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Tips for Successful Aluminum MIG Welding Repairs
With its low melting point, the presence of an oxide layer on its surface, prone to burn-through with a difficult-to-control weld pool, aluminum can be somewhat tricky. Here are some insights that will provide you with the best course of action to take for making a repair.
Miller Electric and Hobart Brothers Earn Stringent Quality Certification
Both companies are registered to ISO 9001:2015 for sharing organizational knowledge, risk assessment, top management leadership and improvements.
Avoid These Costly Mistakes in the Welding Operation
Looking to improve productivity and reduce costs to be more competitive? The one key to getting ahead is reducing the time spent on non-value-added activities – i.e., any time spent not welding. Here are some of the best ways to reduce downtime.
Miller Electric Celebrates Welders and Why They Build
Their “#whyiweldcontest” giveaway recognizes enthusiastic welders and celebrates the things that inspire them.
IWDC Spending Sets New Record
The spending of Independent Welding Distributors Cooperative member companies through their co-op exceeded $19 million in March.
Choosing the Right Drive Roll is Key for Smooth Wire Feeding
Is your wire welding operation being challenged by poor feedability, birdnesting, burnback, or clogging of the gun liner? If so, you may be using the wrong type or size of drive rolls for the job, or using improper drive roll tension. Here are some tips to help you prevent downtime and its associated costs due to poor wire feeding.
Let It Flow: Tube & Pipe Welding
As business picks up for tube and pipe fabricators, they must reduce their setup times and become more versatile in the flow of work they are able to handle, all while increasing their productivity to remain competitive. Here is some of the latest tube and pipe fabrication and welding equipment that can help these shops smooth out jobs so that their work goes with the flow.
Portable Controller/Wire Feeder Simplifies Job-Site Setup
The APEX 30M mechanized controller from Lincoln Electric controls and monitors processes for consistency and logs data for reporting and archiving needs in a variety of structural, maritime, power generation, process piping and construction applications.
How to Increase Pipe Shop Productivity
ESAB’s Warrior Feed Dual 304 wire feeder has all the features that pipe shops require, including gas purge, wire inch, trigger lock (2T/4T control), burnback, slow run-in speed and the ability to preset wire feed speed and voltage.
Wire Feeders: From Basic to Advanced
Using the right wire feeder for the job is more important than many realize, because it ensures that welding operators spend more time welding with less downtime due to poor wire feeding. Here are some factors to consider to match the most appropriate wire feeder to the application.
Wire Feeder Delivers High Productivity in Heavy Fabrication Applications
The Flex Feed 84 industrial wire feeder from Lincoln Electric is ideal for heavy and general fabrication, construction, structural and heavy equipment applications and includes a built-in interface for hard automation.
Premium Feeding for Construction and Field Welding
These advanced wire feeders from ESAB are ideal for ship/barge, off-shore and construction applications where operators change welding parameters, use hotter settings for welding in the flat position and cooler settings for welding vertical up.
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