by Graham Fry | Oct 10, 2018 | Articles, Job Knowledge
Finding the perfect career is a daunting task. You have to weigh your skills and passions, the hours you’d like to work, and job market. Most of the successful people I know started out in a welding trade. There is a misconception that a trade is a destiny not a...
by Natalie Jones | Jun 2, 2018 | Articles, Job Knowledge
Corrosion and fatigue Corrosion: nature’s great destroyer – and the bane of any offshore operator’s business. In 2016, NACE International released its report on global corrosion, “International Measures of Prevention, Application and Economics of Corrosion Technology...
by Natalie Jones | Feb 27, 2018 | Articles, Job Knowledge, Welding
Types of electrodes and their compositions Many types of manual metal arc (MMA) electrodes are available on the market. Depending on the main constituent of their flux, they are grouped into three categories: cellulosic, rutile and basic. All electrodes consist of a...
by Natalie Jones | Feb 27, 2018 | Articles, Job Knowledge, Welding
Introduction When welding procedures or welding performances (welders) are qualified, test pieces are prepared using a specific combination of parent material and consumables. To reduce the number of welding procedures to be qualified for production applications,...
by Natalie Jones | Feb 27, 2018 | Articles, Job Knowledge, Welding
Induction heating is the process of heating an electrically conducting object (usually a metal) by electromagnetic induction, through heat generated in the object by eddy currents. An induction heater consists of an electromagnet, and an electronic oscillator that...
by Natalie Jones | Nov 27, 2017 | Articles, Job Knowledge, Welding
Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW), also known as manual metal arc welding (MMA or MMAW), or regularly as stick welding is a manual arc welding process that uses a consumable electrode covered with a flux to produce the weld. An electric current, in the form of either...
