Power Wave® C300
	Blue Max® Welding Consumables
	Automation Center Grand Opening
	"How I Did It" Projects
	T.D. Williamson Inc. Success Story

Vista® Helmet Update!

Non-graphic, black Vista® Welding Helmets are now available featuring our newly improved premium headgear.

Includes a drawstring helmet bag, owners sticker and bandana.

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Welding Can Take You Anywhere

Know someone who is interested in a career in welding? The American Welding Society offers a career guide, brochure and DVD starring Jessi Combs, Troy Trepanier and Bryan Fuller with guest appearance by Jay Leno.

Go to AWS.org

Johnny Benson Wins NASCAR Craftsman Truck Title

Johnny Benson's seventh-place finish driving the No. 23 Bill Davis Racing (BDR) Tundra at Homestead-Miami Speedway in last Friday's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (NCTS) race clinched the truck driver's championship for the Grand Rapids, Michigan veteran.

Lincoln Electric is the exclusive welder of Bill Davis Racing.

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Power Wave® C300

Portable, Powerful and Compact.
One Machine Does It All!

The Power Wave® C300 is a portable multi-process wire feeder welder. It is ideal for production welding, general fabrication, construction, and training.

	PowerConnect™ Technology - Automatically adjusts to input power from 200 - 600V, 50 or 60 Hz, single-phase or three-phase. Welding output remains constant through the entire input voltage range.
	Low Operating Cost - Tribrid™ power module provides exceptional welding performance at an industry leading 0.97 power factor and 88% efficiency at 250 amps.
	Production Monitoring™ 2 - Track equipment usage, store weld data, and configure limits to assist in welding efficiency analysis.
	iARC™ Digital Controls - Fast processing speed provides exceptional arc stability regardless of weld process. Ethernet connection now standard.
	Compact and Durable Case - IP23 rated to withstand harsh environments and maximize portability.

Available as base model and Ready-Pak® Package

Blue Max® Consumables

For Stainless, Nickel and
High Alloy Applications

Look to Blue Max® welding consumables from Lincoln Electric for high alloy, stainless steel, and nickel-based alloy applications. These premium electrodes, wires and fluxes are specifically designed for the power, processing, energy, and transportation industries. They deliver premium performance for demanding stainless, duplex, super duplex, high alloy and nickel-based alloy applications.

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"Stainless Steels – Properties, How to Weld Them and Where to Use Them" is a great resource for those who work with and weld stainless steels.

The 32-page booklet, C6.4000, describes the physical and mechanical properties of a variety of commercial stainless steels. It provides recommendations on the applications of each type and how to arc weld each including filler materials.

View C6.4000(pdf)

Request C6.4000

Welding Fume Control

How does OSHA specify and enforce "adequate" ventilation?

Read the answer (pdf)

Welding School

The Lincoln Electric Welding School performs courses throughout the year at its modern facility in Cleveland, Ohio to educate and train students on the various types of arc welding methods and Lincoln® products. Qualification and certification programs are also available.

View course descriptions.

Get 2009 class schedule (pdf)

Motorsports Welding School
Cleveland, OH

The first BASIC class scheduled in 2009 runs January 12-16.

The next ADVANCED class starts January 19.

Lincoln Electric Opens Innovative New
Automation Center of Excellence

Lincoln Electric has opened its innovative new Automation Center of Excellence, adjacent to its world headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio. The state-of-the-art 100,000-square-foot facility is designed to showcase the company's comprehensive robotic welding solutions and investment in one of the fastest growing areas of welding.

The center was officially opened to Lincoln Electric customers, partners and media on October 23, 2008, at a special event, which included a presentation by Ohio Governor Ted Strickland.

"We continue to see tremendous growth of automated welding solutions in the United States, especially as the nation strives to remain competitive globally in an environment where the number of skilled workers continues to decrease," said Richard Seif, Lincoln Electric, senior vice president of global marketing. "Lincoln Electric is committed to creating comprehensive automated welding solutions that increase productivity, improve quality and enhance a safe work environment that make our customers more successful."

The center was built to enhance and expand the services and products offered by Lincoln Electric's Automation Division. It includes two fully equipped robotic welding labs, 20,000 square feet of staging and assembly space, an application and service lab, classroom facilities, and a state-of-the-art auditorium.

More photos Ask the Experts:
Can I hook up a Lincoln
High-Frequency unit
to my AC-225 to TIG weld aluminum?

Lincoln does not recommend this application for several reasons.

1. The AC-225 has a rated duty cycle of 20% on all of the tap settings. Typically, when a high frequency unit is added to a stick welder, the welder must be "derated" by at least 50%. That means your AC-225's duty cycle, or welding time, would be reduced from 20% to 10%, or, 1 minute out of a 10 minute period. Not enough available welding time increases the risk of overheating your welder which can result in shortening its life.
2. Most TIG applications involve thin materials and required only single digit currents. The lowest setting on AC-225 is 40 amps. The AC-225 with the high-frequency unit may not produce low enough currents for some thin material applications.
3. TIG welders commonly have a built in contactor that provides a "cold" tungsten when you're not welding. The AC-225 stick welder has no contactor which means the tungsten would be always "hot."
4. The AC-225 has no provision for remote current control, which would make welding aluminum and thin steels very difficult.
5. The purchase price for the high frequency unit and required accessories can approach the price for a dedicated TIG welder.

Your best option for TIG welding aluminum is to look at a dedicated TIG welder such as Lincoln's Precision TIG® 225 or Invertec® V155-S TIG Ready-Pak®. Not only are these units great TIG welders, they are very capable stick welders too. Lincoln Electric and Fanuc Introduce New
Robotic Welding Education Cell

Advanced Technology Provides Real-Life Training Experience

Robotic welding continues to grow in popularity due in large part to the critical shortage of skilled labor, combined with industry's need to remain competitive with lower labor costs and improved productivity. Responding to this trend, Lincoln Electric and FANUC Robotics have partnered to offer the new Robotic Education Cell, an instructional cell that can be moved from classroom to classroom for training the next generation of welders on robotic programming and welding.

For instructors and students alike, the new cell provides access to the best curriculum, materials and technology needed to develop the skills demanded by today's advanced manufacturing environment. The training materials included with the new Robotic Education Cell have been written to supplement any curriculum with a basis in math and sciences.

The Robotic Education Cell is designed for educational institutions, training departments, schools and other facilities to teach robotic programming related to MIG welding (GMAW). The program gives students a foundation both in robotic welding basics and more sophisticated technologies, preparing them to succeed in industries ranging from building and construction, to shipbuilding, manufacturing and oil field services.

The Robotic Education Cell offers teaching institutions with a number of benefits:

• The cell fits through a standard doorway, is lightweight and mounted on casters. It can be moved easily from classroom to classroom and positioned for optimal demonstration purposes.
• The cell is ready to go out of the box. Packages include integrated gas bottle rack/storage, fume extraction mounting, integrated safety measures and numerous software options from FANUC Robotics to maximize the capability and functionality of the system.
• Single power drop for the complete cell simplifies connection.

More on the Robotic Welding Education Cell (pdf) How I Did It - 1: Work Bench and Welder Stand in the Land Down Under



David MacGlashan of Queensland, Australia writes:

"Here are two items I have constructed using a Lincoln SP-170T MIG welder -- a work bench and welder stand. The work bench was designed so that the welder stand fit into the space on the left hand side. With the stand I made it so that the welder was at bench height."

"The main frame of the work bench is constructed from 50x50x1.6mm SHS and the top from 1.6mm sheet metal.

"I enjoy your newsletters for their content and information." How I Did It - 2: Tree Stand

Phil Rivest of Ontario, Canada writes:

"I built this tree stand out of aluminum square tubing using the Lincoln Power MIG® 180C and Magnum® 100SG Spool Gun. The welder is very easy to set up and use. Having no experience welding aluminum I was able to get some nice welds with very little practice. This spool gun is a dream to use and very affordable."
These project images and descriptions have been published to show how individuals used their ingenuity for their own needs, convenience and enjoyment. Only limited details are available and the projects have NOT been engineered by the Lincoln Electric® Company. Therefore, when you use the ideas for projects of your own, you must develop your own details and plans and the safety and performance of your work is your responsibility.

Got Projects? Send them to us at:
newsletter@lincolnelectric.com

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How I Did It
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Pipeline Equipment Manufacturer Finds 87% Time Savings in Automated Welding T.D. Williamson Inc. of Tulsa, OK fabricates the hot tapping and plugging equipment which allows pipeline repair and maintenance to be done without having to stop the flow of oil or gas. Challenge Substantial increase in orders due to growth in the industry. Needed to dramatically decrease the time it took to produce fittings. Solution Power Wave® 455M Robotic power source and Power Feed™ 10R wire feeder integrated with an AMET automated welding system SuperArc® L-56 MIG wire UltraCore® 712C FCAW-GS wire Lincolnweld® LA-71, L-61 and 880M flux submerged arc wire and flux Results 87% decrease in overall manufacturing time. Reduced the overall cost by purchasing less wire as well as decreasing the labor needed per project. Decreased weld passes needed from six to two. 100% pass rate for all of its parts. Read the full story (pdf)