This pole suffered a failure in the welded seam at an overlapping slip splice. A tubular steel transmission pole generally consists of a series of welded assemblies. The pole shafts and arms are ...

Select the right welding system when joining rotationally molded parts. It's often to a designer's advantage to make a rotationally or rotomolded part as simple as possible, then customize it with ...

Pinholes are an all-too-common problem with welds. This column details some of the factors that cause these defects. Note to readers:My column for the January issue (which dealt with porosity in welds ...

According to leading industry sources listed in ManufacturingTalk.com, friction welding has become widely accepted as a competitive and effective process and a valid, proven alternative to complex ...

Welding creates problems for fleet managers because construction equipment does not fall into a neat category. A welder cannot qualify a hard-facing procedure to a structural steel welding code, for ...