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Primers to the metal casting process

Tuesday 18 November 2008

AUTOSPEED has posted a primer on the metal casting process which looks at how casted items are produced.


Angle grinder for metal welding applications

Thursday 18 September 2008

METABO has released a compact angle grinder for finishing welded seams, preparing for welds, and metal sanding and cutting applications.


The role of gases in laser welding, cutting and brazing

Tuesday 16 September 2008

DR WOLFGANG Danzer from the Linde Group’s Laser Application Development department has written about the use of gases for laser welding, cutting and brazing of metals.


Aluminium structures could protect against blasts

Tuesday 19 August 2008

RESEARCHERS from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology say aluminium structures could be used for a wide range of peacetime and wartime impact protection.


Secrets of molten metals discovered

Wednesday 21 May 2008

THE CAST Cooperative Research Centre (CAST CRC) has discovered molten metals can behave like wet sand when they enter a zone between solid and liquid states.


Underwater welding training

Monday 12 May 2008

SPECIALITY Welds is offering an 80-hour training course for subsea welding training accreditation.


Metal finisher mounts to shop lathes

Wednesday 07 May 2008

DYNABRADE has released a finisher which mounts to a standard machine shop lathe in five minutes.


Man killed by weld failure

Monday 05 May 2008

A man was struck on the head and killed by a piece of steel after a weld failed during an attempt to make an excavator bucket.


Low-cost CNC metal bending machine

Friday 14 March 2008

TRUMPF has released a new machine in its line of units for low-cost entry-level computer numerical control (CNC) metal bending.


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