What is an auto genous weld?

Welding: Principles and Applications (MindTap Course List)
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What is an auto genous weld?

 

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Autogenous welding.

The maximum type of welding process needs the external agent or materials during the time welding to join the similar or dissimilar types of metals. But there are some welding processes where these external materials are not required. Such a welding process is called an autogenous welding process.

The welding process which comes under this category are:

1) Tungsten inert gas welding process.

2) Oxy-fuel welding process.

3) Plasma arc welding process.

4) laser beam welding process.

5) Electron beam welding process, etc.

 

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