{"id":1582,"date":"2019-08-29T11:24:50","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T15:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jschaeffer.us\/sandbox\/airgasthinks\/?p=1582"},"modified":"2022-06-06T18:08:21","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T22:08:21","slug":"signs-of-welding-operation-inefficiency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jschaeffer.us\/sandbox\/airgasthinks\/signs-of-welding-operation-inefficiency\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Four Signs Your Welding Operation Has Room For Improvement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"m-entry__feedback\"><div class=\"m-feedback-prompt\">\n\t\t  <h4 class=\"m-feedback-prompt__header\">Was this article helpful?<\/h4>\n\t\t  <a href=\"#\" class=\"m-feedback-prompt__button m-feedback-prompt__social m-feedback-prompt__social_thumbsup yes\" data-analytics-link=\"feedback-prompt:yes\">\n\t\t    <i class=\"fa fa-thumbs-up\">&nbsp;<\/i>\n\t\t  <\/a>\n\t\t  <a href=\"#\" class=\"m-feedback-prompt__button m-feedback-prompt_form no\" data-analytics-link=\"feedback-prompt:no\">\n\t\t    <i class=\"fa fa-thumbs-down\">&nbsp;<\/i>\n\t\t  <\/a><br>\n\t\t  <div class=\"m-feedback-prompt__display m-feedback-prompt__social yes\">\n\t\t    <p class=\"m-feedback-prompt__text\">Awesome, share it:<\/p>\n\t\t    <a class=\"m-feedback-prompt__social--button p-button-social has-icon facebook fa fa-facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=http:\/\/jschaeffer.us\/sandbox\/airgasthinks\/signs-of-welding-operation-inefficiency\/\" onclick=\"javascript:window.open(this.href,\n  '', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;\">\n\t\t      <span class=\"p-button-social__social-text\">Share<\/span>\n\t\t    <\/a>\n\t\t    <a class=\"m-feedback-prompt__social--button p-button-social has-icon twitter fa fa-twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=http:\/\/jschaeffer.us\/sandbox\/airgasthinks\/signs-of-welding-operation-inefficiency\/&text=Video: Four Signs Your Welding Operation Has Room For Improvement\" onclick=\"javascript:window.open(this.href,\n  '', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;\">\n\t\t      <span class=\"p-button-social__social-text\">Tweet<\/span>\n\t\t    <\/a>\n\t\t    <a class=\"m-feedback-prompt__social--button p-button-social has-icon googleplus fa fa-google-plus\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=http:\/\/jschaeffer.us\/sandbox\/airgasthinks\/signs-of-welding-operation-inefficiency\/\" onclick=\"javascript:window.open(this.href,\n  '', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;\">\n\t\t      <span class=\"p-button-social__social-text\">Google Plus<\/span>\n\t\t    <\/a>\n\t\t    <a class=\"m-feedback-prompt__social--button p-button-social has-icon linkedin fa fa-linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http:\/\/jschaeffer.us\/sandbox\/airgasthinks\/signs-of-welding-operation-inefficiency\/&title=Video: Four Signs Your Welding Operation Has Room For Improvement\" onclick=\"javascript:window.open(this.href,\n  '', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;\">\n\t\t      <span class=\"p-button-social__social-text\">LinkedIn<\/span>\n\t\t    <\/a>\n\t\t  <\/div>\n\t\t  \t<div class=\"m-feedback-prompt__display m-feedback-prompt__form no\">\n\t\t  \t<div class=\"thanks feedback-nodisplayall\"><h2>Thanks!<h2><div class=\"m-contact\"><p>Thanks for getting in touch with us.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t    <form id=\"contact-form\" class=\"new_support_request\" action=\"\" accept-charset=\"UTF-8\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t    <input type=\"hidden\" id=\"authenticity_token\" name=\"authenticity_token\" value=\"659de24d36\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wp_http_referer\" value=\"\/sandbox\/airgasthinks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1582\" \/>\n\t\t      <input value=\"http:\/\/jschaeffer.us\/sandbox\/airgasthinks\/signs-of-welding-operation-inefficiency\/\" type=\"hidden\" name=\"currenturl\" id=\"currenturl\">\n\t\t      <input value=\"Video: Four Signs Your Welding Operation Has Room For Improvement\" type=\"hidden\" name=\"currenttitle\" id=\"currenttitle\">\n\t\t      <label class=\"is-required\">Help us improve. 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Manufacturers and metal fabricators are obsessed with increasing productivity<em>\u2014<\/em>making more parts in less time, without compromising quality\u2014all in the name of being more competitive and more profitable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But finding cost-effective ways to achieve those goals can be challenging, especially when you\u2019re already running a tight ship. That\u2019s why welding operations across the country reach out to experts like Fred Schweighardt, Advanced Fabrication Project Manager and International Expert at Airgas, an Air Liquide company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cManufacturers are asking daily what can they do to be more competitive,\u201d Schweighardt says. \u201cHow can they<a href=\"http:\/\/jschaeffer.us\/sandbox\/airgasthinks\/welding-efficiency-programs\/\"> improve their manufacturing operation<\/a> to be more profitable, more productive, more effective and all of those things together [to] make them more competitive?\u201d The answer, he believes, may lie in small details that are often overlooked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Watch the video below to learn why Schweighardt believes these four things indicate that your welding operation may not be as efficient as you think it is:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li style=\"font-size: 13px !important;\">Burning through consumables<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 13px !important;\">Decreasing arc-on times<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 13px !important;\">Using a large amount of abrasives<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 13px !important;\">Hiring more staff to improve production<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<!-- =========== -->                      \n<!-- ============ -->                      \n<!-- ============== -->                      \n<!-- START Video     -->\n<!-- ================ -->\n   \n\n   \n<style>\/* CSS *\/        \n\n   \n\/* Adjust div container *\/        \n    .video-container {\n        position:relative;\n        padding-bottom:56.25%;\n        overflow:hidden;\n        max-width:100%;\n        height:auto;\n    }\n\n\/* Adjust iFrame *\/            \n    .video-container iframe, .video-container object, .video-container embed {\n        position:absolute;\n        top:0;\n        left:0;\n        width:100%;\n        height:100%;\n    }    \n   \n<\/style><!-- CLOSE Video container -->    \n   \n\n   \n   \n<!-- -------------------------------- -->\n<!-- Video container  -->\n<div class=\"video-container\" id=\"video-container\">\n\n    <!-- VIDEO iFrame-->\n    <iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/348434679?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>                            \n\n<\/div><!-- CLOSE Video container -->\n<!-- -------------------------------- -->    \n                   \n     \n                   \n                   \n<!-- ================ -->                      \n<!-- CLOSE Video     -->\n<!-- ============== -->                    \n<!-- ============= -->                      \n<!-- ============ -->\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>Want a more competitive welding operation? Consider these four simple things. <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>(Video Transcript)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5><strong><em>Everyone wants to be more competitive<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Fred Schweighardt: <\/strong>Manufacturers are asking daily, what can they do to be more competitive? How can they improve their manufacturing operation to be more profitable, more productive,&nbsp; more effective, and all of those things together would make them more competitive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5><strong><em>1. Consider your consumables<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Fred Schweighardt: <\/strong>So if we notice you&#8217;re using far too many contact tips, there&#8217;s potentially some problems in your welding process. Maybe your ground clamps are not working properly, or maybe you have some parameters that are not set correctly that causes you to use more of that particular consumables than you really should.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5><strong><em>2. Consider your arc-on times<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Fred Schweighardt: <\/strong>\u00a0A lot of people don&#8217;t know how often the welder&#8217;s actually welding. Would it surprise you to know that the average\u2014nationally\u2014is 15 percent? 15 percent of the time the welder has actually got the weld being performed. 15 percent\u2014that&#8217;s not very much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5><strong><em>3. Consider your abrasive usage<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Fred Schweighardt: <\/strong>Typically the need for grinding wheels indicates that there&#8217;s a quality problem, or there&#8217;s a consistency problem somewhere in the process. And by noticing that that grinding wheel ratio has gone up, we can often identify a root cause for that, that really has nothing to do with grinding, it&#8217;s perhaps because the machine had a problem, and it&#8217;s not welding quite right anymore and it&#8217;s making a lot of spatter that has to be removed for the product to be commercially viable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5><strong><em>4. Consider how productivity can impact staffing costs<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Fred Schweighardt: <\/strong>We continually hear from senior management, that some of the toughest challenges facing them is the ability to acquire skilled welders. Everyone is always hiring. What if you didn&#8217;t have to hire those people, and you were able to maintain or even increase production with your current headcount?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/jschaeffer.us\/sandbox\/airgasthinks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/AirgasThinksIcon_BOLD_041519_150x150.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1470\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3><strong>Airgas talks too.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;ve got a business challenge related to this article, <em>Airgas Thinks<\/em> can connect you to experts who can help. 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