Welding and Metal Fabrication

Description

This book employs a project-based learning strategy to teach welding skills effectively and keep readers motivated. This groundbreaking new text connects each welding technique to a useful and creative take-home project, making exercises both practical and personal. To further enhance the learning process, every welding project includes a set of prints with specifications, like those used in production fabrication shops. The included projects are small to conserve materials during the learning process, but detailed instructions and abundant photos and illustrations guide readers through a wide range of fabrication skills. Key steps and techniques within the small projects are also linked to larger projects presented at the end of each chapter, enabling you to apply what you have learned by fabricating and welding something more substantial. This thorough, reader-friendly text also covers relevant academics, such as shop math and measurement, and prepares readers for real-world success, documenting time and materials for each project and preparing a detailed invoice. Content: Front Matter • Projects • Features of the Text • Preface • Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Welding Safety 3. Shop Math 4. Reading Technical Drawings 5. Welding Joint Design, Welding Symbols 6. Fabricating Techniques and Practices 7. Welding Shop Practices 8. Shielded Metal Arc Equipment, Setup, and Operation 9. Shielded Metal Arc Welding Plate 10. Shielded Metal Arc Welding Pipe 11. Gas Metal Arc Welding Equipment and Materials 12. Gas Metal Arc Welding 13. Flux Cored Arc Welding Equipment and Materials 14. Flux Cored Arc Welding 15. Gas Tungsten Arc Welding Equipment and Materials 16. Gas Tungsten Arc Welding 17. Oxyfuel Welding and Cutting Equipment, Setup, and Operation 18. Oxyacetylene Welding 19. Soldering, Brazing, and Braze Welding Processes 20. Soldering and Brazing 21. Oxyacetylene Cutting 22. Plasma Arc Cutting 23. Arc Cutting, Gouging, and Related Cutting Processes 24. Other Welding Processes 25. Welding Automation and Robotics 26. Filler Metal Selection 27. Welding Metallurgy 28. Weldability of Metals 29. Welder Certification 30. Testing and Inspecting Welds • Glossary Appendices Index