Az Egyesült Államokban használt hegesztési elnevezéseket és rövidítéseket az American National Standards Institute szabványügyi testület határozta meg, kategorizálta és szabványosította. Az amerikai szabvány száma: AWS A3.M/A3.0 címe: Standard Welding Terms and Definitions amely vonatkozik az Adhesive Bonding, Brazing, Soldering, Thermal Cutting, and Thermal Spraying eljárásokra.
adhesive bonding AB
air acetylene welding AAW
air carbon arc cutting CAC-A
arc braze welding ABW
arc cutting AC
arc spraying ASP
arc stud welding SW
arc welding AW
atomic hydrogen welding AHW
bare metal arc welding BMAW
block brazing BB
braze weldingBW
brazing B
carbon arc braze welding CABW
carbon arc brazing CAB
carbon arc cutting CAC
carbon arc gouging CAG
carbon arc welding CAW
coextrusion welding CEW
cold welding CW
consumable guide electroslag welding ESW-CG
diffusion brazing DFB
diffusion welding DFW
dip brazing DB
dip soldering DS
direct drive friction welding FRW-DD electrogas welding EGW
electron beam braze welding EBBW
electron beam brazing EBB
electron beam cutting EBC
electron beam welding EBW
electroslag welding ESW
exothermic braze welding EXBW
exothermic brazing EXB
explosion welding EXW
flame spraying FLSP
flash welding FW
flow brazing FLB
flow welding FLOW
flux cored arc welding FCAW
flux cutting OC-F
orge welding FOW
friction stir welding FSW
friction welding FRW
furnace brazing FB
furnace soldering FS
gas carbon arc welding CAW-G
gas metal arc cutting GMAC
gas metal arc welding GMAW
gas shielded flux cored arc welding FCAW-G
gas tungsten arc cutting GTAC
gas tungsten arc welding GTAW
high energy beam cutting HEBC
high energy beam welding HEBW
high vacuum electron beam welding EBW-HV
high velocity oxyfuel spraying HVOF
high-frequency seam welding RSEW-HF
high-frequency upset welding UW-HF
hot isostatic pressure welding HIPW
hot pressure welding HPW
induction brazing IB
induction seam welding RSEW-I
induction soldering IS
induction upset welding UW-I
induction welding IW
inertia friction welding FRW-I
infrared brazing IRB
infrared soldering IRS
iron soldering INS
laser beam air cutting LBC-A
laser beam braze welding LBBW
laser beam brazing LBB
laser beam cutting LBC
laser beam evaporative cutting LBC-EV
laser beam inert gas cutting LBC-IG
laser beam oxygen cuttingLBC-O
laser beam welding LBW
magnetically impelled arc welding MIAW
mash seam welding RSEW-MS
medium vacuum electron beam welding EBW-MV
metal powder cutting OC-P
nonvacuum electron beam welding EBW-NV
oxyacetylene cuttingOFC-A
oxyacetylene weldingOAW
oxyfuel gas cutting OFC
oxyfuel gas weldingOFW
oxygen arc cuttingOAC
oxygen cuttingOC
oxygen gougingOG
oxygen lance cuttingOLC
oxyhydrogen gas cuttingOFC-H
oxyhydrogen welding OHW
oxynatural gas cuttingOFC-N
oxypropane cutting OFC-P
percussion weldingPEW
plasma arc cutting PAC
plasma arc gougingPAG
plasma arc welding PAW
plasma spraying PSP
pressure gas welding PGW
pressure-controlled resistance weldingRW-PC
projection weldingPW
pulsed gas metal arc welding GMAW-P
pulsed gas tungsten arc weldingGTAW-P
resistance brazingRB
resistance seam weldingRSEW
resistance soldering RS
resistance spot welding RSW
resistance weldingRW
roll welding ROW
self-shielded flux cored arc welding FCAW-S
series submerged arc welding SAW-S
shielded carbon arc weldingCAW-S
shielded metal arc cutting SMAC
shielded metal arc welding SMAW
short circuit gas metal arc welding GMAW-S
soldering S
solid-state welding SSW
submerged arc welding SAW
thermal cutting TC
thermal gouging TG
thermal spraying THSP
thermite welding TW
torch brazing TB
torch soldering TS
twin carbon arc brazing TCAB
twin carbon arc welding CAW-T
ultrasonic soldering USS
ultrasonic welding USW
upset welding UW
vacuum plasma spraying VPSP
wave soldering WS
wire flame spraying FLSP-W
