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Consumables - Page 26
- From The Welder
Lincoln Electric acquires soldering business from Worthington Industries
- Jan 3, 2019
- News Release
Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc., Cleveland, has acquired the soldering business of Worthington Industries Inc., a global diversified metals manufacturing company. The acquisition broadens Harris® Products Group’s portfolio of consumables with the addition of solders and fluxes. In addition, the...
- From The Welder
Airgas to build two air separation production facilities
- Dec 21, 2018
- News Release
Radnor, Pa.-based Airgas, an Air Liquide company, has announced plans to build two new air separation units (ASUs) for bulk gas production near Minneapolis and in Fairless Hills, Pa. Both facilities are expected to be on-stream in 2020. Each ASU will produce oxygen, nitrogen, and argon for use in...
- From The Welder
Praxair expands Skills Pipeline workforce development program to Texas
- Dec 20, 2018
- News Release
Industrial gas provider Praxair Inc., Danbury, Conn., a wholly owned subsidiary of Linde plc, has announced it will expand its Skills Pipeline™ workforce development program in collaboration with Brazosport College in Lake Jackson, Texas. The program, which starts in January 2019, will offer...
- From The Additive Report
Three things the additive manufacturing crowd is talking about
- By Don Nelson
- Dec 14, 2018
- Blog Post
There's been a lot of discussion in 2018 about generative design, development of new AM materials, and faster 3D-printer-processing speeds.
- From The Additive Report
H13 tool steel now available for Markforged 3D printer
- Dec 12, 2018
- Product Release
Markforged announced the availability of H13 tool steel for its Metal X 3D printer. The material is used for high-temperature applications like metal-forming tools, dies, punches, hardened insert fixtures, and molds with conformal channels. The Boston-area machine builder, which reports that it has...
- From The Welder
Miller Electric’s MDX GMAW guns designed for operator comfort
- Dec 10, 2018
- Product Release
Miller Electric Mfg. LLC has introduced its new MDX™ series GMAW guns. Designed for operator comfort, the guns feature an ergonomic handle with a rubber overmolding for improved grip, as well as a ball-and-socket handle swivel to help reduce fatigue. AccuLock series consumables provide a flawless...
- From The Welder
Hobart FabCOR Edge metal-cored wire designed to improve throughput
- Dec 6, 2018
- Product Release
FabCOR® Edge™ metal-cored wire from Hobart is designed to improve deposition rates and travel speeds while offering low spatter levels, the company states. It is suitable for applications in robotic and mechanized welding, heavy equipment manufacturing, agriculture, transportation, and mining,...
- From The Welder
ESAB updates Tweco VELOCITY2 GMAW consumables
- Dec 6, 2018
- Product Release
Tweco®, an ESAB brand, has introduced the VELOCITY2™ series of GMAW consumables for its Spray Master™, Classic Number, and Supra SEHD series GMAW torches. The heavy-duty nozzle uses a nozzle insert that is keyed into place and overmolded with a high-temperature silicone compound, essentially...
- From The Fabricator
Top 5 in 365—Articles about safety
- By Vicki Bell
- Dec 5, 2018
- Blog Post
This installment of “Top 5 in 365” is about safety, possibly the single most important aspect of running any business. Failure to provide a safe work environment is illegal and unethical. Metal fabrication shops have many potential safety hazards that must be addressed.
- From The Welder
ESAB’s iSeries plasma consumables optimized for beveling
- Dec 5, 2018
- Product Release
ESAB Welding & Cutting Products has optimized the consumables on its iSeries high-precision plasma systems for plasma beveling applications. The new design, which has a more pointed nozzle and shield cap, narrows the torch profile to enable tilting the torch at greater angles and moving the torch...
- From The Welder
ESAB Arcair’s AirPro X4000 torch for carbon arc gouging features pneumatic jaw
- Dec 5, 2018
- Product Release
Arcair®, an ESAB brand, has introduced the AirPro™ X4000 torch and cable. When the operator pushes the rocker switch, compressed air already flowing through the torch opens the torch jaws to allow insertion, adjustment, and removal of carbons. The lever assembly is eliminated, creating a lower...
- From The Welder
AccuLock S consumable system from Bernard aligns liner with the power pin and contact tip
- Dec 3, 2018
- Product Release
Bernard has introduced its new AccuLock™ S GMAW gun consumable system, which includes a contact tip, nozzle, gas diffuser, liner, and power pin and power pin cap. The consumables are designed to solve issues associated with poor wire feeding in semiautomatic GMAW, such as birdnesting, burnback,...
- From The Welder
Consolidated copper welding cables reduce electrical resistance in Wire Wizard Welding Products’ PowerBall torches
- Nov 23, 2018
- Product Release
Wire Wizard® Welding Products has expanded its line of PowerBall® torch products to include energy-efficient consolidated copper welding cables. Cable lug connections commonly used in GMAW often are overlooked but can offer improvements in weld quality and electrical efficiency when the cable...
- From The Welder
Consumables Corner: The relationship between ferrite numbers and cracking
- By Nino Mascalco, Rob Koltz, and Steve Sigler
- Nov 19, 2018
- Article
What does a low ferrite number have to do with cracking in stainless steel welded joints? The Consumables Crew explains.
- From The Welder
Clad wire from Anomet is corrosion-resistant, biocompatible
- Oct 29, 2018
- Product Release
Anomet Products offers custom-manufactured clad metal wire. It can combine up to three materials to create a high-integrity and formable clad composite wire that can achieve properties not available in a single alloy. Featuring 2 percent or more cladding thickness, the wire can be made in sizes...
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