Review Flashcards
What is “Stick” welding?
SMAW
What is considered manual welding?
SMAW
What is “MIG” or MAG” or Solid Wire welding?
GMAW
It is a semi-automatic process with four modes of transfer.
GMAW
What are the 4 modes of transfer in GMAW?
Short-circuit (GMAW-S), Spray, Pulsed Spray (GMAW-P), Globular
What has both gas shield, and self shield?
FCAW, (FCAW-G Dual shield) (FCAW-S Innershield)
What is TIG or Heliarc?
GTAW
What has a nonconsumable tungsten electrode?
GTAW
What is also known as sub-arc? Shielded by granular flux.
SAW
A part of the electrical circuit.
Electrode
Metallic wire used to fill the gap between the base metals to be joined. It need not be a part of the electrical circuit.
Filler Metal
A colloquial name of electrodes/filler metal, used in SMAW process.
Welding Rod
A continuously fed tubular electrode. Which method?
FCAW
Welds are either _____ or _____, not good or bad.
acceptable or rejectable
An interruption in the typical structure of a weldment.
Discontinuity
A discontinuity that fails to meet the minimum acceptance level stated in a code or specification.
defect
The melting together of filler metal and base metal, or of base metal only, which results in coalescence.
Fusion
Fusion which is less than complete.
Incomplete fusion