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TWI Welding Processes Abbreviation ESAB
             

Arc Welding (AW)

CarbonArc
(CAW)
Flux Cored Arc
(FCAW)
Gas TWIMetal Arc
(GMAW)
Gas TWITungsten Arc
 (GTAW)
PlasmaTWI Arc
(PAW)

 

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    Shielded Metal Arc (SMAW) Stud Arc
(SW)
Suberged Arc
(SAW)
Moving contact arc welding (MCAW)  
        TWI TWI
             

Soldering (S)

Dip Soldering
(DS)
Furnace Soldering
(FS)
Induction Soldering
(IS)
Infrared Soldering
(IRS)
Iron Soldering
(INS) 

 

           
    Resistance Soldering
(RS)
Torch Soldering
(TS)
Wave Soldering
(WS)
   
         
             

Brazing (B)

Diffusion Brazing
(DFB)
Dip Brazing
(DB)
Furnace Brazing
(FB)
Induction Brazing
(IB)
Infrared Brazing
(IRB)
        TWI TWI  
    Resistance Brazing
(RB)
Torch Brazing
(TB)
     
      TWI
             

Oxyfuel Gas Weld. (OFW)

Oxyacetylene Welding
 (OAW)

Oxyhydrogen Welding
 (OHW)
Pressure Gas Welding
 (PGW)
   
    TWI    
             

Resistance Welding (RW)

Flash Welding
(FW)
High Frequency Resistance (HFRW) Percussion Welding
(PEW)
Projection Welding
 (RPW)
Resistance-Seam Welding (RSEW)
    TWI     TWI TWI
    Resistance-Spot Welding (RSW) Upset Welding
(UW)

 
   
    TWI   TWI
             

Solid State Welding (SSW)

Cold Welding
(CW)
Diffusion Welding
 (DFW)
Explosion Welding
(EXW)
Forge Welding
(FOW)
Hot Pressure Welding
(HPW)
    TWI TWI TWI    
    Roll Welding
(ROW)
Ultrasonic Welding
(USW)
Magnetic Pulse Welding
 
   
        TWI
    Friction Welding
(FRW)
Friction Stir Welding
 
Linear friction welding
 
Radial friction welding
 
Rotary friction welding
 
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    Friction Welding plastics
 
       
    TWI
             

Other Welding Processes

Electron Beam
(EBW)
Electroslag
(ESW)
Induction
(IW)
Laser Beam
(LBW)
Thermit
(TW)

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Thermal Spraying (THSP)

Thermal Cutting
(TC)
Oxygen Cutting
(OC)
Arc Cutting
(AC)
Other Cutting
 
 
           
             

Adhesive Bonding (ABD)


 
       

 

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Combined Processes

Weldbonding
 
       
    ITW
             

Other Processes

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