welding shop

Torch and sparks

A welding shop is a facility where metal parts are joined by heating and fusing them together.

The term covers everything from small independent operations doing repair work and custom fabrication to industrial facilities producing structural components: The welding shop built a custom trailer hitch for my truck.

Also called a weld shop.

Related
  • torchHandheld burning light source
  • sparksFiery particles from friction
  • metalHard conductive solid
  • sheet metalThin flat industrial panels
  • forgeFurnace for shaping metal

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Opposites
joining vs. separating processes

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Salvage facility for metal

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fabrication method

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Facility for metal fabrication

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G