March 21, 2006
Articles
Speedy finishing tool
Dynabrade Inc.(www.dynabrade.com) has introduced an electric finishing tool for producing line-scratch finishes on stainless steel and other materials....
New twists on roll bending
By Richard Mandel, senior editor A shopworker assays a metal plate as it runs through a roll bender. Diagram showing contact points when rolling a cone...
Welding Specialists curb corrosion
Ty Roberts, plant manager: Traceability is key to our success. Welders use a backing rim on the bottom of a Type 304 stainless steel cylinder to maintain...
Blast clean big components
Guyson Corp. (www.guyson.com) added two direct drive blast turbines to its Model GWB-70WL rotary table wheel-blast system so that all surfaces of three-dimensional...
Clean air
Farr Air Pollution Control (www.farrapc.com) says its Gold Series Booth is a manufacturing-friendly system for protecting workers from dusty environments....
Controller for thermal metal cutting machines
Hypertherm Inc. (www.hypertherm.com) replaced all versions of its Voyager products with a new six-axis, thermalcutting machine controller that the company...
Chromium-molybdenum electrodes
Two new gas-shielded, flux-cored electrodes from Select-Arc Inc. (www.select-arc.com) are formulated for welding 9Cr-1Mo alloyed steels. The company says...
Fin tube removal tool
Esco Tool (www.escotool.com) says its new airpowered tool can remove as much as four inches of fin from the outside diameter of a tube and prepare the...
Motorized work-piece holder
NovaTech Inc. (www.novatechinc.com) introduced a motorized bench-top work holder that features smooth, slow rotation for positioning and rotating small...
Personal air cleaner and conditioner
MST Inc. (www.modsafe.com) launched a line of air purification equipment for use with supplied air respirators. The company says its Respiratory Protector...
Precious metal cuts costs
Hypertherm Inc. (www.hypertherm.com) is extending its SilverPlus technology to its HyDefinition HD3070 100-ampere (amp) oxygen process with the introduction...
Flexiblity to perform
Panasonic Factory Solutions Co. of America (www.panasonic.com) introduced an arc-welding, robotic work cell that improves productivity, flexibility and...
Protection for regulators
American Cap Co. LLC (www.americap-mfg.com) has introduced an all-in-one cover that protects gas cylinder valves and regulators located in harsh manufacturing...
Reel it in
Alemite (www.alemite.com) has rolled out narrow, double-post reels and twin hose reels. The company says the reels have a smaller footprint than other...
MISTRAS Holdings Group acquires Code Services
The capabilities at eMachineShop have been expanded. MISTRAS Holdings Group, a provider of non-destructive testing services based in Princeton Junction,...
Praxair expands production in the northwest
Bernard general manager John Winek (left) joins Miller Electric president Mike Weller (right) in announcing integration of Bernard Q-Guns with Centerfire...
"Super Tools" to feature welding and cutting tools
A special television series on "Super Tools" will feature hour-long segments about the uses of welding and plasma arc cutting equipment for building bridges...
Wisconsin, Illinois welding leaders join forces
Miller Electric Mfg. Co. (www.millerwelds.com) and MIG welding gun specialist Bernard (www.bernardwelds.com) have integrated Bernard Q-Guns on most of...
Advances in wire-feeder technology
By Chris Anderson, Motoman Inc., edited by Kimberley A. Gilles, associate editor Reversing the wire feed during short circuits allows the welding of thin-gage...
Calendar
march March 12-17 Pittcon 2006, 2006 Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, Orlando, Fla. (www.pittcon.org). Mar. 15-18...
WeldingWeb.com now a part of Welding Design & Fabrication
If you haven't visited our web site in the last week, you may have missed the news that Penton Media has acquired WeldingWeb.com (www.weldingweb.com),...
Air Products and nPhase LLC to offer supply chain management solutions
Air Products (www.airproducts.com) in January formed a joint venture with nPhase, LLC (www.nphase.com), to offer automated inventory management services...
Bystronic signs on Arizona distributor: ACC Machinery Co.
An illustration of a material handling line augmented with an industrial robot. Bystronic Inc., a supplier of laser and waterjet cutting systems, press...
Expanded capabilities at eMachineShop
eMachineShop (www.emachineshop.com), which describes itself as "world's first factory on the Internet," has expanded its on-line capabilities to include...
Welding group to add 10 jobs
SWS-Trimac Inc. (www.sws-trimac.com), a Michigan electron-beam and laser welding company, announced that it would build a research and development operation...
Bifocal magnifiers for safety eyewear
Uvex (www.uvex.com) now offers a selection of magnifiers for its line of safety eyewear. The Uvex FitLogic eyewear feature a floating-lens and wrap-around...
Quantum characteristics
Quantum Arc 3, 6 and D2 wires are new from Hobart Brothers Co. (www.hobartbrothers.com). Each meets American Welding Society ER70S-3, ER70S-6 and ER80SD2...
Automated plasma torch
Thermal Dynamics (www.thermadyne.com) upgraded its Merlin 1000 systems with the introduction of the XT-301 automated plasma cutting replacement torch....
Automatic or passive protection
3M's Occupational Health and Environmental Safety Division (www.3M.com) introduced a welding shield that features an auto-darkening filter. The WS-320/37154...
Flowmeter for resistance welding
Universal Flow Monitors Inc. (www.flowmeters.com) added two larger sizes to its line of CoolPoint vortex shedding flowmeters for measuring and monitoring...
Hydraulic brakes
Piranha (www.piranhafab.com) says each model in its new Pro2 series of press brakes has two hydraulic cylinders that are synchronized to maintain 0.0004-in....
A royal fixture
Special Royal Workholding "C" Frame Fixtures from Royal Machine & Tool Corp. (www.workholding.corp) clamp onto the body of large valves or weld connections...
Scissor lift table
Vestil Manufacturing Corp. (www.vestil.com) introduced an electric/hydraulic scissor lift table (EHLT) to allow equipment operators to raise work pieces...
Water jet cutting
Bystronic (www.bystronic.com) will introduce a waterjet cutting system at Westec. The company says its Byjet 3015 waterjet cutting system can increase...
Welding environmental systems
The Lincoln Electric Co. (www.lincolnelectric.com) introduced a semiautomatic fume gun for gas-shielded welding. The Xtractor vacuum, fume-extractor gun...
Spot welding control
Bosch Rexroth Corp. (www.boschrexroth-us.com) introduced an ultrasonic and current/voltage adaptive control quality monitoring system that the company...
Super-cool torch
Weldcraft (www.weldcraft.com) introduced a welding torch that the company says eliminates overheating on high-amperage, water-cooled applications. The...
This outfit's a contender
Victor Equipment Co. (www.thermadyne.com) says its Victor Contender outfit includes a heavy-duty, 315FC torch handle with CA2460 cutting attachment and...
Tungsten for TIG
Five new types of tungsten electrodes are available from Weldcraft (www.weldcraft.com). The electrodes are for TIG welding: pure, 2 percent ceriated,...
Vacuum lifters
Anver Corp. (www.anver.com) introduced electric-powered vacuum lifters custom-built to match the application. The lifters are made with standard components,...
Understanding Bend Tests
Figure 1: In a bend test, a flat strap of metal is bent into a U-shape, stretching the material on the outer surface of the "U," while compressing the...
Metalworking and metal fabrication mural goes up in Iowa
A mural has been painted on Rocklin Manufacturing's building. Rocklin Manufacturing Co. (www.rocklinmanufacturingco.com), of Sioux City, Iowa, commissioned...
Reflective, lightweight vests
Magid Glove and Safety Manufacturing Co. (www.magidglove.com) has introduced the CRV2340 and CRV4430 reflective, one-size-fits-all, safety vests. Each...
Benzene detector
A new portable photoionization monitor from Photovac Inc. (www.photovac.com/pr) is designed to detect benzene. The 2020gasPRO monitor uses pre-filter...
Machinery alignment kit
Pinpoint Laser Systems Inc. (www.pinlaser.com) has a new 90-line optical squaring attachment for checking the squareness and parallelism of machinery...
Smoothing aluminum
Weiler Corp. (www.weilercorp.com) introduced abrasive discs with resist loading that it says ensure constant contact between the grain and an aluminum...
One man's trash is another's treasure
By Larry Haftl, special to WDF Used robots could have a lot of productive life left in them. There are many used robots available on the market. Paint...
Barton's Q & A
This column is sponsored by Penton and the Lincoln Electric Co., Cleveland. Dave Barton is a senior welding engineer in the Application Engineering Group...
Kuka joins with Transbotics
Kuka Robotics Corporation (www.kukarobotics.com) has signed Transbotics Corporation (www.transbotics.com) of Charlotte, North Carolina as a system partner...
Linde Gas LLC on-line with EPA compliance issues
Linde Gas LLC (www.us.lindegas.com) has launched a comprehensive on-line gas cylinder management program to help its customers in the energy and utility...
