The Lincoln Electric Company and Helical Robotics announced that Lincoln Electric has been granted an exclusive worldwide license for Helical Robotics’ proprietary magnetic robotic technology. This agreement will expand Lincoln Electric’s automation solutions to include the industry’s first trackless automated arc welding and cutting solution. “We are pleased to add Helical Robotics’ breakthrough technology to…

Lincoln Electric and The NanoSteel Company announced today that Lincoln Electric has been granted an exclusive worldwide license to NanoSteel’s proprietary steel coatings technology for weld overlay and thermal spray applications.  This agreement expands Lincoln Electric’s range of wear-resistant products, which complement the company’s core arc welding, cutting and automation solutions. For more than 12…

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Lincoln Electric has released a mobile app designed to provide common weld settings for SMAW, GMAW/FCAW and GTAW processes. Lincoln Electric’s Weld Parameter Guide mobile app is available for iOS and Android devices. Welders can use the app to find the correct welding parameters for their projects, welding processes, materials, and thickness. Designed for welders…

Some level of automation has come to almost every part of ground based, wind-tower construction except the welding of the door frame. Most door frames remain long manual processes. The rest of the tower is the exact opposite. For instance, after metal plate is first cut to size using CNC tables,  it’s rolled into a…

  Lincoln Electric now offers a line of rugged, magnetic angle fixturing devices and hand lifters in its Radius tool Welding Gear product group. The magnetic fixturing tools can be used to position steel for tack welding or other pre or post-weld operations. They also are ideally suited for cutting and grinding applications. The magnetic…

Welding a turbine tower is a specialized task that deserves more than general-purpose electrotrodes. Lincoln Electric has recognized the need and after some development recommends several electrodes and fluxes.   Wind-tower fabrication demands welds with high impact toughness for harsh environments. The company’s family of submerged arc consumables has over 10 flux and electrode combinations…

Seminar to provide information on the wind energy industry and wind tower fabrication The Lincoln Electric Co. will provide solutions on wind-tower fabrication and information on the wind-energy industry from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 4 at its automation division. The seminar is open to fabricators and alternate energy enthusiasts. The seminar will…

Lincoln Electric now offers a line of high-quality Welding Brushes in the new Radius Welding Tools product group, a part of the company’s comprehensive line of Welding Gear. The expanding Welding Gear line offers welding operators, schools, and employers a single source for apparel and tools. Featured in the 2013 Welding Gear Catalog, the brushes allow the proper cleaning…

The rugged and portable new APEX 2100 Orbital Welding System from Lincoln Electric incorporates several new features to speed set up and ensure accurate high speed TIG welding. The complete system, housed in a modular cabinet, combines an advanced welding power source, controller, water cooler, and accessories required to drive the orbital weld head and…

Most everything welding engineers and operators need to know about Lincoln Electric’s popular Power Wave advanced process welding power sources is gathered in one easy-to-use micro web site. Found at lincolnelectric.com/pwresources, the Power Wave Resources page provides access to a number of tools at the click of a mouse, providing fabricators with the details they need 24/7…

All Magnum PRO welding guns use the same interchangeable Copper Plus contact tips, nozzles, and diffusers with AntiSeize thread design, available in two groups – 350A and 550A ranges – reducing the need to stock multiple expendable parts for each gun model. Just two sets of expendable parts – tips, tip holders, gun tubes, nozzles, and…

Ideal for offshore, construction, or pipe welding operations, the Activ8 portable wire feeder from Lincoln Electric is the smallest, lightest wire feeder on the market and is now available in a One-Pak configuration that includes a MagnumPRO Curve 300 gun. With the One-Pak, welders can enjoy the convenience of receiving a wire feeder and gun…