WLD 159 Wire Drive Welding 3

Wire Drive Welding 3 provides training in the technology and application of wire drive processes using carbon steel solid wires in GMAW-S, GMAW-P, and SAW formats. Instruction is also given in the use of GMAW short circuiting and spray transfer of stainless steel and spray transfer of aluminum and silicon bronze wires.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

WLD 154

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Explain and demonstrate the effects of various industrial shielding gases on performance parameters of ferrous and non-ferrous solid electrodes
2. Make power source adjustments necessary to the effective operation of submerged are welding (SAW), and gas metal are welding of ferrous and non-ferrous wires in short arc, spray and pulsed spray transfer modes (GMAW-S and GMAW-P)
3. Identify the type, cause and solution to weld defects typically associated with wire drive processes
4. Prepare materials, outline testing procedures, make welds, prepare test specimens, and execute testing consistent with standards established by American Welding Society
5. Demonstrate proficiency when welding with SAW, ferrous and non-ferrous GMAW, GMAW-S and GMAW-P to a level equal to, or better than, welders who are industrially experienced in these processes