Airgas announces price increases effective April 1
Mar 19, 2007Airgas, Inc. (www.airgas.com) announced on Feb. 26 that its operating units would increase prices on packaged and bulk gases, and other products effective...
What do you know about handling oxygen?
Mar 19, 2007The safe handling of oxygen is a principal safety practice in welding, especially when you are using an oxyacetylene rig. The issue came up in an unusual...
Universal Cryo Gas, LLC North Carolina nitrogen plant enters service
Nov 6, 2006Universal Cryo Gas, LLC, (www.uigi.com) a supplier of on-site produced nitrogen, oxygen and argon, said in early October that its recently installed North...
Selecting Gases For Hybrid Laser Welding
Nov 6, 2006By Richard Green, Product Manager, Concoa Edited by Richard Mandel, senior editor Now that hybrid laser welding - the combination of laser welding with...
Welding fume litigation update from GAWDA 2006
Nov 6, 2006Orlando, Fla. - Attorney Michael Degan provided a detailed update on welding fume litigation to the members of the Gases and Welding Distributors Association...
Not out of the woods yet
Nov 6, 2006, Bruce VernyiAttorney Michael Degan gave a detailed update Oct. 16 on welding fume litigation at the 62nd annual Gases and Welding Distributors Association convention...
New directions sought in welding fume litigation
Nov 6, 2006Orlando, Fla. - While the thousands of welding fume injury lawsuits that are pending in courts across the nation primarily say that the neurological damage...
Industrial Gas Prices Rise
Oct 3, 2006Air Products to raise pricesAir Products & Chemicals Inc. (www.airproducts.com) will raise the prices in North America for liquid-bulk oxygen, nitrogen,...
The Ancient Art of Brazing
Jul 25, 2006, Bruce VernyiBrazing is an ancient metalworking process that is used to join two pieces of metal together using a third, molten filler metal. The earliest uses of...
In Brief:
Jul 25, 2006Applied Manufacturing Technologies Inc. (www.appliedmfg.com) expanded its mechanical design capabilities in automotive body shop weld systems and tooling...
Ruling in welding rod litigation counters "silica" argument
May 26, 2006The federal judge who is over-seeing the national suit over welding fume products liability has affirmed the medical screenings that were performed on...
Shortage of welders hits W.Va.
May 26, 2006Approximately 1,500 welders are needed by businesses in West Virginia, and the shortage is causing businesses to put orders on backlog and to recruit...
Miller Electric launches education web site
May 26, 2006Miller Electric Mfg. Co. (www.millerwelds.com) recently launched a new section of its web site that was developed specifically for high school, vocational...
Welding industry wins significant court victory in Maryland case
May 26, 2006The Maryland Court of Appeals handed down a victory to the welding industry on Jan. 6 in a ruling that said business insurance pollution exclusion clauses...
Fueling the cost of gas
May 26, 2006, Richard MandelLike mercury rising in an outdoor thermometer, past the levels of what folks call "comfortable," the rising cost of fuel for vehicles tends to make people...
