WELD-170 Gas Metal Arc Welding I

Credits 4 / 6 Contact Hours
Prerequisite: Placement into RDNG-016 (ACSR-016) Pre- or Co-requisite: WELD-143. Note: Students must provide their own safety glasses gloves boots welding jacket and welding beanie for lab activities.
Gas Metal Arc Welding I students perform minor external repairs to equipment and accessories. Set up and perform (short circuit transfer) operations making fillet and grove welds in all positions within a limited thickness range on carbon steel. Also (spray transfer) operations making fillet and groove welds in limited positions within a limited thickness range on carbon steel.

Course Outcomes
1. Performs safety inspections of equipment and accessories 2. Makes minor external repairs to GMAW equipment and accessories 3. Sets up for gas metal operations on plain carbon steel 4. Operates GMAW equipment 5. Makes fillet welds, in all positions, on carbon steel, using the GMAW process with short circuit transfer 6. Makes groove welds, in all positions, on plain carbon steel, using the GMAW process with short circuit transfer 7. Make 1F 2F fillet, on plain carbon steel, using the GMAW process with spray transfer 8. Make 1G (flat) groove welds, on carbon steel, using the GMAW process with process with spray transfer