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Gas Metal Arc Welding
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1. What is a typical flow rate of CO2 for short circuit transfer?

2. What output on the welding machine is used to rate the duty cycle?

3. What current and polarity is generally used with GMAW?

4. Why is the term GMAW preferred over MIG or MAG?

5. What wire are knurled drive rolls most commonly used on?

6. List the three methods of metal transfer with GMAW

7. What is a solenoid valve and what actuates it?

8. What is the purpose of the shielding gas used in GMAW?

9. A machine with a 70% duty cycle can run at its max for 7 minutes with a cooling cycle of only _ minutes.

10. What is the purpose of the pick- up lead on a voltage sensing wire feeder?

11. With straight polarity where is 2/3 of the arc energy?

12. Is the arc voltage for spray transfer higher or lower than that used for short circuit transfer?

13. What is the preferred drive roll design for solid wires?

14. What is the minimum % value of argon that must be present to use the spray transfer method of GMAW?

15. What does inductance control?

16. What is an advantage of pulsed arc transfer with GMAW?

17. Why is a line heater required when using GMAW?

18. What does a flowmeter do and what does it measure?

19. What effect does increasing and decreasing the inductance have on the weld?

20. How are GMAW guns rated?

21. What is the purpose of a regulator and what does it indicate on its gauges?

22. What type of power source is used with a constant speed wire feeder?

23. How many times per second does short circuiting take place?

24. What 2 controls are found on a GMAW set- up?

25. What 2 organizations designate specifications for GMAW wires?

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