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    <title><![CDATA[Latest Resistance Welding Articles on The Fabricator]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 15:20:28 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Don't forget the fixturing]]></title>
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Specifying and purchasing a robotic welding system can be a confusing process requiring predictions about future volumes and types of jobs. Along the way, the robotic system manufacturer and the...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 15:20:28 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Welding fasteners: Spot or projection?]]></title>
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Both spot and projection weld fasteners have their place. Spot welding fasteners resistance-weld directly to a sheet with either a rocker-arm or a press-type resistance welding system (see Figure...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 15:20:28 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Resistance-weld more for less]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This multigun resistance welding system is designed for automotive exhaust systems.Resistance welding often is viewed as a process shrouded in mystery, and one of its most misunderstood components is...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 15:20:28 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Respecting your resistance welder]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Figure 1The secondary circuit of this resistance welding machine that arced out because of loose bolts had to be machined.Resistance welding machines are the Rodney Dangerfields of the welding...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 15:20:28 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Projection welding for nut and bolt attachment]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Figure 1Weld Nuts Studied A modern car body contains some 300 welded and punched fasteners, such as bolts, nuts, and studs. The quality of the attachment of these fasteners to the stamped body...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 15:20:28 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mode of least resistance]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Figure 1This schematic of a weld setup shows top and bottom electrodes (red) holding parts to be welded. Rw is the total of all resistances that directly or indirectly contribute heat to the weld...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 15:20:28 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why use multiple-impulse resistance welding?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.thefabricator.com/article/resistancewelding/why-use-multiple-impulse-resistance-weldingr</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The nickel cross-wire weld on the left was made with single-impulse resistance welding. Material squeezed out from the weld is attached to the wires near the weld location.The nickel cross-wire weld...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 15:20:28 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Revving up weld quality]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Before introducing new resistance welding systems, Ford Motor Company's New Model Product Development Center was cluttered and dark, and it was difficult to work there because of the high number of...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 15:20:28 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Exercising control]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This three-phase, mid-frequency inverter is a dual-gun projection welding machine with a pneumatically operated lift table for the workpiece. Although mid-frequency technology isn't new, North...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 15:20:28 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Examining electric resistance weld nuggets in tube and pipe]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[An in-depth examination of electric resistance welding (ERW) weld nuggets as a quality control step in the manufacturing of high-strength tube and pipe used for pressure applications has been a...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 15:20:28 -0500</pubDate>
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