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Unit 1 Question Bank Welding Engineering

This document contains 53 questions related to various welding processes including: - Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW) and gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) processes, their principles, components, parameters, and applications - Submerged arc welding (SAW) process, role of flux, and factors affecting selection of power sources and polarity - Modes of metal transfer in SMAW and GMAW, transition current, and pulse GMAW - Plasma arc welding (PAW) process and factors determining its penetration capability - Brazing and soldering processes, joint designs, role of fluxes, and their applications and limitations

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Unit 1 Question Bank Welding Engineering

This document contains 53 questions related to various welding processes including: - Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW) and gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) processes, their principles, components, parameters, and applications - Submerged arc welding (SAW) process, role of flux, and factors affecting selection of power sources and polarity - Modes of metal transfer in SMAW and GMAW, transition current, and pulse GMAW - Plasma arc welding (PAW) process and factors determining its penetration capability - Brazing and soldering processes, joint designs, role of fluxes, and their applications and limitations

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Dr.G.

Sayiram
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Department
Galgotias University

Question Bank-Unit-1
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1. Define arc welding processes and enlist common arc welding


process.
2. Explain the principle of shielded metal arc welding
process with suitable schematic diagram.
3. How is weld metal protected in SMAW process?
4. What is role of welding parameters on development of sound
weld joint by SMAW?
5. What is the role of coating on SMAW electrode?
6. Write common constituents used in coating of electrode along
with their role?
7. What is coating factor? How does it affect the welding?
8. Explain the factors affecting the selection of type of welding
current for SMAW.
9. Which type of power sources is commonly used with
SMAW process and why?
10. What are common modes of metal transfer in SMAW?
How does metal transfer affect the quality of the weld
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joint in SMAW?

Dr.G.Sayiram., Assistatnt Professor, Mechanical Department, Galgotias University,Question Bank, Unit-1


11. What are factor determining the welding current and OCV in
SMAW?
12. Schematically show different types of weld beads
along with their application in specific welding condition.
13. Explain the principle of SAW process and its application.
14. What is the role of flux in SAW?
15. What are common types of fluxes for SAW? Write
limitations and advantages of each type of the SAW flux.
16. Write factors affecting the selection of welding power
sources and polarity in SAW process with justification?
17. What is role of welding parameters on development of
sound weld joint by SAW?
18. Write advantages, limitations and application of SAW process.
19. Explain the principle of GTAW process and write its
applications.
20. Why does GTAW offer cleanest weld among other
common arc welding processes?
21. Write role of important components of GTAW process.

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Dr.G.Sayiram., Assistatnt Professor, Mechanical Department, Galgotias University,Question Bank, Unit-1


22. Describe factors affecting the selection of power sources
and polarity in GTAW process with justification?
23. What are shielded gases used in GTAW process? Write
factors affecting the effectiveness of protection of the
weld pool in GTAW process.
24. What is role of welding parameters namely welding
current, arc voltage and welding speed on development of
sound weld joint by GTAW?
25. Write advantages, and limitations of GTAW process.
26. Explain the factors determining the current carrying
capacity of electrode in GTAW process?
27. Explain principle of pulse GTAW process and mention
its suitable application?
28. Describe different types of electrodes used in GTAW process.
29. Explain the effect of electrode tip angle on shape and
power density distribution for GTAW process.
30. Describe the principle of initiating the GTAW arc?
31. How does pulse GTAW process help in developing sound
weld joints of thin sheet?
32. How different parameters of pulse GTAW process are decided?
33. What is advantage of hot wire GTAW process? Explain the
principle of GTAW process.
34. How plasma arc welding is different from GTAW process?
35. Explain the principle of PAW process using suitable
schematic diagram.
36. What are the factors determine penetration capability
and energy density of PAW process?
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37. Distinguish the transferred and non-transferred plasma arc


welding?

Dr.G.Sayiram., Assistatnt Professor, Mechanical Department, Galgotias University,Question Bank, Unit-1


38. How the net heat generated for pulse GTAW can be obtained?
39. Why does GMAW process offer lesser clean weld than GTAW?
40. What are important components of GMAW process
and write their role?
41. How do the shielding gases affect the metal transfer in GMAW?
42. Describe effect of welding parameters on melting rate in
GMAW?
43. What are modes of metal transfer commonly observed in
GMAW?

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44. What is transition current? Explain the effect of various
factors affecting the transition current?
45. Explain the principle of pulse GMAW and it
advantages over conventional GMAW process?
46. Why brazing and soldering are called solid-liquid phase
process?
47. What are common situations where brazing and soldering
processes are preferred over fusion welding processes?
48. What are joint designs commonly used for brazing and
soldering?
49. Compare the brazing and soldering processes in respect
of various technical points?
50. Write application and limitations of brazing and soldering
processes.
51. What is role of fluxes in brazing and soldering?
52. What is importance of clearance in brazing and soldering?
53. What is importance of having clean faying surfaces for
brazing and soldering?

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