Underwater Welding and What It Takes. Underwater welding is a very intriguing topic to a teenage boy who has some talent in welding. The goal of this paper is to inform those interested in underwater welding. I will be going into some detail about what is needed to be an underwater welder. My goal is to answer the following question. What is the future of welding as a profession, particularly the effects of underwater welding? The main points I will be touching on are: what I already know, what I want to know, what information I gathered, my search, and my conclusion. What I Knew I have always been interested in welding and now the time has come to explore my options as welding for a career. I have been welding since I was eight, spending …show more content…
A diver-welder must dive underwater to cut and join pieces of metal. However, cutting and joining metal is not the only task an underwater welder must complete. As Water Welders states, “Some duties of a diver-welder are: cleaning subsea sites, surveying chain anchor legs, inspecting and stabilizing underwater oil pipelines, wet welding oil rig pipelines, drilling support, installing well heads, saturation diving and inspection, and cruise/navy ship turbine repair.” (Water Welders 4). These are only a few jobs an underwater welder must perform. It is important to know that underwater welding in not the main part of the job. Diver-welders must be able to do more than just weld and have to be fit to do …show more content…
There is inland and offshore underwater welding. Inland welders stay near the shore and can usually go home every night, except few weeks a year where a welder must travel to other jobs sites temporarily. Some interesting things that an inland underwater welder may do according to Water Welders is, “Recovering sunken fishing boats and repairing dam walls.” (Water Welders 4). Offshore welders typically don’t work all year. Water Welders mentions that, “A normal offshore season runs from April-November and shuts down in the winter months due to harsh wave patterns and unpredictable weather.” (Water Welders 4). Offshore welders have a few choices for what they do in the winter. A BBC documentary points out that, “Welders can typically take these months off for vacation and spend time with their family or they can find winter employment elsewhere.”
Welding is a dangerous job because you can hurt your eyes from the flash if you don’t wear eye protection. Yes pipeline welding dangerous, but it is wrong because it is only dangerous when proper safety precautions aren’t taking place. Welding is dangerous because pieces of metal can fall on you and you can get flash burn. And you can be exposed to gases, fires, explosions, and electric shock. But the only way these things happen is when safety measures are ignored.
Career Education Advisor states that welding is relatively dangerous work, done in some potentially hazardous environments. Welders work with electrical currents, large machinery, and heavy parts in conditions that include factories and construction sites. Management-level welders spend time on work sites as well as in the office (Career Education Advisor). Finally, every occupation has advantages
Welders can use hand held welders or even robotic welders to produce welds. Both equally requiring a incredible amount of knowledge. They can also fill holes, produce structures and build custom parts for automotive race shops. Welders often work fulltime on shipyards, oil rigs, and pipelines or anywhere else where a specific job is needed. Welders are often required to interpret blueprints or sketches and weld accordingly to fulfill job duties. Arc welding is the most common type of welding today and is what most welders use. (bls) There are over 100 different welding processes that a welder can learn how to use however, Stick, Tig and Mig are the 3 most common used in the industry. These are used most to maintain equipment
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One of the many doings a Offshore Diver is an experience like no other. An Offshore Diver is a person who works for oil and gas industry. Some divers can travel all over the world, while some can just sit in one area. Our classroom guest speaker, Mr. Romer, is a retired Offshore Diver who now works as a Diver Manager, who teaches others how to dive and one of the many possibilities while being underwater.
More appropriate design can be made with the high technology and equipment we have in the modern world. The bow and stern parts of the ship equipment we have in the modern world. The bow and stern parts of the ship should be designed to handle huge amount of pressure. This will prevent from more pressure being acting on strong parts of the ship.
Welding is a very important tool used in our daily lives. Welding is the process of joining two metal pieces together by applying heat. A filler helps to make the joint. Everything we use from trucks to houses have some type of welding in them. There are many types of welding careers to choose from. There is a great demand for welders today. My project was to build a table and candelabra out of metal. Most of the metal I gathered came from junk yards and had to be cleaned of rust.
Italian filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi’s documentary, Fire at Sea, is a film about the southern Italian island of Lampedusa in the Mediterranean Sea; an island where thousands of migrants on boats from Africa and the Middle East have landed on in recent years. Historically, in the last two decades, this island which is referred to as the “door of Europe”, has seen an estimate of 400,000 migrants land on its shores. The film is primarily shown from the perspective of the native inhabitants of Lampedusa, specifically a young boy named Samuele and a doctor cares for the natives and the migrants alike. We are shown not only life on this island but also how it and its people are affected by the influx of refugees that have arrived there in recent years.
"Purchasing Your First Robotic Welding System | Lincoln Electric."Lincolnelectric. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 May 2014.
Advantages of Submerged Arc Welding 1. Molten flux provides very suitable conditions for high current to flow. Great intensities of heat c...
Welding is an art, science, and high paying career all in one. Welding is the most effective way to join two pieces of metal, it is the only way to join them so they act as one. Numerous things in our daily lives has been welded from coffeepots to skyscrapers. Welding can be done almost anywhere outdoors, indoors, underwater, and even space (“Welding Basics”). It is practically
Some welders, in particular, many professional pipe welders, nevertheless prefer to put on traditional welding helmets with a conventional glass lens and glued color, which stays darkened at all times. While these helmets do offer rugged and inexpensive protection safety, they also have some hazards.
Jonathan Atteberry claims, “T.I.G welding is difficult to learn and requires an elaborate welding rig of skills. It also uses a lot of electricity to make the welds clean and spatter less” (Parag 5). T.I.G welding is hard to learn because people have different hand coordination.... ... middle of paper ...
Lastly, sea-walker diving is also a famous activity that provides participants opportunities to observe the underwater world in the underwater tourism industry. Compare to the snorkeling, sea-walker diving can provide tourist more time and chances to observe the marine organism and environment. There are many tourist willing to try sea-walker diving because the participants can join even they don't know swimming. ( Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is one of the most famous seawalker diving destinations of the world because of its high level water
?Small Shop Gains Edge with Robotic Welding.? Welding Design & Fabrication (Aug. 2001): 42 EBSCOhost. Online. Nov. 2002 .