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Minimize Downtime with the Right Filler Metal Package
Delivering the right size and style of filler metal packaging on a timely basis contributes meaningfully to overall efficiency. Tim Hensley of Hobart Brothers explains how to assess your current filler metal usage to determine if you have the most appropriate size to support your production goals.
How to Determine the Diffusible Hydrogen of Mild Steel Weld Filler Material
To avoid hydrogen-induced cracking, the hydrogen level in the welding filler material must be restricted to a certain maximum level. What exactly is the method for measuring the hydrogen content of a carbon steel weld filler material?
Welding Heroes Announced by Miller Electric
Three welders have been voted as everyday welding heroes, including a 70-year-old grandmother, a contractor keeping the military fleet safe in Afghanistan and a former corporate manager who chose to become a welder.
CRC-Evans Has New Sales Direction in North and South America
The welding company hires a new sales director for North and South America that is charged with leading and growing all sales operations and organizations in these regions.
Requesting the Appropriate Level of Weld Testing for Special Order Filler Materials
Welding filler metal certification, documentation and accountability is frequently a step of the nuclear pressure vessel fabrication and military shipbuilding process. Regis Geisler of Lincoln Electric explains how to select the appropriate weld testing requirements to verify quality and attest that the products being supplied meet the constituents of the required specification.
A World of Fixturing Opportunities
The use of modular fixturing for welding is a different way of doing business, but once you get started, you will wonder how you ever got along without a system. Robert Ellig of Bluco Corporation explains why.
Next Steps in Welding Automation: Eliminating Variability and Beyond
American manufacturers are looking to drive out variability, push down costs and speed-up changeovers to better compete with overseas companies. Brian Doyle of Miller Welding Automation explores how welding automation and the data flow into and out of the welding cell is turning out to be a gold mine of potential for creating a competitive edge.
Welding Spray Increases Tool Life and Cost Savings
Suitable for MIG/MAG, spot welding, laser and plasma cutting, MIG and TIG components protected by this spray from Creative CNC showed a substantial increase in service life, up to three to four times that of other anti-spatter sprays.
Spot On Welding Control Helps Produce Line of Grills
Outdoor grill manufacturers face considerable foreign and domestic competition, changing demands in public taste and the constant challenge of product innovation. To stay ahead of the competition, the control behind this automated spot welding system provides complete flexibility in producing all of the models, sizes, and quantities they need at any time.
A Revolution In Weld Quality Management
This high accuracy 3D weld profile measurement method from Servo Robot uses a unique handheld non contact laser inspection system to bring objectivity, reliability and precise measurements to weld inspection.
Trail Gas-Shielding Save the Day… Again
Trail gas shielding devices have been shown time-and-again to have a dramatic effect on weld surface mottling. Here’s why.
Lincoln Electric Reports Record Sales Quarter
Sales were a record $744.0 million in the second quarter 2012, but the company is cautious of the increased uncertainty in both the political and economic environments around the world. North American markets remain strong, but demand is softening in most international markets and global economic growth forecasts continue to weaken.
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