Welding Magazine

Safety depends on you 

Oct 26, 2006

BRUCE VERNYI, Editor-in-Chief A sharp-eyed reader in Minnesota pointed out that we made a serious mistake in our August issue. Tom Baldwin is the chairman...

Cutting corrosion in welding stainless 

Oct 26, 2006

We are welding 304 stainless steel with Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) and Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) with a ER308L filler metal. Our problem is that...

Improving cycle time in spot welding application  

Oct 26, 2006

By RICHARD MANDEL, senior editor Automated spot-welding can be optimized with integrated pneumatic controllers Welding cycle time is critical for high-volume...

Silver-soldering a pressure vessel  

Oct 26, 2006

Arecent participant on the www.weldingweb.com website described trying to soldering a 7-in. diameter copper steam boiler for a model train. Over the joint,...

Ring around the pipe 

Oct 26, 2006

Edited by Kimberley Gilles, associate editor One of the swivel mechanisms. Saipem uses the swivel nozzle when it needs to bevel the pipes. One of the...

Improve Welding Quality With 3D Laser Seam-Tracking  

Oct 26, 2006

By CHRIS ANDERSON Welding Engineer, Technology Leader for Welding, Motoman Inc. edited by RICHARD MANDEL, senior editor A laser tracker added to a robotic...

Self-contained welder  

Oct 26, 2006

By Kimberley Gilles, associate editor The welder installed and ready for work. Zena Inc.'s compact, under-the-hood welding machine and cables. Part of...

No shortage of welders here  

Oct 26, 2006

Edited by Kimberley Gilles, associate editor A Greenheck welder uses a Millermatic 350P to lay welds on an aluminum louver. Photo courtesy of Greenheck...

Of amperes and ammeters 

Oct 26, 2006

By AUGUST MANZ Fellow of the American Welding Society edited by KIMBERLEY GILLES, associate editor In arc welding, the number of amperes (amps) indicates...

Giving new life to older robots  

Oct 26, 2006

Edited by Kimberley Gilles, associate editor MTD Consumer Products now produces consistent welds on a tank reservoir for a log-splitter used by the lumber...

Making joints with structural adhesives 

Oct 26, 2006

By KIMBERLEY GILLES, associate editor Preparing aluminum parts for adhesive bonding at Mickey Truck bodies. While adhesives may join materials better...

Industrial Gas Prices Rise 

Oct 3, 2006

Air Products to raise pricesAir Products & Chemicals Inc. (www.airproducts.com) will raise the prices in North America for liquid-bulk oxygen, nitrogen,...

Merging technologies 

Sep 27, 2006, Bruce Vernyi

IMTS 2006 ran from Sept. 6 through 13 at Chicago's McCormick Place and, as the largest trade show dedicated to manufacturing in the western hemisphere,...

Welding AR500 is easy If you follow the rules 

Sep 27, 2006, ,

We are building a hopper out of 3/8 in. AR400 abrasion-resistant steel plate that will have vibrators mounted to it. I am wondering what GMAW filler metal...

Bees' dance tunes welders 

Sep 27, 2006

Researchers at Cardiff University's Manufacturing Engineering Centre (www.mec.cf.ac.uk) developed an algorithm to work out the most efficient settings...

Fiber lasers make their mark 

Sep 27, 2006, ,

Product identification made by fiber lasers. High-contrast marks made by a fiber laser. Fast-paced developments have increased the power levels and improved...

ProMotion Controls Inc. 

Sep 27, 2006

ProMotion Controls Inc. (www.promotioncontrols.com) has moved to a new, 6,500 sq. ft. fullservice customer support center in Medina, Ohio. The facility...

'A' Is for Automation 

Sep 27, 2006, ,

From the time I was a small child I was fascinated by automation. I remember seeing filmed images of thousands of bottles being serially, automatically...

Eliminating the Air Apparent 

Sep 27, 2006

A self-contained air cleaning system designed for weld operations promotes safety and efficiency. A source capture system with filtration can be locally...

Controlling insurance costs  

Sep 27, 2006, ,

Fabricators that weld and grind in their shops can control their insurance costs by proactively managing their risks, and by finding an insurance broker...

Managing a fire risk 

Sep 27, 2006, ,

Labels on FM-approved hot-work safety products. Winnebago Industries (www.winnebagoind.com) wanted to minimize the risk posed by gasoline in its hotwork...

Know your core abilities 

Aug 27, 2006, Kimberley Gilles

Photo courtesy of Hobart Brothers Inc. Weld bead created with metal-cored electrode. Photo courtesy of Hobart Brothers Inc. Solid metal electrodes produce...

Insider Information 

Aug 27, 2006, Richard Mandel

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 

Aug 27, 2006, Bruce Vernyi

There are two reports in this issue of Welding Design & Fabrication on technological developments about the ways that off-highway equipment is being produced...

In Brief....  

Aug 27, 2006

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,...

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