Today’s companies need better ways to manufacture their products with fewer resources—and without sacrificing quality or productivity. Sometimes the solution lies in implementing leaner business practices, like creating smoother workflow or implementing more effective parts inventory. Other times, the […]
Part One of our series on metal-cored wire introduced some basic information on the technology, its general characteristics and benefits, operating parameters and the applications in which it excels. More importantly, the article also explained how these attributes could improve your welding productivity by eliminating […]
Imagine a company that operates every type of welding process in its shops—from TIG and MIG to flux-cored, stick and sub-merged arc—and think about how much equipment this company would have to maintain, not to mention the welding consumables inventory its employees would need to […]
Selecting filler metals can be a difficult task, as there are a multitude of factors that contribute to the decision. The available welding equipment, the necessary welding position, the joint design and the service environment the final weld will encounter each need to be considered, as does the welding operator’s skill level. […]
When a company improves its productivity, it automatically impacts its bottom line—positively. In recent years the emergence of lean manufacturing trends and improved welding processes have supported that goal across many industries. Faster, more efficient workflow simply creates greater throughput.