Increasing Productivity with a FCAW Wire Optimized for Your Application Ken Lee, Application Engineer, The Lincoln Electric Company If welding with a solid wire is satisfactory, why use a higher priced flux-cored wire? A flux-cored wire is optimized to obtain performance not possible with a solid wire. For many welding applications like vertical-up welding, flat [...]
By Bruce Bauerlein WELDING VICE I needed a portable, but durable welding vice for my welding projects. I couldn’t find what I was looking for, so I built one out of scrap material. BASE The base is made from 2″x 2″x 3/16″ angle iron, which is welded together to form a rectangle which will be [...]
MILLER Electric’s product manager John Leisner has written about the considerations between renting or buying welding equipment. The long-running debate between renting or buying welding equipment primarily concerns the balance between budget and technical needs. According to Leisner, a rule of thumb is to consider purchasing or leasing if the welding equipment has utilisation rates [...]
By Gerald Davis The article discusses making small holes and when to use a punch or laser cutter, inside radius measurements and how they differ depending on whether you are coining or air bending on a press brake, and adding bend relief to prevent tearing material. My experience, and therefore this article, is limited to [...]
By C.L. Rease Sheet metal mark out or layout is the practice of putting dimensions on a piece of metal to show locations of cuts and bends that will be used to fabricate the final work piece. Sheet metal layout tools are needed to measure, mark dimensions, draw straight lines, find non-standard points and calculate [...]
By: Marty Rice March 10, 2009 During World War II, many females filled work force roles in traditionally male occupations. After the war, most left these jobs, but that doesn’t mean women are any less able to fill them. Experience has taught welding instructor Marty Rice that females make danged good welders. “Girls can’t weld!” [...]
This article was found on the website ehow.com Any time that one form of metal is manipulated or changed into another form, it is called “fabrication.” Metal fabrication is primarily used in industry, jewelry arts and crafts, and technological areas. It is a generally accepted belief that metal was discovered before people began to write [...]
By Valthenya Making a good arc welding bead takes practice, knowledge, the proper equipment, and skill. A shielded metal arc welder (SMAW) or commonly a stick welder is one of the most used methods of welding in the world. It uses an electric welding power supply and a flux covered consumable electrode to make an [...]
New report provides detailed analysis of the Agriculture, Farming & Raw Materials market Published on February 23, 2010by Press Office The US represents one of the world’s largest steel industries that have recorded fast growth rates in both production and consumption over the past few years. The industry has benefited from soaring steel demand in [...]
By Robert Keshecki A combination of equipment designed specifically for foundries and engineered to convert machining chips into usable metal. Electromagnetic forces Electromagnetic forces create constant motion that force inclusions together and promote better alloy mixing. Induction furnaces have been popular for a long time in both ferrous and nonferrous foundries due to their clean [...]
