Welding

Welding is a fabrication process that joins materials, mostly metals, by using high heat to melt the parts together and allowing them to cool, causing fusion. It is a widely used technique in the fabrication of equipment such as tubes or heat exchangers. Below you can find the latest newsitems that involve the topic of welding. If you wish to include your newsrelease on our Stainless Steel World Americas website and email newsletter, please feel free to contact us.

Low alloy stick electrodes

Hobart Brothers has developed its Hobart® Boilermaker™ family of low alloy stick electrodes.

AWS courses in Latin America

SGS has scheduled nine American Welding Society (AWS) Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) courses in Latin America for 2009, including Columbia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama and Venezuela.

Tube fittings from Brennan

Ohio-based Brennan Industries Inc. has introduced a line of double ferrule instrumentation-grade tube fittings that are interchangeable, intermixable and are traceably stamped.

Compact wire welders

Lincoln Electric has released four new Power MIG 140 and 180 models, which deliver a compact welding solution.

Orbital pipe welder

USA-based Magnatech has introduced a new, all digital, Pipeliner at the AWS/Fabtech Show. The new model was developed with the knowledge gained during many years of field experience with the original Pipeliner ll.

How to Weld Titanium workshop

The International Titanium Association, in cooperation with the Canadian Welding Association, is offering the “How to Weld Titanium Workshop” on 3 March 2009, 5 March 2009, and 11 March 2009.

Vista welding helmet line expands

Lincoln Electric has announced that it has expanded its Vista® line of auto-darkening welding helmets.

Welding accident in Ohio

Two men have been killed in a pair of explosions at a central Ohio, USA oil well. On 19 October 2008, 53 year old Kevin Fout and 45 year old Jessie Price were doing some welding on an oil storage tank on the property when there was one huge explosion followed by another.

Hobart Brothers Expands

Hobart Brothers Company is expanding its manufacturing operations into a new 65,000sq/ft facility located in Troy, Ohio, US.

Steel company partners with high school

In McMinnville, Oregon, US, a new partnership has been established between Cascade Steel, McMinnville High School, and Chemeketa Community College.