Resistance welding course offered at FabTech
Aug 27, 2006The American Welding Society and one of its standing committees, the Resistance Welding Manufacturing Alliance, are sponsoring the Emmit A. Craig Resistance...
Robots Make Graders Greater
Aug 27, 2006, Richard MandelBy MARY KAY MOREL, staff writer/editor, Motoman Inc. Edited by RICHARD MANDEL A mid-frame segment for a Volvo grader undergoes welding in a skyhook positioner...
Brighten your stainless welds
Aug 27, 2006, Dave BartonWe are using gas tungsten arc welding to join 320 stainless steel, 0.070 in. thick sheetmetal with 316L filler material. The weld looks grainy, sort of...
Restoring productivity:
Aug 27, 2006, Bruce VernyiBy DR. KEN WOODS, engineering manager for laser systems for Hypertherm Inc. Retrofitted laser heads improve machine performance. A laser's ability to...
Equipment suppliers conform to RoHS directive
Aug 27, 2006Hypertherm (www.hypertherm.com) has redesigned its plasma arc cutting product line to comply with the RoHS Directive established by the European Union...
The Cutting Room Floor
Aug 27, 2006, Dean M. PetersI wouldn't call myself a movie buff, exactly, but I have seen many films in my day. Some left a lasting impression on me because of their message or their...
Safety depends on welds
Aug 27, 2006, Kimberley GillesHumberto at Delta Scientific uses Esab machine. Business has grown six fold for Delta Scientific Corp. (www.deltascientific.com) since the war on terrorism...
Welding for security
Aug 27, 2006, Kimberley GillesTop: Out-of-position welding of aluminum poses no problem for Mission Marine. Inset: Mission Marine produces a GTAW-like bead appearance with GMAW equipment....
Welding Camels
Aug 24, 2006, Kimberley GillesMiller Marine uses Koike Aronson's Wel-Handy (Multi) to cut weld time. Miller Marine assembles camels on site. Bryan Miller, vice president of Miller...
An Anti-Spatter Matter
Aug 24, 2006, Kimberley GillesCarlisle Tire & Wheel's old welding equipment produces spatter (left), while the new equipment eliminates spatter (right). Carlisle Tire & Wheel improved...
In Brief:
Jul 25, 2006Applied Manufacturing Technologies Inc. (www.appliedmfg.com) expanded its mechanical design capabilities in automotive body shop weld systems and tooling...
The Ancient Art of Brazing
Jul 25, 2006, Bruce VernyiBrazing is an ancient metalworking process that is used to join two pieces of metal together using a third, molten filler metal. The earliest uses of...
Maintaining the lines
Jul 19, 2006, Kimberley GillesLeDuc uses Surfox to clean and passivate TIG weld. Custom sheet metal fabricator, R.R. LeDuc Corp. (www.rrleduc.com), needed an alternative method for...
Dressed to weld
Jul 19, 2006, Kimberley GillesWelder dressed for safety, comfort and style. Some welders like helmets with designs. Other welders like plain, black helmets. Cowskin or pigskin jackets...
Building Brutal Blaster
Jul 19, 2006, Kimberley GillesPaul Short dresses for safety when using his Brutal Blaster. In Newfoundland, near the easternmost point of North America, Paul Short established an automotive...
Substitutes for Sand
Jul 19, 2006, Richard MandelPhoto courtesy of Mike Grim's Truck Wreck Specialists (www.mikegrims.com) If the old adage is true, that "the devil is in the details," then preparation...
Metal Cutting at Light Speed
Jul 19, 2006, Richard MandelAdvanced motion control technologies are contributing to faster laser cutting equipment, such as this Syncrono system from Prima North America Lasers...
Deburring removes welding line
Jul 19, 2006, Dave BartonWe are welding 6061-T6 to 6061-T6 pipe with an extended land-joint geometry, using ER5356 filler, GTAW process, and AC current. The operator is finding...
Vision systems for welding
Jun 21, 2006, Kimberley GillesLine laser and CCD camera set up for triangulation. Acquisition of 3-D information through line-stripe method. In the last five years, technologies for...
Weldings day in court
Jun 21, 2006, Bruce VernyiLawyers across the United States are watching a trial that opened June 5 in federal court in Cleveland, in which the plaintiff claims he was seriously...
Questions and Answers
Jun 21, 2006, Dave BartonI will be welding aluminum 5052 to 6061-T6 and 6061-T6 to 6061-T6, using 5356 and 4043 filler metals. I am a designer and am concerned with the mechanical...
Chemical Safety Board cites poor quality welds in explosion report
Jun 21, 2006The U.S. Chemical Safety Board said an unqualified welder made poor quality welds in a pressure vessel, and the low-quality welds led to the violent explosion...
Paying More for Paying Less
Jun 21, 2006, Richard HarrisEngineered solid GMAW wire with a copper flashing will leave a minimal amount of copper through the drive system of the wire feeder, so plugging of inlet...
Welding and Space
Jun 21, 2006, Dean M. PetersTheres an old Chinese curse that says, May you live in interesting times. If you are a contemporary of mine, a fiftysomething, you are fortunate indeed...
Welding for the Underground
Jun 21, 2006, Richard MandelTunnel borer components can be large enough to require workstands to reach areas for plasma cutting. A new tunnel boring machine, viewed from the front...
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