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Fundamentals of Shielded Metal Arc Welding
Fundamentals of Shielded Metal Arc Welding
Fundamentals of Shielded Metal Arc Welding
SHIELDED METAL
ARC WELDING
7. Interpret Drawings
A. Welding Symbols
8. Housekeeping
Chapter 1
Shielded Metal Arc Welding, or manual metal arc welding/flux shielded arc welding, is a
process that uses a flux-covered electrode to form the weld. As the electricity passes through
the electrode, the flux forms a gas, which shields the electric arc in the space between the
electrode and the metal being welded. A process of joining two pieces of metal through fusion.
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
electric shock
heat
burns
fires
PARTS OF A WELDING MACHINE
CHAPTER 2
IDENTIFIYING TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
SHEAR also known as Tin Snip, are hand tools used to cut sheet metal and other tough
webs. There are two broad categories: tinner's snips, which are similar to common scissors, and
compound-action snips, which use a compound leverage handle system to increase the
mechanical advantage
TAPE MEASURE or measuring
tape is a flexible ruler. It consists of a ribbon
of cloth, plastic, fibre glass, or metal strip
with linear-measurement markings. It is a
common measuring tool. Its design allows
for a measure of great length to be easily
carried in pocket or toolkit and permits one
to measure around curves or corners.
CHIPPING HAMMER is
a tool used to remove welding slag
from a weld and welding spatter
from along side welds. Used by
carefully swinging and hitting the
weld to shatter the slag. To remove
spatter, use the wide flat part of the
chipping hammer and slide along
the surface of the job.
screwdriver is a tool, manual or powered, for turning (driving or removing) screws. A typical
simple screwdriver has a handle and a shaft, and a tip that the user inserts into the screw head
to turn it. The shaft is usually made of tough steel to resist bending or twisting. The tip may be
hardened to resist wear, treated with a dark tip coating for improved visual contrast between
tip and screwor ridged or treated for additional 'grip'. The two most common are the simple
'blade'-type for slotted screws, and Phillips, generically referred to as "cross-recess".
Locking pliers, mole grips (mole wrench) or vise-grips are pliers that can be locked into position,
using an over-center action. One side of the handle includes a bolt that is used to adjust the
spacing of the jaws, the other side of the handle (especially in larger models) often includes a
lever to push the two sides of the handles apart to unlock the pliers. "Mole" and "Vise-Grip" are
trade names of different brands of locking pliers.
Locking pliers are available in many different configurations, such as needle-nose locking pliers,
locking wrenches, locking clamps and various shapes to fix metal parts for welding.
Pliers are a hand tool used to hold objects firmly, possibly developed from tongs used to handle
hot metal in Bronze Age Europe.[1] They are also useful for bending and compressing a wide
range of materials. Generally, pliers consist of a pair of metal first-class levers joined at a
fulcrum positioned closer to one end of the levers, creating short jaws on one side of the
fulcrum, and longer handles on the other side.
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