Анотація:
Welding of advanced and modern materials and joining of material combinations create new demands for the welding
and joining technologies. During the last ten years the new processes and process variations have been developed,
particularly in the fields of arc and beam welding, with the aim to increase the economic efficiency, to reduce the energy
input and to assure the quality of the welded joints. The socalled «cold joining technologies» became challenging. The
work presents an outline of recent advancements of the welding and joining technologies, and specifies their technical
and economical potentials.