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Flux-Cored Arc Welding - (FCAW). Flux-cored Arc Welding is a welding process similar to GMAW, in that it uses a continuously fed electrode, but uses a tubular wire filled with flux instead of a solid wire. There are two types of flux-cored wire, self-shielded and dual shield.
Welding joins pieces of metal by the use of heat, pres-. sure, or both. There are more than 80 different types. of welding and associated processes. Some of the. most common types of welding include: arc welding, which includes âstickâ or shielded metal arc welding. (SMAW), the gas-shielded methods of metal inert gas. (MIG) and tungsten inert gas (TIG), plasma arc weld-.