January 1, 2009
Articles
A look at the future of automation
One part of the 100,000-ft2 Automation Center of Excellence that Lincoln Electric Co. opened next to its headquarters in Cleveland in November is a combined...
Springfield Manufacturing Expands Operations
Springfield Manufacturing LLC (www.SpringfieldMfgLLC.com) opened a new manufacturing facility in Houston, Texas. The new facility has 7,800 sq. ft. of...
Industry Leaders Co-Sponsor Symposium to Raise Welding Awareness for High School Educators
More than 100 high school counselors, educators and administrators from Wisconsin got the message that the future is bright for welding at a symposium...
Lincoln Electric Launches Online Seismic Welding Resource Center
Lincoln Electric has launched a new one-stop resource center that is outfitted with tools for understanding and complying with the American Welding Society's...
Online Contents
WELDING TIPS FOR WOMEN Arc-Zone.com has an on-line spokesperson in the persona of Carmen Electrode (www.carmenelectrode.com) who has written a blog Weld...
Hire a Vet
United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing, Pipefitting, Sprinkler Fitting Industry of the U.S. and Canada has formed a partnership...
Blodgett's Basics: Good weld design is in the details
The famous German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe reportedly said God is in the details. Others have morphed his words into another saying: The devil...
Juries split in two welding fume trials
Judgments were made in November in two lawsuits related to welding fumes, and the decisions were split. In a jury trial in state court in Copiah County,...
Monitoring Comes on Strongfor Job Shops
Considering the current economy and the fact that a survey by the National Tooling & Machining Association showed that 48 percent of shops said in late...
Production Monitoring Software
The Lincoln Electric Co. (www.lincolnelectric.com) released the newest version of its Production Monitoring 2 software that is designed to enable remote...
Cables, Tables, Gages and sizes Or, Watts it all about?
The question that welders face on many jobs is : What size welding cable do I need for XX amperes when I am YY feet away from the power source? This article...
Air knives boost automated parts oiler efficiently
McDermott Welding and Fabrication of Kersey, Pa., designs and fabricates fully-automated parts oilers (APOs) used in the manufacturing of a wide variety...
Barton's Q&A: Arc gouging aluminum is not a standard practice
Q: I am looking at generating a full penetration weld to splice two aluminum plates, and I am considering using arc gouging. Can this be done? A: Air...
Tandem Robotic Welding
Manitowoc Cranes recently implemented a unique, triple-robot tandem-arc welding automation solution at its Shady Grove, Pa., factory to solve several...
Replacement parts for plasma torches
The American Torch Tip Co. (www.attcusa.com) now makes replacement parts for the Kaliburn Proline 2200 and 2600 plasma torches. The company said that...
CO2 laser nozzles
A line of high-accuracy replacement nozzles for popular CO2 cutting lasers, compatible with mechanical or sensor heads, has been introduced by Laser Research...
New surface temperature measurement products
Tempil (www.tempil.com) has introduced a temperature gauge designed for applications in which temperature measurements are critical. The company said...
Swiveling saw for miter cuts
DoALL Sawing Products (www.doall.com) has introduced its Model SM-15D dual swivel scissor-type saw an affordable saw for fabrication shops, maintenance...
Electrodes for food, chemical and petro plants
New bare wire and covered stainless steel electrodes Arcos 308H from Arcos Industries LLC (www.arcos.com) feature a restricted carbon content of 0.04...
Flux-cored and metal-cored nickel-alloy electrodes
Select-Arc Inc. (www.select-arc.com) has introduced two nickel-chromium-molybdenum electrodes that provide corrosion resistance in harsh environments....
High-capacity gas mixer
Witt-Gasetechnik GmbH (www.wittgas.com) said its new MG500 gas mixer has one of the highest flowrates available 500 cu meters per hr. It contains an integrated...
A New Book of fun welding projects
The James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation has published a new book, Arc Welded Projects, Volume IV, that features step-by-step directions for fun projects...
Keeping welding rods useable
There is a demonstration on the strength of a weld and the importance of keeping welding rods clean and dry on the WeldingForum (www.weldingweb.com)....
