Welding Skills

Book info: Welding Skills (Hardcover, 785 pages) – American Technical Publishers, 2015. Language: English.

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