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Practical Welding Today May/June 2002
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.
Electrode wear in air, oxygen plasma
- By David Cook, Jason Start, and Kirk Ferland
- Jun 27, 2002
- Consumables
- Article
A trained plasma technician can tell a lot about the health of a plasma system if he learns how to inspect the electrode, understands normal wear patterns, and knows how to spot signs of trouble. This article shows the difference between good and bad wear in air and oxygen plasma systems.
Welder, beware
- By Stephanie Vaughan
- Jun 27, 2002
- Safety
- Article
This article provides some statistical analysis, causes for, and tips to consider regarding welding and cutting fire and explosions. It includes a sidebar about governing codes and questions to ask regarding fires and explosions when welding or cutting is suspected in an incident.
Cutting Costs
- By Darrell Whittenberg
- Jun 27, 2002
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
This article describes different ways to contain tube and pipe welding fabrication costs, focusing on the option of using particular weld prep equipment. It outlines specific applications in thin-wall tube and pipe fabrication and installation and pipe with a heavier wall thickness.
Now's the time to AUTOMATE
- By Stephanie Vaughan
- May 30, 2002
- Shop Management
- Article
This article outlines some of the challenges fabricators are facing and how robotics and automation equipmentmakers are trying to address these challenges. Also addressed are different equipment and technological advancements and other factors affecting welding automation.
Earthquake shakes joint design, building construction
- By Tony Carroll
- May 16, 2002
- Arc Welding
- Article
This article is a case study that outlines how a California contractor retrofit existing buildings in southern California, using new construction codes to prevent further earthquake damage, while staying profitable, expanding, putting more welders in the field, using new welding procedures and consumables, and buying new equipment.
- Podcasting
- Podcast:
- The Fabricator Podcast
- Published:
- 05/07/2024
- Running Time:
- 67:38
Patrick Brunken, VP of Addison Machine Engineering, joins The Fabricator Podcast to talk about the tube and pipe...
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