Oxyfuel · Resistance · Spot · Forge · Ultrasonic · Electron beam · Laser beam · Laser-hybrid This is a list of welding processes, separated into their respective categories. ... “Oxyacetylene” redirects here. ... Resistance welding refers to a group of welding processes that produce coalescence of the faying surfaces with the heat obtained from resistance of the workpieces to the flow of the welding current in a circuit of which the workpieces are part, and by the application of pressure. ... A miller spot welder Spot welding is a type of resistance welding used to weld various sheet metals. ... Forge welding is a welding process of heating two or more pieces of wrought iron or steel until their surfaces are malleable and then hammering them together. ... Ultrasonic welding is an industrial technique whereby high-frequency ultrasonic acoustic vibrations are used to weld objects together, usually plastics, and especially for joining dissimilar materials. ... Electron beam welding is a welding process where the energy to melt the material is applied by an electron beam. ... Laser beam welding is a technique in manufacturing whereby two or more pieces of material (usually metal) are joined by together through use of a laser beam. ... Laser-hybrid welding is a new type of welding process that combines the principles of laser beam welding and arc welding. ...

Heat-affected zone · Weldability · Residual stress · Arc eye · Underwater The cross-section of a welded butt joint, with the darkest gray representing the weld or fusion zone, the medium gray the heat affected zone, and the lightest gray the base material. ... Welding is a fabrication process that joins materials, usually metals or thermoplastics, by causing coalescence. ... Residual stresses are stresses that remain after the original cause of the stresses (external forces, heat gradient) has been removed. ... Arc eye, also known as arc flash, welders flash, corneal flash burns, or flash burns, is a painful ocular condition sometimes experienced by welders who have failed to use adequate eye protection. ... Underwater welding Underwater welding refers to a number of distinct welding processes that are performed underwater. ...

Casting · CNC · Cutting tools · Drilling and threading · Fabrication · Forging · Grinding · Jewellery · Lathe · Machining · Machine tooling · Measuring · Metalworking · Hand tools · Metallurgy · Milling · Occupations · Press tools · Pipe and tube bending · Smithing · Turning · General terminology · Welding This article is about the manufacturing process. ... For other uses, see CNC (disambiguation). ... a Cutting Tool, in the context of Metalworking is any tool that is used to remove metal from the workpiece by means of shear deformation. ... Drilling is the process of using a drill bit in a drill to produce holes. ... A typical steel fabrication shop Fabrication, when used as an industrial term, applies to the building of machines , structures, process equipment for chemical, fertilizer sector by cutting, shaping and assembling components made from raw materials. ... This article is about smithing. ... Rotating abrasive wheel on a bench grinder. ... For the Korean music group, see Jewelry (group). ... Center lathe with DRO and chuck guard. ... A lathe is a common tool used in machining. ... A machine tool is a powered mechanical device, typically used to fabricate metal components of machines by the selective removal of metal. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Turned chess pieces Metalworking is the craft and practice of working with metals to create structures or machine parts. ... Metalworking hand tools are hand tools that are used in the metalworking field. ... Georg Agricola, author of De re metallica, an important early book on metal extraction Metallurgy is a domain of materials science that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their intermetallic compounds, and their compounds, which are called alloys. ... Endmills for a milling machine. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Smith (metalwork). ... Power press with a fixed barrier guard A press, or a machine press is a tool used to work metal (typically steel) by changing its shape and internal structure. ... A smith, or metalsmith, is a person involved in the shaping of metal objects. ... Turning, CNC turning, or manual turning is the process used to produce cylindrical components in a lathe. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Welding is a fabrication process that joins materials, usually metals or thermoplastics, by causing coalescence. ...