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resistance welding

n.
Welding that uses heat from an electrical current passed through the metal.
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resistance welding

n
(Metallurgy) a welding technique in which the parts to be joined are held together under pressure and heat is produced by passing a current through the contact resistance formed between the two surfaces
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For the record, the electric resistance welding (ERW) process is not just an early process, it is an ongoing process still used in a significant number of pipes, mostly 24-inch and below.
The Brazilian firm was set up in 1991 by its current president Lucio Maradei to market and sell Luvata brand electrodes and has since became a full service supplier of resistance welding consumables like hoses and cables, tip dressing supplies, electronic weld checkers among other.
Therefore, we propose a simple method of manufacturing of contact electrodes for resistance welding, which are obtained composite layer based of tungsten carbide in cooper metal matrix, which are cladded by welding on the electrode active surfaces with special filler material (Ceorapin et al., 2009).
The edge of the grating is banded either with a t-shape section or a flat bar with automatic resistance welding to ensure stability.
MTI Welding Technologies Ltd makes special purpose machinery to carry out both friction and resistance welding for the aerospace industry and other sectors, in the UK and overseas.
The show is featuring for the first time latest high-tech equipment like automatic beam-welding lines, resistance welding machines and laser punching machine.
New Series JM240 ICP ground isolated strain sensors use piezoelectric sensing elements to indirectly measure dynamic and quasi-static stress forces on resistance welding machinery structures.
This work details every aspect of resistance welding, from metallurgy and fundamental physical processes, such as electrothermal processes and discontinuities, to mechanical testing, process monitoring and control, weld quality and inspection, and numerical simulation.
Abstract: Resistance welding is still widely used in carbody production.
Seven chapters of the book are devoted to welding methods including fusion and resistance welding, hot gas welding, induction welding, spin welding, ultrasonic welding, vibration welding, and laser welding.
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