TECH FEATURE: Repairing Advanced Metals
With more and more advanced metals being introduced in the structures of vehicles, it’s imperative that repairers understand their properties to ensure safe and quality repairs.
No Hassle Welding
The Pulse MIG 285 is pre-programmed for quick setup and equipped with a push-pull MIG gun for trouble-free welding. It’s also ideal for MIG brazing and is approved by Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Toyota, Lexus, Mazda, Kia and Ford. Visit www.cebotechusa.com.
So You Wanna Weld Aluminum?
Tips to help get you through a potential ‘minefield’ on your journey to purchasing a MIG welder capable of welding aluminum.
Body Filler: Filling the Need
Best practices, tips, fun facts and history on that essential product in collision repair: body filler.
SEMA Names Best New Products
The winners, which are selected from more than 2,200 products in the SEMA360 New Products Showcase, represent the most innovative and cutting-edge automotive aftermarket products that will be consumable in 2021.
Advanced Materials: We’ve Come a Long Way from Mild Steel
We’ve come a long way from the mild-steel vehicles of the past. Technology is taking the collision industry in directions we never dreamed of. The changes we’ve seen in just the past few years are mind-boggling. And I do not believe the changes are going to stop anytime soon.
Collision Industry Conference: Are You Following OEM Procedures?
The $42 million verdict in the John Eagle Collision Center negligence lawsuit has seized the industry’s attention. The question is: Are shops implementing the lessons learned from the case?
Comparing the Collision Industry of the Past to Today
I hunted down a bunch of old friends and customers who were still repairing or repainting collision damage every day to get their take on what industry changes have been good and which things were better back in the day. Here’s what they had to say.
Car-O-Liner Expands Equipment Line for Ford F-150 Collision Program
Frame alignment solutions and two additional welders have been added alongside the already-approved CMI3000II MIG/MAG Pulse Welder.
Weld Various Metals
The MultiMig 522 inverter welder can be used for welding and brazing aluminum alloys, galvanized sheet metal, stainless steel and high-strength steel.
