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For many, steel manufacturing and fabrication almost always involves some type of welding technique to effectively use the metal in a way that will be efficient and useful. Therefore, today we will reinstate our series on welding tips and techniques with an introduction to Pipe Welding. As for any type of welding, the first VERY important step is making sure you have taken the proper safety precautions. This includes having an auto-dark helmet, apron, flame resistant clothing, safety goggles, work boots, and possibly earmuffs depending on how big the job is. Along with these safety precautions you should also know the basic passes that are involved with each welding project, such as the root pass, hot passes, fill passes and the cap pass. Knowing your welding position is also very important as it will affect how you approach the pipe. There are multiple different positions the pipe can be in, which include the material laying horizontal, vertical, fixed, inclined, or rotating, but t

When you think of steel tubing and the places you may find it, you are most likely thinking of the scaffolding in construction sites , factory settings where everything is metal or even tractor components and other agricultural equipment. However, the place you most likely didn’t think about is probably beneath you right now as you waste time on your company computer. Tectron Tubing has innumerable amounts of applications in today’s world. From the more mainstream options that are stated above, to the office furniture populating the sea of cubicles across the country and the lawn mower sitting in your garage, it’s everywhere! Even as we speak there are more and more products being produced with Tectron Tubing material. It’s not going anywhere and that’s very important, not just for consumers, but for manufacturers as well.    Okay, Tectron Tubing is everywhere. So what? Believe it or not, steel tubing hasn’t been around that long. Steel tubing by our ‘modern’ standards didn’t appear