AWS C5.6 : 1989

Personnel
Foreword
List of Tables
List of Figures
1. Scope
2. Fundamentals
    2.1 Principals of Operation
    2.2 Characteristics
    2.3 Variations
3. Equipment
    3.1 Introduction
    3.2 Semiautomatic Welding Equipment
    3.3 Automatic Welding Equipment
4. Process Requirements and Application
    4.1 Shielding Gas
    4.2 Electrodes
    4.3 Selection of Process Variables
    4.4 Welding Variables
5. General Joint Design
6. Spot Welding
    6.1 Equipment Operation
    6.2 Effect of Process Variables on Weld Characteristics
    6.3 Joint Design
    6.4 Tension-Shear Test
7. Inspection and Weld Quality
    7.1 Introduction
    7.2 Potential Problems
    7.3 Weld Discontinuities
8. Training
    8.1 Introductory Training Program on Steel
    8.2 Welding Nonferrous Metals
    8.3 GMAW Course for Steel Pipe
    8.4 GMAW Equipment Maintenance and Trouble-Shooting
         Course
9. Qualification
    9.1 Introduction
    9.2 General
    9.3 Procedure Qualification
    9.4 Variables
    9.5 Types of Tests
10. Safe Practices
    10.1 Scope
    10.2 Discussion of Potential Hazards
    10.3 Gases
    10.4 Radiation
    10.5 Electric Shock
    10.6 Noise
    10.7 Other Factors

Specifies the basic concepts of the gas metal arc welding (GMAW) process that will enable the reader to obtain a fundamental understanding of the process and its variations.