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Hard Automation / Pulsed MIG Conversion
Prior Situation A Fredrick, CO fabricator of vehicle hydronic heating systems welded their heat exchangers using semi-automatic 035 solid MIG wire in the short circuit transfer. With 40’ of weld in...
Robotic Welding Procedure Optimization
Prior Situation General Air visited a Broomfield fabricator of steel ventilation data center floor grids made of 1.5” by .80” mild steel straps. The fabricator was happy to show us their Fanuc 100i...
Welding Equipment Certification and Its Importance
Know That Your Machines are Working Properly The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was established in 1987. Because of this standardization of quality control specifications,...
Liquid Cylinders: Proper Operation
Understanding Dewars & Micro Bulk Tanks One of the offerings in our arsenal of gas products is a liquid cylinder. Don't let the name fool you, liquid cylinders provide either gas or liquid...
Plasma Cutting May Be Your Cutting Answer
When Oxy-fuel Cutting Doesn’t Cut It For many years, oxy-acetylene was the process of choice for cutting steel. However, the plasma cutting process has progressed to the point where it has become...
HPG is The Best Cutting & Heating Gas
Improve Productivity & Safety In HPG, also called propylene, the BTU’s produced is 1962 vs. 963 for acetylene. In addition, because acetylene becomes very unstable over 15 psi whereas HPG...
Shielding Gas: Can A Gas Help You Go Lean?
85Ar/15CO2 Shielding Gas = Mode of Transfer Flexibility Manufacturers and suppliers are constantly looking for ways to eliminate wasted movement in their processes to increase profits,...
Industrial Vending Reduces Cost
Reduce Inventory, Consumption, PO’s and Headaches Reduce inventory of abrasives, gloves/PPE supplies, and welding supplies by 15% to 20% (conservatively) with industrial vending. For a company...
Sequential Pulsed MIG for Aluminum
A High Speed Option to Ultra Slow TIG Traditionally, GTAW lends itself well to the welding of thin gauge aluminum. On AC polarity, the operator easily strikes a balance between oxide surface...
Digital Square Wave AC Output
The Future of Submerged Arc Welding In Colorado, constant voltage (CV) DC polarity is still used in most submerged arc (sub-arc) applications. It is still used, in large part, because the systems...