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Welding Fact or Fiction: Alternative Fuels Can’t Be Used for Welding and Cutting Steel

Introduction  Alternative fuels, including propylene, propane, and natural gas, have earned a reputation for having a wide application. They have found their way into countless applications in...

Welders Affected by Acetylene Shortage

This past March, a chemical plant located in Kentucky exploded. The Carbide Industries, LLC plant supplied welders across the nation with acetylene gas, a gas commonly used...

Baker’s Gas and Welding Offers Alternatives During Acetylene Shortage

Tragedy struck the welding community when an explosion occurred in the Louisville, KY plant of Carbide Industries LLC (CI), the leading supplier of the calcium carbide. Two workers...