A welding test is a critical component of quality assurance. It ensures that welded joints meet structural integrity, performance, and safety requirements. Inspectors evaluate welds based on ...

After much stakeholder input, the 2014 Standard Spec book has been revised. Printed copies are available by calling the bid document sales department at (207) 624-3220 , or at their office located on ...

Reports that welds on Navy submarines and aircraft carriers being built at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia may have been purposely faulty have prompted a congressional investigation. In a joint ...

In my last blog, I analyzed welding procedure specifications (WPSs). In this installment, I thought it might be time to address a specific part of the whole WPS—essential variables. Essential ...

Abstract: Industry 4.0, the scheme that drives the fourth industrial revolution, has been, since its conception, reshaping the manufacturing industry. To advance current industrial chains into the ...

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 ...

We’ve been aware of the shortage of skilled welders due to retirements for some time. In recent years the shortage has been exacerbated by furloughing or the early retirement of workers during the ...