Gas Metal Arc Welding: Metal Joining and Additive Manufacturing

.This book addresses the fundamental technologies and advancements in Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) in metal joining and additive manufacturing. It delivers in depth knowledge on various aspects of GMAW processes includes principles and mechanisms, metal transfer modes, process variations, monitoring and control, automation and flexibility of power sources, joining of similar and dissimilar materials, additive manufacturing and metallurgical aspects. The book concludes with challenges and opportunities that would lead towards future directions in GMAW process.

• Provides an overview of the additive manufacturing process and its capability to produce additively manufactured metallic components
• Describes the power source and its connectivity with robots to produce complex structures
• Discusses fundamentals principles of Gas Metal Arc Welding process
• Explores experimental and the theoretical aspects of the processes
• Includes most recent applications and real time case studies along with the suitable illustrations

This book is aimed at graduate students and researchers in metallurgical engineering, additive manufacturing, and welding technology.