Welding

Presented by Robert Pelton & Tyson Baker

MeEn 372
December 10, 2001
 Outline

• Applications
• Equipment/Processes
• Specifications
• Joint types
• Weld Joints
• Stress Concentrations
• Stress Calculations
Applications
 Types

• MIG (Metal Inert Gas)

• TIG (Tungsten Inert Gas)
• SAW (Submerged Arc Welding)
• SMAW (Shielded Metal Arc Welding)
Equipment
 Fundamentals
• Electrode
• Filler material
– Solid
– Cored

• Shielding gas
– Argon
– Nitrogen
– Helium
 Specifications
• MIG
– Capacity: 0.020 to 0.250 in
– consumable electrode
– Weld materials: Carbon steels, low alloy steels, stainless steels, most
aluminum alloys, zinc based copper alloys
• TIG
– Capacity: 0.005 to 0.250 in
– Non-consumable tungsten electrode
 Considerations
• Accessibility
• Distortion
• Heat
• Spatter
• Surface finish
• Automation
Problems
 Causes
• Cracks
• Cavities (Porosity)
• Rough Dirty Bead
• Incomplete fusion

Good Weld
Surface Porosity
Joint Types
Stress Concentration
Stress Calculations
Weld strength
 Web Sites

• http://www.aws.org/ American Welding Society

• http://www.ewi.org/ Welding and Joining Information Network
• http://www.adtdl.army.mil/cgi-bin/atdl.dll/tc/9-237/toc.htm Welding
Theory and Application, Department of the Army, Washington, DC, 7
May 1993
• http://www.lincolnwelding.com Lincon Electric (welding supply co.)
• http://www.weldingengineer.com/ Welding Procedures and Welding
Techniques
 References
• Todd, Robert H., et al., Manufacturing Processes Reference Guide,
Industrial Press Inc. New York, 1994.
• http://www.efunda.com/processes/metal_processing/welding_inertgas.
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Questions?