WD4. 260 Basic Wire-Feed Welding
Provides the basic information and hands-on skills required to operate the MIG short arc (gas metal-arc welding short-circuiting metal transfer), MIG spray transfer (gas metal-arc welding spray transfer), and gas-shielded flux-cored arc welding processes on steel in the flat, horizontal, and vertical positions as applicable to each specific welding process. Technical information lectures will include related subject areas such as basic machine set up and operation, process limitations, the welding machine wire-feeding mechanism, and required shielding gas types for the MIG short arc, MIG spray transfer, and gas-shielded flux-cored welding processes on steel.
Prerequisite
Prerequisite:
WD4. 152 Welding II with a grade of "C" or better.
Offered
offered Spring only
Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Set up and operate welding machines used for GMAW Short Arc, GMAW Spray Transfer, and Gas Shielded Flux-Cored Arc welding processes including setting operating parameters and the sheilding gas flow rates required.|Perform welding in the flat position, horizontal position, vertical postition with the GMAW Short Arc, GMAw Spray Transfer, and GS-FCAW processes as applicable to each specific welding process.|Recongize and name the various components of the wire feeding mechanism that are essential to the operation of the wire-feed welding processes.|Name the commonly-used for the GMAW Short Arc, GMAW Spray Transfer, and GS-FCAW processes on steel.