Fabrication and Welding Engineering (Paperback)

Chapter 1 Health and safety
1.1 Health safety and the law
1.2 Employers' responsibilities
1.3 Employees' responsibilities
1.4 Electrical Hazards
1.5 Fire fighting
1.6 Fire precautions and prevention
1.7 Accidents
1.8 First aid
1.9 Personal protection
1.10 Hazards in the workplace
1.11 Manual Lifting
1.12 Mechanical lifting equipment
1.13 Use of lifting equipment
1.14 Accessories for lifting gear
1.15 Useful knots for fibre ropes
1.16 Inspection (lifting equipment)
1.17 Oxy-acetylene welding
1.18 Arc-welding equipment (mains operated)
1.19 Working on site
Exercises

Chapter 2 Personal development
2.1 Basic relationships
2.2 Relationship with managers, supervisors and instructors
2.3 Attitude and behaviour
2.4 Implementing company policy
2.5 Creating and maintaining effective relationships with others
Exercises

Chapter 3 Engineering materials and heat treatments
3.1 States of matter
3.2 Properties of materials
3.3 Classification of materials
3.4 Ferrous metals (plain carbon steels)
3.5 Ferrous metals (alloy steels)
3.6 Ferrous metals (cast irons)
3.7 Abbreviations
3.8 Non-ferrous metals and alloys
3.9 The identification of metals
3.10 Non-metals (natural)
3.11 Non-metals (synthetic)
3.12 Forms of supply
3.13 Heat treatment processes (introduction)
3.14 Heat treatment processes (safety)
3.15 The heat treatment of plain carbon steels
3.16 The heat treatment of non-ferrous metals and alloys
3.17 Heat treatment furnaces
3.18 Temperature measurement
3.19 Atmospheric control
Exercises

Chapter 4 Using and communicating technical information
4.1 Selection of information sources
4.2 Interpretation of information (graphical)
4.3 Interpretation of information (tables, charts and schedules)
4.4 Evaluating engineering information
4.5 Recording and processing engineering information
4.6 Methods of record keeping
4.7 Communications (miscellaneous)
4.8 Engineering drawing (introduction)
4.9 First angle orthographic drawing
4.10 Third angle orthographic drawing
4.11 Conventions
4.12 Redundant views
4.13 Dimensioning
4.14 Welding symbols
4.15 The development of surfaces
4.16 Interpenetration
4.17 Pictorial views
Exercises

Chapter 5 Measuring and making out
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Linear measurement
5.3 Angular measurement
5.4 Correct use of measuring equipment
5.5 Marking out equipment (tools for making lines)
5.6 Marking out equipment (tools for providing guidance)
5.7 Marking out equipment (tools for providing support)
5.8 Techniques for marking out
5.9 The need for templates
5.10 The manufacture of templates
5.12 Condition and care of equipment
Exercises

Chapter 6 Material removal
6.1 Cutting tool principles
6.2 The application of basic cutting tool angles to hand tools
6.3 Drilling, drilling machines and routing
6.4 Shearing sheet metal
6.5 Portable power tools
6.6 Blanking (stamping and piercing)
6.7 Flame cutting
Exercises

Chapter 7 Sheet and plate metalwork
7.1 Sheet and plate metalwork (introduction)
7.2 Roll-bending sheet metal and plate
7.3 Flow forming sheet metal
7.4 The principles of metal spinning
7.5 Swaging sheet metal
7.6 Basic fabrication procedures
Exercises

Chapter 8 Structural steelwork and pipework
8.1 Rolled steel sections
8.2 Typical structural steel connection and assemblies
8.3 Trusses and lattice frames
8.4 Web stiffeners
8.5 Fabricated lightweight beams
8.6 Castellated beams
8.7 Pipework (setting out bends)
8.8 Pipe bending
8.9 Pipe fitting
Exercises

Chapter 9 Joining processes (mechanical connections)
9.1 Mechanical connections (threaded)
9.2 Hand reamers and reaming
9.3 Riveted joints
9.4 Pop Diveting
9.5 Self secured joints
9.6 Folding and jointing allowance
9.7 The Pittsburgh lock
Exercises

Chapter 10 Joining processes (soldering, brazing and braze welding
10.1 Soft soldering
10.2 Soft-soldered joints using lead-free solders
10.3 Hard soldering (brazing)
10.4 Aluminium brazing
10.5 Types of brazed joints
10.6 Braze-welding
Exercises

Chapter 11 Joining processes (welding)
11.1 Fusion welding
11.2 Oxy-acetylene welding
11.3 Manual metal-arc welding
11.4 Workshop testing of welds
11.5 Miscellaneous fusion welding processes
11.6 Workholding devices for fusion welding
11.7 Resistance welding
11.8 Further welding processes
Exercises

Chapter 12 Composite fabrication processes and adhesive bonding
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Lamination
12.3 Fibre reinforcement
12.4 Particle reinforcement
12.5 The manipulation of fabrication of polymers (plastics)
12.6 Adhesive bonding
12.7 Adhesive bonding of metals
Exercises

Appendix A

Index