Welding Vocab

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Across
  1. 6. Flexible tube inside the MIG cable that guides the wire
  2. 8. Copper part that transfers current to the wire electrode
  3. 11. Consumable metal rod with flux coating used in SMAW
  4. 12. Reduces high cylinder pressure to safe working pressure
  5. 13. Unwanted metal droplets expelled during welding
  6. 14. Molten metal residue on bottom edge of plasma cut
  7. 15. Superheated ionized gas that conducts electricity
  8. 16. Distance between electrode tip and workpiece during welding
  9. 17. Direction of electrical current flow (DCEP, DCEN, AC)
  10. 18. Coating on stick electrode that creates shielding gas and slag
  11. 19. Groove melted into base metal at edge of weld bead, a weld defect
  12. 21. Initial heating before starting the cut
Down
  1. 1. Distance the wire extends beyond the contact tip
  2. 2. Directs shielding gas around the weld area
  3. 3. Device that pushes electrode wire to the MIG gun
  4. 4. Grooved wheels that Pinch the wire and feed it at controlled speed
  5. 5. Amount of electrical current flowing through the arc
  6. 7. Fuel gas mixed with oxygen for cutting and welding
  7. 9. Balanced flame with equal oxygen and acetylene
  8. 10. Dangerous flame reversal into torch or hose
  9. 13. Hardened residue left on top of weld bead that must be removed
  10. 20. Width of material removed by cutting process