AWS API-M:2017

This study guide contains information on the use of API Standard 1104, Twenty-First Edition, which will assist the student in learning how to use the standard as well as in preparing for code-related examinations. Material is provided for each of the 13 sections of the standard and Annexes A and B. Exercise questions and answers are provided for each section and annex, and additional practice tests are included at the end.
Scope : API 1104 provides a list of eight permitted welding processes which are Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW), Submerged arc welding (SAW), Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW), Gas metal arc welding (GMAW)., Flux-cored arc welding (FCAW). (f) Plasma arc welding (PAW), Oxyacetylene welding (OAW), Flash butt welding (FW). API 1104 also states that these processes may be applied using manual, semiautomatic, mechanized, or automatic welding techniques or a combination of these techniques. All of these techniques, except manual welding, are defined in Section 3. Study Guide Table 1.1 indicates which techniques are applicable to the permitted welding processes