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Arc Welding - Page 75
- From The Fabricator
A bridge to a great fabrication experience
A local municipality approached Northland Career Center, Platte City, Mo., about having its welding students fabricate a new footbridge for a local park in spring 2015.
- From The Welder
Still Building America—Spreading the message about the welding trade
- By Josh Welton
- Dec 5, 2017
- Blog Post
If you think only men are influenced by their welder fathers to become welders, you’re wrong. Meet Elizabeth Stanton, who was captivated by watching her dad weld and decided to make the trade her career.
- From The Welder
zSpace, Mimbus partner to provide vocational training for welders
- Dec 5, 2017
- News Release
Mixed-reality education provider zSpace, Sunnyvale, Calif., has partnered with Mimbus, a provider of vocational training tools, to offer a new welding application and hand-held simulator for welders and boilermakers. Called Wave NG, the application uses zSpace’s mixed-reality environment to give...
- From The Welder
Welding machine available in one-, three-phase versions
- Dec 1, 2017
- Product Release
ESAB Welding & Cutting Products offers the Rebel™ EMP 285ic multiprocess welding machine for GMAW, FCAW, DC SMAW, and GTAW. The 70-lb. unit will be available in two versions starting in 2018. The one-phase model, which accepts 90 to 270 V primary power, provides a rated output of 285 amps at 40...
- From The Welder
All-process, inverter-based welding system is first of its kind
- Dec 1, 2017
- Product Release
ESAB Welding & Cutting Products has introduced the Rebel™ EMP 205 AC/DC, which the company says is the first true all-process, inverter-based welding system. Users can perform GTAW with AC and DC outputs, GMAW with solid wires (steel, stainless, or aluminum), FCAW with gas-shielded and...
- From The Welder
SMAW power sources are portable
- Nov 30, 2017
- Product Release
Miller Electric Mfg. Co. has introduced the Thunderbolt 160 and 210 SMAW power sources. The portable, lightweight units are suitable for light industrial applications. Weighing 15 and 15.5 lbs., respectively, the units deliver up to 85 more amps of power compared to the leading competitive machine,...
- From The Welder
Welding process minimizes fumes
- Nov 30, 2017
- Product Release
Lincoln Electric®’s Low Fume Pulse™ welding process uses the company’s Waveform Control Technology® to deliver an advanced pulsed waveform that helps maximize arc performance while controlling heat input. It reduces the volume of weld fume emissions in the workspace by 66 percent compared...
- From The Welder
From burning metal to burning rubber
- By Josh Welton
- Nov 28, 2017
- Blog Post
Welder and blogger Josh Welton loves his trade. He also loves powerful muscle cars. What would you expect from someone who grew up around Motor City and once worked as a millwright at Chrysler? Muscle car aficionado or not, this story of some of his experiences resonates with anyone with a passion.
- From The Welder
Welding process expanded to work with thin-gauge materials
- Nov 24, 2017
- Product Release
Lincoln Electric® has expanded its patented STT® (Surface Tension Transfer) welding process to work with thin-gauge materials. The new AC STT waveform handles thin sheet metal from 24 ga. and up while accommodating for poor fit-up and gap conditions. The modified, short-circuit GMAW process...
- From The Welder
Welding machine/generator suitable for indoor, outdoor SMAW
- Nov 24, 2017
- Product Release
Miller Electric Mfg. Co. has introduced the new Fusion 160 SMAW machine/generator. At 222 lbs., it is portable for outdoor work, and PowerShift technology allows it to be plugged into 120-/240-V utility power for inside use. The company says the multivoltage plug (MVP™) makes it easy to connect...
- From The Welder
Arc Welding 101: AWS CWIs … Who needs 'em?
- By Paul Cameron
- Nov 22, 2017
- Article
In his final column, Paul Cameron explains why an AWS certified welding inspector still matters, even when companies establish their own in-house training and certification programs.
- From The Welder
Pulsed GTAW inverter provides 300-amp output at 40 percent duty cycle
- Nov 22, 2017
- Product Release
ESAB Welding & Cutting Products offers the Renegade™ ET 300iP DC GTAW/SMAW inverter, which features controls for pulsed GTAW and high-frequency or lift GTAW arc start options. It will be available in North America in Q2 2018. The inverter produces a top output of 300 amps at 40 percent duty...
- From The Welder
Portable unit offers AC/DC GTAW, GMAW, and SMAW
- Nov 21, 2017
- Product Release
Miller Electric Mfg. Co. has introduced the new Dynasty® 280 DX with CV, a multiprocess welding machine capable of AC/DC GTAW, GMAW, and SMAW. Weighing 55 lbs., the portable machine is suitable for the shop or job site for applications including shipbuilding, construction, precision fabrication,...
Specialized GTAW process a key factor in water purification system project
- By Eric Lundin and Tim Heston
- Nov 20, 2017
- Article
When Gustavo Gonzalez, one of the owners of industrial supplier Puertotrans SRL, began researching welding processes for an aqueduct project, he stumbled across an emerging welding technology: keyhole gas tungsten arc welding. Use of this technology cut the project time from 720 days to 162 days.
- From The Welder
Paley and James co-created sculptures to be sold at auction Nov. 17
- Nov 15, 2017
- News Release
At FABTECH® 2017 in Chicago, sculpture artist Albert Paley and Jesse James of “Monster Garage” fame unveiled two sculptures, each started by one of them and finished by the other. The project was sponsored by ESAB and the five FABTECH co-sponsors: AWS, FMA, SME, PMA, and CCAI. Those sculptures...
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