Standardization and repeatability have become popular buzz-words in the welding industry as it continues to adapt itself to lean business models. These practices have focused in part on establishing protocols that create uniformity of quality and appearance for every product […]
Bucyrus International Inc.’s 8750 walking dragline weighs nearly 15-million pounds and features a 400-foot welded-construction boom. It can swing a 120-cubic-yard bucket and move 360,000 pounds of overburden 600 feet from one point to another and cycle back to do it again within 90 seconds. Bucyrus’ 495 high performance electric rope shovel has a working weight of nearly three-million pounds and […]
Stick welding is a skill that takes much practice to master, and selecting the correct electrode for the job can be equally challenging. Stick electrodes are available in a wide range of types, each of which provides different mechanical properties and operates with a specific type of welding power […]
Located at the confluence of the Rio Grande River and the Gulf of Mexico and at the United States and Mexico border, the city of Brownsville, Texas is in the midst of one of the poorest regions of the country. Los Fresnos High School, situated just outside of Brownsville has not been exempt from […]
History is a vague and mysterious thing. Its events are undeniably the result of the economic, political and social factors of the time, but our modern understanding of these events depends wholly on the individuals who have taken the time to record them and on what they’ve recorded. Looking at […]