January 17, 2007
Articles
Provincially trained and certified
Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada It is extremely critical for welders on Alberta oil sands projects to be able to show and maintain certification. In Alberta,...
Filling a Workforce Gap
Senior Editor Richard Mandel spent several days in the town of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, during the first week of December, 2006, talking with local...
The weld shop around the corner
Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada "As the economy goes, it's a great time to be a welder," remarked pipeline welding inspector Rob Koivuneva. Until recently,...
Building an oil boom
Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada Construction begins 300 miles to the south of Fort McMurray for many of the structures needed at the oil sands facilities...
Ductility, Part 1: Fundamentals
By OMER W. BLODGETT, ScD., P.E. Whenever an arc weld is made, the hot weld metal as well as the surrounding hot base metal must shrink as the metal cools....
Welcome to Welding
BRUCE VERNYI, Editor-in-Chief E-mail: bvernyi@penton.com We are going into the New Year with a new name for this magazine, capping a year that saw many...
A strategy for survival
By KIMBERLEY GILLES, associate editor Individual strategies that welding shops develop and use to survive typically are as unique as the shop, but a review...
New funding for welding research
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced in late December that it would provide an $870,000 grant to Delphi Corp. (www.delphi.com)...
Diving out of retirement
By KIMBERLEY GILLES, associate editor "I'm not just graduating divers and welders. I'm also trying to graduate guys that can grow with a company men that...
Anti-spatter fluid
PICO Chemical Corp. (www.picochemical.com) formulated a water-based anti-spatter compound that the company says helps companies meet industrial requirements...
Light Welding Helmet
3M Welding (www.speedglas.com) has introduced a welding helmet and auto-darkening filter that the company says is 25 percent lighter than its current...
Portable band saws
M.K. Morse Co. (www.mkmorse.com) says it manufactures its new line of bimetal portable band saw blades from material that is 0.025-in. thick instead of...
New resonator boosts laser cutter to extremes
Cincinnati Inc. (www.e-ci.com) has developed the largest and most productive laser cutting system by adding a 5 kW GE Fanuc laser resonator to its CL-707...
Self-adhesive purge dams
Aquasol Corp. (www.aquasolcorporation.com) developed a purge dam that the company says saves time and money because it is preformed and self-adhesive....
Thermite heating tip
Smith Equipment (www.smithequipment.com) designed its new, heavy-duty thermite heating tip to withstand the high temperatures required to weld rail ends...
Upgraded angle grinders
Bosch Power Tools and Accessories (www.boschtools.com) added its electronic kickback protection technology to its 5-in. 1803EVS and 6-in. 1806E angle...
Welding cable reel
Reelcraft Industries (www.reelcraft.com) has designed a cable reel that is lighter than most of the company's other reels. The outer casing of the TW3450...
What's in a name
By ROBERT G. ROSENBAUM, Publisher You may have noticed that Welding Design & Fabrication is now Penton's Welding Magazine though internally we're already...
MIG welding with copper plated 1020
I have a situation in which a 1020 steel plate has been MIG welded to an 8620 bushing that was carburized. The weld area of the bushing was coated with...
Optimize your shielding gases
Choosing the shielding gas for a gas metal arc-welding job will directly affect productivity and costs. The right gas mixture, engineered to compliment...
Robots make the difference
By MARY KAY MOREL, Motoman Inc., Edited by KIMBERLEY GILLES, associate editor Jeff Tuttle, president of Tru-Form Steel and Wire Inc. of Hartford City,...
Laser welding without burning
By RICHARD MANDEL, senior editor Since the use of lasers in welding applications continues to expand in independent and hybrid-combination systems, it's...
