July 1, 2008
Features
Like no other job in the world
Building a naval warship is like no other job in the world. It is not just creating a very large collection of welded and machined fabrications, it is...
Robotic Transporters for Large Weldments
Robotic transporters are a key part of automating the welding of extremely large, heavy parts. The maximum work radius of an extended-reach robot is about...
Maintaining Your MIG Gun
Time spent maintaining a MIG gun can be considered downtime, but that doesn't mean it is time wasted. Proper gun maintenance can substantially extend...
Thinking Outside the Box to Find Skilled Welders
Luck comes in odd places. A For 19-year-old Alexandra Harrill, it came through her mother, Mary Harrill, who works for an employment center called Superjobs...
Welding Fume Litigation Setting the Record Straight
The article in Mother Jones written by Jim Morris offers a distorted account of the welding consumable industry and the welding fume litigation. Rather...
Optimizing welding operations
Lean manufacturing primarily means eliminating waste at every stage of production and streamlining a processes to offer greater value to customers. This...
C.F. Roark Welding
Working with metals has been career choice for members of the Roark family for more than 75 years. Charles (Fred) Roark founded C.F. Roark Welding (www.roarkfab.com)...
Departments
Working Safely and Being Responsible
It should come as no surprise to anyone in the welding industry that welding fumes can be dangerous. Packaging for welding electrodes has carried warning...
D & S Manufacturing Plans Expanding
D & S Manufacturing (www.dsmfg.com) commenced an extensive, $6.4 million expansion of its production facilities in early June. The expansion was more...
Koike Aronson Gets Tax Credit Status
Koike Aronson/Ransome, Inc., a manufacturer of cutting and positioning equipment for the metalworking industry, has received an Empire Zone designation...
Bug-O Systems International Opens New Complex
Bug-o Systems International (www.bugo.com), a manufacturer of portable welding and cutting automation equipment, has opened a new 30,000 sq. ft. office...
AWS Appoints New Director to AWS Foundation Solutions Opportunity Squad Team
Connie Bowling has been appointed as director of the AWS Foundation's Solutions Opportunity Squad, Gulf Coast Division. The Solutions Opportunity Squad...
Speakers for the 2008 FabTech International & AWS Welding Show
Two keynote speakers an American inventor, entrepreneur and advocate for science and technology, and a top global expert from Caterpillar will highlight...
Focus on the Internet
What's your favorite hood? A new welder is just about to leave tech school, and he's wondering what he should layout for a new hood. Should he go with...
To bear or not to bear
Ships have always fascinated me. My grandfather owned 23 ships that transported limestone, salt and pulpwood on the Great Lakes. They were wooden ships,...
Repairing an impeller
Q: We have to weld repair the vanes of a sea water pump impeller and would like to get some advice or procedure regarding this weld. The impeller is made...
Products
PROCESSES Air-cooled TIG torch The newest addition to Weldcraft's (www.weldcraft.com) Legacy Series of TIG torches the LS17 air-cooled torch features...
