TECH FEATURE: Power with Plasma
The plasma cutter may be mysterious to many, but its functions are undeniable, especially when it comes to cutting heat-treated alloys like boron steel.
Kaeser Sponsoring Dakar 2009 Race in South America
Kaeser Compressors is sponsoring the Dakar 2009 motor race Jan. 3-18. After 30 years in the Sahara, this year’s route is in Argentina and Chile. Starting in Buenos Aires, the 5,600-mile race will take competitors through Patagonia and the Andes mountains to the Atacama Desert, and then on to Valparaiso on the Pacific Ocean before
The Mighty MIG
A little understanding of MIG welding will help you become your own personal troubleshooter. It will also help you create welds that aren’t just ‘pretty’ but are able to pass a destructive test.
Complete Tire Inflation
The Champion NA6-3P comes with four 25’ inflation hoses, six auxiliary ports, hand-held nitrogen analyzer, pre filters and a 30- gallon vertical air receiver. The controller is located on the top of the unit for easy readability and includes an automatic purge system that allows you to purge and inflate four tires at once. Call
Complete Tire Inflation
The Champion NA6-3P comes with four 25’ inflation hoses, six auxiliary ports, hand-held nitrogen analyzer, pre filters and 30-gal. vertical air receiver. The controller is located on the top of the unit for easy readability and includes an automatic purge system that allows you to purge and inflate four tires at once. Call (888) 436-5499
Understanding Airbags
Many shop personnel say ‘it’s not my job’ to know the basics about how and why airbags work. I disagree. Not only do we owe it to our customers, but we can use this knowledge to differentiate ourselves from the competition and get the job.
Technical Feature, Ignorance Is More Expensive
Sure, training costs money and trained techs sometimes leave, but the fact remains: Most of the welds I inspect would fail a destructive test, making them dangerous to the consumer — and to your shop
Working with Tailor-Welded Blanks
It’s important to identify the unique repair-and-replace considerations these new components create to avoid causing additional damage to a component when pulling it.
Tell It Like It Is: OSHA’s Employee Right to Know Law
Developed in response to dangerous workplaces where employees were unknowingly working with potentially lethal chemicals, OSHA’s Employee Right to Know law is the most frequently violated regulation in body shops. Obviously, there are several things shop owners don’t know.
The Vote is Cast: National Rule Regarding the VOC (Volatile Organic Compound)
In currently regulated areas, many shops had a learning curve with new low-VOC products that will be shortened considerably for the rest of us. What they discovered when they began using high-solids products was that their main problems were getting the finish to lie down smoothly and getting the paint work to dry in the