WELD 270 - Shielded Metal Arc - Pipe

Credits: 1-17
LEC hours per week: 5
LAB hours per week: 24
The focus of this course is on industry practices involving pipe welding and welder certification. Topics include welding procedures, specifications, preparation of test samples, testing, and acceptance standards. Formerly: WELD 254.
Course Outcomes:

Apply safe cylinder handling, SMAW, and GTAW equipment practices.
Demonstrate proper set up, adjustment, and closing practices for joining and cutting steel materials.
Interpret shop drawings or prints to construct welding objective assemblies.
Identify and apply the correct process to assigned welding tasks.
Create welding objective assemblies according to specifications.
Evaluate final weld assembly according to AWS standards in publication D1.1.

Course Topics:

Use and care for fuel gas welding and cutting apparatuses.
Portable and shop welding systems, grinders, vices, clamps, drills, files, air driven tools, punches, shears, and breaks.
Measuring tools and methods.
Fabrication systems and material types.
Students are expected to cut, prepare and weld samples on steel plate and pipe according to the specified lessons described on shop drawings.
Shielded metal arc welding electrode types and Gas Tungsten Arc Welding applications.
Pipe welding section of Print Reading textbook.
Print reading and weld symbol principles.