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Northland Community & Technical College

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WELD 1320 – GMAW 1

Credits: 2

Course Description

In this course, students will be introduced to the Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) process. This course will include GMAW safety, components, consumables, terms related to the process, and basic electricity. Students will increase their skill level by welding pads and fillet welds with various diameter electrodes utilizing the GMAW Short-arc (GMAW-S) process. Students will also evaluate various welds and weld discontinuities as perform measuring of fillet welds and weld discontinuities.

Prerequisite(s)

None

Lec/Lab/OJT

1/1/0

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