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China: The Metals & Minerals Industry
A special report from Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, TX) introduces China as a country with mineral resources that are abundant in total volume, but relatively scant on a per-capita basis. The mineral deposits vary in purity of ore composition,…
IMPROVE WELDING ACCURACY IN COMPONENT ASSEMBLY APPLICATIONS
Using sensors to error-proof welding operations can prove costly and challenging without the correct equipment. Replacing traditional devices with magnetic-inductive sensors can ensure reliable sensing and long-lasting operation, despite the challenging surroundings.
AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLIER ACHIEVES PERFECT QUALITY WITH LOW-COST MACHINE VISION
Ice Industries' (Sylvania, OH) is an international provider of large format, deep draw, high tonnage metal stamping, welding, and assembly utilizing steel and other metals. As a world-class supplier, the company serves a balanced customer base that includes the appliance,…
GOT YOUR BACK
Two leading UK road tanker manufacturers realized significant savings by using weld backing tape for the linear and circumferential welds on their stainless steel tankers.
IS YOUR WELDING OPERATION IS A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR METAL-CORED WIRE?
If so, here’s how to justify this technology to the decision makers in your company and how to make the change.
Advanced Technology Enhances TIG Welding Precision
Conventional TIG technology provides very limited tools for the welder to control the arc, but advanced TIG technology gives you a host of ?nozzles? to tailor the arc specifically to your application. Here’s how.
HOW CONDUCTIVITY CAN AFFECT YOUR WELDING OPERATION
Do you know how easy it is for electrical circuit disruptions to interfere with productivity, weld quality and equipment service life? Follow these tips to prevent built-up resistance from causing undue equipment and rework costs.
MATTERS OF SPATTER
Weld spatter used to be an inevitable problem that you just had to deal with ? but with new technological processes being developed, this may not necessarily be the case.
Robotic Pipe Welding of Steel, Stainless and Nickel Alloys, and Aluminum
Special pipe materials that improve the mechanical properties of pipe at elevated temperatures are more difficult and expensive to weld when compared to carbon and austenitic stainless steel process pipe. Robotic pipe welding is ideal for this growing sector of the pipe fabrication market.
Simple Ways Filler Metal Packaging Can Yield Cost and Time Savings
How can you reasonably “cut corners” in your welding operation and still maintain a high-level of productivity, quality and profitability? Try these solutions.
MORE POWER TO YOU: SURFACE PREPARATION OF PIPES IN NUCLEAR PLANTS
Pulverizing the radioactive oxide layer in nuclear water plant pipes with ball-style hones from Brush Research Manufacturing makes short work of pipe decontamination and dramatically reduces radioactive exposure and waste.
BOUND ONLY BY IMAGINATION (Part Three)
Our series concludes with landscape design fabricator Kris Kesler of Bobé Water & Fire Features moves to fabrication, where fittings are machined, materials are cut using both CNC Plasma and water jets, and the silicon bronze and stainless steel piece is fully TIG welded.
