May 15, 2007
Articles
Codes Often Lag Practice
Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 For most of my professional career, I have had the opportunity to serve on various code committees. For example, I became a...
Building Blocks: Constructing refineries, one module at a time
Constructing elaborate and massive processing facilities, such as this, is simplified when the project is reduced to modules that are built off-site,...
A Boy and His MIG
See Jesse. See Jesse weld up a cool motorcycle... After a summer of earning money by working for his father's construction company, 13-yearold Jesse Srpan's...
Welding at the top of the game
E-mail: bvernyi@penton.com The construction of a major petrochemical complex represents one of the most difficult jobs in engineering. These complexes...
Flexibility in Automation
Designing automation for unique welding and material handling applications requires thinking outside the box...
Industry News
FIBA receives high-pressure vessel certificationFIBA (www.fibatech.com) has been certified to manufacture high-pressure vessels that are subject to pressures...
Letters
A much less costly way to stop wasting shield gas and much simpler is to simply move the flow meter to the wire feeder. Connect the regulator as usual,...
Anti-Fog Coating For Laser Safety Eyewear
Kentek Corp. (www.kenteklaserstore.com) announced it would incorporate the new Fosta Fog-Free coating into its laser safety eyewear line. The addition...
Burn And First-Aid Kits
North Safety Products (www.northsafety.com) has introduced an Emergency Burn Kit and a Unitized First Aid Kit for welders. The wall mountable burn kit...
Design Software For Modular Ducts
The line of Clamp-Together duct from Kirk & Blum (www.kirkblum.com) now is supported with free 3-D design software to ensure system performance and easy...
Palm-Dipped, Light-Duty Gloves
A new line of Tuff-Coat palm-dipped gloves, available from Perfect Fit Glove Co. (www.perfectfitglove.com)., includes a hybrid style with a lightweight...
Products For Breathing Clean Air
The X-Tractor 1GC fume extractor from Lincoln Electric is designed for light-duty welding applications. Fume extractors from Rimrock-Wolf Robotics are...
Select-Arc Develops New Ferritic Stainless Steel Electrodes
Select-Arc, Inc (www.select-arc.com) has developed two stainless steel, composite metal cored electrodes designed for welding weld ferritic stainless...
Fit for service
The Equity Engineering Group Inc. (www.equityeng.com) specializes in risk management for petroleum, natural gas and chemical processing industries. It...
Hand-Truckin'
A gas cylinder cart with a OSHA-approved fire wall (photo courtesy SafTCart (www.saftcart.com) Moving one or two compressed gas cylinders is an exercise...
Understanding Advanced Inverter and Waveform Controls
By BRENT WILLIAMS, Miller Electric Inverters with advanced controls allow users to tailor the arc to their needs. "I've tried the triangular wave and...
An Attractive Assistant
An adjustable-angle magnetic fixture, available from Master Magnetics, Inc. The arrow-shaped Radnor magnetic tool holder, available from Airgas, Inc.,...
