Advanced Welding Systems

HE ORIGINS of welding are buried in the depths of antiquity, T commencing with the forging of native gold and copper, progressing in the bronze age with the braze welding of castings, but not developing greatly until relatively recently. It has been this century, and the latter half in particular, that welding has developed to the stage where there are more than 100 variants. Furthermore, joining by welding has become such an efficient technique that much of our modem way oflife would not be possible without it. The giant oil rigs, built to withstand the rigours of the North Sea, the minute wire connectors in the computer and transistor, and the automobile and truck, could not exist were it not for welding processes. Originally a uniquely manual process, the needs of industry have this century required welding techniques which could be mechanised. Some processes, such as friction welding, were readily mechanised but the most flexible and adaptable fusion processes awaited develop ments which allowed a continuous wire to be rapidly fed into the fusion zone. These processes, such as MAG and submerged arc, rapidly gave rise to machines for welding, with many appearing before the Second World War.

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This is the first volume in a series of books which willconsider the priciples and appications of automated weldingtechnology. This first volumelays the groundwork for therest of the series by outlining the physical andengineeringprinciples involved in producing welded joints, anddiscussing the materials and structures most suitable forwelding.

Inhalt
One Historical development of welding.- Two Basic definitions in welding.- Three Welding assembly technology.- Four Metallurgical concepts.- Five Mechanical testing of welds.- Six Weldability.- Seven Heat treatment of welded structures.- Eight Shrinkage and distortion.- Nine Welding safety.- Bibliography/Further Reading/References.