Metal Joining Processes
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The official GTU curriculum for Metal Joining Processes (subject code 2162109) as prescribed for Metallurgy · Semester 6 divides the course into 10 units, covering 95 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2162109)Unit 1 Introduction of Metal Joining Processes,
- Joining process as a manufacturing route
- Relevance of joining process to metallurgy
- Classification of joining process
- Safety aspects in Metal joining processes
Unit 2 Fusion welding
- welding procedure
- Joint design and edge preparation
- welding codes for weld position
- Welding symbols
- Selecting groove geometry
- fillet weld
- bead weld
- stress concentration
- plug weld
- weld bead geometry
- Welding parameters
- welding process
- welding consumable
- electrode diameter
Unit 3 Characteristics of Power Sources
- Review of Power Sources for Fusion Welding Processes
- Nature of Heat sources
- Electrical characteristic of arc, Machine Characteristics of Arc
- Different modes of metal transfer
Unit 4 Physical Metallurgy of Welds. 8 13 %
- Weld CCT diagrams
- Role of Carbon equivalent
- Heat flow - temperature distribution-cooling rates
- Phase transformations during heating & Cooling Gas- metal and slag-metal reactions
- evolution of gases
- formation of porosity
- inclusions in weld metal
- weld pool solidification
- residual stresses
- Role of preheating and post heating on metallurgy of weldments
Unit 5 Fusion welding
- SMAW Function of coatings
- based on slag metal
- gas metal reactions- Coding Method (Specification) of consumable electrode & their functions
- Selection Criteria for electrodes
- AC, DCRP
- DCSP configurations
- Electrode shapes
- polarity and its effects
- Submerge arc welding
- Electro -slag welding Processes
Unit 6 Fusion welding
- FCAW Processes GTAW Welding Equipment
- Non Consumable electrode
- Inert Gases Process Parameters
- Plasma Welding
- type of guns
- GMAW-Welding Equipment
- Shielding gases
- Process Parameters & different metals welded
- FCAW-Welding equipment
- Flux cored electrode wire & its functions
Unit 7 Introduction to Modern Welding Processes
- Electron beam welding
- Laser beam welding
- Submerged arc welding
- Explosive Welding
- Atomic Hydrogen Welding
- Thermit Welding
- Ultrasonic welding
- Under water welding
- Industrial applications of Modern Welding Processes
- Friction stir techniques for material processing as
- Friction Stir Welding
- Friction stir processing
- Friction stir Surfacing
- Friction stir channeling etc
- Use of Friction stir processing to increase Fatigue Resistance of Fusion Welds
Unit 8 Resistance welding
- Contact resistance
- seam projection
- resistance butt
- flash butt etc
- Basic operational steps of Soldering & Brazing
- different Soldering and Brazing Alloys
- Role of Flux
- Types of Flux
- Metallurgical aspects of soldering and brazing
- Applications of soldering and brazing in Engineering
- Adhesive joining
Unit 9 Weldability & Testing of Welded joints
- Weldability of Carbon steels
- Stainless steels
- Cast Iron
- Aluminum & Titanium
- Welding of dissimilar metals
- repair welds
- Welding defects
- weld cracking Phenomena and its prevention
- Review of Inspection and Mechanical testing of welded joints
- Weld Solidification Cracking Susceptibility Test Methods
Unit 10 A.S.M.E. Sec IX For Welding
- Interpret ASME Sec-IX codes applicable for welding
- Understanding of WPS, PQR, WPQ Format
- Cost calculations in welding
- Welding procedure
- qualification of operators
- testing and inspection during and after welding
- Welding defects
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