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NONCONSUMABLE ELECTRODE [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Welding and Soldering (Metals)
  • Resistance Welding
DEF

An electrode (carbon or tungsten) which is not consumed during a welding or melting operation.

OBS

nonconsumable electrode: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • non-consumable electrode

French

Domaine(s)
  • Soudage (Métal)
  • Soudage par résistance
OBS

Les premières applications industrielles du soudage à l'arc sous protection gazeuse utilisant une électrode réfractaire apparurent aux États-Unis en 1940. Ce procédé fut mis au point dans l'industrie aéronautique pour l'assemblage des alliages d'aluminium et de magnésium, afin de pallier les inconvénients des flux excessivement corrosifs qui devaient être soigneusement éliminés après l'opération de soudage.

OBS

électrode réfractaire : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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