In conversation, it’s sometimes difficult to tell whether the word “welder” refers to a machine or its operator. However, it’s obvious whether a weld bead was laid down by a human or a machine. Automated welding has a level of consistency that even master manual welders can’t match. With machine…
Welders, shop supervisors, and even accountants all have an interest in deciding how to calculate welding productivity and its impact on profitability. While calculating productivity can be a tricky exercise, welding shops with high-volume tube and pipe welding processes or similar types of repetitive repairs have the benefit of generating…
What ultimately defines the quality of a pipe weld is how well it meets standards. There are a bewildering variety of international, national, and industry-specific standards for pipe welding. In spite of the sheer number of these guidelines, it is entirely possible for a project to call for a weld…
High demand for welders (the American Welding Society mentions a predicted shortage of 375,000 welders by 2023) means that welding-intensive industries are looking to maximize the productivity of their welding teams. The most effective way to achieve this goal is by transforming repetitive or high-volume manual welds into mechanized welding…
The key difference between a welder and a grinder is the amount of setup that welders do. It doesn’t take too many hours cleaning out unsatisfactory welds with a disc grinder before even neophyte welders understand that it is a good idea to make sure their welding equipment is in…
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