HE ORIGINS of welding are buried in the depths of antiquity, T commencing with the forging of native gold and copper, progressing in the bronze age with the braze welding of castings, but not developing greatly until relatively recently. It has been this century, and the latter half in particular, that welding has developed to the stage where there are more than 100 variants. Furthermore, joining by welding has become such an efficient technique that much of our modem way oflife would not be possible without it. The giant oil rigs, built to withstand the rigours of the North Sea, the minute wire connectors in the computer and transistor, and the automobile and truck, could not exist were it not for welding processes. Originally a uniquely manual process, the needs of industry have this century required welding techniques which could be mechanised. Some processes, such as friction welding, were readily mechanised but the most flexible and adaptable fusion processes awaited develop ments which allowed a continuous wire to be rapidly fed into the fusion zone. These processes, such as MAG and submerged arc, rapidly gave rise to machines for welding, with many appearing before the Second World War.

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Book Title: Advanced Welding Systems
Book Subtitle: 1 Fundamentals of Fusion Welding Technology
Authors: Jean Cornu
Editors: John Weston
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-11049-2
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1988
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-11051-5Published: 13 July 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-11049-2Published: 17 April 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 141
Number of Illustrations: 78 b/w illustrations
Additional Information: Jointly published with IFS Publications Ltd., UK
Topics: Manufacturing, Machines, Tools, Processes

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