This text provides information on safety in the welding industry. It identifies the hazards of all major welding processes, showing how they should be controlled to provide safe working conditions for welders and other engineering personnel. Moreover, it includes a comprehensive listing of safety regulations in the United States and Canada. This new edition describes the latest technology in the gas and arc welding processes, as well as more specialized welding processes, brazing soldering and thermal spraying. There is information on the welding and flame spraying of plastics, radiographic inspection, and the precautions needed when working on vessels contaminated by flammable materials. This edition also presents useful guidance on mechanical hazards, ventilation and fume protection, lighting, fire, first aid and personal protection equipment.
- ISBN10 1855737485
- ISBN13 9781855737488
- Publish Date 28 March 2002 (first published January 1991)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Elsevier Science & Technology
- Imprint Woodhead Publishing Ltd
- Edition 5th Revised edition
- Format eBook
- Pages 272
- Language English
- URL http://woodheadpublishingonline.com/openurl.asp?genre=book&isbn=978-1-85573-538-5