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| Welding Background | |
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| The Importance of Welding | |
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| Welding Joins All Metals | |
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| Historical Development of Welding | |
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| The Welding Industry | |
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| The Future of Welding | |
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| Fundamentals of Welding | |
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| Welding Basics | |
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| Welding Processes and Grouping | |
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| Methods of Applying Welding | |
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| Welding Procedures | |
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| Welding Physics and Chemistry | |
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| Welding Personnel, Training, and Certification | |
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| The Work of the Welder | |
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| The Job Outlook for Welders | |
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| Where Welders Work | |
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| Training Programs and Schools | |
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| Qualifying and Certifying Welding Personel | |
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| Safety and Health of Welders | |
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| Personnel Protection and Safety Rules | |
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| Electrical Shock Hazard | |
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| Arc Radiation Hazard | |
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| Air Contamination Hazard | |
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| Fire and Explosion Hazard | |
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| Compressed Gases Hazard | |
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| Weld Cleaning and Other Hazards | |
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| Safety for Specific Welding Processes and Occupations | |
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| Arc Welding with a Nonconsumable Electrode | |
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| The Nonconsumable Welding Arc | |
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| Gas Tungsten Arc Welding | |
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| Plasma Arc Welding | |
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| Carbon Arc Welding | |
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| Stud Welding | |
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| Other Nonconsumable Arc Welding Processes | |
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| Arc Welding with a Consumable Electrode | |
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| The Consumable Welding Arc | |
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| Metal Transfer across the Arc | |
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| Shielded Metal Arc Welding | |
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| Gas Metal Arc Welding | |
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| Flux-Cored Arc Welding | |
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| Submerged Arc Welding | |
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| Electroslag Welding | |
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| Electrogas Welding | |
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| Other Consumable Electrode Welding Processes | |
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| Arc Welding Variables | |
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| Arc Welding Process Selection | |
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| Gas Welding, Brazing, Soldering, and Solid-State Welding | |
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| Oxyfuel Gas Welding | |
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| Brazing | |
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| Soldering | |
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| Thermite Welding | |
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| Solid-State Welding | |
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| Miscellaneous Welding Processes | |
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| Resistance, Electron Beam, and Laser Beam Welding and Cutting | |
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| Resistance Welding | |
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| Electron Beam Welding | |
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| Laser Beam Welding | |
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| High Energy Beam Cutting | |
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| Welding-Related Processes | |
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| Oxygen Cutting | |
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| Arc and Plasma Cutting | |
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| Water Jet Cutting | |
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| Automatic Shape Cutting | |
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| Thermal Spraying | |
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| Adhesive Bonding | |
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| Joining Plastics | |
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| Joining Composites and Ceramics | |
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| Preheat and Postheat Treatment | |
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| Mechanical Stress Relief | |
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| Power Sources for Arc Welding | |
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| Arc Welding Electricity | |
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| Welding Arc Requirements | |
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| Types of Welding Machines | |
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| Rotating Welding Machines | |
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| Transformer Welding Machines | |
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| Rectifier Welding Machines | |
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| Inverter Welding Machines | |
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| Selecting and Specifying a Power Source | |
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| Installing and Maintaining a Power Source | |
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| Other Welding Equipment | |
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| Arc Welding Guns and Torches | |
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| Electrode Feed Systems | |
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| Welding Cables and Clamps | |
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| Auxiliary Welding Equipment | |
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| Weld Monitoring | |
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| Mechanized, Automated, and Robotic Arc Welding | |
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| Automation of Welding | |
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| Arc Motion Devices | |
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| Work Motion Devices | |
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| Standardized Automatic Arc Welding Machines | |
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| Dedicated Automatic Arc Welding Equipment | |
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| Flexible Automation of Welding | |
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| Arc Welding Robots | |
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| Controls for Automatic Arc Welding | |
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| Sensors and Adaptive Control | |
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| Tooling and Fixtures | |
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| Electrodes and Filler Metals | |
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| Types of Welding Consumables | |
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| Covered Electrodes | |
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| Solid Electrode Wires | |
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| Cored Electrode Wires | |
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| Packaging of Electrode Wires | |
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| Welding Fluxes | |
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| Other Welding Materials | |
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| Gases Used in Welding | |
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| Shielding Gases | |
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| Fuel Gases for Welding and Cutting | |
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| Atmosphere Gases | |
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| Gas Containers and Apparatuses | |
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| Metals and Their Weldability | |
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| Properties of Metals | |
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| Metal Specifications and Steel Classifications | |
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| Identification of Metals | |
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| Heat and Welding | |
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| Welding Metallurgy | |
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| Weldability of Metals | |
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| Welding Steels | |
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| Welding Carbon and Low-Alloy Steels | |
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| Welding Alloy Steels | |
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| Welding Stainless Steels | |
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| Welding Ultrahigh-Strength Steels | |
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| Welding Nonferrous Metals | |
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| Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys | |
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| Copper and Copper-Base Alloys | |
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| Magnesium-Base Alloys | |
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| Nickel-Base Alloys | |
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| Reactive and Refractory Metals | |
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| Other Nonferrous Metals | |
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| Welding Special and Dissimilar Metals | |
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| Cast Iron and Other Irons | |
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| Tool Steels | |
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| Reinforcing Bass | |
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| Coated Steels | |
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| Other Metals | |
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| Clad Metals | |
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| Dissimilar Metals | |
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| Design for Welding | |
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| Advantage of Welded Construction | |
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| Weldment Design Factors | |
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| Welding Positions and Weld Accessibility | |
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| Design of Weld Joint and Welds | |
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| Influence of Specifications on Design | |
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| Design Conversion to Weldments | |
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| Computer-Aided Design (CAD) | |
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| Weldment Redesign to Reduce Cost | |
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| Welding Symbols | |
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| Cost of Welding | |
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| Weldment Cost Elements | |
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| Weld Metal Required for Joints | |
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| Filler Metal and Materials Required | |
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| Time and Labor Required | |
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| Power and Overhead Costs | |
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| Weld Cost Formulas and Examples | |
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| Quality Control and Evaluation of Welds | |
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| Quality Control Program | |
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| Destructive Testing | |
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| Visual Inspection | |
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| Nondestructive Testing | |
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| Corrective Actions for Weld Defects | |
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| Workmanship Specimens and Standards | |
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| Nondestructive Examination Symbols | |
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| Welding Specifications, Procedures, and Qualifications | |
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| Weld Reliability | |
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| Welding Codes and Specifications | |
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| Welding Procedures and Qualifying Them | |
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| Standard Welding Procedure Specifications (SWPS) | |
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| Qualifying and Certifying Welders | |
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| Welding Problems and Solutions | |
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| Arc Blow | |
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| Welding Distortion and Warpage | |
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| Heat Forming and Straightening | |
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| Weld Stresses and Cracking | |
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| In-Service Cracking | |
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| Welding-Painting | |
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| Failure Analysis, Repair Welding, and Surfacing | |
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| Weld Failure Analysis | |
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| Developing a Rework Procedure | |
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| Making the Repair Weld | |
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| Rebuilding and Overlay Welding | |
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| Surfacing for Wear Resistance | |
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| Surfacing for Corrosion Resistance | |
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| Other Surfacing Applications | |
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| Welding Pipe and Tubing | |
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| Tubular Products | |
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| Pipe and Tube Welding | |
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| Manual and Semiautomatic Pipe Welding | |
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| Mechanized Pipe and Tube Welding | |
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| Automated Pipe Welding | |
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| Tube to Sheet Welding | |
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| Special Welding Applications | |
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| Arc Spot Welding | |
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| Sheet Metal Welding | |
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| One-Side Welding | |
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| Narrow Gap Welding | |
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| Underwater Welding | |
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| Welding in Space | |
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| Microjoining | |
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| Appendies | |
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| Glossary of Welding Terms | |
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| Organizations Involved with Welding | |
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| Computer Software Programs | |
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| Information Sources Using a Computer | |
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| Conversion Information | |
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| Weights and Measures | |
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| Index | |