Weld Quality: Are Your Techs Looking at the Other Side?
Most techs never really check their welds for quality of penetration. Is anybody looking at the other side?
Society of Collision Repair Specialists to Give Away Spanesi Welder at SEMA Show
At noon on Friday, Nov. 3, SCRS will hold a drawing for a show attendee to win a Spanesi Q5.2 Synergic Inverter MIG/MAG welding package, valued at more than $8,500.
Should Collision Repairers Pursue OE Certification?
We believe OEM certification will become the standard in just a few short years, and only those who are making the investment and effort today will be prepared to accept the liabilities that are now beginning to be recognized and will surely grow in the future.
New Chief M30 Pro Alu Stud Welder Reduces Risk of Backside Heat Damage
With the new Chief M30 Pro Alu Stud Welder, grounding preparation is automatic, eliminating the need for grounding cables, and through-material transfer of welding heat is minimized or eliminated.
Vehicle Technology and Driverless Cars
I’m confident that our industry will adapt to the electronic-nanny revolution currently underway and will be ready to replace and recalibrate whichever devices the vehicle manufacturer incorporates to keep me safe.
Maserati Approves Chief Collision Repair Equipment for Certified Body Shop Program
Maserati has approved a range of Chief collision repair equipment for use in the structural repair of its vehicles.
New E-PACE SUV Combines Ultra-High-Strength Steel, Aluminum, Composites to Achieve ‘Jaguar Dynamics’
“Throughout the vehicle body, the intelligent use of lightweight materials delivers the optimum balance of stiffness, strength and weight,” Jaguar said.
Redesigned Toyota Camry Features Lightweight Body, Standard Backup Camera, Aluminum Hood
The new Camry is based on the Toyota New Global Architecture, which the automaker describes as “a completely new strategy to the way the company designs, engineers and packages its vehicles.”
Craftsman Collision, Canada’s Largest Privately Owned Body Shop Chain, Celebrates 40 Years
Since opening on Vancouver’s Cambie Street in 1977, Craftsman has experienced everything from fires to a missing promotional blimp to … well, a cheetah.
Conference to Focus on Simulation, Testing of Automotive Lightweight Materials
Event scheduled for July 26-27 at the Crown Plaza Detroit will address the immediate challenges for OEMs in modeling and simulation of lightweight materials and bonding joints and provide best practices for reducing the gap between simulation and testing.
