Advanced Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (MFGT 124)
Term: 2024-2025 Academic Year Spring
Schedule
Mon-Tue-Wed-Thu-Fri, 10:10 AM - 12:10 PM (1/21/2025 - 5/18/2025) Location: LHRP RRTC
Description
Through classroom and/or lab/shop learning and assessment activities, students in this course will: explain the gas tungsten arc welding process (GTAW); demonstrate the safe and correct set up of the GTAW workstation; relate GTAW electrode and filler metal classifications with base metals and joint criteria; building proper electrode and filler metal selection and use based on metal types and thicknesses; build pads of weld beads with selected electrodes and filler material in the vertical position; build pads of weld beads with selected electrodes and filler material in the overhead position; perform basic GTAW welds on selected weld joints; and perform visual inspection of GTAW welds. Prerequisite: MFGT 116 Gas Tungsten Arc Welding OR with instructor permission.