1、Cashing In on the Energy Benefits of Inverter Technology

   A pipe and tank fabricator invested in inverter-based welding machines to save energy costs

   and reduce maintenance expenses

   BY NEAL BORCHERT

   NEAL BORCHERT is an Account Manager with Miller Electric Mfg. Co., Appleton, Wis.,

  (920) 734-9821.

 2、Welding Offers Utilities Answers about New Chrome-Moly Steel

As power plants strive for increased productivity, designers are specifying higher-alloyed steels for tubing networks

BY BOB IRVING

BOB IRVING (BobbyRea7@aol.com) is Contributing Editor to the Welding Journal.

3、High-Performance steel Increasingly Used for Bridge Building

The advantages of HPS 70W, a relatively new material for bridge construction, include corrosion and cracking resistance, high strength, and improved toughness characteristics

BY LON YOST AND SCOTT FUNDERBURK, P. E.

LON YOST is Senior Application Engineer and SCOTT FUNDERBURK is Welding Design Engineer with The Lincoln Electric Co., Cleveland, Ohio, (216) 481-8100.

Welding Research Supplement

1、Effect of Projection Height on Projection Collapse and Nugget Formation--A Finite Element Study

An incrementally coupled analysis procedure can be used to develop improved procedures for determining weld conditions

BY X. SUN

X. SUN is with Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio. 

2、Root Weld Formation in Modified Refractory Flux One-Sided Welding: Part 1--Effect of Welding Variables

A portable, light, and efficient backing system with thermosetting flux offers solid support for root weld formation in field erection

BY V. MALIN

V. MALIN is with Malin’s Welding Consultants, Inc., Highland Park, III. 

3、Root Weld Formation in Modified Refractory Flux One-Sided Welding: Part 2--Effect of Joint Geometry

   Relationships between the shape of the root weld and variations in joint geometry were

   established

BY V.MALIN