Automatic nozzle changer reduces manpower
Sep 13, 2005Customers gain additional flexibility in unmanned, multishift flatsheet laser cutting operations with Trumpf's new nozzle changer. Typically, operators...
Understanding Material Properties: Stiffness
Sep 13, 2005Grinder operators keep spark streams away from persons and flammables. Today's welders producie quality, precise welds needing less material removal....
Green lasers aim to weld red
Sep 13, 2005, Ron LucasMark Rodighiero Green-laser-welded connections offer "forgiving" process parameters and highly reliable connections. Autogenous copper welds eliminate...
Sizzle While You Work
Aug 1, 2005Hey, cut your arc, stand up, and look in the mirror; you're a mess! Those gloves look like you got'em at a garage sale. And those coveralls: do they call...
First FDA-complaint ultrasonic welder
Aug 1, 2005Schaumburg, Ill.-based Hermann Ultrasonics' FDA System Component (FSC), an add-on software package, allows only authorized personnel to operate the system...
Smart Gear
Aug 1, 2005Today's protective gear uses a wide array of state-oftheart materials and technology designed not only to protect but also to enhance the user's experience...
Build in quality, take out cost
Aug 1, 2005A certified ANST inspector prepares to test for discontinuities. Pressure vessels often need to meet ASME, Section VIII, Division One and Section I codes....
Pulse-jet cleaning system awarded patent
Aug 1, 2005The SFC series was awarded a patent. It pulses air through the filter's airway to boost cartridge cleaning power. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office...
The mark of quality
Aug 1, 2005, Kimberley GillesUsing temperature indicating sticks to monitor preheat and interpass temperatures helps ensure quality. Quality welding requires controlling thermal cycles....
Laser optics reveal brighter prospects
Aug 1, 2005Before: Small job shop needs to reinvent business. After: Added technologies draw even the largest of customers. Back in 1997, Michael Francoeur, founder...
Reinventing the wheel
Aug 1, 2005Before: A product indistinguishable from the competition in a low-growth market. After: Adopts a welding process that creates a stronger product that...
Cool Cover
Aug 1, 2005While helmet and protective gear manufacturers are focused on creating a safe and comfortable environment for welders, they now have to keep an eye toward...
Fast Cutting Through All Materials Saves Lives
Aug 1, 2005First responders can slice through 3/4-in. thick carbon steel at 22 in./min. to get through steel doors, dead bolts, barred windows. The heat of the exothermic...
Comfort Counts
Aug 1, 2005Protecting welders from head to toe has long been the mantra of many protective gear manufacturers, but today these manufacturers are making that protection...
Automation for the masses
Aug 1, 2005Christopher A. Bailey, general manager Automation Division, The Lincoln Electric Co., Cleveland. Edited by Leslie Gordon, associate editor. Lincoln's...
A piece of the action
Jun 1, 2005, Patricia L. SmithHow welding jobshops can get their share of the lucrative medical-manufacturing market. Laser welding's flexibility, precision and cost-effectiveness...
Keeping to quality standards
Jun 1, 2005, Leslie GordonFabrication shops are increasingly using quality-control software to ensure and verify they maintain required quality specifications. An inspector records...
Small shop with top-notch equipment
Jun 1, 2005Before: A small fab and machine shop want to cut its workers' exposure to fumes, and boost productivity. After: The shop installs two robot cells, boosting...
When welders need training
Jun 1, 2005, Kimberley GillesKimberley Gilles associate editor An experienced Hobart instructor shows a trainee-teacher advanced welding techniques through the institute's train-the-trainer...
Weld monitoring system ensures quality
Jun 1, 2005Before: Truck axle tubes manufacturer needed a way to monitor weld quality and detect problems before parts were shipped to customers. After: The company...
Plasma-cutting electrode
May 1, 2005For durability, SilverEx-Electrodes feature solid, pure silver combined with special alloys. The electrodes sport large hafnium inserts, which the company...
Auto-darkening helmets
May 1, 2005Miller's Big Window Elite series of auto-darkening welding helmets feature four independent arc sensors, said to improve out-of-position welding. The...
A pipeline to success
May 1, 2005, Steve LatvisPipeline builder employs new welding techniques and equipment to tackle America's first X80 steel pipeline. By Steve Latvis, Miller Electric Mfg. Co Edited...
A plan for productivity
May 1, 2005, Charles BatesLaser cutting and welding shops fight tough competition. This laser welder integrated into a cold-roll mill is the result of Jac Products going above...
Q & A
May 1, 2005, Dave BartonDave Barton Question: What is an F-Number and how can I determine what it is for an E71T-1 electrode? I can't find this information in the American Welding...
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