WELD 239 — Structural Steel Welding
This course is designed to teach students the fabrication and welding of structural steel utilizing the GMAW, FCAW-G, FCAW-S and SMAW processes. This course utilizes a lecture/lab format which includes classroom discussion and lab demonstrations. Students will explore AWS D1.1 codes and standards as they pertain to the basic structural welding of plate, I-beam and tubing projects given by the instructor. Projects will be saved to be instituted into a capstone class. Topics covered will include GMAW and FCAW theory, laser layout, wire nomenclature, structural shapes and their uses, metallurgy, basic orthographic drawings along with bill of materials.
Prerequisites: WELD 150, WELD 156