Any assembly industry project must ensure the attached or bonded system can withstand contingencies that could result in detachment or breakdown. Attachment methods such as riveting or the use of threaded fasteners may adequately meet this requirement for some metal-based projects; however, for many projects—including piping and/or tubing applications that…
Manual welding diagnostics and repair is straightforward for manual welding machines. It is the sort of thing that is often done entirely on the shop floor even for relatively complex setups like Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) machines. The same is not true of sophisticated orbital welding machines. These are…
Most welding companies tend to delay arc welding machine calibration until every other effort to fix a problem has failed. In manual welding, failure to perform timely machine calibration often forces businesses to purchase another machine in order to complete work by the deadline. This is the reason that so…
When I first started driving and learning about cars, it baffled me when older guys would pine for older cars. Classics, they called them. I was puzzled because most of them drove newer cars and loved them. What I came to realize was that what they missed was not the…
Welding services are essential for the assembly of systems across all industries that rely on metal construction. And for high-specification or high-volume projects such as petroleum processing and transport, industrial plant infrastructures, shipbuilding, and aerospace applications, these services can be expensive. To maximize ROI and profitability, companies must control their…
A few years back, I worked in a chemical factory running a piece of equipment. On most days, everything went smoothly and I could easily meet the production quota for whatever mixture I was working on that day. However, on many occasions, my machine would decide it needed attention and…
One of the most common uses for computer vision is tracking objects. This means identifying a particular object, remembering its specifics—dimensions, location, etc.—and then being able to follow that object as it moves around a frame of reference such as a video frame. Simple object tracking is much easier than…
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. work as welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers in industries like manufacturing, agriculture, aerospace, construction, petrochemical, food and beverage, and more. It’s clear that welding is a pillar that supports and is essential for much…
Autogenous welding is a welding process in which no filler material is used. Most welders are familiar with gas metal arc welding (GMAW), more often referred to as MIG welding, which uses a consumable electrode that becomes the filler material for the weld. Autogenous processes like gas tungsten arc welding…
Inconel® is a specialty metal that blends nickel and chromium together into an alloy that is extremely resistant to corrosion, even under extremes of heat and pressure that typically increase corrosion on metals like steel and stainless steel. Inconel is also far stronger than these more common metals, being able…
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