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2021
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.24 No.1 2021
Preface
- New 2021 Year's greeting from the Head of the Welding Business
Products Spotlight
- New line-up in the ARCMAN™ welding robot series
Technical Highlight
- The new SAW FAMILIARC™ US-29HK /TRUSTARC™ PF-H55LT-N, for Offshore Wind Power Generators
Bulletin
- The Welding Business's 115th International QC-Circle Conference
2020
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.23 No.2 2020
Technical Highlight
- FAMILIARC™ MIX-1TR: the solid wire for GMAW to improve electrodeposition coating property
Products Spotlight
- FAMILIARC™ OW-S50P (E71T-8-H16): Self-shielded flux cored wire for overseas markets
Bulletin
- KOBELCO technical seminar in Saudi Arabia in 2020
- Video courses on fundamentals of welding uploaded to YouTube and KOBELCO's Global Website
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.23 No.1 2020
Products Spotlight
- ARCMAN™ A40: The new robot for overhead welding systems
Technical Highlight
- A new function for the ARCMAN™ robotic welding system: root gap detection by laser sensor
Bulletin
- Your best partner KOBELCO brings Total Welding Solutions to FABTECH 2019
2019
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.22 No.3 2019
Products Spotlight
- PREMIARC™ DW-N609SV: Ni-based alloy welding consumable for fuel tanks on LNG-powered ships and ship exhaust scrubbers
Preface
- KOBELCO's spirit for service, contribution, cooperation and hospitality
Technical Highlight
- Technology to prevent end cracking in one-side submerged arc welding
Bulletin
- A great KOBELCO event combining the ASEAN Shin-Yo-Kai meeting with the celebration of KWAP's 40th anniversary
- Beijing Essen Welding & Cutting Fair 2019, focused on robotic welding and IoT related technology
- KOBELCO Global Website is smartphone friendly now
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.22 No.2 2019
Products Spotlight
- PREMIARC™MX-A430M / PREMIARC™MX-T430Nb / Ferritic stainless steel welding consumables for automotive exhaust systems
Preface
- Quality management is in progress in the Welding Business as well as KOBE STEEL
Technical Highlight
- Solid wires for thin steel sheets : TRUSTARC™MG-S120T for ultra-high tensile strength and, FAMILIARC™MG-1T(F) for wire feeding control
Bulletin
- Chinese Shin-Yo-Kai : KOBE STEEL’ s welding distribution network in China
Bulletin
- The Welding Business holds its 114th QC circle conference
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.22 No.1 2019
Products Spotlight
- SG-2Z-CE / Equipment for the SEGARC™ process in EU Highly efficient electro-gas arc welding process
Preface
- New Year’ s greeting from the Head of the Welding Business
Technical Highlight
- Flux cored wires for heat resistant steels that conform to AWS specications
Bulletin
- 10th year anniversary of KOBE WELDING OF QINGDAO, China KWAI at FABTECH 2018: KOBELCO-Your Best Partner on display
2018
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.21 No.3 2018
Products Spotlight
- FAMILIARC™ MG-1T(F) controls wire feeding in high speed welding of thin steel plates
Preface
- KOBELCO's pioneer and leader of overseas business: TKW in Thailand
Technical Highlight
- "1Z Series" welding consumables for galvanized steel sheets
Bulletin
- TKW's 50th and KMWT's 30th anniversaries in Thailand
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.21 No.2 2018
Preface
- Inaugural address by Akira Yamamoto, new Head of the Welding Business!
- Welding automation with ISHIMATSU, the portable robot, and PLM
Technical Highlight
- B91 Series welding consumables for Grade 91 Steels
Products Spotlight
- PF-N5/US-609S for SAW on 9%Ni steels: Excellent solution in horizontal and flat positions
Bulletin
- "KOBELCO-Your Best Partner" highlighted at JIWS 2018
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.21 No.1 2018
Products Spotlight
- PREMIARC™ NI-C6J for 9%Ni steel: Excellent porosity and hot crack resistance.
Preface
- Year 2018: Enhancing Marketing Capabilities and Facing New Challenges!
Technical Highlight
- Hybrid Tandem MAG Welding Process: An effective porosity-reduction method for welding primer-coated steel plates.
Bulletin
- With the new slogan "Together We Are Strong," INTIWI celebrated its 40th anniversary.
- Welcoming visitors with "Say Hi to the Original!" at the 2017 Schweissen & Schneiden Düsseldorf.
- KOBELCO participates at FABTECH 2017, under the slogan "Your Best Partner KOBELCO".
2017
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.20 No.3 2017
Special Message
- Head of the Welding Business reflects upon the publication of KWT’s 20th anniversary special issue
Feature Article
- THE KOBELCO ARC over the Last Decade
Feature Article (System)
- THE KOBELCO ARC over the Last Decade: Welding systems and equipment
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.20 No.2 2017
Bulletin
- Welding Business to make organizational changes
Preface
- Another year of progress in welding automation
Products Spotlight
- ARCMAN™ Robotic Welding System for Hull Assembly in Shipbuilding
Bulletin
- FABTECH2016 in Las Vegas: A special exhibition for KOBELCO
- KWE’s social and educational activities
- Metaltech Malaysia 2016
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.20 No.1 2017
Bulletin
- Round Robin Test Reports:Analysis of trace elements in Cr-Mo-V steel weld metal at IIW/C-II/SC-E
Preface
- Three“M”s:Marketing, Monodzukuri and Manpower
Products Spotlight
- TRUSTARC™ DW-A62LSR(A5.29 E91T1-GM)improves notch toughness of HSLA weld metal after PWHT
Bulletin
- The 7th India Essen 2016 in Mumbai
- WELDEX 2016:Welding Exhibition in Moscow
2016
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.19 No.3 2016
New Business
- ARCMAN™ robotic welding system business in North America
Preface
- Focus on welding system business and human resource development
Technical Highlight
- The new “CB type” controller for the ARCMAN™ robotic welding system
Bulletin
- KOBELCO Technical Seminar in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- The 2016 Beijing Essen Fair
- Metaltech Malaysia 2016
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.19 No.2 2016
Bulletin
- Round Robin Test:Analysis of trace components in 2.25Cr-1Mo steel weld metal IIW/C-II/SC-E
Technical Highlight
- Recent developments of AWS specifications
Bulletin
- AWF meeting in Osaka, Japan
- 2016 Japan International Welding Show, Osaka
- QC circle assembly in the Welding Business Group
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.19 No.1 2016
Glossary
- What is PWHT?
Technical Highlight
- Welding duplex stainless steels
Bulletin
- Introducing the Asian Welding Federation(AWF)
- Cheerful and friendly, Brazilians, think positively about their economic future
2015
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.18 No.3 2015
Glossary
- What is a Creep Test or Creep Rupture Test?
Technical Highlight
- CM-95B91 (E9015-B91) and CM-96B91 (E9016-B91) applied to ASTM T91/P91 heat resistant steels for fossil-fuel thermal power generation
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.18 No.2 2015
Glossary
- What is CTOD?
Technical Highlight
- TIG welding consumables for 490 MPa high tensile strength steels
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.18 No.1 2015
Products Spotlight
- MG-S430NbS for car exhaust systems: Strong and corrosion resistant
Technical Highlight
- Supply and demand for LNG and implications for 7% Ni TMCP steel and welding consumables
2014
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.17 No.3 2014
Products Spotlight
- Study to further improve creep rupture and temper embrittlement properties of weld metal for 2.25Cr-1Mo-V steel
Technical Highlight
- A robotic welding system equipped with the REGARC™ process for architectural steel frames
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.17 No.2 2014
Products Spotlight
- Welding consumables for power boilers that match with AWS standards
Technical Highlight
- Submerged arc welding consumables produced exclusively for use with direct current
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.17 No.1 2014
- The SEGARC™ process: achieving efficiency by combining exclusive equipment and flux cored wire
Technical Highlight
- Total welding solutions: Integrating Kobelco's comprehensive technologies
2013
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.16 No.3 2013
Products Spotlight
- A new Ultra High Current MAG welding process allows for highly efficient and extremely low spatter welding
Technical Highlight
- Kobelco flux cored wires for stainless steels :
meeting diverse market needs with a wide range of products
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.16 No.2 2013
Products Spotlight
- New process for car industry welding:
MX-MIG with pure Ar gas and special metal-type flux cored wires
Technical Highlight
- Meeting the requirements of offshore structures that operate in ever deeper and colder waters
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.16 No.1 2013
Products Spotlight
- PREMIARC™ TG-Super304H: austenitic stainless steel TIG wire for coal-fired steam boilers
Technical Highlight
- Pipeline Girth Welding: Kobe Steel's up-to-date welding consumables meet diverse requirements
2012
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.15 No.3 2012
Products Spotlight
- PREMIARC™ DW-410NiMo: the best choice for welding hydraulic turbine components
Technical Highlight
- Using ARCMAN™ Robot Welding Systems for Railroad Car and Bridge Applications
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.15 No.2 2012
Spotlight
- REGARC™ process offers low spatter and fumes even at high current in CO2-shielded arc welding.
- Typical Applications of ARCMAN™ Robot
Technical Highlight
- Welding Systems for Construction Machinery
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.15 No.1 2012
Products Spotlight
- FAMILIARC™ MX-Z200MP provides uniform weld toes in multi-layer fillet welding
Technical Highlight
- Kobelco's ARCMAN™ welding robots and SENSARC™ power sources: unsurpassed performance across many applications
2011
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.14 No.3 2011
Products Spotlight
- DW-308L-XR, DW-316L-XR
Helping Workplaces Comply with New OSHA Standards by Reducing Cr(VI) Emissions
Technical Highlight
- Advanced MAG and MIG Welding Wires : Meeting Car Manufacturing Requirements for Fast and Efficient Welding
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.14 No.2 2011
Products Spotlight
- LB-67LJ
It meets all of the recent requirements for offshore structures. It features low hydrogen and no molybdenum content in the deposited metal.
Technical Highlight
- Welding Consumables for LNG Storage Tanks Made of 9% Ni Steel
- Specifications and features of 9% Ni steel
- Welding procedures and control
- Tips for better welding results on 9% Ni steel
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.14 No.1 2011
Technical Highlight
- State-of-the-art automatic arc welding processes meet the latest shipbuilding requirements
2010
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.13 No.2 2010
Products Spotlight
- Superior Welding Consumables for Super Duplex Stainless Steels NC-2594,DW-2594,TG-S2594
Technical Highlight
- Unrivaled KOBELCO Filler Metals Match New Developments in Hydropower Penstocks
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.13 No.1 2010
Products Spotlight
- A Hastelloy-type flux cored wire for welding 9% Ni steel in all positions, reducing hot crack susceptibility DW-N709SP
Technical Highlight
- Designing High Quality Welding Consumables for Nuclear Power Reactors
2009
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.12 No.1 2009
Spotlight
- Shining in the Welding of Super and Ultra Super Critical Pressure Boilers
- CR-12S & TG-S12CRS
Technical Highlight
- Heat-Resistant High-Cr Ferritic Steel Filler Metals for Thermal Electric Power Boilers
2008
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.11 No.4 2008
Products Spotlight
- LB-80L
Ultra-Low Hydrogen Covered Electrode Excellent in DCEP Welding of 780-MPa High Tensile Strength Steel
Technical Highlight
- Offshore Structures Exploring Deeper Seas Demand Higher Quality Filler Metals
Technical Terms
- Transition Temperature for Toughness
Bulletin
- Technical Services for Customers in USA
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.11 No.3 2008
Products Spotlight
- MIX-50FS & SE-A50FS
Advanced Solid Wires for Sheet Metal Welding
Technical Highlight
- Recent International Trends in Filler Metal Standards
Bulletin
- Winner of the foreign expert honorary awards of Liaoning provincial government(Mr. Maruyama)
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.11 No.2 2008
Products Spotlight
- DW-100E & MX-200E
Unsurpassed Flux-Cored Wires in E- and EH-Grade Steel Hulls
Technical Highlight
- Shipbuilding Increasingly Demands High-Efficient Welding Processes
- Question and Answer
- Did you know why FCWs are used in large quantities in shipbuilding?
Bulletin
- New Product Designation System
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.11 No.1 2008
Products Spotlight
- LB-52U Excels in Melt-Through Root-Pass Welding
Technical Highlight
- Welding of Heat Exchangers
ABC' s of Arc Welding
- Cold Cracks in Fillet Welds
Bulletin
- Nace Spec. to prevent SSC
- Technical Service for Customers in Europe & Russia
2007
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.10 No.4 2007
Special Message
- Big changes in the welding industry this decade
- Feature Article
- 75 years of the KOBELCO Arc
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.10 No.3 2007
Products Spotlight
- DW-309MoL & DW-309MoLP
The Indispensable FCWs for Dissimilar Metal Welding in Desalination Plants, Chemical Tankers and Plats, and Paper Mills
Technical Highlight
- Types of Wear and Suitable Hardfacing Filler Metals
- Question and Answer
- Welding of 13%Mn Steel
Bulletin
- Technical Services for Customers in Thailand and Singapore
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.10 No.2 2007
Products Spotlight
- MIX-1TS Shines in Auto Parts Fabrication
Technical Highlight
- Welding of LPG Storage tanks
Part.2: Essential Factors in Controlling Welding Procedures - Question and Answer
- Welding of Galvanized Steel Sheets
Bulletin
- Revisions in AWS A5.20 & A5.29
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.10 No.1 2007
Products Spotlight
- LB-7018-1 Shines as a Versatile Electrode in a Low-Temperature Service Offshore Structures
Technical Highlight
- Welding of LPG Storage tanks
Part 1: How to Select Filler Metals
Technical Terms
- Carbon Equivalent
2006
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.9 No.4 2006
Products Spotlight
- The Best for SAW of Thin Steels <G-50/US-36>
- A More Versatile SAW Flux/Wire <G-60/US-36>
Technical Highlight
- SMAW Electrode coverings
Bulletin
- Kobelco GMAW wires for auto parts
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.9 No.3 2006
Products Spotlight
- Special Solid Wire for Ar-CO2 Mixture Shielding <MIX-50>
Technical Highlight
- Atmospheric Corrosion-Resistant Steels and Suitable Welding Consumables
The ABC' s of Arc Welding
- Weld Distortion
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.9 No.2 2006
Products Spotlight
- New DW-50 Offers Superior Impact Toughness for Flux Cored Arc Welding
Technical Highlight
- Welding of Crude Oil Storage tanks
Part 2: Welding Procedure Controls
The ABC' s of Arc Welding
- Diffusible Hydrogen
Bulletin
- The H-series DW stainless steel flux-cored wires shine in high-temperature applications
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.9 No.1 2006
New Products
- New ZERODE-44: A Leading Electrode for General Applications in Japan
Technical Highlight
- Welding of Crude Oil Storage tanks
Part 1: How to Select Filler Metals
Technical Terms
- SR Cracking
2005
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.8 No.4 2005
Products Spotlight
- DC-spec High-Strength 2.25Cr-1Mo-V Filler Metals for Reactor Vessels: <CMA-106HD, PF500D/US-521HD>
Technical Highlight
- Welding of Chemical tankers
Part 2: Essential Factors in Welding Procedure Controls
Technical Terms
- Yield Point and 0.2% Offset Yield Strength
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.8 No.3 2005
Products Spotlight
- MXA-430M: Unsurpassed Flux-Cored Wire for Cr Stainless Steel Welding
Technical Highlight
- Welding of Chemical tankers
Part 1: How to Select Stainless Filler Metals - Q & A
- How to prevent stainless steel welds from rusting
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.8 No.2 2005
Technical Highlight
- How Electric Polarity Affects Welding Quality in Arc Welding
Technical Terms
- Band-Overlaying: What Overlaying with Strip Electrode Offers
Products Spotlight
- Duplex Stainless Steel Flux Cored Wires, DW-329A and DW-329AP, are Now Spotlighted in the Technologically Demanding Fields
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.8 No.1 2005
Products Spotlight
- DWA-55L for better CTOD
Technical Highlight
- GTAW of Stainless Steel Piping
- Technical Terms Explanation
- CTOD
2004
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.7 No.4 2004
New Product
- A breakthrough in stainless steel sheet metal welding <DW-T308L, DW-T309L, DW-T316L>
Technical Highlight
- FILLER METAL STANDARDS
Part 2: AWS and EN STANDARDS
Q & A in Arc Welding
- What causes porosity and how can it be Prevented in arc welding?
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.7 No.3 2004
Technical Highlight
- FILLER METAL STANDARDS
Part 1: AWS STANDARD
New product
- Stricter Quality Requirements Increasingly Demanded for DC-spec. Cr-Mo Filler Metals
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.7 No.2 2004
Technical Highlight
- Welding of Power Generation Boilers
Part 2: Essential factors in welding procedure Controls
Q & A in Arc Welding
- Is there any convenient way to estimate quickly the approximate consumption of welding consumables for a particular welding joint?
Bulletin
- Excellent Tack Welding Performances in All Positions <LB-52T>
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.7 No.1 2004
New products
- DW-62L, DWA-62L
Technical Highlight
- Welding of Power Generation Boilers
Part 1: How to Select Filler Metals
Q & A in Arc Welding
- In automatic GMAW the arc sometimes becomes unstable, though the wire is smoothly delivered. How can it be prevented?
2003
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.6 No.4 2003
Technical Highlight
- Kobelco SAW Fluxes/Wires Cover a Wide Scope of Heavy Fabrication Industries
Bulletin
- DWA-81Ni1
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.6 No.3 2003
Technical Highlight
- Kobelco Flux-Cored Wires Shine in Various Applications
Bulletin
- DWA-81B2, DWA-91B3
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.6 No.2 2003
Technical Highlight
- Welding of offshore structures
Part 2: Essential Factors in Welding Procedure Controls
Q & A in Arc Welding
- What advantages are there in downhill welding and how should it be used, compared with uphill welding in GMAW and FCAW?
Bulletin
- DWA-65L, TGS-80B2, TGS-90B3
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.6 No.1 2003
Technical Highlight
- Welding of offshore structures
Part 1: How to Select Welding Consumables
Q & A in Arc Welding
- How to Carry Out Tack Welding
2002
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.5 No.4 2002
Technical Report
- Essential Factors in Selecting Heat-Resistant Low Alloy Filler Metals for High-Temperature, High-Pressure Services in the Power Generation, Oil Refining, and Petrochemical Industries
ABC' s of Arc Welding
- Preheating and Postheating: The Purposes and Procedures
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.5 No.3 2002
Technical Report
- CM-9, CM-9CB, CM-96B9
- TGS-9CM, TGS-9Cb, TGS-90B9
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.5 No.2 2002
Technical Report
- CMA-106H, PFH-500/US-521H, TGS-2CMH
ABC' s of Arc Welding
- How Polarity Affects Electrode Performance In Arc Welding
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.5 No.1 2002
Technical Report
- CMA-106, CMA-106N, TGS-2CM, TGS-2CML
ABC' s of Arc Welding
- Hot Crack: How It Occurs and How It Can Be Prevented
2001
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.4 No.4 2001
Technical Report
- CMA-96, CMA-96MB, TGS-1CM, TGS-1CML
ABC' s of Arc Welding
- Cold Cracks: Causes and Cures
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.4 No.3 2001
Technical Report
- Shielded Metal Arc Welding in Transportation Pipelines
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.4 No.2 2001
Technical Report
- DW-55LSR, TGX-308L, TGX-309L, TGX-316L
ABC' s of Arc Welding
- PWHT Determines the Quality of Weldments
- Feature Articles
- DW-81B2, DW-91B3
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.4 No.1 2001
Technical Report
- DW-55L, NB-1SJ
ABC' s of Arc Welding
- How Interpass Temperature Affects the Quality of Welds
2000
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.3 No.4 2000
Technical Report
- DW-55E, MG-60
ABC' s of Arc Welding
- What Is Heat Input, and How Does It Affect the Quality of Welds?
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.3 No.3 2000
Technical Report
- MG-50, MG-51T, LB-62L
ABC' s of Arc Welding
- Spray Transfer Arc :Advantages and limitations
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.3 No.2 2000
Technical Report
- DW-100E, LB-52NS
ABC' s of Arc Welding
- What Is Low-Temperature Notch Toughness and How Is It Determined?
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.3 No.1 2000
Technical Report
- DW-200, LB-62
ABC' s of Arc Welding
- Fillet Weld Legs Determine Size and Throat of Fillet Welds
1999
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.2 No.4 1999
Technical Report
- LB-52A, NC-37L
ABC' s of Arc Welding
- Weld Decay: Its Cause and Cure
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.2 No.3 1999
Technical Report
- DW-100V, NC-39L
ABC' s of Arc Welding
- What is the Ferrite Contained in Austenitic Stainless Weld Metals, and How Is It Measured?
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.2 No.2 1999
Technical Report
- B-14, DW-309L, DW-309LP
ABC' s of Arc Welding
- Why Dissimilar Metal Welding is Needed, and How to Select Proper Filler Metals
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.2 No.1 1999
Technical Report
- DWA-50, NC-36L
ABC' s of Arc Welding
- What the Ar/CO2-Mixture Shielding Offers
1998
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.1 No.4 1998
Technical Report
- LB-52U, DW-316L, DW-316LP
ABC' s of Arc Welding
- What is "Uranami", and How Useful is it?
Kobelco Welding Today Vol.1 No.3 1998
Technical Report
- MX-100T, LB-52-18, DW-308L, DW-308LP
ABC' s of Arc Welding
- What is Short Circuiting Transfer, and What is it Used for?
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