Shielded Metal 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 SMAW welding methods. This new edition aligns with the latest American Welding Society standards to prepare students for Module 4 of AWS SENSE Level I–Entry Welder certification. It includes a new chapter on thermal cutting and expands on plasma arc cutting (PAC) and oxyfuel gas cutting (OFC). This new edition also provides expanded coverage of math skills, pipe welding, workplace skills, and machine maintenance and repairs. Step-by-step welding procedures demonstrate and allow students to actively practice making various welds. 

This EARLY RELEASE Online Textbook will be replaced with the Reflowable Online Textbook, coming soon!

Table of Contents

Abbreviated Contents

Shielded Metal Arc Welding 11e, Online Textbook

• Front Matter
• 1 Introduction to Arc Welding
• 2 Careers in Welding
• 3 Measurement in Welding
• 4 Welding Safety
• 5 Weld Types, Joints, and Symbols
• 6 Arc Welding Equipment
• 7 Electrodes
• 8 Thermal Cutting
• 9 Joint Preparation
• 10 Preparing to Weld
• 11 Running Beads
• 12 Padding
• 13 Welding Problems
• 14 Square-Groove Welds on Butt Joints
• 15 Single-Pass Fillet Welds
• 16 Multiple-Pass and Corner Fillet Welds
• 17 V-Groove Welds
• 18 Welding Round Stock
• 19 Welding Out of Position
• 20 Welding Sheet Metal
• 21 Hardfacing
• 22 Welding Aluminum
• 23 Welding Pipe
• 24 Identifying Metals
• 25 Inspection and Quality Control
• Reference Section
• Glossary
• Index