Basic Welding Techniques: ARC, Oxyacetylene, TIG & MIG

by Ivan H. Griffin

Book Overview

Guide to welding techniques This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0442228619
• ISBN13: 9780442228613
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Comprehensive Book on Welding w/Illustrations & Diagrams

From Front Jacket: "This practical manual introduces you to three fundamental areas of welding technology - arc welding, oxyacetylene welding, and tungsten inert-gas and metallic inert-gas welding. Beginning with helpful background information, it describes techniques for various types of welding with an electric arc. Every aspect described encompasses procedures for a specific kind of weld or type of equipment. Clearly presented are methods for cutting, welding, brazing and silver soldering through the use of oxygen and acetylene gas, followed by techniques for performing specific welds on a variety of materials using tungsten inert-gas and metallic inert-gas. These procedures are accompanied by lists of materials, steps for performing the weld, and related information on variables, safety precautions, use of equipment, and data for welding metals. Techniques are provided for testing some of the welds as a means of judging quality. Also included is information on welding aluminum, welding for unusual jobs, and working with difficult materials or less common metals such as stainless steel, along with magnesium, copper, and nickel and their alloys. 'Basic Welding Techniques' is as easy to follow as it is informative. Its use requires only a fundamental knowledge of metals and basic metalworking tools. Reinforcing the explanatory text are over 270 illustrative aids. This graphic help includes charts and technical illustrations donated by the American Welding Society and numerous industrial firms." ***** Contents Include: 1 - The Arc Welding Process 2 - Sources of Electricity for Welding 3 - The Welding Circuit 4 - Fundamentals of Arc Welding 5 - Welding Symbols 6 - Starting an Arc and Running Stringer Beads 7 - Running Continuous Stringer Beads 8 - Running Weave Beads 9 - Padding a Plate 10 - Single-pass, Closed Square Butt Joint 11 - Open Square Butt Joint 12 - Single-pass Lap Joint 13 - Single-pass Fillet Weld 14 - Multiple-pass Lap Joint 15 - Multiple-pass Fillet Weld 16 - Weaving a Lap Weld 17 - Weaving a Fillet Weld 18 - Beveled Butt Weld 19 - Outside Corner Weld 20 - Outside Corner and Fillet Welds (Heavy Coated Rod) 21 - Deep-Groove Weld (heavy-coated Rod) 22 - Reverse-polarity Welding 23 - Low-hydrogen Electrodes 24 - Horizontal Welding 25 - Overhead Welding 26 - Vertical Welding