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See how an Ontario shop is doing just that!

Featured in MetalForming Magazine, September 2010 – “Die Shop to Wrangle Work Back from Overseas Competition”

Efficiency climbs noticeably at an Ontario die shop after it adds four seats of design and build software to its engineering department and three seats on the shop floor, to design and build in 3D and program its CNC machines directly from the software.

Among the newer CNC machines acquired by Rezmin Tool & Die was a DMG five-axis CNC universal milling machine, which boasts a swivel rotary worktable, digital drives in all axes and a motor spindle speed to 18,000 RPM. Programming the machine with Cimatron software has reduced setup and machining time by as much as 65 percent. For photos and the full article, click here.

Once your machines and processes have been reviewed, contact ILMO for a Certified Welding Inspection visit to ensure that your welding and gas use processes are on top of their game. Our Certified Welding Inspectors (CWI) have gone across the state and across the world to consult on needed improvements in shops, factories, mines, and on-the-job scenarios for companies looking to improve weld quality, process and environment efficiencies, and operational costs. Ask us about our 2010 trip to Shanghai to visit a partner of an Illinois manufacturer, and hear how we saved them thousands of dollars with this preventative inspection.

St. Louis, MO – ILMO Products Company announced today that it has acquired Smitty’s Welding Supply Company to broaden its delivery of medical, industrial, beverage, and laboratory gases, as well as gas and welding equipment, in the metro St. Louis area. This acquisition expands ILMO’s current St. Louis footprint and total service area while improving the options consumers have in choosing their gas, gas equipment, and welding supply providers.

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(original post by KING 5 News) Posted on July 4, 2010 at 10:56 AM

KIRKLAND, Wash. – Homemade fireworks caused an explosion inside a vehicle on Interstate 405 in Kirkland on Saturday.

The Washington State Patrol says a man filled some balloons with welding gas – a combination of oxygen and acetylene gas – which is normally stored in steel cylinders.

They rubbed together, causing static electricity, and exploded. Troopers say the blast blew out the back window of the pickup truck.

They say the man, woman and 3-year-old girl in the vehicle are lucky they were not injured or even killed in the blast.

(from Millerwelds.com) Welding, by its very nature, is a very heat-intensive job. On a daily basis, your company’s welders face a variety of heat-related hazards, including heat stroke, cramps, fainting and a diminished ability to identify and respond to physical dangers in the workplace.

In this exclusive online webinar, Miller Electric Mfg. Co. Product Manager Bill Gardner and industrial heat stress specialist Dennis Vaccaro of NJ Associates, Inc. will discuss the dangers of heat stress in a welding environment and how to mitigate them through the use of heat stress control plans and proper cooling equipment. This webinar is a must-attend for any company that has welding in their operations.

What you will learn:

• - Common symptoms and dangers of heat stress in a welding environment
• - How to properly monitor employees exposure to heat stress
• - Solutions to reducing heat stress injuries

Click here to register on Miller’s site, or here to email an ILMO rep with any welding questions of your own.

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While welding helmets are designed to protect you from the visible and invisible (ultraviolet and infrared) rays a welding arc emits, not all helmets are created equal. There are numerous options: passive or auto-darkening lens, fixed or variable shade, two, three or four sensors, viewing size. Taking the time to find the right helmet for your needs can increase your productivity and weld quality, as well as your comfort.

First, any helmet you choose should meet ANSI Z87.1 – 2003  (also referred to as ANSI Z87+) standards, which ensure that…   (more…)

To say that Gailyn -Gay- Cornell can take control a room would be an understatement. She’s a firecracker, a pioneer in the welding field for women and all welding trainers, and she didn’t get that reputation by being satisfied with just a roomful of attention – she wants to speak to the world. Gay is the Branch Services Director at ILMO Products Company, an industrial, medical and specialty gases distributor in Illinois and Missouri, with roots in supplying gases, equipment, and supplies to the welding industry. She got her start with Lincoln Electric in the 1970’s in their welding program and has been a highly-involved advocate for the trade, and the American Welding Society, ever since.

In late 2009, Gay’s niece was sharing her plans to take part in her second medical mission trip to a remote mountainous area of Haiti – Calebasse – where the year before she saw first-hand the vibrant energy and desperate need of the people there. Her niece identified the potential for a drastic lifestyle improvement for the community if they could only manage their own metal work repairs, and Gay instantly joined the trip to teach them how to weld.

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