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Apex Technical School | Evaluated Learning Experience

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Advanced Arc Welding

Course Category: 
Welding Technology - Inactive Courses (December 1994 - March 2003)
Length: 
120 hours (4 weeks); includes approximately 97 hours of supervised shop experience.
Location: 
635 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY.
Dates: 
December 1994 - March 2003.
Instructional delivery format: 
Traditional classroom model
Learner Outcomes: 

Students should be able to: use AC/DC welding machines to weld multi-pass fillet and groove welds in all positions (Flat, Horizontal, Vertical and Overhead) with E-6010 and E-7018 electrodes on tee and butt joints; prepare joints with automatic flame cutting equipment; remove defective welds by gouging (air carbon arc process); identify causes of arc blow associated with DC welding and apply corrective procedures; perform cast iron joint preparation and welding procedures.

Instruction: 

Major topics include: power source selection and electrode grouping; vertical and E-7018 electrodes; hydrogen induced cracking; steel classification; overhead welding using E-6010 and E-7018; air carbon arc cutting fundamentals; and fundamentals of welding cast iron; open v-groove welding vertical position.

Credit recommendation: 
In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 3 semester hours (1 lecture, 2 shop) in Welding Technology, Industrial Technology, Construction Technology, Vocational Technology, as an elective in Educational Technology, or as a technical elective in Mechanical Technology (12/99).

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