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The Welder May/June 2022
The Welder, formerly known as Practical Welding Today, is a showcase of the real people who make the products we use and work with every day. This magazine has served the welding community in North America well for more than 20 years.
Consumables Corner: Why a shop using GMAW with C25 shielding gas experienced porosity
- By David Meyer and Rob Koltz
- Jun 22, 2022
- Consumables
- Article
A foreman at a metal fabrication and welding shop wonders why using a GMAW filler metal with C25 shielding gas led to porosity.
Jim's Cover Pass: Dealing with leadership change in the weld shop
- By Jim Mosman, AWS, CWI/CWE
- Jun 14, 2022
- Arc Welding
- Article
A welding shop in the middle of restructuring its leadership understandably will raise eyebrows among employees. How can a manager calm employees fear, concern, and temper their initial resistance to change at a metal fabrication company?
Playing With Fire: A challenge to metal fabrication's skills gap conversation
- By Josh Welton
- Jun 8, 2022
- Shop Management
- Article
Josh Welton wants to know why the skills gap argument he finds fault with continues to be a major point of conversation for those hurting and benefitting from it.
Aluminum Etc.: How to seal aluminum joint welds
- By Gina Cutts
- Jun 2, 2022
- Aluminum Welding
- Article
Avoid these mistakes when sealing aluminum welds to reduce a welder's chance for developing expanded gas inside the weldment.
How autodarkening helmets improve weld bead clarity
- By Andrew Newman
- May 25, 2022
- Arc Welding
- Article
Choosing the right autodarkening helmet requires understanding how optical clarity is rated and what level of sophistication a welder requires from the helmet.
Air quality management for small and midsized manufacturing shops
- By Jon Ladwig
- May 24, 2022
- Safety
- Article
Managing dust effectively can be a challenge for small and midsized manufacturers. Here are the answers to the questions that managers of welding shops frequently ask about air quality management.
NASA uses mobile fab shop to showcase welding, fabrication to students
- By Rafael Guerrero
- May 20, 2022
- Arc Welding
- Article
NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center’s mobile fabrication shop aids students in robotics competitions and learning how to weld.
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- The Fabricator Podcast
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- 05/07/2024
- Running Time:
- 67:38
Patrick Brunken, VP of Addison Machine Engineering, joins The Fabricator Podcast to talk about the tube and pipe...
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