Arc welding remains a cornerstone of modern fabrication, enabling the joining of metals through an electric arc that generates intense localised heat. Recent advances have focused on refined control ...

AI-driven process monitoring enhances the qualification of additively manufactured stainless-steel parts. By analysing high-frequency welding current and voltage signals in both the time and frequency ...

To improve the laser-welding of thick steel components, Laser Center Hannover (LZH) is developing a new type of process for hybrid laser arc welding with thick wire. When welding thick sheets, large ...

Friction stir welding (FSW) is not necessarily a new welding process, but the implementation of it was slowed significantly ...

After years of self taught point-n-shoot MIG welding around the home shop, I was finally offered the opportunity to get a bit of an actual welding education. A few weeks ago, Miller Electric ...

In the tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding process, an electric arc is struck between a refractory electrode made of tungsten and the work piece, while a shroud of inert gas, usually argon, shields the ...

Welding refers to a wide variety of processes in which metals are joined by fusion. The metal at the interface of two or more parts is melted or fused by application of intense, localised heat. A ...

A strong weld does not begin when the arc starts or the laser beam hits the joint. It begins earlier, when the metal su ...