WELDING VOCABULARY

The following are common terms in welding.

1. Abrasive 
2. Acetylene Gas 
3. Alloy 
4. Alternating Current 
5. Arc Welding 
6. Argon 
7. Brazing
8. Butt Joint (Butt Weld) 
9. Buzz Box
10. Consumable & non-consumable electrodes 
11. Cutting Tip 
12. Cutting Torch 
13. Cylinder .
14. Defective Weld 
15. Direct Current (DC) - Or "continuous current,".
16. Down Hand Weld 
17. Edge Weld 
18. *Electrode (Arc Welding) 
19. Electrode Holder.
20. Face Shield (Helmet) 
21. Ferrous 
22. Fillet Weld 
23. Filler metal 
24. Fixture.
25. Flat Weld
26. Flux 
27. Forge 
28. Fuel Gases 
29. Gas Tungsten Arc Welding
30. gas (TIG) welding;.
31. Hand Shield 
32. Iron 
33. Inert gas/Shielding gas 
34. Lap Joint 
35. *MIG Welding (Metal Inert Gas) 
36. Mild Steel 
37. Out-Of-Position Weld 
38. Overhead Weld 
39. Oxyfuel
40. Plasma 
41. Plasma Cutting 
42. Polarity 
43. Radiation 
44. Shielding Gas
45. Slag Inclusion 
46. Soldering 
47. Spot Weld 
48. Tack Weld 
49. TIG Welding.
50. Tungsten 
51. Up Hand Weld
52. Ventilate 
53. Weave Bead
54. Weld 
55. Welder (noun) 
56. Welding Power Supply 
57. Welding Rod.
58. Voltage (V) -