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2019-2020 Archived Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Archived Catalog

WELD-174 Flux Cored Arc Welding I

Credits 4 / 6 Contact Hours
Prerequisite: Placement into RDNG-016  (ACSR-016) Prerequisite or corequisite: WELD-143 . Note: Students must provide their own safety glasses gloves boots welding jacket and welding beanie for lab activities.
Flux Cored Arc Welding I students perform minor external repairs to equipment and accessories. Set up and perform (self-shielding) operations making fillet and grove welds in all positions within a limited thickness range on carbon steel. In addition (gas-shielded) operations making fillet and groove weld 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 flux cored arc welding equipment and accessories 3. Sets up for flux cored arc welding operations on plain carbon steel 4. Operates flux cored arc welding equipment 5. Makes fillet welds, in all positions, on plain carbon steel, using the FCAW process with self-shielding electrodes 6. Makes groove welds, in all positions, on plain carbon steel, using the FCAW process with self-shielding electrodes 7. Makes fillet welds, in all positions, on plain carbon steel, using the FCAW process with gas-shielded electrodes 8. Makes groove welds, in all positions, on plain carbon steel, using the FCAW process with gas-shielded electrodes