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| the growing together or growth into one body of the materials being welded |
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| a discontinuity that is unable tomeet minimum acceptance standards or specs |
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| an interruuption of the typical structure of a material. A discontinuity is NOT necessarily a defect. |
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| The offset distance between the actual and straight line exit points of the gas stream or cutting beam measured on the exit surface of the base material. |
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| a mass of solid impurities floating on a molten metal |
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eddy current inspection
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| uses electromagnetic induction to detect flaws in conductive materials |
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| any welding process or method that uses fusion to complete the weld |
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| removal of metal by the Air Carbon Arc or the Plasma Arc processes |
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| the width of a saw, oxyfuel or plasma cut |
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| a non-metallic product resulting from the mutual dissolution of flex and non-metallic impurities in some welding and brazing processes |
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| the allowable deviation in accuracy or precision between the measurement specified and the part as laid out or produced |
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| a condition where GMAW or FCAW filler wire becomes tangled in the wire feeding unit |
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| a device that transfers current to a continuous electrode |
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| the length of unmelted electrode extending beyond the end of the contact tube during welding |
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| a set of two or four individual rollers which, when pressed tightly against the filler wire and powered up, feed the wire through the conduit liner to the gun for GMAW and FCAW welding |
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| the transfer of molten metal in large drops from a consumable electrode across the arc |
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| the portion of the groove face adjacent to the root of the joint |
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| metal transfer in which molten metal from a consumable electrode is propelled axially across the arc in small droplets |
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