Mitchell Welding and Iron Works, Inc.

A piece of Mitchell Iron Works history…

Borough of West Wildwood, NJ – Aluminum Railings for Handicap Entrance

The Borough of West Wildwood hired Mitchell Welding & Iron Works to fabricate and install custom aluminum railings for their new handicap entrance at city hall.  Approximately 90 feet of railings were fabricated from 1-1/4″ clear anodized aluminum pipe.  Railings included handicap access ramp, break area and front stair railings.

Last Mast erected at Ignis Fatuus – Morey’s Piers new Ghost Ship!

The last piece to the puzzle was erected today for the new attraction at Morey’s Piers in Wildwood.  Ignis Fatuus, the top secret ghost ship project recently revealed hung the sign today on the aluminum mast fabricated by Mitchell Welding & Iron Works.

Ghost Ship Masts erected!

Two masts were custom fabricated and erected at Project 05292010 on Monday.

The main mast measures 35 ft. tall and is complete with crows nest ladder rungs, outriggers, stays and rigging.  The front smaller jib crane measures 25′ tall.  It has a front picking jib crane complete with block and tackle lifting hook, stays and rope cleats.

Storm Damaged Railings, Fences and Structural Steel

As we dig out from the latest blast of snow, homeowners and commercial property owners are accessing the damage. If you have railings or fences that are collapsed or awnings that are structurally damaged from the weight of the snow, give Mitchell Iron Works a call for a damage accessment. We can provide you with a quick quote to provide to your insurance companies. We can have your damaged items fixed in a couple days and make them safe again.

Give us a call today!

Safety Measures To Be Followed While Welding

A welder should start his work only after reading the manual properly. The manual contains important safety information. Make sure that anyone who operates the machine is familiar with its contents. If the manual becomes lost or damaged, contact the manufacturer for a replacement. There are manufacturers who provide manuals on-line. Your skin may be damaged if it is exposed to ultraviolet or infrared rays. Before starting your work, make sure that you button shirt collars, cuffs and front pockets so that you are protect your skin from catching sparks. Do not keep matches in your pockets. Before you start your welding work, wear proper safety gear like helmet, gloves and clothing. Always wear flame-resistant clothing, such as denim pants and a shirt made from tightly woven material or a welding jacket. Nowadays you can find different types of gloves for specific welding processes like stick gloves, medium duty MIG gloves and TIG gloves etc. Protect your foot by wearing High top leather shoes or boots. Smoke emitted during welding pose a health hazard. Use an exhaust hood to remove fumes from the area and ensure enough clean breathing air is available. Welding helmets should be worn to protect the operator’s face and eyes when welding or watching. Make sure that you also wear approved safety glasses with side shields and ear protection under the helmet. Always buy Auto-Darkening helmets. See to it that these helmets meet ANSI standards. Industrial grade helmets react at speeds of 1/10,000 to 1/20,000 of second and have adjustable shades settings of #9 to #13 for welding. Avoid auto-darkening helmets that darken with a reaction time of 1/2,000 to 1/3,600 of a second. This is not adequate for industrial applications. Auto-darkening helmet reduces neck fatigue. It also saves several seconds between a weld, which quickly adds up to several minutes on larger components. The weld area contains only the tools and equipment that operator uses; nothing more, nothing less. Boom-mounted wire feeders add flexibility, efficiency and operator comfort to high-production welding stations. The boom rotates 360 degrees and moves 60 degrees up and down to create a 24- or 32-ft. diameter work area. Use fixturing whenever possible. The simple gearbox rotates a 2,200 lb component. Always incorporate safety into daily work habits and incentives compliance. If safety becomes an ingrained part of your corporate culture, you can expect reduced lost-time incidences and improved productivity.

Why You Need Eye Protection when Welding

Welding arc emits several types of light: ultraviolet (UV–including UV-A, UV-B, and UV-C light), infrared (IR), and high-intensity visible light. UV and IR light can cause permanent eye damage, such as burns on the retina (this is similar to the type of damage that occurs to your eyes if you look directly at the sun during an eclipse). While high-intensity visible light does not generally cause permanent damage, it can, however, cause temporary eye discomfort (like the dots you see after a camera flash). Both the eyes and the skin must be protected from this UV and IR radiation, as well as from sparks and molten droplets of metal produced during arc welding. That’s where a welding helmet comes in.

Choosing a welding helmet

The first thing to look for when selecting a welding helmet is that the helmet complies with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Z87.1 standard. A welding helmet lens manufactured to this standard will properly protect you from UV and IR radiation from the welding arc. Once you’ve verified this basic, many of the other considerations when it comes to welding helmets are often a matter of preference or improvement on protection.

Other items to consider when choosing a welding helmet include:

• Lens shade: Good quality welding lenses filter out 100 percent of UV and IR wavelengths that will harm your eyes–regardless of the shade number. The shade number, then, does not refer to the amount of protection provided; it refers to the amount of darkness provided by the particular lens. When choosing a welding helmet lens shade, you should choose a shade that is comfortable for you when you work yet provides good visibility for the work you’re doing–too light a shade may prove to be uncomfortable; too dark a shade may make impact your ability to see well and actually cause a safety hazard.
• Solar powered or battery operated: Solar-powered helmets offer the advantage of not having to worry about changing and disposing of batteries. Battery-operated helmets often have a feature that turns them off automatically after they’ve been idle for a period of time, putting a welder who thinks that his or her helmet is still dark at risk of an arc flash.
• Auto-darkening or not: A good quality auto-darkening helmets will provide UV and IR protection even when the helmet is not activated. That, then, leaves protection from high-intensity light. To ensure maximum comfort, if you choose to purchase an auto-darkening welding helmet, choose one with a response darkening time that is under 1 millisecond (many are sold with response times around 4/10ths of a millisecond) to ensure maximum comfort.
• Fixed or variable shade: Fixed shade helmets work better if the work you are doing is repetitive–you perform the same welding process on the same material repetitively. If you weld a variety of materials and/or use multiple welding processes, a variable shade is a better choice.
• Adjustability: When selecting a welding helmet, you want to look for one that is fully and easily adjustable. You don’t want to be fumbling with a helmet or have a helmet that slips when you’re handling high-temperature welding equipment and hot metal.
• Weight: If you will be wearing your welding helmet for long stretches of time, you want to select a welding helmet is lightweight to improve your comfort level.
• Sensor bar: Auto-darkening welding helmets can be activated by someone welding in close proximity to you. If you are welding in an area where you aren’t the only welder, you may want to consider purchasing a welding helmet with a sensor bar. The sensor bar limits the field of response so that it activates based on what you’re doing rather than what welders nearby are doing.
• Magnifying lenses: Some welding helmets have the option of a lens that magnifies for those who need additional visual assistance. These lenses are generally only available in a limited number of magnifying strengths. Also, because magnifying lenses are not universal to all welding helmets, be sure to check that the magnifying lens you intend to purchase is compatible with the type of welding helmet you use.

Steel Erector

A steel erector or iron worker is a tradesman who installs structural steel frames of building and engineering projects. The components would usually have been prefabricated, including usually all welded joints. Steel erectors assemble the structural frame in accordance with engineering drawings. Structural steel installation is usually crane assisted and utilizes mobile elevated work platforms or scissor lifts as the structure progresses. Steel erectors also fix metal decking, safety netting and edge rails to facilitate safe working practices. The work is executed in teams using powered and hand tools to bolt the steelwork together. Steel erectors also are involved in dismantling steel frames. (A “steel erector” should not be confused with a “steel worker,” who is involved in the manufacture of the alloy of steel, which is later fabricated by “ironworkers” and other trades into beams,implements, etc.

Welding

Welding is a fabrication or sculptural process that joins materials, usually metals or thermoplastics, by causing coalescence. This is often done by melting the workpieces and adding a filler material to form a pool of molten material (the weld pool) that cools to become a strong joint, with pressure sometimes used in conjunction with heat, or by itself, to produce the weld. This is in contrast with soldering and brazing, which involve melting a lower-melting-point material between the workpieces to form a bond between them, without melting the workpieces.

Many different energy sources can be used for welding, including a gas flame, an electric arc, a laser, an electron beam, friction, and ultrasound. While often an industrial process, welding can be done in many different environments, including open air, under water and in outer space. Regardless of location, however, welding remains dangerous, and precautions must be taken to avoid burns, electric shock, eye damage, poisonous fumes, and overexposure to ultraviolet light.

Until the end of the 19th century, the only welding process was forge welding, which blacksmiths had used for centuries to join metals by heating and pounding them. Arc welding and oxyfuel welding were among the first processes to develop late in the century, and resistance welding followed soon after. Welding technology advanced quickly during the early 20th century as World War I and World War II drove the demand for reliable and inexpensive joining methods. Following the wars, several modern welding techniques were developed, including manual methods like shielded metal arc welding, now one of the most popular welding methods, as well as semi-automatic and automatic processes such as gas metal arc welding, submerged arc welding, flux-cored arc welding and electroslag welding. Developments continued with the invention of laser beam welding and electron beam welding in the latter half of the century. Today, the science continues to advance. Robot welding is becoming more commonplace in industrial settings, and researchers continue to develop new welding methods and gain greater understanding of weld quality and properties.

MIG Welding has certain tips and basic information the will help one learn MIG Welding. Learn about MIG Welding Basics and Tips.

When you are looking for tips on how to make your MIG(GMAW)
welding better and safer it is important to remember why you are using this
method. It is also important to know some advantages and limitations of this
method before you get started.

Some of the advantages of using this method include:

·        
You can use it with any commercial metals so you
don’t’ have to worry about compatibility.

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You are doing a continuous weld and it pulls
electrode wire off a spool.

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You can perform this method in many different
positions.

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Your weld deposition rate will be higher than
any other alternative process.

·        
You make more money because you can work faster.

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You can learn to manipulate the gun fairly
easily.

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You can also adapt the process to other types of
applications like mechanical and robotic.

There are a few limitations to this method however. These
are things you need to know:

• You
  are going to pay more for your equipment and it can be more complex to
  work with.
• You
  might have a little difficulty in hard to reach places because the torch
  is bulky and has several cables.
• If you
  have wind or drafts around while you are using this method you can
  compromise your gas shielding.
• You’ll
  need to dedicate some time to training to get the correct parameter
  selection.

With these things in mind, here are a few tips to make your
welding process better:

Finally , when you are purchasing MIG(GMAW)
supplies make sure that you purchase them from a reputable dealer. Also check
all of the parts to see if they are working before you make the final purchase.