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Advanced Surface Moldmaking
Theory becomes practice with the latest CNC technologies in your shop.
Percentage of Argon in Mixed Shielding Gas Does Matter
Using a higher percentage of argon can increase the weld metal’s tensile strength, but it provides no additional value and may increase the chances of weld cracking. Here’s why.
Working in the Line of Fire
Line of fire injuries remain an enigma. here are some reasons why – regardless of engineering controls, guarding or bypass interlocks – workers that continue to put themselves into the line of fire will eventually die on the job.
The Cost of Slag
Cutting Through the Buildup: The time and money associated with managing slag is often mistaken as an unavoidable cost in laser cutting operations. But once you realize the full impact that slag has on your laser cutting process, there are ways to cut costs . . . by cutting through the slag.
Of Course You Should Be Cynical About Marketing
Marketing is too important to allow company CEOs (or anyone else of that ilk) to get their hands on it. Inevitably, they will try to shape it to fit some notion they have inside their heads. And it will be wrong.
Business Ideas to Challenge Our Thinking
Too many businesses are stuck in an “idea rut,” lurching from one gimmick to another to move ahead. But nothing works. What businesses need to do is challenge their thinking. Here are the three ways to do it.
Field of Dreams
Take a look at how Wisconsin fabricator High Tech Welding uses a portable all-in-one multiprocess power source to gain versatility and increase their welding productivity by 25 to 30 percent on field repair and fabrication jobs.
Standing on the Edge
The evolving merger of it and manufacturing is pushing shop activities ever closer to the threshold of a new industrial revolution that will reshape the future, not only of the metalworking business, but of all manufacturing as we know it.
High-Speed Cutting in a Single Look
Here’s how having all of the motion control elements on a single screen helps tool and moldmakers to master their craft more accurately and efficiently and increase their profitability.
Selecting the Proper Size Welding Cables
Here is the best way to use reference charts for ordering the correct sizes of welding cable for the shop, along with some basic guidelines to follow.
Your Mother Doesn’t Work Here: Why Housekeeping Matters
The dangers of poor housekeeping are real. It saps productivity, morale and operating efficiency, yet goes largely ignored. When every competitive dollar counts, it’s puzzling that more shops don’t make a concerted effort to address a problem that is so easy to fix.
Design for Laser Joining
Here are a few basic principles to consider when redesigning components and assemblies for the new capabilities afforded by laser welding.
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