Percussion Welding

In percussion welding two pieces are welded by a high intensity short

duration arc followed by very rapid or percussive impacting of the
workpieces. The molten surfaces are then squeezed together by
collision and some of the metal is forced out to the side of the joint.
Percussion welding is particularly good for
joining small diameter wires, even with widely
different properties, in electronic industry.
 Thermite Welding
Thermite welding is the process of igniting a mix of high
energy materials, (also called thermite), that produce a
molten metal that is poured between the working pieces of
metal to form a welded joint.
Commonly the reacting composition is 5 parts iron oxide red
(rust) powder and 3 parts aluminium powder by weight, ignited
at high temperatures.  A strongly exothermic (heat-generating)
reaction occurs that produces through reduction and oxidation a
white hot mass of molten iron and a slag of refractory aluminium
oxide.
Thermite welding is widely used to weld railroad rails. The weld
quality of chemically pure thermite is low due to the low heat
penetration into the joining metals and the very low carbon and
alloy content in the nearly pure molten iron.