ESAB University Online

Title: Acetylene Safety

Description: The most widely used fuel gas is acetylene, There are some important tips and rules when using this gas to ensure your safety. Watch this video to learn all about acetylene safety. This is a small portion of the complete Oxy-Fuel Safety Video. 

Duration: 2 minutes

Title: Buying your First Welder

Description: This module is a beginners guide to buying a welder for light fabrication, maintenance, motorsports, home-hobby, farm/ranch, metal art, automotive and other DIY applications. 

Learning Objectives:

• Understanding your welding needs
• Knowing your input power requirements
• Identify portability, size and weight needs
• Determine welding output and duty cycle
• Understand amperage and metal thickness requirements
• Match shield gas selection with welding process

Time: 5-10 minutes

Note: Combine Hardbanding Basics, Open Hole Drilling, Cased Hole Hardbanding, and Stoody Data Sheets module into one course. 

A video that describes the qualities needed for a hardbanding to perform well in a cased hole operation, part of a series of hardbanding.
Duration: 2 minutes

Title: Face to Face with Hardfacing: 5 questions

Description: An article walking through 5 questions to help ensure hardfacing application is done correctly. 

Learning Objectives:

• Understand modes of wear and how it impacts hardfacing
• Become familiar with test used to define base metal 
• Know which alloys are applicable in different hardfacing environments
• Determine which alloy diameter size is appropriate

Time: 5-10 minutes

Title: Gas Selection of Metal Arc Welding

Description: Quick reference chart that shows the suggested shield gas for GMAW based on metal type, thickness and welding position.

Learning Objectives:

• Become familiar with all the elements that combine for a proper shield gas selection

1. Metal type
2. Plate thickness
3. Filler metal used
4. Transfer mode
5. Welding positions

Time: 5-10 minutes

Title: Maintenance Best Practices for Hand-held Plasma Cutting Systems

Description: Article covering preventive maintenance to help keep your hand-held plasma cutter working as efficiently as the day you purchased the system.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the recommended preventive maintenance and intervals to include:

1. Daily maintenance
2. Weekly maintenance
3. Every 3 month maintenance
4. Every 6 month maintenance

Time: 5-10 minutes

Title: Making Sense of Cutting Tips

Description: Quick Reference Series (QRS) page covering the meaning behind the elements of Victor tip part numbers. Includes:

• Size clarification
• Series definition
• Type

Time: 1 - 5 Minutes

Title: Metal Removing and Cutting PDF Resources

Description: This module has PDF resources covering details on Carbon-Arc gouging.

Learning Objectives:

• Review chart on Inches of groove per electrode
• Understand recommended number and size of weld leads for various currents
• Gain awareness of gouging techniques for specific materials

Time: 5-10 minutes

Title: MIG Gun Nozzle to Tip Relationship

Description: Quick info on tips and nozzles.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand how the MIG gun nozzle is positioned relative to the Tip.

1. Recessed Tips
2. Flush Tips
3. Protruding Tips

Time: 1 - 5 minutes

Title: MIG Gun Selection Guide

Description: Which MIG is Right for You? Tweco offers a broad range of MIG gun families to meet the everyday needs of the welder. To get the job done right you've got to use the right tools. Read to see our MIG Gun Selection Guide from Tweco.

Learning Objectives:

• Become familiar with the different MIG gun families brought to you by the extraordinarily talented folks at Tweco.

1. Spray Master
2. Tweco Classic No.
3. Tweco Fusion
4. PulseMaster
5. TUFF-N-LITE
6. SUPRA XT
7. Smoke Master
8. Tweco Spool Gun
9. PullMaster
10. SUPRA
11. Standard Water-cooled
12. Flush Tips
13. Protruding Tips

Time: 1 - 5 minutes

Title: One Torch All Fuels

Description: Reference sheet showing all the different gas tips that work with the 1350 cutting attachment and handle. 

Time: 1 - 5 Minutes

Note: Combine Hardbanding Basics, Open Hole Drilling, Cased Hole Hardbanding, and Stoody Data Sheets module into one course. 

Video that describes the qualities needed for a hardbanding to perform well in an open hole operation.
Duration: 2 minutes

Title: The Truth About Regulator Performance

Description: Informative article describing the importance of consistent regulator pressure and why Victor regulators are the leaders in the gas regulation industry. Includes information on: 

• Victor Edge 2.0 Regulators
• Victor G250 and G350 Regulators

Time: 5 - 10 Minutes