Cutting corrosion in welding stainless
We are welding 304 stainless steel with Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) and Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) with a ER308L filler metal. Our problem is that...
Welding AR500 is easy If you follow the rules
We are building a hopper out of 3/8 in. AR400 abrasion-resistant steel plate that will have vibrators mounted to it. I am wondering what GMAW filler metal...
Safety depends on welds
Humberto at Delta Scientific uses Esab machine. Business has grown six fold for Delta Scientific Corp. (www.deltascientific.com) since the war on terrorism...
Brighten your stainless welds
We are using gas tungsten arc welding to join 320 stainless steel, 0.070 in. thick sheetmetal with 316L filler material. The weld looks grainy, sort of...
Know your core abilities
Photo courtesy of Hobart Brothers Inc. Weld bead created with metal-cored electrode. Photo courtesy of Hobart Brothers Inc. Solid metal electrodes produce...
Questions and Answers
I will be welding aluminum 5052 to 6061-T6 and 6061-T6 to 6061-T6, using 5356 and 4043 filler metals. I am a designer and am concerned with the mechanical...
Paying More for Paying Less
Engineered solid GMAW wire with a copper flashing will leave a minimal amount of copper through the drive system of the wire feeder, so plugging of inlet...
Crushed stone can be a pain in the bar
A Hanson wobble feeder used to separate limestone. The embrittlement of manganese steel is a time/ temperature reaction. Hanson Aggregates-Eagle Crushed...
Quantum characteristics
Quantum Arc 3, 6 and D2 wires are new from Hobart Brothers Co. (www.hobartbrothers.com). Each meets American Welding Society ER70S-3, ER70S-6 and ER80SD2...
Deoxiders improve weld quality
Hobart Brothers Co. (www.hobartbrothers.com) has added deoxidizers to its FabCO RXR, AWS E70T-1 gas-shielded, flux-cored carbon steel wire to allow operators...
Smooth wire cuts problems
The Lincoln Electric Co. (www.lincolnelectric.com) says the smooth surface finish and consistent chemical composition of its SuperGlaze aluminum MIG wire...
Pounds of melted electrodes equal growth
Irving B. Hester, publisher of INDUSTRY AND WELDING, noted in his editorial for January 1936 that 36 million pounds of electrodes were melted in 1933,...
Electrodes weld austenitic stainless steels
Select-Arc Inc. (www.select-arc.com) says its Select 409C, 409C-Cb, and 409C-Ti stainless steel electrodes deliver smooth arc transfer with little spatter...
Packaging boosts efficiency
ESAB Welding & Cutting Products (www.esabna.com) now is offering its Marathon Pac, bulk welding wire in an octagon-shaped box. The company says it uses...
Think outside the weld cell
The more stable arc offered by metal cored helps reduce spatter. Companies can identify non-value-added labor to determine if the shop is a good candidate...
