Welding Essentials: Questions and Answers
As a concise yet thorough introduction to the topic, this reference's question-and-answer format presents all the technical and safety information the beginning welder needs.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Welding Essentials: Questions and Answers
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- kerf
- The width of a cut produced during a cutting process.
- entalladura
- El espesor del corte producido durante el corte.
- keyhole welding
- A technique in which a concentrated heat source penetrates partially or completely through a workpiece, forming a hole (or keyhole) at the leading edge of the weld pool. As the heat source progresses, the molten metal fills in behind the hole to form the weld bead.
- soldadura a bocallave
- Una ejecuci n en la que un aparato generador de calor se introduce, parcial or totalmente, atrav s de la pieza creando un hueco (de ah el nombre de bocallave) en la orilla de la balsa de soldadura. A medida que la introducci n del calentador progresa, el metal l quido se cuela por el hueco, formando un cord n.
- killed steel
- A molten steel that has been held in a ladle, furnace, or crucible until no more gas is evolved and the metal is perfectly quiet.
- acero calmado
- Un acero, en estado l quido, que se ha dejado en un caldero, o en el horno, o en un crisol hasta que los gases internos se hayan disipado, y el metal se quede perfectamente tranquilo.
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