The View From the Shop Floor
May 28, 2008, Clare GoldsberryRespirators can be a critical piece of equipment for welders, but there is resistance to using them. Welders say they are uncomfortable or awkward, that...
Industrial gases company opens hydrogen refueling center
May 28, 2008Linde Group (www.linde.com), an industrial gases and engineering company, opened Linde Hydrogen Center near Munich, Germany, which includes a hydrogen...
Equipment Selection, Organization Creates Maximum Throughput for Utah-Based Company
May 21, 2008ITEC approaches each of its manufacturing challenges with common sense. It looks at its processes from front to back, it examines each step and comes up with new and innovative ways to streamline its processes...
Focus on the Internet
May 21, 2008Penton’s Welding Magazine has launched a new websites that brings the immediacy of the Internet video experience to machining and manufacturing...
D/F Machine Sold and Remains in the Same Family
May 21, 2008Del Moerke Jr. and his son, Steven Moerke, purchased D/F Machine Specialties Inc. from other members of the Moerke family...
BOC Gases Expands Distributor Network
May 28, 2007BOC (www.boc.com), a member of The Linde Group (www.linde.com), has signed a multi-year supply agreement with Superior Welding Supply Company (www.supweld.com)...
MG Systems & Welding produces 300th machine
May 28, 2007MG Systems and Welding (www.mg-systemswelding.com) said it expected to ship in April its 300th Titan II cutting machine. The machine was destined to go...
Welding at the top of the game
May 28, 2007, Bruce VernyiE-mail: bvernyi@penton.com The construction of a major petrochemical complex represents one of the most difficult jobs in engineering. These complexes...
Understanding Advanced Inverter and Waveform Controls
May 15, 2007, Welding StaffBy BRENT WILLIAMS, Miller Electric Inverters with advanced controls allow users to tailor the arc to their needs. "I've tried the triangular wave and...
Building Blocks: Constructing refineries, one module at a time
May 15, 2007, Richard MandelConstructing elaborate and massive processing facilities, such as this, is simplified when the project is reduced to modules that are built off-site,...
Flexibility in Automation
May 15, 2007, Welding StaffDesigning automation for unique welding and material handling applications requires thinking outside the box...
Codes Often Lag Practice
May 15, 2007, Omer W. BlodgettFigure 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...
Hand-Truckin'
May 15, 2007, Richard MandelA 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...
Letters
May 15, 2007, Welding StaffA 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,...
An Attractive Assistant
May 15, 2007, Richard MandelAn adjustable-angle magnetic fixture, available from Master Magnetics, Inc. The arrow-shaped Radnor magnetic tool holder, available from Airgas, Inc.,...
Industry News
May 15, 2007, Welding StaffFIBA receives high-pressure vessel certificationFIBA (www.fibatech.com) has been certified to manufacture high-pressure vessels that are subject to pressures...
Quality Control Without Wires
Apr 26, 2007By GARY LEWIS, director of Business Development, SuperheatFGH Services, Inc. Edited by RICHARD MANDEL, senior editor With post-weld heat treatment equipment...
New techniques for welding
Apr 26, 2007New bridges with cablestayed designs have been popping up on highways across the nation, and they have a distinctive, sleek look to them. Rather than...
Highway in the Sky
Apr 26, 2007, Richard MandelWelders assembling sections of stainless sheathing for cable stays on the Veterans' Glass Skyway Bridge (model shown at above). Preparing to weld stainless...
Selecting filler metal for flue pipe
Apr 26, 2007, Dave BartonPlease provide your recommendation on whether to use weld filler metal 16-8-2 or ER308H on stainless steel flue gas pipe made of ASTM A240-304H, and used...
Best Practice in Oxyfuel Welding
Apr 26, 2007By CLARE GOLDSBERRY, associate editor Oxyfuel gas welding can be a hazardous, yet good profession. And, while there are many safety specifications for...
What You Need to Know About Hexavalent Chromium
Apr 26, 2007, Richard MandelSteel is made into "stainless" alloys with the addition of 4 percent to 30 percent chromium, and the typical stainless steel alloys contain about 10 percent...
Repairing a genuine draft
Apr 26, 2007, Richard MandelMiller Brewing Company's massive brew kettles, located at the company's Milwaukee Plant. Inset photo: Electrolytic, mechanical and chemical erosion had...
EU imposes 5-year duties on Chinese welding product
Apr 26, 2007The Budapest Business Journal (www.bbj.hu) reported that the European Union in early March imposed a five-year tariff on a welding product from China....
Mitsubishi Laser clebrates 20 years
Apr 26, 2007Mitsubishi Laser (www.mitsubishi-laser.com) is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its introduction of commercial laser cutting systems to the U.S. The...
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