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The Welder - Blog Posts
The role of flux in submerged arc welding performance
- By David Meyer
- Apr 29, 2024
- Consumables
- Blog Post
The Consumables Corner duo examine the types of flux used in submerged arc welding and discuss why the basicity index value can be the difference between a successful or unsuccessful weld.
- From The Fabricator
Steel industry reacts to Nucor’s new weekly published HRC price
- By Michael Cowden
- Apr 17, 2024
- Metals/Materials
- Blog Post
In early April, Nucor took the unprecedented step of publishing its pricing for hot-rolled coil. Will it stabilize domestic steel pricing?
The impact of sine and square waves in aluminum AC welding, Part I
- By Gina Cutts
- Apr 17, 2024
- Aluminum Welding
- Blog Post
When welding aluminum, welders use alternating current (AC) and primarily one of two waveforms, sine and square wave. Gina Cutts shares more about the former in her latest Aluminum Etc.
Sheffield Forgemasters makes global leap in welding technology
- By Josh Welton
- Apr 10, 2024
- Assembly and Joining
- Blog Post
A breakthrough in electron beam welding technology has Josh Welton pondering this process’s potential in large nuclear and non-nuclear fabrication projects.
- From The Fabricator
USS Midway’s tuition-free welding program a win-win
- By Josh Welton
- Mar 23, 2024
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
Josh Welton writes how the tuition-free welding program offered by San Diego College of Continuing Education (SDCCE) and the USS Midway Museum is important to the next generation of skilled workers.
The importance of welding procedure specification (WPS)
- By Greg Siepert
- Mar 21, 2024
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
Greg Siepert’s recent discussion on welding acronyms has led him to dive deeper into one of the more important ones used by welders: welding procedure specification (WPS). This documentation (or "recipe of a weld") make up the paper trail of a completed weld.
- From The Fabricator
Josh Welton: There needs to be more accountability against SpaceX
- By Josh Welton
- Mar 9, 2024
- Safety
- Blog Post
Josh Welton takes a closer look at last November’s report revealing the more than 600 incidents documenting safety and injury concerns for welders and other workers at SpaceX.
- From The Fabricator
Metal fabricating: A family affair
- By Dan Davis
- Mar 5, 2024
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Working with family members can be a challenge, but the positives seem to outweigh the negatives.
Aluminum Etc.: You can cut aluminum on a CNC plasma system
- By Gina Cutts
- Mar 5, 2024
- Plasma Cutting
- Blog Post
Some think that aluminum cannot be cut using a CNC plasma cutting table. Aluminum Inc. columnist Gina Cutts says otherwise.
- From The Fabricator
Putting yourself in someone else’s shoes on the shop floor
- By Nick Martin
- Feb 25, 2024
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Whether you’re an engineer, a marketing specialist, or the boss, stepping into a co-worker’s job can lead to eye-opening discoveries in any metalworking facility.
- From The Fabricator
Sheet metal prices pull back from Q4 peak
- By Michael Cowden
- Feb 14, 2024
- Metals/Materials
- Blog Post
Savvy sheet metal buyers apparently are waiting to see how much lower steel prices might go before pulling the trigger on major purchases.
- From The Fabricator
Metal fabricators, we’re all in this together
- By Dan Davis
- Feb 13, 2024
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Manufacturing can only thrive when metal fabricating shops are willing to support their peers when the occasion arises.
- From The Fabricator
Congress moves to reinstate manufacturing tax provisions
- By Stephen Barlas
- Feb 7, 2024
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Congress is working to renew tax provisions that have proven to be important cost-saving tools for metalworking companies.
- From The Fabricator
Still Building America: Welding brings Chattanooga community together
- By Darla Welton
- Feb 3, 2024
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
In this episode of Still Building America, Darla Welton speaks with Chanda Chambers of Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Chambers Welding & Fabrication about starting a metal fabrication business with her husband and offering welding classes to bring more diversity to the trade.
Bobcat: From welding shop to National Inventors Hall of Fame
- By Josh Welton
- Jan 27, 2024
- Materials Handling
- Blog Post
Josh Welton tells the story of the Keller brothers and their fascinating rise from running a small welding shop to making the world’s first skid-steer loader and growing the Bobcat brand.
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