Lincoln Electric will host a free pipeline welding seminar for contractors and professionals in the pipeline industry from 20 March to 31 March, 2011. Located at the company’s Cleveland, Ohio, headquarters, the in-depth session will discuss the growing demand in energy markets and how this will facilitate the rehabilitation of existing infrastructure and construction of new cross-country and subsea pipelines. The seminar will also discuss solutions for improved safety, productivity and quality. Other topics will include solutions to common pipeline welding challenges, understanding hydrogen cracking and how to minimize it, and the effects of welding essential variables on weld metal properties. Sessions will also include welding demonstrations of the latest pipeline welding techniques, equipment and consumables. The deadline to register for the seminar is 15 March 2011.