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Beware of Bad Bargains
Watch out for artificially low prices on aftermarket plasma torch consumable parts. Before you buy, it is important to be aware of a few of the poor performance issues and risk of torch damage that your shop will experience if you purchase imitation consumables.
Understanding the Basics of Low-Hydrogen Stick Electrodes
Knowing the basics about E7018 low-hydrogen stick electrodes can be helpful in understanding how to maximize their operation, their performance and the welds they can produce.
Lincoln Electric Names VP, Deputy General Counsel
The role of Jennifer Ansberry is extended to lead the company’s environmental, health and safety organization.
AWS Unveils New Logo and Tagline
In an overall re-branding effort, the new “Inspiring the World Forward” tagline and new logo for AWS will assist the service driven organization in communicating about the future of welding as a high-tech, highly-skilled industry.
Airgas Reports Fiscal 1Q 2015 Earnings
The industrial welding gas supplier reported that first quarter sales increased by 3 percent over the prior year, to $1.31 billion, and they anticipate long-term growth in U.S. manufacturing.
CRC-Evans Becomes Distributor for LaValley Industries
This new partnership broadens the growth and reach of the services that CRC-Evans provides as it becomes a global distributor of LaValley pipe handling, road mat handling and weld positioning systems.
Harris Products Mourns Passing of Loren Smith
Former senior project engineer Loren Charles Smith, holder of six patents and developer of the one-piece encapsulated seat, passed away at the age of 88.
Linde Launches New Safety Program
Estimates reveal that up to one-third of global acetylene retail sales are collected and transported in unventilated vehicles that could build up flammable acetylene in the event of a leak. Many vehicles are also not fitted with appropriate restraints to prevent cylinders from toppling over and knocking open handwheel valves.
Victor Technologies Holds Student Cutting & Welding Contest
With prizes including more than $30,000 in equipment and cash, the “A Cut Above” contest is open to students in mechanics at secondary and post-secondary schools.
Powerful Lasers are Ideal for Plastic or Thin Gauge Metal Welding
TruDiode 151 and TruDiode 301 lasers from TRUMPF are more powerful and efficient, yet smaller than previous TruDiode lasers, producing wavelengths that range between 920 Nm to 970 Nm.
Hobart Campaign Celebrates Partnership with U.S. Navy
The campaign, “It’s the tie that binds,” showcases the Marine Group Boat Works partnership with the U.S. Navy to celebrate creating some of the most distinctive and instrumental things that impact the world.
NanoSteel Grants Exclusive Worldwide License to Lincoln Electric
Receiving licenses to proprietary steel coatings technology for weld overlay and thermal spray applications expands the welding equipment manufacturer’s range of wear-resistant products.
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