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The Tube and Pipe Journal - Consumables
- From The Fabricator
Stretch wrap is industrially compostable
- Nov 14, 2023
- Product Release
Cortec Corp. offers the patented Eco Wrap, a commercially compostable, industrial-strength stretch film. Extremely elastic, it is suited for general machine stretch wrapping applications.
Simplified automated consumables management and manual welds
- By Robert Colman
- Nov 11, 2023
- Article
Waterloo, Ont., tech developer Nasarc Technologies addresses tip change delays and weld gun ergonomics issues with new product releases.
- From The Fabricator
MicroCare celebrates 40 years in business
- Oct 25, 2023
- News Release
MicroCare LLC, a manufacturer of critical cleaning, coating, and lubrication products, is marking its 40th anniversary.
- From The Fabricator
Airgas opens Altec Engineering Solutions Center in Ohio
- Aug 26, 2022
- News Release
Airgas has opened a new facility in Twinsburg, Ohio.
- From The Fabricator
Tower Metalworking Fluids announces rebranding
- Mar 7, 2022
- News Release
Chicago-based Tower Metalworking Fluids has announced a company rebranding effort as part of its overall business strategy.
- From The Fabricator
Talkin' Shop with Metal Shop Masters: How artist Rae Ripple ended up on Netflix
- By The Fabricator editors
- Feb 5, 2022
- Blog Post
Texas metal sculpture artist and welder Rae Ripple is featured in the first episode of our Talkin' Shop with Metal Shop Masters series, where we speak with contestants from the Netflix show Metal Shop Masters.
- From The Additive Report
Cutting tool manufacturer adds 3D-printed tools to its lineup
- Jun 14, 2021
- Product Release
Additively manufactured cutting tool bodies integrate with the holder interface to form a single robust tool.
- From The Fabricator
Tower Metalworking Fluids announces personnel changes
- Mar 3, 2021
- News Release
Chicago-based Tower Metalworking Fluids, a manufacturer of metal forming lubricants and metal-removal coolants, has announced the addition of Rich Wagy as operations manager and the promotion of Kevin McCarthy to executive vice president/CFO. Pedro Martinez assumes the position of formulating...
- From The Fabricator
Etna Products certified by Women’s Business Enterprise National Council
- Mar 2, 2021
- News Release
Chagrin Falls, Ohio-based Etna Products Inc. has announced its certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise by the Women's Business Enterprise Council Ohio River Valley, a regional certifying partner of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). The certification process is...
- From The Welder
Industry veterans launch WeldNow to serve welding product distributors
- Dec 16, 2020
- News Release
A team of industry veterans with more than 100 combined years of welding and wholesale industry experience has launched WeldNow LLC, Tulsa, Okla., a digital wholesale company focused on product categories for welding distribution. By providing access to more than 170,000 SKUs from hundreds of...
- From The Welder
Gesellschaft für Wolfram Industrie’s Orbistar electrodes designed for tube welding
- Jun 19, 2018
- Product Release
Gesellschaft für Wolfram Industrie mbH has developed two new Orbistar electrodes for orbital, tube, and circular welding. Comprising rare earths, the WS2 Witstar electrode offers durability for tube welding applications. As an alternative, the WLa 20 electrode is suitable for working with frequent...
Corrosion-resistant fabrication project enhances nuclear power station’s cooling system
- By Eric Lundin
- Sep 6, 2013
- Article
Nuclear power plants use a lot of water to cool the reactors, and when the water intake unit occasionally pulls in a sea lion or a shark, environmentalists go nuts. Dimic Steel Tech bid on a contract to build two huge grates for Southern California Edison to keep marine life out of the water intakes, and had to learn a bit about welding corrosion-resistant steel along the way.
- From The Welder
Low-alloy cellulosic electrode introduced
- Sep 4, 2013
- Product Release
Lincoln Electric has introduced the Pipeliner® Arc 80, a low-alloy stick electrode designed for root pass welding up to X80-grade pipe and fill and cap pass welding for X70-grade pipe. It is available in 4.0-mm, 0.1875-in., and 5.0-mm dia. The electrode, which has no intentional addition of...
- From The Welder
GTAW rod eliminates gas purging in pipe welding
- Jul 10, 2013
- Product Release
Cor-Met Inc. offers QWP flux-coated GTAW rod for pipe welding. It forms a slag on the backside of a pipe, protecting the weld from oxidation and eliminating the need for gas purging and backing. Available grades are 308H, 308L, 309L, 316L, 347, 2209, 625, 80SB2 /B6 / B8, and 90SB9. Special...
Need a filler metal for a 300 series stainless steel?
- By David Benson
- Jun 28, 2013
- Article
Matching a consumable to a 300-series (austenitic) stainless steel is fairly straightforward, but fabricators should be aware that the various options (rod for GTAW, solid or metal-cored wire for GMAW, stick electrode for SMAW, or flux-cored wire for FCAW) have huge productivity differences.
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