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The Companies Involved. Graver Tank
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1. Graver Tank & Manufacturing Co. v. Linde Air Products Co. Srikanth Kondragunta
IEOR 190G
2/23/2009
2. The Companies Involved Graver Tank & Manufacturing Co.
Manufacturing company
Designs, manufactures, and erects vessels, storage tanks, stacks, chimney liners, and scrubbers
The Linde Air Products Company
Started in the US as a division of Linde AG, a German company
Eventually acquired by Union Carbide
Involved in making gas production plants
3. The Issue at Hand Welding
Before:
Electric welding which was slow and laborious
Permitted welding of only thin plates
Had hazards such as a dazzling open arc and smoke and splatter which made the operation dangerous
4. But What is Welding? Electric Arc Welding Main type of welding due to low capital and running costs In general terms, electricity is passed through a tip of an electrode to create heat which melts metal Filler material is added to create a liquid pool of metal Upon cooling, this liquid metal fuses plates together Many variations between types of electrodes, fluxes, and shielding equipment