| Sheet metal assembly is the process of
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| | which revolutionized the speed at which
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| joining two or more separate components
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| | welders could work. All of these methods
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| into a finished product. These components
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| | are just to name a few.
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| can be made of any variety of metal
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| | Resistance welding is a method that uses
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| including steel, copper, plated
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| | the material's resistance to the
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| materials, aluminum, or whatever metal
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| | electrical current to create the heat
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| best suits the project at hand.
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| | needed to bond the materials. Spot
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| There are numerous methods for assembling
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| | welding and seam welding are both forms
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| sheet metal, and what method is preferred
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| | of resistance welding as well as flash
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| depends on the materials being assembled,
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| | welding, projection welding, and upset
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| the function of the finished product, the
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| | welding.
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| environment the product is being
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| | Oxy-fuel welding, or oxyacetylene welding
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| installed into, and the desired
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| | uses a gas to generate the heat to bond
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| durability of the finished, assembled
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| | the materials together. Most commonly
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| product.
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| | oxyacetylene is used, but other gases can
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| Welding is a very common technique used
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| | be used depending on the material being
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| to assemble sheet metal. Multiple kinds
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| | welded. Whatever other gas is used, it is
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| of welding have been developed as the
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| | always passed through a steam of oxygen
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| metals industry has grown and evolved,
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| | in order to create the combustion process
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| and the selection of welding technique
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| | that creates the weld.
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| relies heavily on the kind and size of
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| | Laser beam welding uses laser beams as a
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| the materials being used.
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| | concentrated heat source to join the two
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| Arc welding, oxy-fuel welding, resistance
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| | metals, and electron beam welding uses an
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| welding, laser beam welding, and electron
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| | electron beam as the heat source.
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| welding are the primary types of welding
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| | Besides welding there are numerous other
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| being used today.
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| | techniques to joining sheet metal.
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| Arc welding uses an electrical current to
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| | Riveting, bolting, screwing, and clipping
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| create a bond between materials.
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| | are all potential assembly routes, and
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| Different categories fall within arc
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| | the efficacy of each technique will
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| welding and include submerged arc
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| | depend on the finished product itself.
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| welding, which is commonly used in
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| | There are even some sheet metal
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| shipbuilding; gas metal arc welding,
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| | components that are designed to fit
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| which is used for non-ferrous materials;
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| | together in a slot-A/tab-B configuration
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| shielded metal arc welding, which uses a
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| | without the help of any major assembly
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| consumable electrode; flux-cored welding,
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| | process.
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