Modern Welding, 13th Edition

Modern Welding is a comprehensive text that has long been the standard for teaching theory, fundamentals, equipment, and techniques of welding technology, with enough information to span a two-year curriculum. Covering all of the information required for complete AWS SENSE Level 1 and Level 2 certification, this text includes shielded metal arc welding, gas metal arc welding, flux cored arc welding, gas tungsten arc welding, oxyfuel gas welding and cutting, various thermal cutting processes, testing and inspection, welding symbol interpretation, and print reading. The text also includes Nonstandard Terminology features, introducing students to the jargon commonly used in the welding industry to help them communicate effectively on the job. 

• Includes 30 step-by-step procedures that guide students through challenging welding-related operations
• Features a time-saving Quick Reference Table of Contents that directs students to the specific reference tables in the book
• Presents safety information in bold red type throughout the text to reinforce and highlight this critical information

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Table of Contents

Welding Fundamentals

1. Safety in the Welding Shop
2. Print Reading
3. Reading Welding Symbols
4. Welding and Cutting Processes

Shielded Metal Arc Welding

5 Shielded Metal Arc Welding and Cutting Equipment and Supplies
6. Shielded Metal Arc Welding

Gas Metal and Flux Cored Arc Welding

7. GMAW and FCAW Equipment and Supplies
8. Gas Metal and Flux Cored Arc Welding

Gas Tungsten Arc Welding

9. Gas Tungsten Arc Welding Equipment and Supplies
10 Gas Tungsten Arc Welding

Plasma Arc Cutting

11. Plasma Arc Cutting

Oxyfuel Gas Processes

12. Oxyfuel Gas Welding Equipment and Supplies
13. Oxyfuel Gas Welding
14. Oxyfuel Gas Cutting Equipment and Supplies
15. Oxyfuel Gas Cutting
16. Soldering
17. Brazing and Braze Welding

Resistance Welding

18. Resistance Welding Equipment and Supplies
19. Resistance Welding

Special Processes

20. Special Welding Processes
21. Special Ferrous Welding Applications
22. Special Nonferrous Welding Applications
23. Pipe and Tube Welding
24. Special Cutting Processes
25. Underwater Welding and Cutting
26. Automatic and Robotic Welding
27. Metal Surfacing

Metal Technology

28. Metal Production, Properties, and Identification
29. Heat Treatment of Metals
30. Inspecting and Testing Welds
31. Procedure and Welder Qualifications
32. The Welding Shop
33. Getting and Holding a Job in the Welding Industry
34. Technical Data

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Front Matter (PDF, 1.23 MB)

Chapter 4 (PDF, 4.2 MB)

Chapter 25 (PDF, 2.33 MB)

Product Training Video for Blackboard (Sample Video - Support Center)

Product Overview

 

Program Overview & Video Tutorial (Web Link - Support Center)

Correlations

AWS Correlation Chart

AWS SENSE Level I—Entry Welders (PDF, 357.48 KB)

AWS SENSE Level II—Advanced Welder (PDF, 395.07 KB)

Georgia

Welding I (ACCT-WI) - Course Number 48.55100 (PDF, 253.55 KB)

About the Author(s)

William A. Bowditch - has an extensive teaching and welding background. He has been a teacher, department head, and supervisor of special needs and vocational programs. In addition to his formal college training in preparation for teaching, Bill has taken several specialized courses in industry, such as the Hobart Welding School and American Welding Society courses. He is a member of the Association for Career and Technical Education and a life member of the American Welding Society. As a coauthor of Modern Welding, he has guided this Goodheart-Willcox book through many revisions to keep it up to date and technically correct in order to maintain its value as an authoritative welding text. He is also a coauthor of Welding Fundamentals.

Kevin E. Bowditch - Kevin E. Bowditch is a retired welding engineer specialist for Subaru of Indiana Automotive Inc. His welding experience includes working for two automotive firms, two aerospace firms, a construction company (building nuclear plants), and a precision sheet metal firm. His initial welding training was at the Hobart Institute of Welding Technology. He earned his bachelor’s degree in welding engineering from The Ohio State University, and has attended specialized conferences and courses sponsored by the American Welding Society, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and American National Standards Institute. At Subaru, he helped develop and validate welding parameters to make over one billion spot and arc welds per year. Kevin Bowditch joined his father as a coauthor of Modern Welding, beginning with the 1984 edition, and has been a coauthor of Welding Fundamentals since its first edition was published in 1991.

Mark A. Bowditch -

Mark A. Bowditch joined the Bowditch team of welding authors in 1998, when he coauthored Oxyfuel Gas Welding with his brother Kevin Bowditch. Mark Bowditch has more than 10 years of experience as an educator, holds bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees, and has taken classes at the Hobart Institute of Welding Technology. In addition to employing his expertise and communication skills in preparing this edition of Oxyfuel Gas Welding and Cutting, he has also assumed responsibility as a coauthor with his brother and father for the 2005 and later revisions of Welding Fundamentals and Modern Welding. He is also an officer in the United States Air Force Reserves.