July 30, 2008

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Articles

GWD And Penton's Welding Magazine Launch Video Site for Welding
Gases & Welding Distributor magazine and Penton's Welding Magazine have launched a new website that brings the immediacy of the Internet video experience to machining and manufacturing. Welding Theater - www.WeldingTheater.com - is designed as a focused website to provide - free of charge to anyone - informative, educational and fun videos on all aspects of welding and welding equipment.
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Koike Aronson Sets Distribution Program
Our distributors are key to our success. If they're willing to make a commitment to us - to stay current with our products and to represent them well in the marketplace - then they should be rewarded. That reward is offered in the form of rebates.
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Welding Fume Litigation Setting The Record Straight
The article in Mother Jones written by Jim Morris offers a distorted account of the welding consumable industry and the welding fume litigation.
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Working Safely And Being Responsible
It should come as no surprise to anyone in the welding industry that welding fumes can be dangerous. Packaging for welding electrodes has carried warning labels since the mid-1960s that say so. And, anyone who has welded has seen - or should have seen - those warnings repeatedly. Similar warnings have been placed on welding equipment.
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Determining The Cost of Welding- Part 1
Can it be that most companies using welding technology have never thoroughly evaluated their welding costs? Or that they have never analyzed the contribution of welding to their over-all manufacturing process?
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Determining The Cost of Welding - Part 2
A common error is to use the per weight method for small, single pass welds. The per weight method is highly dependent upon the welding deposition rate. Regardless of the weld type, it is possible to calculate the weight of weld metal for a given length of weld. Add up the lengths of welds on an assembly, convert the lengths to weights, and the cost to weld that assembly can be determined. This approach, however, may incorporate faulty assumptions.
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Simufact: Simulating Manufacturing for Profitability

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Events

Benchmarking at IMTS


American Machinist conducted its third annual Benchmark Survey of American Machine Shops between February and April of this year.

Bruce Vernyi, editor-in-chief of American Machinist, will review the results of this third annual survey, and talk about what the data means and how shops can use the data to make plans for this year's IMTS.

Vernyi also will talk about the program for the Job Shop Day at the IMTS and the speakers that will be featured there.

August 20,2008 at 2:00 pm EST
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Announcements

Welding Magazine and Welding Web Announce Launch Of Welding Theater


Welding Magazine and Welding Web are pleased to announce the beta launch of Welding Theater at www.weldingtheater.com. Think of it as YouTube for welders. It provides videos about welding process and equipment. In the not-too-distant future, it will also be open to the posting of amateur videos by anyone involved in the welding industry. Click Here

Weldingweb Forum

Visit WeldingWeb.com, the most active online community and discussion forum among welding and fabricating professionals and enthusiasts.


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