Description
Welding Skills is an industry-leading textbook that provides the essential welding knowledge and skills needed for successful employment. Practical skill-building exercises are given throughout, with step-by-step instructions for completing welds. Hundreds of illustrations, photos, and charts present welding principles and practices and aid comprehension.
Key features of this edition include:
• Comprehensive coverage of welding safety based on ANSI/AWS Z49.1
• Expanded coverage of pipe welding including modified GMAW-S
• Reorganized and expanded coverage of essential metallurgy and the weldability of ferrous
and nonferrous metals
• Updated coverage of weld evaluation and testing methods
• Use of standard AWS terminology throughout
CONTENTS
• Welding Safety
• Joint Design and Welding Terms
• Oxyacetylene Welding (OAW)
• Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW)
• Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW)
• Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW)
• Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW)
• Thermal Cutting Processes
• Pipe Welding
• Destructive Testing
• Nondestructive Examination
• Weld Discontinuities
• Welding Procedure Qualification
• Welder Performance Qualification
• Weldability of Carbon Steels, Stainless Steels, and Nonferrous Metals
• Distortion Control
• Welding Symbols