Path to Employment: Welder Basics: Path to Employment

Author: Luo Qingtong
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: This book is compiled to meet the needs of young workers who are laid off, transferred, or seeking reemployment, as well as the needs of military-to-civilian workers, migrant workers in state-owned and township enterprises. It focuses on introducing the basic knowledge and techniques of shielded metal arc welding (SMAW), the knowledge and selection of welding electrodes, the types, models, and proper use and maintenance of common arc welding power sources, and the welding of common metallic materials using SMAW. Briefly, it also covers fundamental welding knowledge such as the welding arc, welding metallurgy, welded joints, welding stress and deformation, as well as the (professional ethics) and safety knowledge for welders and basic mechanical drawing skills. To broaden the knowledge base of welders, it also provides an overview of several other common welding methods (excluding SMAW) and the basic knowledge of cold working on structural components.