Glossary of Welding Terms
Brake Press:
See Press Brake
CAD:
CAM:
See Computer-Aided Manufacturing
Computer-Aided Design:
Computer-Aided Design is the use of computer systems to assist in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design.
Computer-Aided Manufacturing:
Computer-Aided Manufacturing is the use of computer software to control machine tools and related machinery in manufacturing of pieces and parts.
Computer Numerical Control:
Computer Numerical Control is a type of programmable automation, directed by mathematical data, which uses microcomputers to carry out various machining operations.
CNC:
See Computer Numerical Control
CNC Machining:
CNC Machining is a process that involves the use of computers to control machine tools.
CNC Plasma Cutting:
CNC Plasma Cutting is the process of cutting steel and other metals of different thicknesses using a plasma torch controlled by a computer.
Contract Manufacturing:
Contract Manufacturing is the process of contracting with a firm for components or products required to manufacture an item.
Custom Welding Fabrication:
Custom Welding Fabrication is the process of building custom metal structures and parts through the use of welding.
Machine Shop:
A Machine Shop is a facility that has machine tools for working with metals or other relatively hard materials, as well as fabricating and repairing all types of metal objects.
Milling:
Milling is the machining process of using rotary cutters to remove material from a workpiece advancing in a direction at an angle with the axis of the tool.
Press Brake:
A Press Brake is a machine tool for bending sheet and plate metal and other materials.
Sheet Metal Fabrication:
Sheet Metal Fabrication is the process of cutting, shearing, rolling, bending, and punching sheet metal to fabricate parts and pieces.
Welding:
Welding is the process of joining together two or more metal pieces or parts by heating the surfaces of the parts to the point of melting using a blow torch, electric arc, or other means, and then uniting them together by pressing, hammering, or some other technique.