Welding Safety Checklists
Each year, accidents happen in the shipbuilding and manufacturing industry due to the absence or incorrect usage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). PPE is critical in ensuring crew safety during welding operations.
Explore our safety checklists and guides here.
Best practices and guides
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Safer handling of oxygen
Welding oxygen is often considered harmless compared to acetylene or other combustible gases. However, this is not the case. Oxygen gives us life and forms around 21% of the content of the atmosphere along with nitrogen, argon, carbon dioxide (CO2) and a few other trace gases. This amount is sufficient to cause metal to rust, fires to burn out of control and certain foods to sour. Multiply that by 750 to 1,000 times and you can appreciate how dangerous the environment inside a high-pressure cylinder is.
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Top 10 Tips For Using Air Tools Onboard Safely
Air tools are vital to maintenance operations on board a vessel. However, they can be dangerous – and considering how often we use them, it is all the more important to ensure that we exercise safety precautions. Check out these top 10 tips on using these air tools safely!
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Chris Teoh, Senior Product Manager – Welding & Repair -
5 steps to safer plasma cutting
Plasma cutting is an increasingly popular metal working tool due its versatility in cutting all types of electrically conductive materials and low heat input, with minimal heat affected zone (HAZ) width. It is vital to have a clear understanding of the equipment and how to operate it safely. So here’s our five steps for safer plasma cutting.
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Chris Teoh, Senior Product Manager – Welding & Repair -
Welding Fumes - A Known Carcinogen
Welding fumes are now a Group 1 carcinogen. This article aims to give you relevant information to implement preventive measures that reduce the inhalation of welding fumes.