- Welding Background
- The Importance of Welding
- Welding Joins All Metals
- Historical Development of Welding
- The Welding Industry
- The Future of Welding
- Fundamentals of Welding
- Welding Basics
- Welding Processes and Grouping
- Methods of Applying Welding
- Welding Procedures
- Welding Physics and Chemistry
- Welding Personnel, Training, and Certification
- The Work of the Welder
- The Job Outlook for Welders
- Where Welders Work
- Training Programs and Schools
- Qualifying and Certifying Welding Personnel
- Safety and Health of Welders
- Personnel Protection and Safety Rules
- Electric Shock Hazard
- Arc Radiation Hazard
- Air Contamination Hazard
- Fire and Explosion Hazard
- Compressed Gases Hazard
- Weld Cleaning and Other Hazards
- Safety for Specific Welding Processes and Occupations
- Arc Welding With a Nonconsumable Electrode
- The Nonconsumable Welding Arc
- Gas Tungsten Arc Welding
- Plasma Arc Welding
- Carbon Arc Welding
- Stud Welding
- Other Nonconsumable Arc Welding Processes
- Arc Welding with a Consumable Electrode
- The Consumable Welding Arc
- Metal Transfer Across the Arc
- Shielded Metal Arc Welding
- Gas Metal Arc Welding
- Flux-Cored Arc Welding
- Submerged Arc Welding
- Electroslag Welding
- Electrogas Welding
- Other Consumable Electrode Welding Processes
- Art Welding Variables
- Arc Welding Process Selection
- Gas Welding, Brazing, Soldering, and Solid-State Welding
- Oxyfuel Gas Welding
- Brazing
- Soldering
- Thermite Welding
- Solid-State Welding
- Miscellaneous Welding Processes
- Resistance, Electron Beam, and Laser Beam Welding and Cutting
- Resistance Welding
- Electron Beam Welding
- Laser Beam Welding
- High Energy Beam Cutting
- Welding-Related Processes
- Oxygen Cutting
- Arc and Plasma Cutting
- Water Jet Cutting
- Automatic Shape Cutting
- Thermal Spraying
- Adhesive Bonding
- Joining Plastics
- Joining Composites and Ceramics
- Preheat and Postheat Treatment
- Mechanical Stress Relief
- Power Sources for Arc Welding
- Arc Welding Electricity
- Welding Arc Requirements
- Types of Welding Machines
- Rotating Welding Machines
- Transformer Welding Machines
- Rectifier Welding Machines
- Inverter Welding Machines
- Selecting and Specifying a Power Source
- Installing and Maintaining a Power Source
- Other Welding Equipment
- Arc Welding Guns and Torches
- Electrode Feed Systems
- Welding Cables and Clamps
- Auxiliary Welding Equipment
- Weld Monitoring
- Mechanized, Automated, and Robotic Arc Welding
- Automation of Welding
- Arc Motion Devices
- Standardized Automatic Arc Welding Machines
- Dedicated Automatic Arc Welding Equipment
- Flexible Automation of Welding
- Arc Welding Robots
- Controls for Automatic Arc Welding
- Sensors and Adaptive Control
- Tooling and Fixtures
- Electrodes and Filler Materials
- Types of Welding Consumables
- Covered Electrodes
- Solid Electrode Wires
- Cored Electrode Wires
- Packaging of Electrode Wires
- Welding Fluxes
- Other Welding Materials
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- Gases Used in Welding
- Shielding Gases Fuel Gases for Welding and Cutting Atmosphere Gases
- Gas Containers and Apparatuses
- Metals and Their Weldability
- Properties of Metals
- Metal Specifications and Steel Classifications
- Identification of Metals
- Heat and Welding
- Welding Metallurgy
- Weldability of Metals
- Welding Steels
- Welding Carbon and Low-Alloy Steels
- Welding Alloy Steels
- Welding Stainless Steels
- Welding Ultrahigh-Strength Steels
- Welding Nonferrous Metals
- Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys
- Copper and Copper-Base Alloys
- Magnesium-Base Alloys
- Nickel-Base Alloys
- Reactive and Refractory Metals
- Other Nonferrous Metals
- Welding Special and Dissimilar Metals
- Cast Iron and Other Irons
- Tool Steels
- Reinforcing Bars
- Coated Steels
- Other Metals
- Clad Metals
- Dissimilar Metals
- Design for Welding
- Advantage of Welded Construction
- Weldment Design Factors
- Welding Positions and Weld Accessibility
- Design of Weld Joints and Welds
- Influence of Specifications on Design
- Design Conversion to Weldments
- Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
- Weldment Redesign to Reduce Cost
- Welding Symbols
- Cost of Welding
- Weldment Cost Elements
- Weld Metal Required for Joints
- Filler Metal and Materials Required
- Time and Labor Required
- Power and Overhead Costs
- Weld Cost Formulas and Examples
- Quality Control and Evaluation of Welds
- Quality Control Program
- Destructive Testing
- Visual Inspection
- Nondestructive Testing
- Corrective Actions for Weld Effects
- Workmanship Specimens and Standards
- Nondestructive Examination Symbols
- Welding Specifications, Procedures, and Qualifications
- Weld Reliability
- Welding Costs and Specifications
- Welding Procedures and Qualifying Them
- Standard Welding Procedure Specifications (SWPS)
- Qualifying and Certifying Welders
- Welding Problems and Solutions
- Arc Blow
- Welding Distortion and Warpage
- Heat Forming and Straightening
- Weld Stresses and Cracking
- In-Service Cracking
- Welding–Painting
- Failure Analysis, Repair Welding, and Surfacing
- Weld Failure Analysis
- Developing a Rework Procedure
- Making the Repair Weld
- Rebuilding and Overlay Welding
- Surfacing for Wear Resistance
- Surfacing for Corrosion Resistance
- Other Surface Applications
- Welding Pipe and Tubing
- Tubular Products
- Pipe and Tube Welding
- Manual and Semiautomatic Pipe Welding
- Mechanized Pipe and Tube Welding
- Automated Pipe Welding
- Tube to Sheet Welding
- Special Welding Applications
- Arc Spot Welding
- Sheet Metal Welding
- One-Side Welding
- Narrow Gap Welding
- Underwater Welding
- Welding in Space
- Microjoining
- Appendices
- Index
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