cover positioning and hold-down for fabrication work. Magswitch magnetic ground clamps give hands-free earthing without drilling or clamping to the workpiece.
Welding Chemicals & Post-Weld Treatment
Welding stainless steel damages the passive chromium-oxide layer in the heat-affected zone. Pelox pickling and passivation paste removes heat tint and restores corrosion resistance on stainless welds — standard practice for food, pharmaceutical and marine fabrication. Welding chemicals (16 products) also covers anti-spatter sprays and Weld-Aid lubricant pads and cleaning pads for mechanical weld clean-up.
Brands We Stock
Bossweld is the backbone of our welding range — electrodes, wire, torches, regulators, gas equipment and PPE. Alongside it we stock Strong Hand Tools (fabrication clamps and magnets), Tecmen (auto-darkening and PAPR welding helmets), Magswitch (magnetic ground clamps), Pelox (stainless pickling paste), CRC and Weld-Aid (anti-spatter and cleaning products), Safra (aluminium MIG wire) and Gemini stainless electrodes. If you need a specific brand and can't see it listed, get in touch — we can often source it.
Standards & Compliance
Welding work in Australia sits under several standards worth knowing when you're specifying equipment or PPE: AS 1796 covers certification of welders and welding supervisors; AS/NZS 1674.1 & .2 cover fire precautions and electrical safety in welding and allied processes; AS/NZS 1554 covers structural steel welding; and AS/NZS 1338 sets filter shade requirements for welding eye protection. These govern procedure and PPE selection rather than any single product — check the specific part relevant to your job, or ask our team if you're unsure.
Industries We Supply
Our welding range supports general fabrication and repair workshops, structural and construction steelwork, maintenance welding in manufacturing plants, and stainless fabrication for food, pharmaceutical and marine applications where post-weld pickling and passivation matter. If you're specifying consumables for a production run or a maintenance contract, our team can talk through filler metal, electrode and PPE selection for the job in front of you.
Browse the Full Welding Range
- Welders
- Multiprocess Welders
- TIG Welders
- MIG Welding Accessories
- MIG Consumables
- MIG Welding Wire
- MIG Torches
- MIG Holders
- Welding Drive Rollers
- TIG Welding Accessories
- TIG Welding Consumables
- TIG Welding Rods
- TIG Torches
- Stick Welding Accessories
- Gas Welding Equipment
- Cutting Torch Accessories
- Gouging Nozzles
- Plasma Cutting & Accessories
- Welding Regulators
- Welding Hose
- Welding Cables & Accessories
- Welding Coolant Systems
- Welding Chemicals
- Welding Safety Equipment
- Welding Helmets
- Welding Helmet Accessories
- Welding Visors
- Welding Goggles
- Welding Gloves
- Welding Jackets
- Welding Blankets, Curtains & Screens
- Welding Tables
- Welding Accessories
- Welding Supplies
- Fume Extractors
- Weld-On Hubs
- Spot Weld Drill Bits
Also see safety equipment & PPE for general workplace protection and abrasives for grinding and finishing weld seams.
Order Welding Supplies from AIMS Industrial
As a proudly Australian-owned business, we stock welding consumables, accessories and PPE for trade and industrial buyers, with same-business-day dispatch on orders placed before 1pm AEST from our Milperra (Sydney) warehouse. For trade pricing, bulk consumable orders or help matching filler metal and electrodes to your job, contact our team or request a quote. You can also call us directly on (02) 9773 0122.
Welding Equipment FAQs
MIG, TIG or stick welding — which should I use?
Stick (SMAW) is the simplest and cheapest to set up, works outdoors in wind, and handles dirty or rusty steel — a solid choice for general repair welding. MIG (GMAW) is faster than stick and easier on thin material, but needs shielding gas and is mostly an indoor process — it's the standard for workshop production welding. TIG (GTAW) gives the highest precision and the best results on aluminium and thin material, but is the slowest and needs the most skill. For a trade career, MIG first and then TIG for precision work is the common path; for occasional workshop repairs, stick is usually sufficient.
What size welder do I need for my workshop?
As a rough guide: light workshop or occasional repair work suits a 140–180A single-phase MIG welder on standard household power, handling up to about 6mm steel. Regular fabrication work suits a 200–250A MIG welder, ideally three-phase for sustained use, up to about 10mm steel. Heavy or industrial use calls for a 300A+ multi-process welder for structural and thick-section work. We stock a compact range of workshop welders under Welders and Multiprocess Welders — for machine selection outside that range, our team can point you in the right direction.
What welding safety equipment do I actually need?
At minimum: an auto-darkening welding helmet rated to the correct shade for your process (shade filters follow AS/NZS 1338), welding gloves, and flame-resistant clothing — cotton, never polyester, which melts onto skin. Add steel-cap boots, hearing protection where relevant, and fume extraction or respiratory protection for indoor or confined-space work, consistent with the Welding Processes Code of Practice. A welding curtain or screen protects bystanders from arc flash. Don't compromise on welding PPE — eye and respiratory damage from welding fume and radiation can be permanent.
What consumables do I need for MIG welding?
MIG wire to suit the base metal (mild steel, stainless or aluminium spools — see MIG welding wire), shielding gas matched to that wire, and consumables sized to the wire diameter: contact tips, nozzles and liners, all in MIG consumables. Contact tips wear the fastest and are worth replacing regularly for a consistent arc — most of our MIG consumable range is Bossweld, which keeps parts consistent across the torch.
What do the colours on tungsten electrodes mean?
Tungsten electrode colour-coding indicates the alloy: green is pure tungsten, commonly used for AC aluminium TIG welding; red is 2% thoriated, used for DC steel welding; gold is typically 1.5% lanthanated, a general-purpose choice for both AC and DC; and grey is 2% ceriated, suited to DC work at lower amperage. Always check the specific electrode's datasheet, as exact alloy percentages can vary by manufacturer. See our TIG welding guide for more on tungsten selection.
Why does stainless steel need pickling paste after welding?
Welding damages the passive chromium-oxide layer around the weld — visible as heat tint — leaving that section more vulnerable to corrosion than the surrounding parent metal. Stainless pickling paste, such as Pelox, chemically removes the heat tint and restores the passive layer, giving the weld the same corrosion resistance as the rest of the fabrication. It's standard practice on food, pharmaceutical and marine stainless work.
Can I use an oxygen hose for LPG gas service?
No. Oxygen and fuel-gas (LPG/acetylene) hoses use different cover colours — blue for oxygen, red for fuel gas — specifically so the two can't be confused or swapped. Using the wrong hose for a gas service is a serious safety risk and should never be done, even temporarily.
Why must low-hydrogen electrodes (E7016/E7018) be kept dry?
Low-hydrogen electrode coatings absorb moisture from ambient humidity. That moisture introduces hydrogen into the weld during welding, which can cause hydrogen-induced cracking in the finished joint — a real risk on structural and high-strength steel. That's why low-hydrogen electrodes are stored in sealed packaging or holding ovens rather than left exposed once opened.
Where can I get help choosing welding equipment or consumables?
Browse this welding collection for our current range, covering consumables, torches, gas equipment, PPE and a compact range of workshop welders. For application-specific questions — a particular base metal, joint type, or a structural code requirement — contact our team or request a quote, and we'll help with selection or point you to a specialised welding equipment dealer for anything outside our range.