The distance between the outer most portion of the contact tube or tip and the work surface.
glossary
glossary
The synthetic form of titanium dioxide (TiO2). In this text the terms rutile and titania have the same significance.
A joint between two members located approximately at right angles to each other in the form of a T.
The point on the weld bead that meets the parent metal. Every weld bead has two ?toes?.
A crack originating at the junction between the face of the weld and the base metal It may be any one of three types: (1) radial or stress crack; (2) under-bead crack extending through the hardened zone below the fusion line; or (3) the result of poor fusion between the deposited filler metal and the base metal.