This document provides an outline for an automotive welding seminar. The objective is to help identify proper welding techniques to ensure safe, high quality repairs. The outline includes an overview of welding history, types of welds used in automotive manufacturing, different types of steel, equipment, certifications, and statements from automakers. It warns that the seminar content is copyrighted and cannot be reused without permission.

1. A Basic Primer on
Automotive Best
Practices

2. Program Objective
 Help identify proper weld techniques to ensure safe,
high quality repairs.

3. Program Outline
 Basic overview of welding history.
 Types of welds in automotive manufacturing.
 Identify types of steel.
 Equipment overview.
 Training and certifications.
 Position statements from OEMs.

4. Warning!
This copyrighted seminar is the property of Fitzgerald
Grass. Any rebroadcast, reuse or reproduction without
the consent of Fitzgerald Grass is strictly prohibited.

5. First electric welder

6. Automotive manufacturing
changed forever
1900`s 1920`s

7. Manufacturing soars

8. New technologies needed

9. Out dated
technology use was
discontinued.
A new
era of
welding
has
arrived.

10. Enter the
age of
robotics.
New advanced steels arrive
New welding technologies
Safety standards increased

11. Exotic steels hit the showrooms
Stainless steel
Aluminum

12. Modern unibody vehicle

13. Types of welds on modern vehicles

14. Mig spot welds
Resentence spot
welds
Weld bonding
Mig brazing
Laser welds

15. Mig weld
What the meaning?
metal inert gas

16. Mig spot welds

17. Improper welds
Excessive heat Inadequate heat