Jim Mosman looks back at his decades-long career in welding, what has changed, and how he’s managed to survive the highs and lows throughout the years.
Advancements in powered air purifying respirator (PAPR) technology have made this respiratory PPE option less intimidating, more accessible, and more comfortable for welders and metalworkers to wear on the job.
Many fall for welding the moment they strike their first arc. Detroit-based welder Josh Welton says it is because welding can be many things: a job, a career, a tool, entertainment, meditation, and a lifestyle.
A small group of 12- to 15-year-olds participated at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College Marinette’s first-ever welding camp, funded by a grant from Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs.
High school vocational skills centers are shedding a longstanding negative stigma for trades like welding are becoming more of a desirable option for teens considering their post-graduation futures.
Understanding what each welding variable in a procedure is and what it does can go a long way in helping welders meet productivity goals and reduce shop downtime and rework costs.
Two metal-sculpting Indiana brothers discuss their sibling rivalry, the constructive criticism they receive from metalworkers, and share how welding and working with metal have helped make art more accessible.
In the wake of an influx of catalytic converter thefts, a Washington shop owner uses his fabrication expertise to devise a device to deter thieves from cutting and taking the exhaust parts.
An industrial contractor and pipe spool fabricator in Tuscaloosa, Ala., McAbee, builds custom software to digitize its workflow, boost traceability, and increase transparency for fitters and welders. It’s called MATS, the McAbee Automated Tracking System, and it’s changed the way the pipe spool fabricator does business.
Novarc Technologies’ Spool Welding Robot uses the company’s NovEye control system to inspect welds in real time and learn from that observation how to perform successful welds on its own.
Civan's laser speed and the ability to alter a laser welding beam on the fly are generating interest in electric vehicle fuel cell manufacturing research.
By nature, Petrosmith, a Texas manufacturer of surface production equipment for the oil and gas industry, is a low-volume/high-mix environment. To automate the welding and cutting of welded vessel parts, the robot system has to have some innovative features to allow efficient welding of lot sizes as small as one.
Some metal fabrication shops end up becoming time capsules, with little to no change since they opened their doors. Josh Welton says it shouldn’t have to be that way since the industry is all about change.
Small investments in shielding gas equipment can ultimately go a long way for welders in saving shielding gas while maintaining high weld quality.
Welding business owners offer eight tips to aspiring entrepreneurs on how to kickstart their ambitions of owning and operating their own welding business.
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.
Easily access valuable industry resources now with full access to the digital edition of The FABRICATOR.
Easily access valuable industry resources now with full access to the digital edition of The WELDER.
Easily access valuable industry resources now with full access to the digital edition of The Tube & Pipe Journal.
Enjoy full access to the digital edition of STAMPING Journal, which serves the metal stamping market with the latest technology advancements, best practices, and industry news.
Easily access valuable industry resources now with full access to the digital edition of The Fabricator en Español.
Easily access valuable industry resources now with full access to the digital edition of The FABRICATOR.
Easily access valuable industry resources now with full access to the digital edition of The WELDER.
Easily access valuable industry resources now with full access to the digital edition of The Tube & Pipe Journal.
Enjoy full access to the digital edition of STAMPING Journal, which serves the metal stamping market with the latest technology advancements, best practices, and industry news.
Easily access valuable industry resources now with full access to the digital edition of The Fabricator en Español.
© 2022 FMA Communications, Inc. All rights reserved.
Not yet registered? Sign up