Welding

Radius Aerospace, Inc. has announced it has acquired Doncasters Group Limited’s Aerospace Forming and Fabricating Business in Sheffield and Shrewsbury, located in the United Kingdom (U.K.).The new division will be renamed Radius Aerospace UK Ltd., but will also trade under its historical Bramah and Shrewsbury names, according to a company release.Radius Aerospace specializes in forming methods including titanium sol-gel coating, metal bonding, specialty alloy welding, stretch forming, hydroforming, welding, brazing, processing, titanium SPF forming, and aluminum and titanium chemical milling.

Weld Purging is the act of removing oxygen from the vicinity of a joint before, during and after welding. Metals that require weld purging include stainless steels, titanium, and zirconium.

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.