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IMAGINE
YOUR LIFE WITHOUT IT
By Marty Baker
Editor
The next time someone
asks you, “Why do you want to be a welder?” I would suggest
responding with, “Imagine your life without welding!”
Imagine
your life without… bicycles, airplanes, automobiles, ships,
buses or trains. Imagine
your life without… kitchen appliances or many of the tools we
use each day. Imagine your life without… bridges or skyscrapers… or
high-rise buildings… or airports… or water towers… or
pipelines. Imagine
factories without equipment… farms without wagons or
tractors… coal mines without excavating equipment.
Imagine a life without telecommunications.
Welding
touches nearly every aspect of our lives, whether it is linked
to the powerhouses that produce our electricity or the pumping
stations that deliver water to our homes.
We don’t leave our homes without using some sort of
transportation. Welding
is vital to our economy.
Welding
began as a repair or maintenance tool and has become one of the
most important manufacturing methods and the most important
construction method. While
it appears to be very simple, welding involves more sciences and
variables than any other industrial process.
Because of this, welding is creative, challenging and
interesting. Welding
can be used anywhere and provides flexibility in design and
repair. It has
become very complex and technical and requires knowledge to
select the proper welding process for each application.
Procedures must be provided for all applications and
internal inspection is often required to assure quality.
Manual welding depends
greatly on the human factor.
But it is important to remember that an intelligently
designed, properly constructed weldment is the best and lowest
cost solution for joining any metal product.
Trained and qualified personnel, good supervision,
qualified procedures, and nondestructive evaluation can overcome
any limitations imposed by the wide variety of factors involved
in striving for that perfect weld.
Welding
can trace its historic development back 2000 years and will be
present in our lives as long as metals are available.
For 74 years, the Hobart Institute of Welding Technology
has been providing training and certification to meet the needs
of individuals and industry.
National standards are in place for the education and
certification of welders and the Hobart Institute meets or
exceeds those standards. So
accept the challenge and develop the art of welding by becoming
a student at the Hobart Institute today!
It is hard to imagine your life without it!
Reference:
Modern
Welding Technology, 5th edition.
2002. Pearson
Education, Inc.
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