Course Overview
Students will learn about safety, gases, component and handling procedures for oxy-fuel cutting and welding, describe fusion principles, correct procedures for braze welding and describe safety factors, cutting process and cutting equipment for plasma arc.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
0.5
- Retired
- This course has been retired and is no longer offered. Find other Flexible Learning courses that may interest you.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:
- Identify gases used in oxy-fuel cutting and welding.
- Identify oxy-fuel cylinders, valves and safety devices.
- State safe procedures for handling, storing and transporting welding gases.
- Identify regulator handling and storage.
- Identify hoses and oxy-fuel fittings.
- Identify torch assembly, torchline explosions, and reverse flow check valves.
- List components of torch assembly.
- Describe safe procedures for assembling portable oxy-fuel outfit.
- Describe safe procedures for lighting, adjusting and shutting down oxy-acetylene equipment.
- Describe the oxyacetylene cutting torch and cutting process.
- Identify safe procedures for oxyacetylene cutting.
- Explain fusion principles.
- Describe correct procedure for braze welding.
- Describe safety factors for plasma arc.
- Describe plasma arc cutting process.
- Describe plasma arc cutting equipment.
Effective as of Fall 2003
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