Archive for the ‘Welding’ Category

Welding - Important Safety Issues

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Welding is a process of fabrication where various materials, usually metals or thermoplastics, can be joined by liquefying the area where the joint is to occur. The method of welding is often done using a combination of heat and pressure to melt the materials being joined together with a filler ...

The Proper Handling of Welding Rods

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Welding rods get no respect. Out in the field I've seen guys throwing 50lb. rod cans from the truck onto the ground, torching cans open diagonally, beating the wrong end open with a chipping hammer and every other conceivable tool, and leaving open rod cans out in the open. Let's look ...

Illegal Aliens Welding and Fabrication Jobs

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

When someone comes over the border and is looking for a job, often they go to light manufacturing non-union areas to find work and of course there is always lots to do. Many light fabrication businesses hire the illegal aliens. I have noticed this in Houston, San Antonio, Baton Rouge, ...

Setting Up a Welding Shop

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Sooner or later if you run an auto shop you will need to weld something. At first, you may just find a place on the concrete safely away from flammable materials and other people. Once outside you can set up your arc welder choose one of your favorite welding helmets ...

Auto Darkening Welding Helmets

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Auto darkening welding helmets offer an intuitive protection to modern welders. These helmets automatically darken when a welder strikes the arc. They free the hands that in the past had to lift and lower the faceplate, or remove the helmet altogether to see. Many injuries have been eliminated by auto ...

How to Use Those Fancy Ultrasonic Welding Controls

Friday, February 1st, 2008

For 50 years, ultrasonic welding of plastics has relied on a simple "weld-by-time" method of process control. Setting a timer is easy and reliable, but has significant deficits. In particular, it is an open-loop system with no feedback from the process. That means it has no ability to self-monitor and ...

Laser Welding Comes of Age

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Laser welding is gaining acceptance as a specialized method for joining plastic parts that are sensitive (e.g., contain circuit boards), involve complex geometries, or have strict cleanliness requirements (medical devices). So far, most of this activity has taken place in Europe. In the U.S. and Canada, plastics processors are more ...

NPE Assembled Plenty of News In Welding, Bonding & Fastening

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Electric servo-drive technology, new controls, larger-part capability, and ability to handle lower viscosity resins were some of the themes echoed in the new group of welding, bonding, and joining devices exhibited last month at NPE 2000 in Chicago. Also shown were two new approaches to laser welding, a new adhesive ...

Go for Gold for Stylish Jewelry

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Gold jewelry is a delightful and elegant combination of class, style and beauty. It is usually a status symbol in the society. A piece of gold could last forever and it would surely never go out of fashion or style. This is as good as gold itself. The intrinsic value ...

Gold: The Precious Metal That Everyone Wants

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Everybody is aware that gold is a much sought after precious metal and which for quite a few centuries was also used as money and a means to store value and of course in making jewelry. It is known to occur as nuggets or even as grains found in rocks, ...