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March 11, 2004

Gear up for welding I'm sitting here at this computer realizing how much I hate sitting here at this computer. I'm just not a sit-in-a-chair type of guy. I tried it once between jobs. I interviewed for an inside sales position for a company that sold welding supplies. I'll be danged if they didn't hire me,... Read more...

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October 9, 2003

Controlling bend angles Spring-back Analysis All metal has a certain amount of spring-back. Spring-back, also known as elastic recovery, is the tendency for the metal to want to return to its original flat blank shape after being bent. To fully understand why metal springs back, we first must understand that metal,... Read more...

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October 9, 2003

Combating plate corrosion According to a recent study sponsored by the U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)1, with support from NACE International—The Corrosion Society, corrosion-related direct costs such as prevention methods and infrastructure repair and replacement make up 3.1 percent of the gross... Read more...

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March 28, 2002

Taking a look at performance appraisals As our work lives continue to become more complex, many managers are looking for assistance in the ongoing effort to achieve results—often with fewer resources. In the middle of all this, it may be helpful to develop a simpler strategy when attempting to communicate your expectations to... Read more...

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October 11, 2001

Taking the troubles out of tube mill tooling: Preventing and solving some common problems In today's tube and pipe producing industries, the need to run the tube/pipe mill faster, reduce changeover times, and produce a higher-quality tubular product has put an increased demand on the tube mill tooling. The tooling's job is to take a continuously coiled flat strip, form it so that... Read more...

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September 17, 2001

Making seamless tubing with a floating mandrel mill Every six seconds, a single, 32-foot length of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) production tubing used in the exploration and production of oil and/or gas is produced. More than 20,000 miles of tubular product a year can be produced using the floating mandrel mill seamless tubular production... Read more...

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August 16, 2001

Tips on Lean Manufacturing: Mastering the stop 'n' go of your shop's work flow Kaizen—or continuous improvement—is based on the concept that there is always an opportunity to modify, enhance, or improve any process. For example, Henry Ford's model worked well for decades, but then representatives of Toyota Motor Corp. showed the world that improvement was... Read more...

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May 30, 2001

Key design principles for successful deep drawing Successful deep drawing depends on many factors. Ignoring even one of them during die design and build can prove disastrous. However, regardless of the many factors involved, the most important element to a successful deep drawing operation is initiating metal flow. The following are key... Read more...

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