Posted on Wednesday, December 9, 2020

The Outrageous Cost of Poor Fit Up in Welding Operations

You will cringe when you read this

In a perfect world parts would fit together perfectly every time. However, as we all know, this isn’t the case. We mostly think of poor fit up as something that annoys welders but which they can compensate for. But the reality is it can have tremendous impact on your bottom line. Or, in many cases, […]

Posted on Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Welding Cost Reduction Revisited

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 […]

Posted on Thursday, October 10, 2013

The Outrageous Cost of Overwelding

So many shops operate under the premise that the bigger the weld the better it is, or that putting down a bigger weld than what is called for is playing it safe. Although there may be some truth to this it isn’t always the case. And, in some instances, a bigger weld can actually be […]