Welding

In his case study ‘Exploring and understanding non-thoriated GTAW electrodes’, Michael Fletcher from Delta Consultants explains how in non-consumable electric arc welding, very high temperatures are generated.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted a Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA) to Aerospace Welding Minneapolis, Inc.

Stalatube Oy of Lahti, Finland, has invested a total of EUR €20 million in the past two years, of which EUR €7 million has been invested in a production facility in Poland.

Snap-on has introduced its MIG225Ai welder, which has been designed to assist technicians to easily weld aluminum and steel.

Huntingdon Fusion Techniques® (HFT®) has introduced the blue-tipped MultiStrike® Tungsten Electrodes. Made to overcome the risk posed by harmful products such as thoriated tungsten electrodes, MultiStrikes® contain a mix of rare, earth-stabilizing compounds without thoria, therefore, making them radio-toxic-free.MultiStrikes® can be used for the welding of steels and alloys with the DC process, which allows the welder to have just one type of tungsten electrode to weld all materials, and reduce the amount of stock and purchasing requisitions.

Huntingdon Fusion Techniques’® (HFT®) PurgElite® have been manufactured to achieve a clean, oxide-free, zero-colour weld, within minutes.

Mill Woods, Minister of Natural Resources and MP for Edmonton, Canada, has announced CAD$447,480 in funding for Apollo Machine and Welding Ltd.

The Petroleum Commission has commended Baker Hughes, a GE company, on its decision to train five Ghanaians to become internationally accredited and certified welders.

Stainless steel welding provider, THC Welding, has announced the launch of a new website by Access Publishing, which will allow THC Welding to meet the specialized needs of the various industries it services.

Huntingdon Fusion Techniques’^® (HFT^®) new, low-cost Argweld® Weld Trailing Shield^® provides additional inert gas coverage during welding.