Rafael Guerrero

An abrasives expert from Norton | Saint-Gobain Abrasives answers questions on safety, red flags, storage tips, and PPE.

Cadrex Manufacturing Solutions’ facility in Monterrey, Mexico, prepares itself to be the nation’s premier provider of metal fabricating services.

La planta de Cadrex Manufacturing Solutions en Monterrey, México, se prepara para ser el proveedor principal de servicios de fabricación de metal de la nación

Welding students at a San Diego college earned valuable out-of-classroom welding experience aboard the USS Midway, a decommissioned aircraft carrier and current museum.

Desirée Guzmán has come a long way since she left her cubicle job. Making handmade jewelry, learning how to weld, and welding in job shops have all led to her current gig—welding instructor at Chicago Women in Trades.

Guest speakers at last October’s AWS Welding Automation Expo & Conference gave attendees plenty to digest regarding welding automation and the cobot’s role in their shops.

In this Q&A, a Zehnder Clean Air Solutions executive discusses a recent study on weld fumes in shops that reveals nonwelding staff need protection from fumes as much as welders do.

In the last four decades, Vector Custom Fabricating has made a name for itself in sculpture and architectural/structural metal projects in the Chicago area and beyond.

New England-based Advance Welding has evolved and prospered since its inception more than four decades ago by securing aerospace industry certifications, buying a shop, and adding electron beam welding.

Three PPE experts discuss the lack of well-fitting protective clothing for women welders and other skilled professionals and the developments being made to narrow this gap.

Los soldadores del pasado y del presente han ayudado a allanar el camino sobre cómo se ven y se sienten los cascos de soldadura y qué características incluyen. Algunos fabricantes de equipos de soldadura sostienen que esto se puede ver en los cascos actuales y se seguirá viendo en futuros avances y funciones.

When an aluminum sculpture returned to Madison, Wis., after 26 years, a local fabricator who helped late artist Truman Lowe create it brought it back to life in 2023.

More than two dozen 15-ft.-tall steel shade structures from metal shop Cinnabar will adorn several new parks in Los Angeles’ Crenshaw neighborhood for the Destination Crenshaw initiative.

Teenagers spent a week learning about welding and job opportunities at a camp hosted by Illinois Valley Community College and funded through the Nuts, Bolts, & Thingamajigs Foundation.

Elite Welding & Fabrication is a fairly new shop, but the Michigan business is trying to live up to its name through its approach to expansion, recruiting and retaining workers, and more.