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W
ELDING
EQUIPMENT
Those who think of modern welding – smooth, speedy,
accurate to a fault – as an almost academic exercise
should know that Hollywood thinks otherwise.
In The Green Hornet, welders, helmets, gloves and accessories
are features of the lab run by the superhero’s sidekick Kato,
who invents the Hornet’s special auto, the Black Beauty, and his
trademark sleeping-gas gun. Welding apparatus also commands
important screen time in both Iron Man and Iron Man II.
To companies engaged in the design, development and manufacture
of welding products, this mature process doesn’t need the
advertising. But there is no concealing from the discerning eye the
possibilities of the products and services reviewed in this section.