Consumables News Archive
Maintaining Your MIG Gun
Time spent maintaining a MIG gun can be considered downtime, but that doesn't mean it is time wasted. Proper gun maintenance can substantially extend...
Letters
A much less costly way to stop wasting shield gas and much simpler is to simply move the flow meter to the wire feeder. Connect the regulator as usual,...
Selecting the Correct Braze Alloy
By THOMAS J. WALZ Edited by BRUCE VERNYI A great number of brazing problems are caused by the use of the wrong braze alloy. Often, a braze alloy is selected...
Best Practice in Oxyfuel Welding
By CLARE GOLDSBERRY, associate editor Oxyfuel gas welding can be a hazardous, yet good profession. And, while there are many safety specifications for...
Selecting filler metal for flue pipe
Please provide your recommendation on whether to use weld filler metal 16-8-2 or ER308H on stainless steel flue gas pipe made of ASTM A240-304H, and used...
Airgas announces price increases effective April 1
Airgas, Inc. (www.airgas.com) announced on Feb. 26 that its operating units would increase prices on packaged and bulk gases, and other products effective...
Ductility, Part 3: Factors That Inhibit Ductility
Figure 1: Picture of specimen from Welding Journal Article. In the previous parts of this series, we examined the fundamentals of ductility and shear...
Hobart Brothers offers new stick electrode resources
To educate welders on the use of stick electrodes, Hobart Brothers Company (www.hobartbrothers.com) is offering a series of technical posters. The first...
Welding Wire Purchasing and Handling
By BRUCE MORRETT, product manager, solid wire division, Hobart Brothers Purchasing the right wire in job-appropriate quantities, along with proper storage,...
Go Non-Stop
Time, as is often said, is money. A key to cost savings in most operations is the reduction of time spent involved in completing a job. The math is straightforward...
MIG welding with copper plated 1020
I have a situation in which a 1020 steel plate has been MIG welded to an 8620 bushing that was carburized. The weld area of the bushing was coated with...
Understanding Creep Resistance
With regard to stainless steel welding, what is creep resistance?Creep is the phenomenon of continuing plastic strain over long periods of time at loads...
New directions sought in welding fume litigation
Orlando, Fla. - While the thousands of welding fume injury lawsuits that are pending in courts across the nation primarily say that the neurological damage...
Welding fume litigation update from GAWDA 2006
Orlando, Fla. - Attorney Michael Degan provided a detailed update on welding fume litigation to the members of the Gases and Welding Distributors Association...
Not out of the woods yet
Attorney Michael Degan gave a detailed update Oct. 16 on welding fume litigation at the 62nd annual Gases and Welding Distributors Association convention...
