WS102-1: Shielded Metal Arc Welding II, Open Root Welding, and Metal Characteristics.

Students will learn how to detect and correct arc blow and how to make stringer, weave, overlapping beads, and fillet welds. Students will learn to complete quality welds using SMAW equipment. The course explains preheating, interpass temperature control, and post-heating procedures that sometimes need to be done to preserve weldment strength, ductility, and weld quality. Students will learn pre-heat and post-heat procedures commonly used in the welding process. Heat treatment and the physical properties of metal will also be covered. This course explains how to set up SMAW equipment for open root V-groove welds; explains how to prepare for and make open[1]root V-groove welds on various fittings, flanges, structures, and carbon steel pipe; and procedures for making open-root V-groove welds, with SMAW equipment, on pipe in the 1G-ROTATED, 2G, 5G, and 6G positions. Students learn how to complete a quality weld on materials using SMAW equipment. Metallurgy will be discussed as applied to types of materials being utilized.