Many fabricators struggle to get a grip on their welding costs. The best they can do is try to find suppliers that will sell them their consumables, gas and other raw materials at a lower price. Those who try to reduce costs by being more efficient soon realize that simply speeding up welding is not […]
Many of our customers realize that there is a great potential for reducing costs in welding operations. Yet, not many are willing to attack this area of manufacturing. The reason for this is that welding is a very complicated industrial process. It has many variables that come into play which determine quality and productivity. So […]
Thousands of manufacturing shops are full of old welding equipment. We all want to be good stewards of our money or our company’s money, and we want to make things last as long as possible. We sometimes even take pride on the fact that we have had a specific welding machine for 20-25 years. Most […]
Most manufacturing facilities use 1.5 to 3 times as much shielding gas as they should. The reasons for this can be found in a previous post: Control Your Shielding Gas Usage. Before doing all the checks to see if you have leaks or other problems there is a simple way to get an idea of whether or not […]
A customer recently questioned our advice of going to bulk packaging for his mig wire. He stated that paying an extra $0.10 per pound was the complete opposite of what he wanted to do. We explained how spending a little more per pound would translate into significant savings for his company. Typically the bigger the package the […]
Over the past several years we have seen a tremendous increase in the amount of automation in our everyday lives. This is no different in the welding industry. Gone are the days when you needed to make 50,000 identical parts to justify a robot. With prices going down and quality, reliability and flexibility going up, […]
