welding

Also known as welding industry

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Welding is a process that joins metal pieces together by melting them and fusing them into one solid piece. It's an important industrial skill used to build and repair structures like bridges, vehicles, and machinery.

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Research

10,132 papers

Review of welding fume emission factor development.ReviewAnnals of work exposures and health · 2023Quecke E, Quemerais B, Hashisho ZDOI: 10.1093/annweh/wxad024
Skin cancer and welding.ReviewClinical and experimental dermatology · 2019Falcone LM, Zeidler-Erdely PCDOI: 10.1111/ced.13783
[Welding-related respiratory diseases].ReviewMedycyna pracy · 2009Wittczak T, Walusiak J, Pałczyński C
Welding fumes and lung cancer: a meta-analysis of case-control and cohort studies.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2019Honaryar MK, Lunn RM, Luce D et al.DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2018-105447
Influence of welding fume metal composition on lung toxicity and tumor formation in experimental animal models.ReviewJournal of occupational and environmental hygiene · 2019Zeidler-Erdely PC, Falcone LM, Antonini JMDOI: 10.1080/15459624.2019.1587172
Ultrasonic welding of polyetheretherketone for dental applications.Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials · 2022Abdulfattah N, Schmidt F, Wang Y et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2022.105225
Health hazards of welding fumes.ReviewSaudi medical journal · 2003Meo SA, Al-Khlaiwi T
Lifetime Exposure to Welding Fumes and Risk of Some Rare Cancers.American journal of epidemiology · 2022Kendzia B, Kaerlev L, Ahrens W et al.DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwac123

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Contents

Etymology
History
Processes
Gas welding
Arc welding
Arc welding processes
Arc welding power supplies
Resistance welding
Energy beam welding
Solid-state welding
Quality
Heat-affected zone
Lifetime extension with after treatment methods
Metallurgy
Unusual conditions
Safety issues
Costs and trends
Plastic welding
Solvent welding
See also
References
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Welding is a fabrication process that joins materials, usually metals or thermoplastics, primarily by using high temperature to melt the parts together and allow them to cool, causing fusion. Common alternative methods include solvent welding (of thermoplastics) using chemicals to melt materials being bonded without heat, and solid-state welding processes which bond without melting, such as pressure, cold welding, and diffusion bonding.