Gas Tungsten Arc Welding presents theory and hands-on welding procedures, with an emphasis on safety and employment skills. This full-color text—featuring many new images and illustrations—covers the principles, equipment, techniques, processes, and safety involved with GTAW welding methods. This new edition aligns with the latest American Welding Society standards to prepare students for Module 7 of AWS SENSE Level I–Entry Welder certification. It includes expanded coverage of workplace skills, welding machine controls, blueprints, joint design, and welding with magnesium. The text also includes information about automatic and semiautomatic welding; welding of ferrous and nonferrous metals; and an overview of manual pipe welding with the GTAW process. Safety is emphasized through a dedicated safety chapter and many safety warnings and cautions throughout the book. Each chapter includes 2-5 hands-on activities for students to practice skills learned in the chapter. 

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Table of Contents

Abbreviated Contents

Gas Tungsten Arc Welding 8e, Online Textbook

• Front Matter
• 1 Gas Tungsten Arc Welding History and Safety
• 2 Qualification, Certification, and Employment
• 3 Power Sources
• 4 Auxiliary Equipment and Systems
• 5 Shielding Gases and Filler Metals
• 6 Weld Joints, Symbols, and Positions
• 7 Tooling
• 8 Weld Preparation and Equipment Setup
• 9 Manual Welding Techniques
• 10 Manual Welding of Aluminum
• 11 Manual Welding of Stainless Steel
• 12 Manual Welding of Magnesium
• 13 Manual Welding of Copper and Copper Alloys
• 14 Manual Welding of Nickel, Nickel Alloys, and Cobalt Alloys
• 15 Manual Welding of Titanium
• 16 Manual Welding of Dissimilar Metals
• 17 Manual Welding of Pipe
• 18 Semiautomatic and Automatic Welding
• 19 Weld Inspection and Repair
• Reference Section
• Glossary
• Index