Welding Skills

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