Reinforces the welder's understanding of procedures with material on:
- heat input and distribution
- essentials of shielded metal-arc technology
- distortion
- pipe welding defects
- welding safety
- essentials of welding metallurgy
- qualification of the welding procedure and the welder
Emphasizes procedures used to weld both thick-wall and thin-wall pipe by the shielded metal-arc process, and an entire chapter is devoted to root bead welding by the gas tungsten-arc process.






