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Welding
Principles and Practices
Third Edition
Sacks and Bohnart
History of
Welding
Chapter 1
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Overview
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History of Metalworking
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History of Metalworking
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Bare Metal Electrode Welding
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History of Metalworking
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History of Metalworking
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Multipass Welds
Pass 1
Pass 3
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History of Metalworking
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Shipbuilding
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Development of Modern Welding
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Inert Gas Welding
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GTAW Welding
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Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) Process
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GTAW Welding
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Development of Modern
Welding (continued)
Rapid changes occurred in 1980s and 1990s
Exotic multiple gas mixes
State-of-art electrodes
Onboard computers
Robotic welding
Methods developing that may change way
welds made in future
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Processes Involving
Use of the Electric Arc
Arc spot welding
Atomic-hydrogen welding
Electrogas
Plasma arc welding
Stud welding
Submerged arc welding
Underwater arc welding
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Specialized Processes Involving
Use of the Electric Arc
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Industry Demand
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Welding Associations
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Industrial Welding Applications
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Resistance Welding
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Arc and Gas Welding
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Welding Positions
Overhead
Vertical
As well as flat
and horizontal
Miller Electric Mfg. Co.
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Qualifications and Personal
Characteristics
Welders certified for ability to do work and
work is inspected
Required to pass periodic qualification tests
Certifications issued according to kind and
gauge of metal and specific welding process
Can hold several different certifications
simultaneously
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Example of Magnetic-Particle
Testing in Building
Gas weld
Attaching proper tip and adjusting welding
regulators for proper volume and gas pressures
Electric arc welding
Regulate welding machine for proper welding
current, select proper electrode size and type, and
right shielding gas
Need steady hand and have good visualization
skills
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Master Welder Job Examples
Nooter Corp
Creating Art!
Enrique Vega
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Master Welder
Master craftsperson
Able to weld all steels and alloys
Plus nickel, aluminum, tantalum, titanium,
zirconium, and their alloys and claddings
Welds of highest quality
Welds meet requirement of job
Delicate welding of silver and gold
Heavy pressure vessels requiring 4-inch plate
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Welding Occupations Requiring
a High School Education
Welding operator Welding superintendent
Welding fitter Equipment sales
Combination welder Sales demonstrator
Master welder Sales troubleshooter
Welding supervisor Welding instructor
Welding analyst Robotics welder operator
Inspector Jog or fabrication shop
Welding foreman owner
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Welding Occupations Requiring
a College Education
Welding engineer Technical editor
(metallurgical) Welding professor
Welding development Certified welding inspector
engineer (AWS/CWI)
Welding research Corporation executive
engineer Owner of welding business
Welding engineer Sales engineer
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Safety and Working Conditions
Indoors or outdoors
Noisy
Hearing protection needed
Awkward positions
Spacious surroundings or
cramped quarters
High off ground in
scaffolds with safety
harness
The Lincoln Electric Corp.
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Job Hazards
Fire danger
Burns (including "sunburn" from electric arcs)
Noxious fumes from materials vaporized at
high temperatures
Eyestrain Hazards can be minimized
or eliminated by use
Welders flash of proper protective
Electric shock clothing and equipment.
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Ways to Stay Current
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