Welding is a fabrication process that joins materials, usually metals or thermoplastics, primarily by using high temperature to melt the parts together and allow them to cool, causing fusion. Common alternative methods include solvent welding using chemicals to melt materials being bonded without heat, and solid-state welding processes which bond without melting, such as pressure, cold welding, and diffusion bonding.
Overhead stick welding
The iron pillar of Delhi, India
Bridge of Maurzyce
Acetylene welding on cylinder water jacket, US Army 1918
Brazing is a metal-joining process in which two or more metal items are joined by melting and flowing a filler metal into the joint, with the filler metal having a lower melting point than the adjoining metal.
Brazing practice
A US Navy maintenance technician torch brazes a steel pipe
Crack in 90–10 Cu–Ni metal plate due to stresses during silver brazing
Brazing at the Gary Tubular Steel Plant, 1943