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Practical Welding Today January/February 2011
The Welder, formerly known as Practical Welding Today, is a showcase of the real people who make the products we use and work with every day. This magazine has served the welding community in North America well for more than 20 years.
Aluminum Workshop: Explaining the causes of black smoke
- By Frank Armao
- Nov 25, 2014
- Aluminum Welding
- Article
Q: I get a lot of black smoke on the surface of my aluminum welds. What is it, and how can I get rid of it? A: I can tell you what the black smoke isn’t. It is not soot and it doesn’t contain carbon, as most people think. It is, in fact, a mixture of very fine particles of aluminum oxide and...
Consumables Corner: Nixing porosity during weld start
- By Jay Ginder and Jerry Mathison
- Jul 3, 2014
- Consumables
- Article
Q: I work for a job shop that fabricates and welds process piping for various applications. The pipes, made from A106-88a carbon steel and 304 and 316 stainless steel, are welded using GMAW, FCAW, and GTAW. We have been experiencing porosity, primarily on the weld starts. Our shielding gas is a...
Arc Welding 101: Welder requalification testing - When and why?
- By Paul Cameron
- May 13, 2014
- Arc Welding
- Article
Paul Cameron dives into the need for welder requalification testing.
Meeting the new EPA regulation head-on
- By Amanda Carlson
- Jan 25, 2011
- Safety
- Article
On the wings of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) efforts to control the permissible exposure limit (PEL) of hexavalent chromium, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has gone one step further. By July 25, 2011, the agency requires that metal fabricators comply with...
Wading through the NFPA-51 standard
- By John Karpus
- Jan 17, 2011
- Safety
- Article
The NFPA-51 standard outlines how to properly store, transfer, and use industrial gases; how to handle such gases while they are in their gaseous or liquid phases; and how to implement storage, piping and distribution, and operating practices. While most safe practices are based on common sense, others may take volumes of technical reference, as specified in NFPA-51, to explain.
A feminine approach to PPE
- By Amanda Carlson
- Jan 10, 2011
- Safety
- Article
Women welders face many challenges, and one of the most overlooked is finding PPE that fits women welders properly, while providing them with a safe level of protection and allowing them to showcase their own personalities. Recently, some equipment manufacturers have stepped up their efforts to address this.
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- The Fabricator Podcast
- Published:
- 04/30/2024
- Running Time:
- 53:00
Seth Feldman of Iowa-based Wertzbaugher Services joins The Fabricator Podcast to offer his take as a Gen Zer...
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