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...

Background. Laser welding was first reported in 1967 and for many years it has been used in dental laboratories with several advantages versus the conventional technique. Authors described, in previous works, the possibility of using also chair-side Nd : YAG laser device (Fotona Fidelis III, λ = 1064 nm) for welding metallic parts of prosthetic appliances directly in the dental office, extra- a...

A new generation of arc welder has recently become widely available at a price which is within reach of most amateurs and part-time mechanics, known as the MIG welder (metal-arc inert gas welder). In MIG welding the arc is ensheathed in a stream of inert gas which prevents the molten metal from oxidising. The stream of gas changes the character of the emitted radiation, and it is possible that ...

In this work, the development and validation of a methodology for robotic welding with covered electrodes (SMAW) using a variation of the tool center point (TCP) model is shown. The covered electrode becomes part of the kinematic model of the robot as an additional prismatic joint, whose movement is determined by the electrode consumption or melting rate. This allows programming the trajectory ...

Acoustic Emission (AE) Technique is the only Non Destructive Testing (NDT) method that can be thought of to be used as an online monitoring tool for detection, location and characterization of various kinds of active defects during any process. An effective approach of quality control is defect detection during welding process itself rather than by NDT of component after welding. Weld defects g...