Contribution of welding to the economy of the USA

The end of the last century was characterised by the formation of a powerful arsenal of welding technologies for producing permanent joints in almost any structural (metallic, nonmetallic, composite and organic) materials with the thickness in the range from micrometres to metres in the conditions o...

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Published in:Welding international 2004-10, Vol.18 (10), p.831-836
Main Authors: Bernadskii, V N, Makovetskaya, O K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Exact sciences and technology
Joining, thermal cutting: metallurgical aspects
Metals. Metallurgy
Welding
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Summary:The end of the last century was characterised by the formation of a powerful arsenal of welding technologies for producing permanent joints in almost any structural (metallic, nonmetallic, composite and organic) materials with the thickness in the range from micrometres to metres in the conditions of the earth atmosphere, space vacuum and zero gravity, and also water (underwater). In engineering, shipbuilding, power engineering, constructional engineering and other branches of industry, welding is the industrial technology with no alternative solutions. Modern welding production is one of the science-intensive components of the weld economy, characterised by the interbranch nature and the relatively stable dynamics of development. This development of welding production is based on fundamental and applied investigations, the high scientific and technical potential, qualified labour resources, effective transfer of high welding technologies and other innovations in this area.
ISSN:0950-7116
1754-2138
DOI:10.1533/wint.2004.3368