Audel Welding Pocket Reference

ISBN-13: 9780764588099 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 448 str.

James E. Brumbaugh; Rex Miller

Opis

Featuring updated charts dealing with the most common situations welding workers face on the job, this comprehensive, pocket-sized reference is based on recommendations from working professionals and covers welding symbols and definitions, types of joints and welds, typical welding station configurations, oxygen cylinders, arc-welding charts, U.S metric measures, and more.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments.

Preface.

1. Welding and Cutting Safety.

2. Oxyacetylene Welding.

3. Oxyacetylene Cutting.

4. Shielded Metal Are Welding.

5. Arc Welding and Cutting.

6. Brazing and Braze Welding.

7. Soldering.

8. Identifying Metals.

9. Cast Iron.

10. Wrought Iron.

11. Carbon Steels.

12. Alloy Steels.

13. Reactive and Refractory Metals.

14. Galvanized Metals.

15. Soft Metals Welding.

16. Magnesium and Magnesium Alloys.

17. Lead, Tin and Zinc.

18. Hard Facing and Tool and Die Steels.

19. Types of Joints.

20. Welding Positions.

21. Types of Welds.

22. Weld Terminology.

23. Welding Symbols.

24. Tips for Producing Good Welds.

Appendix A: SMAW Carbon Steel Electrodes.

Appendix B: SMAW Stainless Steel Electrodes

Appendix C: SMAW Aluminum Electrodes.

Appendix D: Conversion Tables.

O autorze

James Brumbaugh is an active consultant to the trades industry specializing in welding and HVAC. He has more than twenty years experience in residential and light commercial construction and has authored 15 books in the trades area, including Audel s Welder s Guide, 3rd Edition.

Blurb

Your on–the–job reference

Whether you′re constructing a building, making minor home repairs, or learning the trade, keep this guide in your toolbox. Find facts, safety guidelines, instructions, conversion tables, and plenty of answers here.

Metals, methods, machinery, and more

• Reviews safe cutting and welding practices and protective gear
• Shows how to work with cast iron, wrought iron, and alloy steels
• Covers arc welding, brazing, and braze welding
• Includes a guide to the correct electrodes to use for different metals
• Provides tips for producing good welds

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