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Arc Cutting and Gas Tungsten Arc Welding 521

Chapter 17   A
 rc Cutting Principles and Arc Chapter 19  G
 as Tungsten Arc Welding
Cutting Practice: Jobs 17-J1–J7 522 Practice: Jobs 19-J1–J19
(Plate) 593
Arc Cutting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522
Learning Arc Cutting Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535 Gas Tungsten Arc Welding of Various Metals . . . . . . 593
Practice Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535 Joint Design and Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604
Job 17-J1  Square Cutting with PAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538 Setting Up the Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607
Job 17-J2  Bevel Cutting with PAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538 Safe Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608
Job 17-J3  Gouging with PAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538 Arc Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609
Job 17-J4  Hole Piercing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539 Welding Technique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611
Job 17-J5  Shape Cutting with PAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539 Practice Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613
Job 17-J6  Gouging with CAC-A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628
Job 17-J7  Weld Removal with CAC-A . . . . . . . . . . . 544
Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 Chapter 20  G
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Practice: Jobs 20-J1–J17
Chapter 18  Gas Tungsten Arc and Plasma (Pipe) 630
Arc Welding Principles 549
Joint Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631
Gas Shielded Arc Welding Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549 Porosity in Gas Tungsten Arc Welds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635
Gas Tungsten Arc Welding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554 Practice Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635
TIG Hot Wire Welding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650
Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590

U N IT 4

Gas Metal Arc, Flux Cored Arc, and Submerged

Arc Welding 655
Chapter 21   G
 as Metal Arc and Flux Cored Arc Care and Use of Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722
Welding Principles 656 Welding Technique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656 Process and Equipment Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727
GMAW/FCAW Welding Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665 Practice Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702 Gas Metal Arc Welding of Other Metals . . . . . . . . . . 745
Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 749

Chapter 23   F
 lux Cored Arc Welding Practice
Chapter 22   G
 as Metal Arc Welding Practice (Plate), Submerged Arc Welding, and
with Solid and Metal Core Wire: Related Processes: FCAW-G Jobs
Jobs 22-J1–J23 (Plate) 708 23-J1–J11, FCAW-S Jobs
23-J1–J12; SAW Job 23-J1 751
Operating Variables That
Affect Weld Formation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708 Flux Cored Wire Welding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751
Weld Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717 Flux Cored Arc Welding—Gas Shielded
Safe Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720 Practice Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763

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