Students will be introduced to robotic welding systems & learn how to perform basic procedures. They will learn how to create welding routines, program their own weld paths, and be able to store and retrieve programs and parameters.

Students will learn to program a welding robot through a teach pendant & simulation software, edit programs, set weld schedules & learn basic operator controls and indicators on the teach pendant and operator panel. This course also provides fundamental safety precautions while programming and operating the robotic equipment.

A synopsis of non-destructive and destructive evaluation methods for evaluation of welds. Including principles of NDT methods, fundamentals, applications, limitations, standards and specifications.

This lesson is the first of four lessons leading toward students gaining basic weld bead and joint proficiency in multiple welding processes. This SMAW lesson can be taught as a stand-alone lesson or as Lesson 1 of the integrated project Attaining Weld Joint Proficiency in Four Welding Processes .

Being able to read and understand, as well as sketch, or even draw a blueprint, is important to the making of accurate parts and complete fabrications.

Blueprints are tools that communicate what needs to be built or made, what materials are needed and what specifications are required. They insure that a design is made with complete accuracy what meets the needs of the customer.

This book is an updated version of the originally authored publication by the Department of Engineering and Drafting Technology Department at Linn-Benton Community College, in Albany Oregon.

For students with experience in welding but not in metallurgy. Atomic bonding, defects in metal crystals, and weld microstructure in aluminum alloys.

The microstructure of aluminum welds will be revealed in the laboratory using standard metallographic techniques. Defects such as extraneous particles, porosity, and flaws (such as cracking) will be noted and recorded digitally in micrographs (pictures). Digital recording and analysis of the weld microstructures will be accomplished with an upright metallurgical microscope. Microhardness measurements will be made across each weld zone using a microhardness tester. The microstructure of the aluminum alloy welds will finally be related to welding parameters and weld integrity.

This course will offer safe and proper machine set-up, demonstrate the welding characteristics of aluminum and explain the use of special equipment associated with aluminum welding.

Preparation for aluminum welders utilizing both GTAW (TIG) and GMAW (MIG). This course will offer safe and proper machine set-up, demonstrate the welding characteristics of aluminum and explain the use of special equipment associated with aluminum welding.

The Welding Technology course provides students with an understanding of manufacturing processes and systems common to careers in welding and related industries. Topics include the interpretation and layout of welded and assembled-parts, reading blueprints and understanding welding symbols. Further topics included are the common welding processes found in industry, metal charcteristics and finishing processes dealing with welded parts and projects.