Welding and Cutting

In just the recent past, “Specialty Gases,” to the Independent Gas and Welding Distributor, were considered mysterious and novel. They were to be purchased from and sold as directed by the major gas companies. Independents regarded these gases as too...

Cryolor Asia Pacific reached a milestone earlier this week when its Chennai facility delivered the 50th tank. The achievement, marked with a ceremony, was all the more laudable given the way in which the project...

Prior to World War II, gases and supplies were sold directly from manufacturers to end-users. Following the war, however, large gas manufacturers tried to alleviate the cost and burden of selling directly to smaller customers, and wanted...

Bryan Keen, GAWDA’s (www.gawda.org) President/Chairman, and Michael Tiller, Compressed Gas Association’s (CGA) (www.cga.net) President and CEO, announced at the opening session of GAWDA’s Annual Meeting a new relationship that will provide GAWDA distributor members with free access to CGA’s electronic safety...

Fabricated parts—metal structures formed by cutting, bending, and assembling—are the underpinnings of modern life. They include everything from the steel girders that support our buildings to the oven rack that allows the bread to rise. As new technology makes old technology...

The WEMCO organization within the American Welding Society (AWS) may well be one of the best-kept secrets in the business. Billed as “An Association of Welding Manufacturers,” WEMCO is a standing committee of AWS, and it offers big benefits for...