Over the past five years, the American welder shortage has gone from concern to crisis. In 1988, according to the US Bureau and Labor Statistics, there were 570,000 welders in the US, but by 2012...
Linde Engineering North America (LENA) is a member of the Linde Engineering Division of The Linde Group. Formed just over a year ago, LENA represents the reorganization of Linde Engineering companies in North America into...
The rise of 3D printing – or additive manufacturing – has rapidly gained in popularity. The process provides a number of compelling benefits, including shorter lead times and reduced waste. Most notably, however, it is...
The naysayers are a part of the MagneGas, Inc., story, CEO Ermanno Santilli tells you by phone from his offices in Clearwater, FL. These doubters, he adds, actually help drive and inspire innovation for this...
They’ve done these demos hundreds of times, and it never ceases to draw oohs and ahhs. A firefighter generously covers his hand in FireIce Shield® gel, then applies a lit welding torch to his flesh.
Welding fabricators face a number of challenges to ensure the quality of delivered product while reliably increasing productivity within ever more stringent quality standards. Airgas, an Air Liquide company, recently introduced an innovative welding gas mixing solution...
Argon demand strengthened as we came out of the recession, but the uncertainty of the new political environment has left producers questioning how to manage that growth, possibly adding more issues and questions than before.
Prices of industrial gases such as argon, CO2, oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen and helium have recently risen as much as 20%. With prices at these levels, distributors and users have to maximize their distribution efficiency, and...
As a youth I had a reading problem — dyslexia— a disability not well understood at that time, and although I graduated from college with highest honors, my self-image was very low as a result...
