Successful welding has a lot to do with experience โ but sometimes experience in a job can also have its disadvantages, such as if operator errors become routine or state-of-the-art welding systems are handled in the exact same way as decades-old models. And be honest now: how many welders flick through hundreds of pages of operating instructions when they switch to a new system? In this blog article, you will found out six little known facts about your welding system…
Can you imagine a firefighter tackling a blaze without a helmet? Or a surgeon operating on a critically ill patient without sterile protective clothing? Itโs almost unthinkable. Safety is paramount in these scenarios and the same applies to welders, whose work can pose significant health risks. This makes it all the more important to ensure they have sufficient protection measures in place. Failing to do so can even result in hospitalization, as is the case for welding and application engineer…
It makes its way through the mouth and nose and into the smallest branches of the lungs – insidiously entering the body. โItโ is welding fume. If you donโt use adequate protection, it spreads across the entire workshop and you breathe in the particles even when youโre not welding. So thatโs the bad news. The good news is that targeted protective measures – first and foremost effective welding fume extraction – can significantly reduce exposure to welding fume. But what…
A peaceful part of the world, an idyllic horse ranch, a life far from the bright lights in the middle of nature โ that’s how Cinnamon Digan grew up. Today, she works as an application engineer for Fronius USA in Brighton, Michigan. Read this blog to learn how she discovered her passion for welding through her horse, why welding is such an adrenalin rush for her, and how her welding projects are giving homeless people and animals in need a…
The first steps are often the trickiest: Theresa concentrates on guiding the welding torch, which emits a glittering spray arc. It smokes a little, spatter flies off and Theresa draws a fillet weld in a rectangular steel plate. Not in her training workshop, but โvirtuallyโ in her own home on her tablet. Apps have long been a fixture in welding โ not only when it comes to conveniently controlling a welding system, but also when learning the welding trade. But…
From car bodywork to railway bridges, from industrial production plants to oil and gas pipelines: wherever welding is carried out, manufacturers and users expect flawless and demonstrable quality. Ultimately, stable and flawless weld seams are crucial for the manufactured products to function properly and safely. For most companies, ongoing quality assurance with the help of special monitoring and checking systems is therefore of central importance. In this blog post, youโll find out about the role that welding data documentation plays…
What does one of the most capable all-terrain vehicles in the world, yet at the same time one of the most practical for everyday use, have to do with documenting welding data? The huge ground clearance and built-in deep wading capabilities of the Mercedes G drop a clear hint: The vehicle is designed to cope with the most extreme off-road conditions โ pulling force and a long service life have to be guaranteed when the G is subjected to violent…
When the sparks start flying, welding spatter on the workpiece is usually not far behind. And once itโs there, it has to be removed โ at the expense of both time and money. As prevention is better than cure, we need to do what we can to prevent welding spatter โ or at the very least reduce it to a minimum. But how? Every welder has it in their power to help in the fight against spatter, be it by…
Welding systems and robots may create the optimal basic conditions for MIG/MAG welding, but the real action happens front and center on the torch body. Temperatures of up to 15,500 degrees, spatter from liquid metal, and continuous abrasion by the welding wire: the thermal and mechanical forces imposed on wearing parts such as contact tips and gas nozzles are enormous. So, what can be done to delay the inevitable demise of these parts for as long as possible?…
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