Description:

Course covers technologies of welding, brazing and thermal cutting. Description of joining methods, their principals, equipment and typical application in the industry is done. In focus are welding technologies (SMAW, GMAW, GTAW, SAW), oxyacetylene cutting, plasma cutting. Covered is also topic of material weldability and assessment of joint quality by destructive and non-destructive methods.

Contents:

1.Welding methods, structure of welded joint, thermal cycle and metallurgy,
2.Gas shielding and its influence on quality of welds
3.Weldability of construction materials
4.Stress and deformations during welding
5.Oxyacetylene welding, manufacturing of gases used for welding
6.Electric arc, welding sources, MMA welding
7.Gas metal arc welding
8.Submerged arc welding, electroslag welding and cladding
9.Resistance welding - spot, seam, equipment, applications
10.Special welding methods - laser, plazma, electron beam
11.Soldering and brazing - characteristics, applications
12.Thermal cutting - oxyacetylene, plasma, laser cutting
13.Non-destructive testing of welds

Seminar contents:

1.Visual testing of welds and its evaluation
2.Penetration testing and its evaluation
3.Weldability of materials
4.Thermal cutting
5.Welding safety
6.Welding practice

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar