Follow this link to the Forensic report on the Mayflower Pipe Break http://posting.arktimes.com/images/blogimages/2013/07/31/1375318588-metallurgical_report_no._64961__rev._1.pdf. I just started reading the report, but it make me wonder how many 60 plus year old ERW pipeline are in service and...
With no product going through the shop, my former employer laid-off 59 for the shop, staff and management. I guess I am one of the lucky one being a Welding Engineer my phone has not stopped ringing.
Questions to ask:
Some of the things I learned, though the hard way, to look for when...
Does any one do or have the rquirement of having an annual vision tests of each welder at your shop? Experiences, ADA implications ...
Vita sine litteris mors est.
AWS-commissioned Study on Welding and Exposure to Manganese
http://www.aws.org/duke_study/index.html
The study in can be found here http://www.aws.org/duke_study/duke.pdf
Vita sine litteris mors est.
I am developing a set or WPS for repairing a wrought iron bridge circa 1880; these procedures must be submitted for approval. I am very concerned about the potential liability and will include a comment, such as below on each WPS. I am looking from comments and guidance from this esteem group...
I am looking for a reference (AWS or AASHTO)that limits the number of shim plates that can be used to fill a gap. For exapmple; if I have a gap between two members that is 3/8" can I use two shim plates on 1/8" and another 1/4"
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Referencing a thread in the Piping & Fuild Mechanics Forum titled Teflon
thread378-127895
Just like arsenic, cyanide, or mercury, at some point in the future, C8 could be on the list of dangerous substances mandated for regular testing by every water system in the United States.
That’s...
ANSI Z49.1:1999 Revision Now Available for Free Download (pdf)
The American Welding Society’s Board of Directors recently authorized free electronic distribution of the current (1999) revision of ANSI Z49.1, Safety in Welding, Cutting, and Allied Processes. The Board decided this important...
ANSI Z49.1:1999 Revision Now Available for Free Download (pdf)
The American Welding Society’s Board of Directors recently authorized free electronic distribution of the current (1999) revision of ANSI Z49.1, Safety in Welding, Cutting, and Allied Processes. The Board decided this important...
NCEES in a recent article in Licensure Exchange http://ncees.org/licensure/licensur.../le_2005_04.pdf proposed a new scheme for engineers to obtain their Professional Engineering License. In short, a graduate engineer (Bachelor degree from an TAC/ABET accredited school) would be require to...
How many people in this forum have a degree in Welding Engineering, Metallurgy or Material Science, the IWE or EWE Diploma or have passed the PE exam or equivalent in Welding Engineering? Or is your knowledge in toto "Deweyan," that is "Learn from Doing," without any documented assessment
The...
This is a link to freeware that contains Columbus Viewer. You can open and plot/print Microstation, AutoCAD and many other formats.
http://www.oasys-software.com/product/downloads/dm/columbus/
If you haven't seen it yet the new AWS D1.1-2004 Structural Steel welding code has added power supplies requirements for FCAW and GMAW welding.
Section 3.2.4:
“3.2.4 FCAW and GMAW Power Sources. FCAW and GMAW that is done with prequalified WPSs shall be performed using constant voltage (CV)...
If you are interested in material modelling show check out the Materials Algorithms Project at
http://www.msm.cam.ac.uk/map/mapmain.html
There are complete programs, and routines with sourcecode (mainly Fortran and C)
Posted on Wed, Jan. 29, 2003
OSHA points to faulty design in billboard collapse
Associated Press
SNELLVILLE, Ga. - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration says faulty design and manufacturing led to a billboard collapse that killed three workers in August, a federal agency...
