The Welding of Aluminium and its Alloys provides a basic understanding of the metallurgic principles underpinning how alloys achieve their strength and how welding can effect their properties. A practical guide for the shop-floor engineer, the book covers weldability of aluminium alloys, process description, advantages, limitations, proposed weld parameters, health and safety issues, preparation for welding, quality assurance and quality control issues, and problem solving. The book covers parent metal storage and preparation prior to welding, describes the more frequently encountered processes, and presents recommendations on welding parameters that may be used as a starting point for the development of a viable welding procedure. Providing hints and tips that help you avoid some of the pitfalls of welding these sometimes problematic materials, the book's content is both descriptive and qualitative. The Welding of Aluminium and its Alloys is a concise and effective reference for engineers who may have little prior understanding of metallurgy and only a brief acquaintance with the welding processes involved.
Author(s): Gene Mathers
Edition: 1
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 236
Preliminaries......Page 1
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 9
1 Introduction to the welding of aluminium......Page 11
2 Welding metallurgy......Page 20
3 Material standards designations and alloys......Page 45
4 Preparation for welding......Page 61
5 Welding design......Page 79
6 TIG welding......Page 107
7 MIG welding......Page 126
8 Other welding processes......Page 157
9 Resistance welding processes......Page 176
10 Welding procedure and welder approval......Page 191
11 Weld defects and quality control......Page 209
Appendix A British and ISO standards related to welding and aluminium......Page 226
Appendix B Physical, mechanical and chemical properties at 20 C......Page 236
Appendix C Principal alloy designations cast products......Page 237
Appendix D Alloy designations wrought products......Page 238
Bibliography......Page 240
Index......Page 245
