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The Welder - Articles
- From The Fabricator
A visit to Automate 2024 reveals the future might be now
- By Dan Davis
- May 9, 2024
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
Metal fabricators won’t have to wait too long before they see the latest automation and robotic innovations on display at Automate 2024 in their own shops.
Making the move from hard automation to robotic welding
- By Jeffrey Noruk
- May 6, 2024
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
When water heater maker A.O. Smith wanted to upgrade to robotic welding, it analyzed its entire production line to make full use of the latest automation.
- From The Fabricator
How laser and TIG welding coexist in the modern job shop
- By Dan Davis
- May 1, 2024
- Laser Welding
- Article
A metal fabricator tells The Fabricator how laser welding fits into his company’s operations and why gas tungsten arc welding still has its place.
How welders can stay safe during grinding
- By Rafael Guerrero
- Apr 24, 2024
- Finishing
- Article
An abrasives expert from Norton | Saint-Gobain Abrasives answers questions on safety, red flags, storage tips, and PPE.
Launching a fleet revival at Seaspan shipyard
- By Robert Colman
- Apr 3, 2024
- Arc Welding
- Article
Canadian shipbuilder Seaspan has found smart ways to successfully streamline its operations at its shipyards.
Keys to selecting a compact inverter power source
- By Mike Sammons
- Mar 27, 2024
- Arc Welding
- Article
Selecting an inverter-based welding power source may ultimately come down to how much TIG welding you do and how you start the arc during the welding process.
- From The Fabricator
San Diego landmark becomes floating classroom for student welders
- By Rafael Guerrero
- Mar 22, 2024
- Arc Welding
- Article
Welding students at a San Diego college earned valuable out-of-classroom welding experience aboard the USS Midway, a decommissioned aircraft carrier and current museum.
Keys to adopting welding automation successfully
- By Arash Nejad
- Mar 14, 2024
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
Whether or not welding automation and robotics succeed in a shop goes beyond the technology and equipment—oftentimes, it’s about workplace culture and how workers respond to change.
A welding instructor’s career path to working with metal
- By Rafael Guerrero
- Mar 12, 2024
- Arc Welding
- Article
Desirée Guzmán has come a long way since she left her cubicle job. Making handmade jewelry, learning how to weld, and welding in job shops have all led to her current gig—welding instructor at Chicago Women in Trades.
- From The Fabricator
Best welding practices start with safety
- By Eric Sommers
- Feb 26, 2024
- Arc Welding
- Article
Best welding practices are safe welding practices. That fact should be baked in to training and integrated into every facet of a welder’s career.
Welding cobots improving efficiency on the production floor
- By Rafael Guerrero
- Jan 31, 2024
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
Guest speakers at last October’s AWS Welding Automation Expo & Conference gave attendees plenty to digest regarding welding automation and the cobot’s role in their shops.
Are nonwelders in your shop at risk from welding fumes?
- By Rafael Guerrero
- Jan 26, 2024
- Safety
- Article
In this Q&A, a Zehnder Clean Air Solutions executive discusses a recent study on weld fumes in shops that reveals nonwelding staff need protection from fumes as much as welders do.
How to train welders in-house
- By Garry Pace and Peter Kinney
- Jan 19, 2024
- Arc Welding
- Article
Two experienced CWIs/welding engineers share strategies and past experiences to help shops train their welders internally.
Massachusetts welding shop tells how to succeed in aerospace
- By Rafael Guerrero
- Jan 17, 2024
- Arc Welding
- Article
New England-based Advance Welding has evolved and prospered since its inception more than four decades ago by securing aerospace industry certifications, buying a shop, and adding electron beam welding.
- From The Fabricator
Cobot helps build capacity at Skyvington Manufacturing
- By Robert Colman
- Jan 9, 2024
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
A small investment in welding automation has led to big changes for this turnkey supplier of store fixtures and retail displays.
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