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      <title><![CDATA[A GMAW consumables check list]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Figure 1All contact tips may look the same at first glance, but it's important to make sure you're using a tip with an opening that is not too tight or too loose for the wire being fed through it. ...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Consuming plasma consumables too quickly?]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ All plasma systems&amp;mdash;whether it's a portable, 30-amp unit or a high-precision, automated system that can cut material up to 6 inches thick at 100 percent duty cycle&amp;mdash;use consumables that...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[How to choose the consumables you use - Part II]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Editor's Note: This article, which covers consumables for gas tungsten arc welding, is the second installment of a two-part article. Part I, which appeared in the June issue, discussed gas metal arc...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[How to choose the consumables you use - Part I]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Many factors influence gas metal arc welding (GMAW) consumable selection. Chief among the factors is productivity. Because 85 percent of the cost of making a weld is labor, you need to choose...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[No cracking under pressure for pipeline contractor]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[If an image is not displayed, click the hyperlinked figure number to view it.   Figure 1Traditionally, welders working with the SMAW process used low-hydrogen electrodes and welded vertical-up. New...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Understanding low-alloy steel]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[If an image is not displayed, click the hyperlinked figure number to view it.    Knowing the type of low-alloy steel you have and matching it with the correct filler metal is critical to achieving...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Know your TIG torch]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Photos courtesy of Matt Munz, Arc-Zone.com Inc., Carlsbad, Calif.When times are tough our initial instinct is to save money and buy cheap. That's not always the best strategy, especially when you're...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sus soldaruas pasan la prueba?]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Si la imagen no se puede visualizar, cliquee en el n&uacute;mero de la figura para verlaRead article in EnglishFigura 1).Una mezcla rica en arg&oacute;n balanceado con CO2 puede causar una falta de penetraci&oacute;n (vea...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Welding Update for Infrastructure: Selecting filler metals for seismic requirements]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[In 1994 an earthquake in Northridge, Calif., caused devastating damage to structures in the Los Angeles area. Determined to avoid this type of devastation in the future, the Federal Emergency...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Welding Update for Infrastruture:Heating up takes time]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The good news about a worldwide &amp;shy;recession is that steel prices are back down from their record highs of 2008. The Producer Price Index for hot-rolled bars, plates, and structural shapes, which...]]></description>
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