CONTENTS I INTRODUCTION 1 1 Fusion Welding Processes 3 1.1 Overview 3 1.2 Oxyacetylene Welding 7 1.3 Shielded Metal Arc Welding 11 1.4 Gas–Tungsten Arc Welding 13 1.5 Plasma Arc Welding 16 1.6 Gas–Metal Arc Welding 19 1.7 Flux-Core Arc Welding 22 1.8 Submerged Arc Welding 22 1.9 Electrosl....