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Welding

Welding

The process of permanently joining two or more pieces of material, most often metal, by melting and fusing them together — with or without a filler material — using a heat source such as an electric arc, gas flame, or laser. It underlies most of the joint-related terms in this glossary, and its quality in fabrication is governed by documents such as the .

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