Glossary for technical terms

Among other things for laser, welding, additive manufacturing, 3D printing of metal and directed energy deposition

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There is currently 1 technical term in this directory beginning with the letter G.

gas shield


A gas shield is a ‘shroud of gas surrounding the weld zone to protect the weld pool from chemical reaction with the surrounding atmosphere’.

[ISO/TR 25901-1:2016-03, Welding and allied processes — Vocabulary — Part 1: General terms]

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