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There are 55 articles related to aluminum welding.
Warm forming, or forming material heated in the 200- degree-C to
500-degree-C range, offers dramatic improvement in forming
properties over room temperature forming for many aluminum or
magnesium alloys—without exotic heat sources or tooling.
By: Patrick Cain - www.thefabricator.com, 8/1/09
The first step in learning about welding aluminum is learning about the various alloys themselves (cast and wrought)—the digits used in the aluminum designation system, the properties of the various alloys, and the considerations in matching a filler metal to a base material.
By: Tony Anderson, CEng - www.thefabricator.com, 6/30/09
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By: John Luck - The FABRICATOR®, 5/19/09
Massachusetts-based Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) is dedicated to researching the impact that oceans have on the Earth as a whole, and sometimes that means diving to treacherous depths to gather pertinent information. For an excursion at Challenger Deep, a portion of the South Pacific ...
www.thefabricator.com, 4/1/09
Frank Armao discusses why weld strength increases when incorporating an aging cycle prior to welding in the T6 temper.
By: Frank Armao - www.thefabricator.com, 3/24/09
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By: Frank Armao, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 3/11/08
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By: Frank Armao, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 1/15/08
Vesco Metal Craft, a manufacturer of rugby wheelchairs, makes specialized wheelchairs from 6061 seamless aluminum tubing. This violent, collision-oriented sport causes cracks in the welds’ heat-affected zone, so the company sought better manufacturing methods. It added heat-treating to its process a...
By: John Luck - www.thefabricator.com, 12/11/07
Frank Armao gives advice on how to minimize the appearance of cleaning stripes on polished aluminum tread plate.
By: Frank Armao, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 9/11/07
The move from manual welding to some form of machine or automated welding has been going on in all industries--including water heater manufacturing--for years. It's part of a desire to improve productivity and quality. A.O. Smith's American Water Heater Div. in Johnson City, Tenn., learned that firs...
By: Jeffrey Noruk and Richard Garner - The FABRICATOR®, 7/10/07
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By: Frank Armao, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 7/10/07
I have a fabrication project involving 5454 aluminum plate, and I was told to weld this alloy using 5183 filler wire. Is this correct?
By: Frank Armao, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 5/8/07
To stay competitive, companies must be willing to invest both time and money to investigate whether or not their processes are as efficient as they should be. Those who do so can catch inefficiencies early in the process and make appropriate changes, saving money. Those who don’t may unknowi...
By: Jim Berge, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 4/10/07
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By: Frank Armao, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 10/3/06
You may not have heard of Vilfredo Pareto, but you likely have heard of the 80/20 rule attributed to him. In this article, robotic welding expert Jim Berge discusses how the rule, which he believes to be more accurate as 90/10, applies to implementing robotic welding and automation successfully ...
By: Jim Berge, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 9/12/06
Wing Enterprises started out with a product and a patent -- for its Little Giant brand ladders. However, in time its sales lagged, and the company needed to figure out a new marketing strategy. With an infomercial and automated welding, Wing Enterprises was on its way to successfully growing i...
The FABRICATOR®, 9/12/06
Alpine Engineered Products had more business than it could handle: It was straining its resources and personnel in a way that made the company have to look outside its semiautomatic welding practices. Eventually robotic welding helped the company meet its production, lead-time, and turnover challeng...
The FABRICATOR®, 7/11/06
As aluminum becomes more and more readily available for various manufacturing applications, the boat-building industry is taking notice. To build its patented vessel design, Aluminum Chambered Boats has found that arc welding - both GMAW and GTAW - is a critical technology.
By: Bob Hollingsworth, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 7/11/06
Robotic welding systems can enhance a company's production and bottom line. However, using these systems requires careful thought and planning, building the right infrastructure, and achieving the right balance between robotic and manual operations. This article presents an overview of one company's...
By: Jim Berge, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 5/9/06
Planning a productive intelligent robotic welding workcell requires many phases. These include preplanning with a computer simulation, getting the virtual results to translate into real-world operation, using multiple robots within the workcell for material handling as well as welding, and utilizing...
By: Michael Erickson - www.thefabricator.com, 4/11/06
Robotic welding can improve your productivity, but only if your fixturing design lets you. When you're designing fixtures for your welding application, consider your fixture's material; welding circuit optimization; orientation and deposition rates; accessibility, repeatability, simplicity, and depe...
By: Geoff Lipnevicius - The FABRICATOR®, 1/10/06
Success with robotics depends on many factors. Purchasing the right equipment is not enough. A company's political environment and policies regarding robotics can make or break a robotic project. This article discusses poor politics and policies and offers suggestions for achieving the right robo...
By: Jim Berge, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 1/10/06
Rad Craig, owner of Induction Concepts, which develops high-performance twin turbo systems, has been considering robotic welding but wasn't sure where to go for information. Rad contacted Practical Welding Today®, which contacted several robotic welding equipmentmakers and integrators to help him fi...
By: Stephanie Vaughan, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 11/8/05
With careful analysis and planning, automation can be an integral, cost saving component of lean manufacturing.
By: Jim Berge, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 10/11/05
Steel and aluminum have distinctly different properties, and this is important if you're manufacturing aluminum piping systems. Learn the differences in welding steel and aluminum pipe and how they apply to the best practices you can use to weld aluminum pipe effectively.
By: Frank G. Armao - The FABRICATOR®, 10/11/05
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The FABRICATOR®, 3/8/05
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By: Sergio Aguilar, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 8/10/04
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By: Jean-Paul Boillot, Jeffrey Noruk, and Frederic Arsenault Contributing Writers - The FABRICATOR®, 7/13/04
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By: Joe Hoffman, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 6/8/04
In many applicatios -- such as large-component welding, press-tending lines, and multiprocess cells -- running multiple robots from a single point of control assists in preventing collisions, simplifying the programming structure, and reducing integration cost. This approach also meets the American ...
By: Mary Kay Morel, Contributing Writer - The FABRICATOR®, 10/23/03
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By: Frank Armao, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 9/25/03
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By: Frank Armao, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 8/28/03
So you’ve decided to automate your welding process. Now it’s time to select the equipment that performs the robotic welding. It’s critical to take care choosing the appropriate equipment and an integration partner.
By: Darl Osborne, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 8/14/03
It’s easy to look at such a long-established technology as welding and believe that little or no technology development is taking place. In truth, however, the capabilities of welding power supplies are changing constantly and rapidly, especially in the area of inverter technology. These power suppl...
By: Frank Armao, Contributing Writer - The FABRICATOR®, 7/24/03
In recent years laser welding has advanced into many different industries, from automotive to electronics. With lasers, it is possible to weld at high speeds with great efficiency. Once unthinkable applications and processes are now being developed into working systems.
The FABRICATOR®, 6/26/03
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www.thefabricator.com, 6/12/03
For about 40 years, a great debate in welding is whether to use constant-current or constant-voltage power supplies when using gas metal arc welding on aluminum. Constant-current power supplies made sense 30 years ago and are still used in some applications today, but for most applications, constant...
By: Frank Armao, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 6/12/03
In the late 1950s, the U.S. Navy wanted to find a way to join heavy aluminum structural sections used to fabricate motor torpedo boat hulls.
By: George J. Williams, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 5/29/03
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By: Frank Armao, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 4/10/03
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By: Frank Armao, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 2/27/03
Editor's Note: This article is Part II of a two-part article covering the properties, characteristics, and applications of aluminum as a structural metal. It explores the use of structural aluminum in the U.S. Botanic Garden Conservatory in Washington, D.C. Tension, compression, bending, shear, an...
By: Randy Kissell, Contributing Writer - The FABRICATOR®, 2/13/03
Editor's Note: This article is Part I of a two-part article covering the properties, characteristics, and applications of aluminum as a structural metal. Part II, which will appear in the December issue of The FABRICATOR®, explores the use of structural aluminum in the design of the U.S. Botanic Gar...
By: Randy Kissell, Contributing Writer - The FABRICATOR®, 11/7/02
To be competitive in today's market, a laser user must be sure that equipment is operating at an optimum level. Maintaining your gas source and gas distribution system, installing properly sized pipe, and choosing the right gas supply system are some practical steps to take that can help develop the...
By: Jeremy Barr, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 8/29/02
Tandem welding power source technology now is able to meet the demands of many applicants for which welders many not expect it to be useful.
By: Jim Berge, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 4/24/02
This article is the first in a series that addresses the fundamentals of robotic welding. The author discusses the basic process parameters in robotic welding, how those parameters affect weld quality and productivity, and how they can be optimized to make a robotic welding installation as profitab...
By: Jim Berge, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 2/28/02
Expecting a robot to solve all of your production problems can inflict the cruel irony of ceating more. If you want your robots to speed up your operation, know what they can and can't do from the start.
By: Jim Berge, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 11/15/01
This article examines robotic welding and discusses the considerations behind choosing to use (or not use) welding robots. It answers the questions what comprises a robotic welding installation, what costs are associated, and what industries are best suited for robotic welding.
By: Tim Nacey, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 11/15/01
In the field of automobile exhaust systems, such components as manifolds, pipes, catalytic converters, and mufflers are joined either by the car manufacturer or by a subcontractor to form a subassembly ready for attachment.
By: Frank Brennan, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 9/17/01
Whether you're dealing with low part counts or wild welding variables or the challenges of just-in-time production, monitoring software can help smooth your operation.
By: Tim Nacey, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 9/4/01
A robotic welding system represents a significant capital investment for a job shop.
By: Bruce McHaney, Contributing Writer - The FABRICATOR®, 7/12/01
How would you like to fail utterly in your quest to modernize your shop with robotic welding equipment? Look no further—we've got all the bad advice you need right here.
By: Jim Berge, Contributing Writer - The FABRICATOR®, 7/12/01
The advantages of laser welding are being exploited in myriad applications across the metal fabrication industry.
By: David Farson and Raymnd F. Duhamel, Contributing Writers - The FABRICATOR®, 5/15/01
There are right ways and wrong ways to set up welding equipment to accommodate the aluminum GTAW process. Welders should know how to troubleshoot this commonly used process and be familiar with how to solve some common welding problems.
By: Frank Armao, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 4/24/01
The increased average power at the workpiece delivered by a 4-kilowatt, continuous-wave Nd:YAG laser source can be used for tailored blank welding of aluminum alloys…
By: Mohammed Naeem and Richard Jessett, Contributing Writers - www.thefabricator.com, 2/19/01
For a fabricator to enjoy the benefits afforded by a robotic welding system, the parts to be welded and the system itself must be designed properly.
By: Dan Crowe, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 2/19/01
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