August 24, 2006
Articles
An Anti-Spatter Matter
Carlisle Tire & Wheel's old welding equipment produces spatter (left), while the new equipment eliminates spatter (right). Carlisle Tire & Wheel improved...
Welding Camels
Miller Marine uses Koike Aronson's Wel-Handy (Multi) to cut weld time. Miller Marine assembles camels on site. Bryan Miller, vice president of Miller...
Circular Reasoning
Figure 5 Many weldments are composed of material cut from sheet, plate, shapes or hollow box sections. In other words, most of the metals we use come...
Insider Information
A view of the home page for welding in Caterpillar's Knowledge Network. A welder at Caterpillar. An assembly receives its plasma coating. Computer aids...
Technology welds productivity and people to off-highway production
There are two reports in this issue of Welding Design & Fabrication on technological developments about the ways that off-highway equipment is being produced...
Know your core abilities
Photo courtesy of Hobart Brothers Inc. Weld bead created with metal-cored electrode. Photo courtesy of Hobart Brothers Inc. Solid metal electrodes produce...
Restoring productivity:
By DR. KEN WOODS, engineering manager for laser systems for Hypertherm Inc. Retrofitted laser heads improve machine performance. A laser's ability to...
Equipment suppliers conform to RoHS directive
Hypertherm (www.hypertherm.com) has redesigned its plasma arc cutting product line to comply with the RoHS Directive established by the European Union...
FabTech Award Winner
Kenneth Karwowski, a welder with more than 40 years of experience, won the Jesse James Multimaster 260 welding outfit from ESAB that was a prize at the...
Garryson Becomes ATI Garryson
ATI Metalworking Products, a unit of Allegheny Technologies Inc., acquired Garryson Ltd. (www.garryson.com), renamed it ATI Garryson and relocated its...
Gas production equipment prices to increase
The Distribution and Storage Group of Chart Industries, Inc. (www.chartindustries.com) announced it would increase surcharge and base price schedule for...
In Brief....
Select-Arc Inc. (www.select-arc.com) completed a 2,000 sq ft. addition to its administrative and laboratory testing facilities at its Fort Loramie, Ohio,...
Resistance welding course offered at FabTech
The American Welding Society and one of its standing committees, the Resistance Welding Manufacturing Alliance, are sponsoring the Emmit A. Craig Resistance...
Techalloy changes name to Techalloy Welding Products
As part of its February 2005 acquisition, Central Wire of Perth, Ontario, renamed the Baltimore Welding Division of Techalloy Company to Techalloy Welding...
Robots Make Graders Greater
By MARY KAY MOREL, staff writer/editor, Motoman Inc. Edited by RICHARD MANDEL A mid-frame segment for a Volvo grader undergoes welding in a skyhook positioner...
Welding in the park
What'd'ya do when you have a baker's dozen of discarded steel bedsprings? Lucy Slivinski, a multi-dimensional artist, recognized that that they could...
The Cutting Room Floor
I wouldn't call myself a movie buff, exactly, but I have seen many films in my day. Some left a lasting impression on me because of their message or their...
Brighten your stainless welds
We are using gas tungsten arc welding to join 320 stainless steel, 0.070 in. thick sheetmetal with 316L filler material. The weld looks grainy, sort of...
Safety depends on welds
Humberto at Delta Scientific uses Esab machine. Business has grown six fold for Delta Scientific Corp. (www.deltascientific.com) since the war on terrorism...
Welding for security
Top: Out-of-position welding of aluminum poses no problem for Mission Marine. Inset: Mission Marine produces a GTAW-like bead appearance with GMAW equipment....
Abrasive wheels
Rex-Cut Type 1 abrasive wheels are made from layers of cotton fiber impregnated with aluminum oxide or silicon carbide abrasives. These layers are pressed,...
Abrasive for right-angle grinding
3M's Abrasive Systems Division (www.3m.com) introduced Flap Disc 947D that contains its Cubitron ceramic aluminum oxide abrasive grain for metal removal....
All-position electrode
Select-Arc Inc. (www.select-arc.com) introduced a gasshielded, flux-cored, carbon steel electrode designed to weld steels that require a minimum tensile...
Bar-style clamps
De-Sta-Co (www.destaco.com) introduced C-style clamps made of low carbon steel with an orange epoxy coating. The bar-style clamps are designed for applications...
Blast finishing systems
Guyson Corp. (www.guyson.com) says its new, rotary indexing, spindle-blast machine can finish a large number of components quickly. The machine is designed...
Compact vacuum lifter
Anver Corp. (www.anver.com) introduced a hoist-integrated lifting system that operates on compressed air. The company says the VM-Series Vacuum Lifter...
Depressed center wheels
Carborundum Abrasives (www.carborundumabrasives.com) says it has extended the life of its Carbo GoldCut depressed center wheels by at least 25 percent...
Feeding system for cold saws
Scotchman Industries' (www.scotchman.com) says combining its new Advanced Feed Systems with Scotchman circular cold saws turns a semi-automatic machine...
Fixed-angle notchers
Comeq Inc. (www.comeq.com) introduced a line of hydraulic, fixedangled notchers that perform standard triangular notches and offer a coper station on...
Flux-cored wire
Hobart Brothers (www.hobartbrothers.com) introduced a new gasshielded, flux-cored wire designed for A514, A710 and similar HSLA and quenched and tempered...
Fume exhaust systems
The Lincoln Electric Co. (www.lincolnelectric.com) is offering new welding fume exhaust systems. The XTRACTOR 3A, 5A and 10A range of high vacuum, automatic...
Heavy-duty rectifier
ESAB Welding & Cutting Products (www.esabna.com) designed its new LHF 405 Pipemaster rectifier for heavyduty manual metal arc welding with coated electrodes,...
Heavy-duty turntables
SKF Linear Motion & Precision Technologies (www.linearmotion.skf.com) released a family of heavy duty, stainless and cast steel turntables designed to...
High-definition electrodes
American Torch Tip (www.attcusa.com) introduced a full line of high-definition electrodes for use in all plasma applications up to 200 amps. The company...
High-temperature hose
Flexaust Company Inc. (www.flexaust.com) offers a new line of single-and two-ply, high-temperature hoses that are made of a silver-siliconefiberglass...
Laser cutting machine
Trumpf Inc. (www.us.trumpf.com) designed its TC L2510 high-speed laser cutting machine to run unattended. The company says the machine uses compressed...
Laser cutting system reduces cycle time
PRIMA North America (www.prima-na.com) introduced a 2-D laser cutting system called Syncrono that features a special laser head designed with two additional...
Mounted points kit
A new kit from Rex-Cut Products Inc. (www.rexcut.com) contains a selection of cottonfiber mounted points for second-step finishing on stainless steel,...
New features for orbital tube welder
Arc Machines Inc. (www.arcmachines.com) has added new features and upgrades to its Model 307 tube welding power supply. Improvements include upgrading...
Nozzle-cleaning stations
ElCo Enterprises Inc. (www.wire-wizard.com) offers Torch Wizard nozzle cleaning stations to assist in fast and efficient removal of spatter build up on...
Oxy-fuel lifter
MG Systems and Welding (www.mg-systems-welding.com) introduced the OL200 Oxy-fuel Lifter for use with the ALFA oxy-fuel cutting torch. Features include...
Portable stud welder
Midwest Fasteners Inc. (www.midwestfasteners.com) introduces a portable stud and pin welding system that weighs less than 29 lb. The Eagle Studwelding...
Portable edge beveller
Gullco International Ltd (www.gullco.com) now offers the KBM series of portable, self-propelled plate edge bevellers that operate at up to 10 ft. per...
Flux-cored electrode
Stoody (www.stoody.com) says its new 964 welding electrode reaches a 64 Rockwell C hardness without cross checking when welding mild steel, 300 series...
Six-axis robot
Kuka Robotics Corp. (www.kukarobotics.com) introduced a six-axis robot family designed for applications that need a robot with a long reach. The KUKA...
Smoke extractor
Nederman Inc. has updated its Nederman Original welding smoke and fumes extraction arm by adding a new hood design. The hood includes buttons for lighting...
Tempering furnace
Grieve Corp.'s (www.grieve.com) No. 885 is an electric 1,400 degrees F, inert atmosphere tempering furnace that measures 24-in. wide by 36-in. deep by...
TIG machine for light work
Miller Electric Mfg. Co. (www.millerwelds.com) says its Syncrowave 200 AC/DC TIG/Stick machine has power to weld aluminum plate to 1/4 in. with AC TIG...
Vision sensors
Cognex Corp. (www.cognex.com) introduced the DVT 515 and DVT 535 machine vision sensors. The company says these entry-level vision sensors handle a broader...
Water-cooled micro TIG torch
Weldcraft (www.weldcraft.com) now offers a MT-125 water-cooled, micro TIG torch rated at 100 percent duty cycle to 125 amps, and to 160 amps with the...
Weld monitors
Miyachi Unitek (www.miyachiunitek.com) says its MM370 machine-mounted weld monitor measures current, voltage, force and displacement, and can set limits...
Welding simulation software for distortion engineering
ESI Group (www.esi-group.com) released the latest version of its PAM-Assembly software package that is designed to help designers and production planners...
