Tech Zones

Conventional Wisdom: If it's not broke, don't fix it. The Hard Truth: If your welding equipment is more than ten years old and still running as good as new, it is likely costing you money. Here's why.

Because aluminum has low columnar strength, feeding it through a MIG gun is like pushing a wet noodle through a straw. Here are some options to get around this problem.

If someone says they know how to eliminate 98 percent energy consumption without sacrificing quality in the area of stress relieving, people are naturally skeptical. But when the U.S. Department of Energy reports that the American metalworking industry can save up to 98 percent of its energy consumption by using a certain stress relief process, the only question is "how?"

Call to Order: This welding wire manufacturer searched for - and found - an ERP system well suited to help them increase control, visibility, and profitability.

Tremendous growth in developing economies, particularly China and India, is fueling market growth.

Goudsmit Magnetic Systems BV will exhibit a recently developed magnetic sheet divider which can not only separate straight cut steel plates, but also round and bevelled ones. This renewed system can be adjusted in height and the magnetic field's spread force can easily be adjusted.

Tregaskiss offers the TOUGH GUN™ ThruArm™ Series with LSR Unicable technology. At 100 percent Duty Cycle, TOUGH GUN technology provides 500 amps air-cooled capacity with CO2 and 350 amps with mixed gases.

Wayne Trail Technologies/ VIL Laser Systems will be exhibiting its FLEX LASE flexible laser processing cell. Equipped with high power, high efficiency fiber laser technology, fully flexible robot based process articulation, and a wide variety of fixture and tooling options, the Flex Lase system can rapidly change between laser cutting and laser welding modes (including robot/remote welding) by virtue of the fully automatic coupling and de-coupling of multiple laser processing heads.

ArcOne's Python™ Auto-Darkening welding helmets with new Comfa-Gear™ headgear catapults welders into the future with style, function and performance. Available in numerous decals and painted finishes for a look like no other.

Weldcraft offers its TIG welding torches and accessories, including the company's new LS17 TIG torch, its premium line of tungsten, and the Triad™ tungsten grinder. Weldcraft's LS17 air-cooled TIG torch features a styled soft-grip handle to improve overall maneuverability, along with an easily interchangeable fingertip switch.