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WHEN I SAY EASY MAINTENANCE, I MEAN EASY
Randy Pearson of Siemens Industry explains how CNC allows you to program your own schedule for machine maintenance in ALL areas . . . even the coffee breaks for operator maintenance!
Pre-Calculating Wire-Feed Speed, Travel Speed and Voltage
It is possible for manufacturers that are welding with solid wire or flux-cored wire to calculate the starting wire-feed speed and travel speed? These calculations will get you close, but some tweaking may have to be done to achieve your desired weld.
MAKING SAFETY TALKS BETTER
Phil La Duke of Rockford Greene International explains why the first step in improving your safety talk program is to end it. That’s right. Or, at the very least, restructure it to the point where it is unrecognizable as having roots in what you are currently doing. Here’s how and why.
Shop Floor Problem Solving
Rick Bohan of Chagrin River Consulting explains why the goal is not to gather every piece of data that you think might possibly be of interest sometime in the future. The goal is to provide a real time signal to operators and supervisors when problems occur that triggers them to address those problems in real time.
REPLACE OR REMANUFACTURE?
Ed Zitney, Jr. of SKF Machine Tool Services explores how today’s economic climate makes a particularly compelling case for remanufacturing and explains why spindle maintenance and refurbishment are estimated to account for half of the worldwide machine tool market.
PREVENTING ARC BLOW IN ROBOTIC TANDEM MIG WELDING APPLICATIONS
Geoff Lipnevicius of Lincoln Electric explains how, by understanding the mechanics of arc blow and how to correctly diagnose it in the weld, operators should be able to eliminate it from their applications.
ONE LAST WISH: A SLOW BOIL
Mike Riley explains why our newly-elected Honorables must fight Boiler MACT, an EPA proposal that could devastate America’s manufacturing base and place 800,000 jobs at risk over ridiculous requirements on commercial and industrial boilers.
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ENHANCES TIG WELDING PRECISION
Advanced TIG technology provides the ability to tailor the arc specifically to your application. Nick Peterson of Miller Electric Mfg. shares some facts that will help determine the potential for advanced TIG technology in your plant.
TAKING A GLANCE AT LOW ALLOY FILLER METALS
The goal when selecting a low alloy filler metal is to obtain the right mechanical and chemical properties in the completed weldment. Tim Hensley of Hobart Brothers explains why no single low alloy filler metal is going to fit the bill for all of your applications, and shares some tips on how to make the proper filler selection.
Solid Wire or Flux Cored Wire
If only the cost of the wire and shielding gas are considered, metal cored electrodes are rarely selected, but if you consider the total cost per pound of deposited weld metal, cored wires may actually save you money. Jerry Mathison of ESAB explains why.
Torch Height Control for Automated Plasma Cutting Applications
Here’s why accurate control of the torch to work distance during all phases and types of plasma cutting operations can be the key to dramatic improvements in cut quality, consumable life, as well as productivity and throughput of the cutting machine.
MAD ABOUT METAL
San Francisco architects team up with a sheet metal fabricator Airtronics Metal Products to punch, laser and bend their visions into reality.
