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Title: Alternative Fuel Safety

Description: Natural gas, propane and polypropylene are all alternate fuels. Because natural gas and propane are odorless, gas producers add in an odor that is similar to rotten eggs so that people may predict the presence of these gases for safety. This is a small part of a longer video.

Duration: 1 minute

Title: Avoiding Unwanted Ignition Incidents

Description: Brief article discussing how to avoid unwanted ignitions, specifically flashback and backfire. Our guide shows you by current and length the recommended number and size welding lead.

Time: 5-10min

Title: Buying your First Welder

Description: This module is a beginners guide to buying a welder for light fabrication, maintenance, motorsports, home-hobby, farm/ranch, metal art, automotive and other DIY applications. 

Learning Objectives:

• Understanding your welding needs
• Knowing your input power requirements
• Identify portability, size and weight needs
• Determine welding output and duty cycle
• Understand amperage and metal thickness requirements
• Match shield gas selection with welding process

Time: 5-10 minutes

Note: Combine Hardbanding Basics, Open Hole Drilling, Cased Hole Hardbanding, and Stoody Data Sheets module into one course. 

A video that describes the qualities needed for a hardbanding to perform well in a cased hole operation, part of a series of hardbanding.
Duration: 2 minutes

Title: Checking for Leaks

Description: After connecting the attachments and tips make sure you check the entire system for leaks! This step is vital before beginning your project; watch this video for the steps to perform a leak test. This is a small portion of the complete Oxy-Fuel Safety video. 

Duration: 3 minutes

Title: Choosing the Right Shielding for the Best Plasma Cut

Description: Brief article explaining how choosing the right shield gas, for the material being cut, can help improve consumable life, enhance quality of cut, and decrease cost of ownership. Topics covered: 

• Nitrogen-Water Process Basics
• What Constitutes a High-precision Cut? 
• Nitrogen-Water Advantages on Nonferrous Material
• Weighing All Factors
  

Time: 5-10 minutes

Title: Cutting & Heating with Alternative Fuels

Description: Supply chain issues with acetylene are causing industries using oxy fuel to explore alternative fuel options for heating and cutting. Read about how your industry can take advantage of these technological advances. Topics include;

• Alternative Fuel characteristics
• Common misconceptions
  
• Equipment considerations
  
• Regulator considerations
  
• Hose, Torch, and Tip considerations
• Lighting procedure as well as achieving a neutral flame
• Basic cutting tips & techniques
• Heating nozzles

Time: 5-10 minutes

Title: Cutting Tip Safety 

Description: Victor provides tip charts to help you determine proper flow settings; alternate fuels use alternate tips and pressure settings. Before starting a project make sure you know what flow settings and tips you'll be needing for the job. This is a small portion of the complete Oxy-Fuel Safety Video.

Time: 1-5 minutes

Title: Cylinder Safety

Description: Properly identify, handle and place a cylinder in your work area. This is a small portion of the complete Oxy-Fuel Safety Video. 

Time: 1-5 Minutes

Title: Cylinder Safety Quick Tips

Description: Focus on elements of cylinder safety. This is a small portion of the complete Oxy-Fuel Safety Video. 

Time: 1-5 Minutes

Title: Cylinder Safety Tip

Description: Quickly covers cylinder safety when dealing with oxygen, acetylene, propylene, propane and natural gas. This is a small portion of the complete Oxy-Fuel Safety Video. 

Time: 1-5 Minutes

Title: Digital Flow Control

Description: Brief article about the automated gas control options for improving efficiency and parts life in automated plasma cutting.

Time: 1-5 Minutes

Title: Face to Face with Hardfacing: 5 questions

Description: An article walking through 5 questions to help ensure hardfacing application is done correctly. 

Learning Objectives:

• Understand modes of wear and how it impacts hardfacing
• Become familiar with test used to define base metal 
• Know which alloys are applicable in different hardfacing environments
• Determine which alloy diameter size is appropriate

Time: 5-10 minutes

Title: Gas Hose Safety

Description: Fundamentals of gas hose safety. This is a small portion of the complete Oxy-Fuel Safety Video. 

Duration: 2 minutes

Title: Gas Selection of Metal Arc Welding

Description: Quick reference chart that shows the suggested shield gas for GMAW based on metal type, thickness and welding position.

Learning Objectives:

• Become familiar with all the elements that combine for a proper shield gas selection

1. Metal type
2. Plate thickness
3. Filler metal used
4. Transfer mode
5. Welding positions

Time: 5-10 minutes

Title: Good Housekeeping

Description: Good housekeeping means keeping the work area free of combustible materials. This is a small portion of the complete Oxy-Fuel Safety Video. 

Duration: 2 minutes

Title: Lighting Acetylene Torch

Description: Follow these important tips and instructions when lighting an acetylene torch. This is a small portion of the complete Oxy-Fuel Safety Video. 

Duration: 1 minute

Title: Lighting Alternative Fuel Torches

Description: Cutting with alternative fuel requires some different techniques and we're going to teach you three of them today. This is a small portion of the complete Oxy-Fuel Safety Video. 

Time: 1 minute

Title: Maintenance Best Practices for Hand-held Plasma Cutting Systems

Description: Article covering preventive maintenance to help keep your hand-held plasma cutter working as efficiently as the day you purchased the system.

Learning Objectives:

Understand the recommended preventive maintenance and intervals to include:

1. Daily maintenance
2. Weekly maintenance
3. Every 3 month maintenance
4. Every 6 month maintenance

Time: 5-10 minutes

Title: Making Sense of Cutting Tips

Description: Quick Reference Series (QRS) page covering the meaning behind the elements of Victor tip part numbers. Includes:

• Size clarification
• Series definition
• Type

Time: 1 - 5 Minutes

Title: Metal Removing and Cutting PDF Resources

Description: This is a collection of PDF resources covering details on Carbon-Arc gouging.

Learning Objectives:

• Review chart on Inches of groove per electrode
• Identify recommended number and size of weld leads for various currents
• Recognize gouging techniques for specific materials

Time: 5-10 minutes

Title: MIG Gun Nozzle to Tip Relationship

Description: Quick info on tips and nozzles.

Learning Objectives:

Understand how the MIG gun nozzle is positioned relative to the Tip.

1. Recessed Tips
2. Flush Tips
3. Protruding Tips

Time: 1 - 5 minutes

Title: MIG Gun Selection Guide

Description: Which MIG is Right for You? Tweco offers a broad range of MIG gun families to meet the everyday needs of the welder. To get the job done right you've got to use the right tools. Read to see our MIG Gun Selection Guide from Tweco.

Learning Objectives:

Become familiar with the different MIG gun families brought to you by the extraordinarily talented folks at Tweco.

1. Spray Master
2. Tweco Classic No.
3. Tweco Fusion
4. PulseMaster
5. TUFF-N-LITE
6. SUPRA XT
7. Smoke Master
8. Tweco Spool Gun
9. PullMaster
10. SUPRA
11. Standard Water-cooled
12. Flush Tips
13. Protruding Tips

Time: 1 - 5 minutes

Title: One Torch All Fuels

Description: Reference sheet showing all the different gas tips that work with the 1350 cutting attachment and handle. 

Time: 1 - 5 Minutes

Note: Combine Hardbanding Basics, Open Hole Drilling, Cased Hole Hardbanding, and Stoody Data Sheets module into one course. 

Video that describes the qualities needed for a hardbanding to perform well in an open hole operation.
Duration: 2 minutes

Title: Oxy-Fuel Cutting Techniques

Description: These techniques will help you make a good, quality, clean cuts. Such simple tips like holding the torch in a comfortable manner and practicing before lighting the torch can vastly improve your results. This is a small portion of the complete Oxy-Fuel Safety Video.

Time: 2 minutes

Title: Oxy-Fuel Quick Safety Tips

Description: Quick safety tips can prevent a major accident! These safety tips are vital to follow when using oxy-fuel. This is a small portion of the complete Oxy-Fuel Safety Video. 

Time: 2 minutes

Title: Oxy-Fuel Safety Video

Description: This is the full-length video to help you learn more about oxy-fuel technology, equipment, operation, and safety principles. Search the site for a specific topic to watch only a portion of this video. 

Time: 36 minutes

Title: Oxygen Safety

Description: Never use oxygen in place of air! These safety tips are vital to follow. This is a small portion of the complete Oxy-Fuel Safety Video. 

Time: 2 minutes

Title: Purging the Torch

Description: Follow these helpful hints when purging your torch. This is a small portion of the complete Oxy-Fuel Safety Video. 

Time: 1 minute

Title: Regulator Attachment Safety

Description: Follow these safety tips for attaching your regulators. This is a small portion of the complete Oxy-Fuel Safety Video. 

Duration: 2 minutes

Title: Regulator Coloring

Description: For an even extra step of safety, Victor Regulators are color coded. This is a small portion of the complete Oxy-Fuel Safety Video.

Time: 1-5 minutes

Regulator Selection Tool

Title: Shutting Down Oxy-Fuel System

Description: Never leave oxy-fuel systems pressurized while unattended. Follow these specific instructions in order to safely shut down your oxy-fuel system. This is a small portion of the complete Oxy-Fuel Safety Video.

Time: 1-5 minute

Title: Shutting Down the Torch

Description: Regardless of what fuel gas you use, you always want to follow this technique when shutting down your Victor torch. This is a small portion of the complete Oxy-Fuel Safety Video. 

Time: 1-5 minutes

Title: The Truth About Regulator Performance

Description: Informative article describing the importance of consistent regulator pressure and why Victor regulators are the leaders in the gas regulation industry. Includes information on: 

• Victor Edge 2.0 Regulators
• Victor G250 and G350 Regulators

Time: 5 - 10 Minutes

Title: Torch Attachment Safety

Description: This video will teach you how to safely use your Victor cutting and heating attachments. Inspections and proper precautions must be taken such as inspecting for damage, ensuring both o-rings are intact & in place, ensuring that the torch is free from oil & grease and making sure the tips are free from slag & clean. This is a small portion of the complete Oxy-Fuel Safety Video. 

Time: 3 minutes