U.S. Welding Supply Carries Hobart Products

As one of the premiere names in welding products, Hobart Welding Supplies are built to last. U.S. Welding Safety & Supply Co., has a complete line of Hobart Welding Products that make your job both safe and easy. All of these industrial quality products must pass rigorous testing before going on the market, thus ensuring their quality.

When the time comes to replacement parts for your inverter-based plasma cutter, choose the HP-25 replacement torch with 16.5-foot cord. This ergonomic torch is an efficient and comfortable necessity. Keep an extra one on hand for emergencies.

Save on the IronMan™ 230A welding package, a smaller version of a full-size MIG unit that delivers up to 250 amps of power in heavy duty cabinet. This unit outperforms similar welder on arc quality, voltage control and duty cycle.

Protect your Hobart welding products with the 195186 handler welder protective cover and then place everything on top of the 300396 all-purpose running gear that makes easy work of transporting your welding equipment. This gear set includes two 15-inch wheels, two 8-inch swivel casters and a heavy duty handle.

Maintain torches with the shield cup, swirl ring and O-ring kit that fits Hobart AirForce 250Ci plasma cutters. We also carry the spool gun DP-3545-20, fitting the IronMan® 230 and the Stickmate® LX 235 that delivers up to 235 amps through infinite amperage control that helps increased weld time with decreased output.

U.S. Welding Supplies Has Full Line of Safety Accessories

At U.S. Welding Safety & Supply Co., not only do we bring you the widest variety of welding equipment, we also bring you the latest accessories to help keep you safe on the job. Choose from items, such as Miller welding helmets and other welding safety accessories designed to keep you comfortable as well as safe.

• Many of the Miller welding helmets available at USWeldingSupply.com have digital controls for easy adjustment of modes and adjustability settings for better fits.
• 3M™ Single Use E-A-R™ Classic™ cylinder shaped PVC and foam uncorded earplugs are proven performers that protect ears thorough a convenient and comfortable cylindrical shape
• Howard Leight® Leightning® L3 black metal headband noise blocking earmuffs provide additional ear protection with a padded headband and soft ear cushions
• The Universal Size Titan Non-Stretch Full Body Harness from Miller features a sliding back D-ring, tongue buckle legs, mating buckle chest and shoulder straps and a sub-pelvic strap
• 3M particulate disposable respirator provides comfortable and reliable protection against non-oil-based particles
• The half mask respirator LPR-100 with filters from Miller protects against airborne particles, while its low profile design allows for maximum visibility.
• Carry and store all of your welding gear in Miller's tool bag that has more than 20 pockets
• Stay fashionable with a dragon welding cap or our welding bandana.

Alaska Pipeline Was a Feat of Engineering

The Alaska Pipeline is more than big. At 48 inches in diameter and over 800 miles long, it stretches from Prudhoe Bay, well north of the Arctic Circle, to Valdez, AK, on the south, a Pacific Ocean that remains ice free even in winter. In 1968, the Atlantic Richfield Company struck it rich, discovering an oil field on Alaska's North Slope. The shortest route to get the oil to market would be the 800-mile pipeline, much of which would run through pristine wilderness that had never before been mapped.

Pipeline construction faced many challenges, not the least of which was environmental advocates who sharply opposed construction. Equipment needed to build the Alaska Pipeline required use of a welding machine with the ability to not only operate, but also efficiently withstand the sub-zero conditions of the area. At one point, as many as 17,000 experienced welders worked on its construction. Crossing three mountain ranges and more than 800 streams and rivers, the Alaska Pipeline is a feat of engineering and also a testament to those who operated each welding machine that created it.

Pipe welders working on the project were supervised by the pipeline welders union Local 798, of Tulsa, OK. While all were seasoned welders able to perform perfect welds, all were challenged by the need to perform for 10 hours per day to complete the pipeline.