Lincoln Electric has just released the UltraCore® 70C, its newest gas-shielded, flux-cored wire.  It’s guaranteed to meet the highest standards for the “structural fabrication, heavy equipment and ship building industries with low fume generation rates, excellent bead stacking and high deposition rates“.

Lincoln Electric Offers New UltraCore® 70C Gas-Shielded Flux-Cored Wire

- Low-fume generation rates for increased cleanliness and visibility

- Excellent bead stacking and slag removal

- H8 diffusible hydrogen levels

Cleveland — Lincoln Electric now offers the new UltraCore® 70C (E70T-1 H8, E70T-9H8) wire in its portfolio of premium gas-shielded, flux-cored (FCAW-G) consumables. This new product is designed to meet the requirements of the structural fabrication, heavy equipment and ship building industries with low fume generation rates, excellent bead stacking and high deposition rates.

Low-Fume Generation Rate and Diffusible Hydrogen

The low fume generation rates of UltraCore 70C increase cleanliness and visibility while welding, as well as improved ability to control welding fume. Diffusible hydrogen levels are controlled at an H8 AWS classification to provide resistance to hydrogen induced cracking.

Excellent Bead Stacking and High Deposition Rates

UltraCore 70C features excellent bead stacking and slag removal to reduce clean-up time for fast multiple-pass welding. High deposition rates further increase productivity by allowing for fewer passes to complete a joint.

To request a copy of Lincoln’s UltraCore 70C product literature, call (888) 355-3213 or visit www.lincolnelectric.com to obtain Bulletin C3.12.2.

THE FRONT PAGE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES WEDNESDAY JUNE 24TH READS:

“[E]mployers are begging for qualified applicants for certain occupations, even in hard times…  Welder is one, employers report.”

That is the front page of the New York Times.  Welding is getting some good press, I’d say.  But seriously, the projected welder shortage and the current shortage of skilled welders is something that we need to take notice of.  I mean, if you won’t listen to me, at least listen to the Times!

Despite Recession, High Demand for Skilled Labor

By LOUIS UCHITELLE
Published: June 23, 2009

Just as the recession began, Chris McGrary, a manager at the Cianbro Corporation, set out to hire 80 “experienced” welders. Only now, 18 months later, is he completing the roster.

With the unemployment rate soaring, there have been plenty of applicants. But the welding test stumped many of them. Mr. McGrary found that only those with 10 years of experience — and not all of them — could produce a perfect weld: one without flaws, even in an X-ray. Flawless welds are needed for the oil refinery sections that Cianbro is building in Brewer, Me.

“If you don’t hire in a day or two, the ones that can do that,” Mr. McGrary said, “they are out the door and working for another company.”

Six million jobs have disappeared across the country since Mr. McGrary began his quest. The unemployment rate has risen precipitously to 9.4 percent, the highest level in nearly 30 years, and most of the jobs that do come open are quickly filled from the legions of seekers. But unnoticed in the government’s standard employment data, employers are begging for qualified applicants for certain occupations, even in hard times. Most of the jobs involve skills that take years to attain.

Welder is one, employers report…

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What have your experiences been during this recession?  Is there as high of a demand for skilled welders as they say?

Am I the only one who imagines metal sheep when they hear the phrase “metal spinning”?  You know, like spinning the wool of metal sheep into yarn and whatnot?  No?  Okay, then…

We’d better just let the nice people over at THE FABRICATOR® tell you all about it then…

Metal Spinning 101

Metal spinning can be a cost-effective alternative for drawing metal

February 24, 2009

Metal spinning gives shops a broad palette of options that can be customized for the job at hand.

Without metal spinning, motorcycle parts and car wheels wouldn’t be so easy to make. Neither would gas bottles, cooking pots and pans, or myriad components in the defense and aerospace industries.

The process fundamentals are simple. A round blank, flat or preformed, is fixtured in a spinning lathe. As the blank spins, a roller tool forms it, usually pressing the blank against a mandrel, compressing the grain structure, and producing a smooth surface that often doesn’t require secondary finishing.

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What do you get when you combine an Overhaulin’ star and a Hemisfear car?  A brand new, top of the line welding helmet from Lincoln Electric, of course.

Have you ever watched the show “8 Simple Rules For Dating My Teenage Daughter“?  Probably not, but the title is hilarious, isn’t it?  I’ve always wondered what those eight rules were…

But now, we have the “8 Rules” welding-style… aka: “8 Simple Rules For Operating a Portable Milling Tool”.  Very catchy, no?

A briefing on portable milling tools:

8 simple rules to do the job

By David Schreiner
February 24, 2009

By following eight simple rules regarding material removal, lubrication, and tips for general use, you can be sure that you are operating your portable milling tool correctly.

The traditional methods of torch cutting and grinding bevels and radius edges are being challenged today by portable milling machines.

Portable milling tools cut bevels, chamfers, and radius edges on straight or contoured edges of plate and are primarily used for deburring, weld prep, and paint prep. These tools typically use coated carbide inserts in various shapes, allowing for milling on straight plate, contoured plate, and pipe.

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Do you have any tips of your own that you’d like to share with the rest of us?  After all, “8 Simple Rules” is not a permanent title… it could be 9 simple rules… or 10…

This past year, Washington’s Bellingham Technical College  sponsored a welding competition – a Welding Rodeo, as it were.  Teams of four had eight hours to find, design, and build a sculpture out of scrap metal that accurately conveyed the theme of this year’s competition – “Motion”.