An Expert's guide to weldment cost control
By: written by John P. Stewart.
Edition: seventh
Publisher: J.P. Stewart
Place of publication: 9773 LaSalle Boulevard, LaSalle, Quebec, Canada, H8R 2N9, Tel. 514 366 8410, jstewart747@hotmail.com
Language: eng
Format: Cloth
Number of pages: 102
Subjects: Welding -- Cost control.
Other titles: Weldment cost control
First sentence: This special manual exposes scores of ideas to improve production and eliminate waste in welding areas. It is aimed at the welding shop manager or executive who can suggest changes at engineering, design and shop floor levels. It will create an awareness of where excessive costs lurk right under his nose in welding plants. It was written by an expert welder/fitter of more than twenty five years experience, looking at it from an angle that is foreign to the manager. Any one of the topics can save you at least a thousand times the cost of this report; this report has already saved our buyers hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Description: First sentence: This special manual exposes scores of ideas to improve production and eliminate waste in welding areas. It is aimed at the welding shop manager or executive who can suggest changes at engineering, design and shop floor levels. It will create an awareness of where excessive costs lurk right under his nose in welding plants. It was written by an expert welder/fitter of more than twenty five years experience, looking at it from an angle that is foreign to the manager. Any one of the topics can save you at least a thousand times the cost of this report; this report has already saved our buyers hundreds of thousands of dollars.

An Expert's Guide to Weldment Cost Control

The topics of this "How to save money" report include the following: • How a simple design change can mean a 25% savings when welding ribs • How to relocate a rib for a 40% reduction in welding costs • How to cut 25% when welding pads • How substituting certain shapes results in a 40% cost improvement • How to use pipes instead of angles to save 25% in costs • How to reduce butt welding costs by more than 50% • How to design certain weldments for machining, with substantial gains • How to cut down rejections, and increase production • How to draw templates to gain an additional 25% saving, using the electronic tracer burning machine • How designers and engineers create excessive costs. • How an arc air operator can cost a fortune • How a little preventive maintenance can cut your fuel bill • How to manipulate your key production man so the others produce more • How to use psychology as a more effective means of increasing production • How to spot CO2 gas waste • How to eliminate manpower • How to use turnbuckles to prevent potential straightening operations • How to get the maximum output possible, under inhuman working conditions • How to use manpower to advantage • How to cut your grinding costs, and double your output • How to get the maximum RPM's from your grinders • How to slash tool crib costs • How to stimulate employee planning • How to cut deburring costs • how to reduce absenteeism • How to eliminate mark-off and drilling operations • Plus many more proven ideas that result in fantastic savings
Notes: The author worked for 30 years as a welding and fitting specialist.

Over the years he manually welded hundreds of parts for rail cars while working for Canadian Car co. in Montréal in the late 50’s. He built and welded numerous apparatus for paper machinery and rolling mills working for Dominion Engineering in Lachine Quebec and he put bridge spans together working for the Dominion Bridge co.


Later as a welder/fitter he helped build turbines for the Churchill Falls Power project in Labrador and also assembled mining equipment for large exploration companies. Building large heavy tonnage fabrications was his specialty and if something wasn’t right he was the one the engineers turned to for solutions.


He has written and published books that are the result of his experiences and which can be found in thousands of welding shops and schools throughout the American Continent and other parts of the world.
Table of contents: title: Designing,   Shows where designs can Cut Corners; title: Improving Blueprints,  Better Designed Blueprints can simplify Assembly; title: Controlling Distortion ,  Making Designers Responsible; title: Improving Productivity,   Practical Ideas and useful techniques; title: Welding Costs,  These Costs can be Slashed; title: Welder/Fitter Control,  Checklist to keep Welder/Fitters Honest; title: Stainless Welding,    Improving Techniques for better Production; title: Burning,   Controlling the Expenses; title: Machine Shop Savings,     Reducing costs and improving Production; title: Grinding Costs,      Tips for better Production; title: Fuel Costs,     Wasted Fuel; title: Supply Costs,     Cost cutting tips; title: Helping Management,     Employees looking for savings; title: Tools and Equipment ,    Learning the Techniques; title: Fuel costs ,       Saving fuel tips