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Optimize Your Plasma Arc Welding Torch (.pdf)
10 Tips to get the best performance from your Plasma Arc Welding torch.
Selecting Tungsten (.pdf)
Select the right tungsten blend for your Plasma Arc Welding and TIG Welding application with this easy to read 4-page guide.
Grinding Tungsten (.pdf)
Whether you're using a precision, dedicated tungsten grinder or an electrode wand with a bench grinder, knowing how to properly grind your tungsten electrode will help you achieve good weld quality.
How to Hook Up Your Water Cooled TIG Torch (.pdf)
Easy to read hook up instructions for your water-cooled TIG / GTAW set up.
How to Maximize Performance of Your Water Cooled TIG Torch (.pdf)
10 Tips for Setting up and Maintaining your water-cooled TIG / GTAW torch.
Maximize Your Plasma Arc Cutting With Clean Air (.pdf)
Maximize the life of your PAC consumables and enhance your cut quality with these simple tips.
Tips for Welding Titanium Like A Pro (.pdf)
Tungsten Electrodes: What's the Difference?
From The American Welding Society
Safety & Health Fact Sheets
Terrific collection of welding safety information: from hazards in the workplace to information on thermal spraying, resistance spot welding, laser welding and cutting and even storage tips for your gas cylinders.
From The Fabricator magazine
A Tale of Two Welders: users share tips for upgrading to a water-cooled GTAW system
George Bright and David Anthony were two welders with the same goal: to upgrade their GTAW system. Learn about their experiences and gain some insight into what you need to know to upgrade from an air-cooled to a water-cooled GTAW sytem.
How To Choose the Consumables You Use.
Part I: Consumables for GMAW
Many factors influence gas metal arc welding (GMAW) consumable selection. Chief among the factors is productivity. Because 85 percent of the cost of making a weld is labor, you need to choose consumables based on how well they improve welder productivity and minimize downtime....
How To Choose the Consumables You Use.
Part II: Consumables for GTAW
Several small but crucial components—back caps, collets and collet bodies, gas lenses, and nozzles—are key components in enhancing GTAW productivity. These components are available in a variety of styles and sizes. Optimizing these consumables can help to optimize welder uptime.....
From The Tube and Pipe Journal:
A Primer on Titanium Tube and Pipe
Titanium—how it is processed; the types and grades of pure titanium and alloys that are available; and applications for titanium tube and pipe. Discusses manufacturing and testing titanium tube and pipe to ASTM standards for specific applications.
Know your TIG Torch
Advice and maintenance practices to ensure quality welds.
From Practical Welding Today:
Gun Control: GTAW torch design innovations enhance productivity, quality
Improvements to the GTAW torch that enhance the productivity and quality of welding operations, specifically the welding gun's affect on ergonomics and cooling capacity....
Improve your GTAW in 3 steps: front end torch parts that make a difference
Once you know some basic information about the equipment on the front of your GTAW torch, you can get the right parts for your application and start improving your welding performance.
