WELD 1500 - Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Stick) - Flat

3.0 Credits

In this course students will gain a thorough understanding of the fundamental skills used in the safe use of SMAW welding equipment. Typical fundamental skills include striking the arc, making fillet welds in the flat position, and making groove welds in the flat position, culminating with a welder qualification test. A variety of methods are used to examine the weldments such as visual inspection, fillet weld break tests, and root/face bend test specimens.

Prerequisites: (1) WELD 1100

Recommended: WELD 1510, WELD 2500, WELD 2510

Lecture Hours: 2.0
Lab Hours: 3.0
Internship Hours: 0.0
Clinical or Practicum Hours: 0.0

Course Objectives
1. Set up SMAW welding equipment for various electrode using DCEN, DCEP polarity as well as AC current.

2. Understand the difference in SMAW welding electrodes, the polarity the use, and the specific techniques required.

3. Strike an arc and maintain arc length.

4. Perform stringer beads, weave beads, and surfacing beads with E6010 and E7018 electrodes.

5. Weld fillet welds and grove welds in the flat position with E6010 electrodes.

6. Weld fillet welds and grove welds in the flat position with E7018 electrodes.

7. Pass a welder qualification test in the flat position per AWS D1.1 code.

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