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ARTICLE INDEX 1 9 9 6 1996 Article Index BY ISSUE SEPTEMBER 15-17 Cut Production Time and Material Use—De- JANUARY sign for Manufacture 1996 Welding and Fabricating Buyer’s Guide 21-28 Strategies for Justifying Equipment Purchases 30-31,62 Manufacturing Technology Show In Print FEBRUARY 39-40 Laser Job Shop Quadruples Sales 12-14 Building Partnerships Between Steel-Service ad Laser-Beam Cutting Expands Market Centers and Manufacturers 47-52 Selecting the Right Stainless Steel 16-17 Air-Cooled Torches Cut Downtime, Maintenance 55-57 Tips for Operating Compressed-Air Systems 19-22 Cutting System Delivers Big-League Perfor- 59-60 Texas Fabricating Shop Ships Smokers World- mance wide 25-26 Should a Job-Shop Invest in Laser Technology 29-30 New Machines on the Market OCTOBER 15-16 OSHA Voluntary Protection Program Pushes MARCH Safety to a Higher Level at B&W West Point 13-14 Managing a $30-million Retool to Fabricate 19-21 Handling Technology Leaps 40 Years Stainless-Steel Dishwashers 23-26 Automated Handling Powers Caterpillar 17-19 Punch-Press Duo Performs Tirelessly 31-32 Safety Professionals Travel to Orlando 21-23 Punch Press Machines On the Market 34-36 Respirator Fit Testing: A Requirement! 38-39 Precision GTAW Keeps Indy Cars On Track APRIL 25-26 Structural-Steel Erector Brings Detailing and NOVEMBER Fabrication Under One Roof 17-18 Switch to Cellular Manufacturing Rewards 30-31 Fiber Optics Take to the Rails Owner President 33-34 Push-Button Welding Saves Time, Money 21-25 Welding Software Aids Engineers 37-41 Welding Code Saves Time, Money, Headaches 27-28 Know Shop Burden to Generate Profits 43-44 Laser Beam Welding Seals Electronic Packages 30-33 Practical Pointers Simplify Shop Layout 46-48 Report from Weldex ‘95 34-45 Where to Shop for Laser Cutting Machines 57-58 Chicago Hosts AWS Extravaganza 61-62 Looking for Excitement Beyond the Show Floor DECEMBER 65-66 Chicago Serves Up The World’s Cuisine 1997 Welding and Fabricating Equipment 70-123 AWS Show Library Handbook MAY 17-18 Developing New Fabricating Technologies to Form, Cut and Weld Automotive Sheetmetal BY SUBJECT 21-23 Punch-Laser Combo Spurs Job-Shop Growth Subject, Month: Page Numbers 24-26 Robot Arc Welds, Cuts, and Wire Brushes 31-33 Standardized Robot Cells Weld Prolifically Abramson, Robert G. 04/96:25-26 35-36 Tips from Welding Pro Cut Designers’ Stress Air-cooled welding torches 02/96:16-17 Aker Gulf-Marine07/96:17-18 JUNE Aluminum-alloy fuel tanks 08/96:17-20 13-40 Laser Beam Cutting Reference Issue Automated material handling 10/96:23-26 AWS D1.1 Structural Welding Code 04/96:37-41 JULY AWS Welding Show 04/96:57-58 17-18 Oil Companies Seek Best-in-Class Fabricators AWS Welding Show, Chicago 04/96:61-62 to Compete for Profitable Projects AWS Welding Show, Dining Guide 04/96:65-66 21-26 Precise Bend Allowances Equal Quality Parts AWS Welding Show, Show Library 04/96:70-123 30-33 Press-Brake Spec Guide 35-37 Selecting Among Turret And Tool-Changer Babcock and Wilcox 10/96:15-16 Presses Band saws 08/96:32-36 38-41 Welding Structures for Sour Service Barbecue pits 09/96:59-60 Bend allowances 07/96:21-26 AUGUST Bending 07/96:21-26 13-14 Precise Scheduling Key to Foreign Sales Success Binks Manufacturing 10/96:19-21 17-20 Inverters Power Welds For Aluminum Fuel Borescopes 04/96:30-31 Tanks BP Exploration 07/96:17-18 25-30 Stay Up to Date On Weld Filler Metals Brazing, consumables 08/96:25-30 32-36 Saws Evolve for High Production British Petroleum 07/96:17-18 39-44 Inspection and Testing Buyers Guide Brown and Root 07/96:17-18 DECEMBER 96 WELDING DESIGN & FABRICATION 283 ARTICLE INDEX 1 9 9 6 Capital-equipment justification 09/96:21-28 Non-destructive testing 10/96:38-39 Caterpillar Wheel Loaders and Excavators Division Nooter Corp. 08/96:13-14 10/96:23-26 Circular saws 08/96:32-36 OSHA Voluntary Protection Program 10/96:15-16 Compressed-air systems 09/96:55-57 Corrosion 07/96:38-41, resistance 09/96:47-52 Paint-application equipment 10/96:19-21 Corrugating 07/96:21-26 Powered hack saws 08/96:32-36 Cost measurements, sheet-metal shop 11/96:27-28 Precision sheet-metal fabrication 11/96:17-18 Cost-justification 09/96:21-28 Press-brake manufacturers 07/96:30-33 Cristen, Fred and Sons Co. 03/96:17-19 Pressure vessels 08/96:13-14 Priority Manufacturing 09/96:44 Design for manufacture 09/96:15-17 Punch presses 03/96:17-19, 07/96:35-37, suppliers Dye-penetrant inspection 08/96:39-44 03/96:21-23 Punch-laser combo 05/96:21-23 Fabricating centers 05/96:21-23 Fiber optics 04/96:30-31 Radiography 08/96:39-44 Filler metals 08/96:25-30 Remote visual inspection 04/96:30-31 Flanging 07/96:21-26 Resistance welding 05/96:17-18, stainless steel 03/96:13-14 Respirator fit testing 10/96:34-36 Gas-metal-are welding 02/96:16-17, stainless steel, Robert G. Abramson 04/96:25-26 05/96:24-26 Robotic welding 05/96:31-33 Gas-tungsten-arc welding 10/96:38-39 Roland, David R. 02/96:12-14 General American Transportation Corporation 04/96:30-31 Safety 10/96:15-16, 31-32, 34-36 Hack saws, powered 08/96:32-36 Scott, Andy 07/96:17-18 Har-Whit Inc. 09/96:59-60 Seam-tracker fillet-welding machine 08/96:17-20 Harold R. Henrich, Inc. 05/96:21-23 Seaming 07/96:21-26 Hemming 07/96:21-26 Selecting stainless steel 09/96:47-52 Hermetic seals 04/96:43-44 Semiconductor packaging 04/96:43-44 Hvac 03/96:17-19 Sheet-metal fabricating 03/96:17-19, 05/96:17-18, Hydrogen blistering 07/96:38-41 10/96:19-21, stainless steel 03/96:13-14, cost mea- Hydrogen-induced cracking 07/96:38-41 surements 11/96:27-28, precision 11/96:17-18 Shop burden 11/96:27-28 Inconel, stainless steel 10/96:38-39 Shop layout 11/96:30-33 Indianapolis 500 10/96:38-39 Solid wire 04/96:33-34 Inspection 08/96:39-44 Stainless steel 03/96:13-14, gas-metal-arc welding International Manufacturing Technology Show 96 (IMTS) 05/96:24-26, Inconel 10/96:38-39, selecting 09/96:30-31,62-83 09/96:47-52 Interstate Iron Works 09/96:21-28, 04/96:25-26 Steel Service Center Institute 02/96:12-14 Inverter welding power supplies 04/96:33-34, 08/96:17-20 Steel-mill equipment 04/96:33-34 Steelcase, Inc. 09/96:15-17 J. Horst Manufacturing, Co. 04/96:33-34 Structural-steel fabricating 04/96:37-41, 25-26 Job shop 03/96:17-19, laser 09/96:39-40 Sulfide-stress cracking 07/96:38-41 Surfacing, filler metals 08/96:25-30 Kalamazoo Sheet Metal Company 09/96:39-40 Kovatch Corp. 08/96:17-20 Testing 08/96:39-44, equipment and supplies 08/96:39-44 Tool-changer, rotational 07/96:35-37 Laser job shop 09/96:39-40 Turret-punch presses 07/96:35-37, 10/96:19-21 Laser-beam cutting (LBC) 02/96:19-22, 25-26, 29-30, 05/96:21-23, 09/96:44, reference issue 06/96:13-40, Ultrasonic testing 08/96:39-44 stainless steel 09/96:39-40, machines 11/96:34-45 Virtual manufacturing 11/96:30-33 Magnetic-particle inspection, 08/96:39-44 Manufacturing simulation 11/96:30-33 Water-cooled torches 02/96:16-17 Material handling 02/96:19-22, 10/96:19-21 Welding equipment shows, AWS 04/96:57-58, Weldex ‘95 Material handling, automated 10/96:23-26 04/96:46-48 McDermott Fabricators 07/96:17-18 Welding, filler metals 08/96:25-30, sour service 07/96:38- McDermott International 10/96:15-16 41, power supplies, inverters 08/96:17-20, software 04/96:33-34, 11/96:21-25, design tips 05/96:35-36 National Safety Council 10/96:31-32 284 WELDING DESIGN & FABRICATION DECEMBER 96