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Laboratory and Classroom Facilities Lab #142

Lab #142

Metal Fabrication: Manual and Semi-Automatic Welding and Fabrication Processes

Designed for 200 level course work for the instruction of hands-on, practical welding and metal fabrication methods & applications. The lab space has the following equipment features:

  • 7,313 square feet of instructional space
  • Welding Related Equipment for Boom Station
    • Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) / Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) – AC/DC, Advanced AC waveform technology
    • Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) / Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW) – Advanced DC waveform technology with pulsation
  • Down draft ventilation cutting table station for manual OFC and PAC
  • CNC Plasma Arc Cutting (PAC) tables. (1) downdraft ventilation. (1) water containment table
  • Portable Aluminum Gas Metal Arc Welding systems
  • Oxygen Fuel Cutting (OFC) – column mounted torch & regulator sets and portable Oxygen Fuel Cutting stations
  • Plasma Arc Cutting (PAC) – Manual torch cutting equipment
  • Rotational pipe positioner with PAC system and X-Y torch mounting adjustment bracket
  • WATTS weldment testing station – Fillet weld break tests, root/face bend specimens, tensile test specimens
  • Electrode consumable oven; (1) Dedicated dual-wheel pedestal tungsten grinder; (1) Dual-wheel pedestal wire brush
  • Full-lab ventilation system consists of (12) booth back draft hoods, (2) downdraft cutting/grinding/welding tables, (15) weld station snorkel arms; (2) portable Capture 5 ventilation systems
  • Portable Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) / Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) – AC/DC, Advanced AC waveform technology
  • Portable Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) / Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW) – Advanced DC waveform technology with pulsation
  • 1300 amp manual Stud Welding (SW) station
  • Engine driven welder generators on portable carts
  • Metal Fabrication Equipment:
  • 3/8” x 48” mild-steel metal cutting hydraulic shears, industrial drill presses, 8’ electric metal forming break press, portable fabrication tables with tooling devices, Bluco layout tables with tooling devices, metal working stations, vertical metal cutting band saws, horizontal metal cutting band saws, belt sanders, cold saw with manual feed tables
  • LAB 142 - METAL FABRICATION: MANUAL AND SEMI-AUTOMATIC WELDING AND FABRICATION PROCESSES
  • MANUAL AND SEMI-AUTOMATIC WELDING AND FABRICATION PROCESSES
  • MANUAL AND SEMI-AUTOMATIC WELDING AND FABRICATION PROCESSES
  • MANUAL AND SEMI-AUTOMATIC WELDING AND FABRICATION PROCESSES
  • MANUAL AND SEMI-AUTOMATIC WELDING AND FABRICATION PROCESSES
  • MANUAL AND SEMI-AUTOMATIC WELDING AND FABRICATION PROCESSES
  • MANUAL AND SEMI-AUTOMATIC WELDING AND FABRICATION PROCESSES
  • MANUAL AND SEMI-AUTOMATIC WELDING AND FABRICATION PROCESSES
  • MANUAL AND SEMI-AUTOMATIC WELDING AND FABRICATION PROCESSES
  • MANUAL AND SEMI-AUTOMATIC WELDING AND FABRICATION PROCESSES

Swan Annex Rooms #130 and #132 – Major Labs: (2) Manual and Semi-Automatic Welding Processes

Swan Annex Room #131 – Quality Testing Lab: Weldment Inspection and Testing

Swan Annex Room #136 – Special Processes Lab: Manual and Semi-Automatic Welding Processes

Swan Annex Room #138 – Resistance Welding Lab: Manual, Semi-Automatic and Robotic Welding Processes

Swan Annex Room #140 – Automation Welding Lab: Semi-Automatic, Automatic and Robotic Welding Processes

Lab #142 – Metal Fabrication: Manual and Semi-Automatic Welding and Fabrication Processes