Industrial technology programs around the country must be sensitive to the demands of manufacturing and industry as they continue to replace “vocational” curriculum with high-tech alternatives. This article examines whether or not teaching oxyacetylene welding in the industrial technology classroom is required to learn arc welding processes. The results of this study suggests that there appears...

In general, it is desirable to finish the weld quickly, before a large volume of surrounding metal heats up and expands. The welding process used, type, welding current and speed of travel, thus, affect the degree of shrinkage and distortion of a weldment. The use of mechanized welding equipment reduces welding time, metal affected zone and consequently distortion. This article helps to define ...

The MIG welding is one of the most popular welding techniques used in industries. This uses a consumable metal electrode. The input parameters in MIG welding play a significant role in deciding the weld quality, strength, cost and speed. Most of times manufacturer faces a problem to select optimum process parameters for a good quality weld. This paper tries to present the effect of different we...

Welding hot-work tool steels, containing 0.3-0.6% of carbon, is difficult both because of the elevated carbon content and because of significant hardening resulted from large amounts of alloying elements. A development of welding technology, i.e. better quality of electrodes, modern welding devices, improved welding technologies and better steel quality, make welding of such steel types possibl...

This study proposes a method for determining the near-optimal settings of welding process parameters using a controlled random search (CRS) wherein the near-optimal settings of the welding process parameters are determined through experiments. The method suggested in this study is used to determine the welding process parameters by which the desired weld bead geometry is formed in gas metal arc...

ABSTRACT The application of on-line monitoring system for recording main welding parameters during electric arc stud welding process at different electric arc stability changes is described in this paper. In the first part of the paper, the basics of electric arc stud welding process, and equipment for stud welding and process monitoring used in experimental part is described. In the second par...

Friction stir welding and tungsten inert gas welding techniques were employed to weld armor grade aluminum alloy to investigate the effect of welding processes on tensile behavior of weld joints. Tensile tests, Vicker microhardness tests and optical microscopy were performed on developed weld joints and base metal. Welding process influenced tensile behavior and microstructure of weld joints. F...

In an effort to increase a productivity of welding process and to reduce the impact to workers from industrial disaster, the research in the field of welding automation is sharply increasing in shipbuilding industry. DSME had developed and successfully applied a welding robot system for grand assembly line in OKPO shipyard in 1997 and has recently developed multi welding robot system for the su...

Welding is a process during which fumes, gases, electromagnetic radiation and noise are emitted as by-products. Metal oxide particles are particularly hazardous components of welding fumes. Welding has been found to be associated with respiratory symptoms and our objective in the present study was to study the effects of welding on pulmonary function and serum oxidant-antioxidant status. Fifty-...

Today, welding tasks can be accomplished in two ways: 1) Manual or conventional, which is made by humans with a welding gun; and 2) Automated welding that is carried out by robots, this robots are called “Welding Robots”. Current welding robots are able to perform welding tasks continuously under different working conditions in low-scale production such as shipbuilding or in high-scale producti...