A welding power supply is a device that provides or modulates an electric current to perform arc welding. There are multiple arc welding processes ranging...
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Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW), also known as manual metal arc welding (MMA or MMAW), flux shielded arc welding or informally as stick welding, is a manual...
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a welding power supply, and can either be AC or DC. Arc welding requires high currents typically between 100 and 350 amperes. Some types of welding can...
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cool, result in a binding of the metals. It is a type of welding that uses a welding power supply to create an electric arc between a metal stick ("electrode")...
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tungsten arc welding (GTAW, also known as tungsten inert gas welding or TIG, and heliarc welding when helium is used) is an arc welding process that uses...
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perform gas metal arc welding, the basic necessary equipment is a welding gun, a wire feed unit, a welding power supply, a welding electrode wire, and a...
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Flux-cored arc welding (FCAW or FCA) is a semi-automatic or automatic arc welding process. FCAW requires a continuously-fed consumable tubular electrode...
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Welder (category Welding)
welder refers to the operator, the machine is referred to as the welding power supply. The materials to be joined can be metals (such as steel, aluminum...
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Hyperbaric welding is the process of extreme welding at elevated pressures, normally underwater. Hyperbaric welding can either take place wet in the water...
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methods include solvent welding (of thermoplastics) using chemicals to melt materials being bonded without heat, and solid-state welding processes which bond...
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Electron-beam welding (EBW) is a fusion welding process in which a beam of high-velocity electrons is applied to two materials to be joined. The workpieces...
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A switched-mode power supply (SMPS), also called switching-mode power supply, switch-mode power supply, switched power supply, or simply switcher, is...
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Electrogas welding (EGW) is a continuous vertical-position arc welding process developed in 1961 in which an arc is struck between a consumable electrode...
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Shot welding is a type of electric resistance welding which, like spot welding, is used to join two pieces of metal together. The distinguishing feature...
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throughput (that is, printed pages) of a device per month. In a welding power supply, the maximum duty cycle is defined as the percentage of time in a...
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Laser beam welding (LBW) is a welding technique used to join pieces of metal or thermoplastics through the use of a laser. The beam provides a concentrated...
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Ultrasonics would not be used in welding the chassis of an automobile or in welding pieces of a bicycle together, due to the power levels required.[clarification...
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Electric resistance welding (ERW) is a welding process in which metal parts in contact are permanently joined by heating them with an electric current...
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Plasma arc welding (PAW) is an arc welding process similar to gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW). The electric arc is formed between an electrode (which...
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orbital welding system are the power supply with integrated computer control, the welding head and, where required, a wire feed mechanism. Welding of certain...
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Spot welding (or resistance spot welding) is a type of electric resistance welding used to weld various sheet metal products, through a process in which...
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Submerged arc welding (SAW) is a common arc welding process. The first SAW patent was taken out in 1935. The process requires a continuously fed consumable...
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Oxy-fuel welding (commonly called oxyacetylene welding, oxy welding, or gas welding in the United States) and oxy-fuel cutting are processes that use fuel...
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systems Energy storage Solar power – solar panel, solar inverter, solar-assisted heat pump (SAHP) Welding – welding power supply Inverters – three phase inverter...
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salvage and clearance diving applications. Most underwater welding is direct current wet stick welding, and most underwater metal cutting is immersed oxygen-arc...
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Plastic welding is welding for semi-finished plastic materials, and is described in ISO 472 as a process of uniting softened surfaces of materials, generally...
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systems for resistance welding, laser welding, laser marking, laser cutting, laser micro machining, hermetic sealing, micro tig welding, and hot bar reflow...
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