In Brief....
Aug 27, 2006Select-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,...
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...
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...
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...
Another Advantage of Stiffeners
Jul 19, 2006, Omer W. BlodgettAll too often, a designer will add stiffeners to a weldment haphazardly. This may give the designer a warm and fuzzy feeling while adding little or nothing...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Selecting Abrasives for Prepping Welds
Jun 21, 2006Jeff Simons, technical service engineer 3M Abrasive Systems edited by Richard Mandel, senior editor A coarse surface conditioning disc can be used to...
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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