INTERNATIONAL ISO

STANDARD 4063

Fifth edition
2023-03

Welding, brazing, soldering and

cutting — Nomenclature of processes
and reference numbers
Soudage, brasage et coupage — Nomenclature et numérotation des
procédés

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Contents Page

Foreword......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... iv
1 Scope.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1
2 Normative references...................................................................................................................................................................................... 1
3 Terms and definitions..................................................................................................................................................................................... 1
4 Designation................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1
4.1 General............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1
4.2 Hybrid joining processes................................................................................................................................................................ 2
5 List of processes and reference numbers................................................................................................................................... 2
5.1 General............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 2
5.2 Welding........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2
5.3 Thermal cutting...................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
5.4 Brazing and soldering....................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Annex A (informative) Process variants....................................................................................................................................................... 11
Annex B (informative) Replaced and obsolete processes........................................................................................................... 13
Annex C (informative) Acronyms for welding and allied processes used in the United States
of America................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 14
Bibliography.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 18
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Foreword
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This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 44, Welding and allied processes,
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This fifth edition cancels and replaces the fourth edition (ISO 4063:2009), which has been technically
revised.
The main changes are as follows:
— incorporation of processes and reference numbers for welding and thermal joining of plastics.
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Welding, brazing, soldering and cutting — Nomenclature of

processes and reference numbers

1 Scope
This document establishes a nomenclature for:
— welding;
— brazing, soldering and weld brazing;
— thermal cutting;
with each process identified by a reference number.
It covers the main processes (one digit), groups (two digits) and sub-groups (three digits). The
reference number for any process has a maximum of three digits. This system is intended as an aid in
computerization and the drafting of, for example, drawings, working papers and welding procedure
specifications, and enables the uniform international designation of the processes.
This document does not cover all process variants. The process numbers can be supplemented with
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Normative references
There are no normative references in this
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4 Designation

4.1 General
Where a full designation is required for a joining process, it shall have the following structure: the
number of this document (i.e. “ISO 4063”), separated by a dash from the reference number of the
process, as shown in these examples.
EXAMPLE 1 Process “Cold pressure welding” with reference number 48 is designated as:

ISO 4063 – 48

EXAMPLE 2 Process “Radio frequency welding” with reference number 62 is designated as:

ISO 4063 – 62

EXAMPLE 3 Process “Heated wedge welding with hot gas” with reference number 662-A is designated as:

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4.2 Hybrid joining processes

When multiple processes are used simultaneously in one process area, the processes shall be described
using the designations for each process separated by the symbol “+”.
EXAMPLE Process “Gas laser welding” (reference number 522) together with process “Plasma arc welding”
(reference number 15) is designated as:

ISO 4063 – 522 + 15

5 List of processes and reference numbers

5.1 General
The first designation listed is the preferred one and any subsequent designations are synonyms. Terms
used in the United States of America (USA) are shown for information where there are differences.
Annex A provides supplementary options for process variants.
Annex B provides an overview for replaced and obsolete processes.
Annex C provides a list of commonly used acronyms and abbreviations for the welding processes in the
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United States of America included in this document.

5.2 Welding
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1 Arc welding
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Shielded metal arc welding, USA

112 Gravity welding

Gravity arc welding with covered electrode
Gravity feed welding, USA

114 Self-shielded tubular cored arc welding

12 Submerged arc welding

121 Submerged arc welding with solid wire electrode

122 Submerged arc welding with strip electrode

124 Submerged arc welding with metal powder addition

125 Submerged arc welding with tubular cored electrode

126 Submerged arc welding with cored strip electrode

13 Gas-shielded metal arc welding

Metal inert gas (MIG) welding/Metal active gas (MAG) welding
Gas metal arc welding (GMAW), USA

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131 MIG welding with solid wire electrode

GMAW using inert gas and solid wire electrode, USA

132 MIG welding with flux cored electrode

Gas shielded flux cored arc welding, USA

133 MIG welding with metal cored electrode

GMAW using inert gas and metal cored wire, USA

135 MAG welding with solid wire electrode

GMAW using active gas with solid wire electrode, USA

136 MAG welding with flux cored electrode

GMAW using active gas and flux cored electrode, USA

138 MAG welding with metal cored electrode

GMAW using active gas and metal cored electrode, USA

14 Gas-shielded arc welding with non-consumable tungsten electrode

Tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding/Tungsten active gas (TAG) welding
Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW), USA
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142 Autogenous TIG welding

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143 TIG welding with tubular cored filler material
GTAW using inert gas and tubular cored filler material, USA

145 TIG welding using reducing gas and solid filler material
GTAW using inert gas plus reducing gas additions and solid filler material, USA

146 TIG welding using reducing gas and tubular cored filler material
GTAW using inert gas plus reducing gas additions and tubular cored filler material, USA

147 Gas-shielded arc welding with non-consumable tungsten electrode using active gas
TAG welding
GTAW using active gas, USA

15 Plasma arc welding

151 Plasma MIG welding

152 Powder plasma arc welding

153 Plasma welding with transferred arc

154 Plasma arc welding with non-transferred arc

155 Plasma arc welding with partially transferred arc

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18 Other arc welding processes

185 Magnetically impelled arc welding

2 Resistance welding

21 Resistance spot welding

211 Indirect spot welding

212 Direct spot welding

22 Resistance seam welding

221 Lap seam welding

222 Mash seam welding

223 Prep-lap seam welding

224 Wire seam welding

225 Foil butt-seam welding

226 Seam welding with strip

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232 Direct projection welding

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242 Flash welding without preheating

25 Resistance butt welding

Upset welding, USA

26 Resistance stud welding

27 HF resistance welding
High-frequency resistance welding
High-frequency upset welding, USA

29 Other resistance welding processes

3 Gas welding
Oxyfuel gas welding, USA

31 Oxyfuel gas welding

311 Oxyacetylene welding

312 Oxypropane welding

313 Oxyhydrogen welding

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4 Welding with pressure

41 Ultrasonic welding

411 Ultrasonic hot welding

412 Ultrasonic spot welding

413 Ultrasonic seam welding

414 Ultrasonic torsion welding

42 Friction welding

421 Direct drive friction welding

422 Inertia friction welding

423 Friction stud welding

424 Linear friction welding (generally referred to as “vibration welding” when the base materials are
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425 Radial friction welding

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43 Friction stir welding

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434 Swept friction stir spot welding

435 Swing friction stir spot welding

44 Impact welding (referred to as shock welding in ISO/TR 25901-3:2016, 2.2.1.6.10)

441 Explosion welding

442 Magnetic pulse welding

45 Diffusion welding

451 Hot isostatic pressure welding

47 Oxyfuel gas pressure welding

Pressure gas welding, USA

48 Cold pressure welding

Cold welding, USA

481 Cold pressure extrusion welding

49 Hot pressure welding

491 Hot nozzle welding

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492 Nail head welding

493 Coextrusion welding

5 Beam welding

51 Electron beam welding

511 Electron beam welding in vacuum

512 Electron beam welding in atmosphere

513 Electron beam welding with addition of shielding gases

52 Laser welding
Laser beam welding, USA

521 Solid state laser welding

522 Gas laser welding

523 Diode laser welding

Semi-conductor laser welding, USA

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Plastics-specific welding processes

61 Resistive implant welding

611 Electrofusion welding

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63 Solvent welding

631 Solvent cement welding

64 Hot gas welding

641 Hot gas speed welding

642 Hot gas round nozzle welding

643 Hot gas manual welding without welding rod

644 Hot gas machine welding without welding rod

645 Hot gas machine welding with welding rod

646 Hot gas convection welding

647 Extrusion welding

65 Heat sealing

651 Impulse welding

652 Hot bar welding

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66 Heated tool welding

661 Hot plate welding

662 Heated wedge welding

663 Socket fusion welding

664 Saddle fusion welding

67 Flash-free welding

671 Flow fusion welding

69 Other plastics-specific welding processes

691 Microwave welding

692 Staking

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71 Aluminothermic welding
Thermite welding, USA

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722 Electroslag welding with wire electrode

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741 Induction butt welding
Induction upset welding, USA

742 Induction seam welding

743 High frequency induction welding

75 Light radiation welding

753 Infrared welding

78 Arc stud welding

783 Drawn arc stud welding with ceramic ferrule or shielding gas

784 Short-cycle drawn arc stud welding

785 Capacitor discharge drawn arc stud welding

786 Capacitor discharge stud welding with tip ignition

5.3 Thermal cutting

8 Cutting and gouging

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