metallurgical joint

metallurgical joint

See figs. 59, 146, 187, 188, 203, 204, 206, 207, 364.

A type of joint between two metal parts that is undertaken using molten metal. Examples of metallurgical joints include those made using , , , and interlock casting.

Note: The correct use of this term has been disputed among CAST:ING members, but it is often used generally to distinguish from mechanical joints. Diffusion welding (an expensive twentieth-century solid-state welding technique) does not involve the use of molten metal but to our knowledge is not used for sculpture.

Sources

Cultural Heritage: ; , 299; , 92

To Be Distinguished From

  • mechanical joint

Translations

French: joint métallurgique

Joint métal-métal faisant intervenir du métal liquide ( ou ), par opposition à joint mécanique.

Note: Ce terme a été introduit par les membres de CAST:ING – et reste débattu – pour permettre de décrire un assemblage quand bien même il n’est pas possible de distinguer une brasure d’un joint obtenu par soudage par fusion.

German: Metallurgische Verbindung

Alternate Translation

  • metallische Verbindung

Italian: saldatura metallurgica

Sources

Sources: , 20; , 318–19

Alternate Translation

  • giunzione metallurgica

  • saldatura (metallurgica) per colata

    Flow fusion welding (used in antiquity)

    Sources: , 20; , 318–19

  • saldatura

    Often specified by “a fusione” or “per fusione”

    , under saldatura; , under saldatura; , 19

Chinese: 冶金接合

Source

, 1643