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