For many welding-related jobs, metal cutting is required before a welding arc is started. Two popular metal-cutting processes to choose from are plasma arc and oxy-fuel. Both systems have advantages ...

ESAB Cutting Systems introduces Crossbow, a compact oxy-fuel/plasma CNC cutting system that is portable and economical. According to ESAB , the machine’s size and weight make it easy to transport as ...

Each July, experts from ESAB NA, Denton, Texas, attend the Annual Ironworker Instructor Training Program at Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Ironworkers from the U.S. and Canada ...

The preheating temperature on the material must be lower than its melting temperature. Preheating beyond the melting temperature would result in material flow before cutting. Oxyfuel cutting is a ...

When a person learns how to cut metal and weld they open a new world of possibilities. The past articles in this series covered the most popular methods for welding, and now we'll look at some of the ...

Having spent more than 35 years teaching the agricultural fraternity to weld, Derbyshire farmer Richard Archer knows a thing or to about joining bits of metal together. His welding career started in ...

The machine has just been commissioned at Grupo Ros Casares' plant inAviles, Spain, where it is being used initially to produce steel platesections required to construct wind turbine generator towers.