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WELDING ASSIGNMENT
Welding and Brazing
electrode pressing force, electrical current and length of welding time. Small pools of
molten metal are formed at the point of most electrical resistance as an electrical
current (100100,000 A) is passed through the metal. In general, resistance welding
methods are efficient and cause little pollution,
4. Describe the resistance welding types.
There are 2 types of resistance welding with are Spot Welding and Seam Welding.
Spot Welding
Use two cooper electrodes held in jaws and the work clamp between them. Current
flow through electrode and metal. Resistance of metal is higher than electrode than
the metal melts and welding itself.
Seam Welding
Metals is rolled between two copper wheels as the electrode. Normally used on fuel
tank to provide continues air tight. Lap weld is a welded seam in which two pieces of
metal overlap and are welded together.
5. Describe the following types of welded joints?
i. Butt
Used to join metal forms such as sheet, bar, plate, tube and pipe. In aircraft
application,generally are not used for joining tubing because they are too weak for
aircraft structure. A typical butt weld should penetrate 100% of thickness of the base
metal.
ii. Tee
Quite common in aircraft work, particularly in tubular structure. The plain tee joint is
suitable for most aircraft metal thickness. Thicker metal require the vertical member
to be either single or double beveled to permit the heat to penetrate deeply enough
iii. Lap
Seldom used in aircraft structures when welding with gas, but commonly used spot
welding.Single lap has very little resistance to bending and will not withstand
shearing stresses.Double lap joint is stronger, but require twice the welding of the
simpler, more efficient.
iv. Corner
When two pieces of metal are brought together so their edges forms a corner of a box
or rectangle.Used where load stresses are not significant.
v. Edge
Where load stresses are not significant, edge joints may be used to joint two pieces of
sheet metal.To form, bend the edges of one or both part upward, place the two ends
parallel to each other and weld along outside of the seam form by two edges.
6. Explain a properly completed weld?
The bead should be smooth and uniform on thickness. The weld should be built up to
provide extra thickness at the seam.The bead should taper off smoothly into the base
metal. No oxide should be formed on the base metal further than -inch form the
weld.There should be no sign of pitting, cracking, burning or warping.