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With two facilities in Louisiana, including a shipyard with Gulf of Mexico access, Metal Shark Boats produces ships and boats for the U.S. military, government and commercial operators in a range of markets, including fire rescues, law enforcement, passenger vessels, pilot boats, specialty vessels and recreational boats.

the machine. “The Dynasty 400s are so user friendly. It makes it easier “We have a lot of dust and sand in the atmosphere,” for training, and it makes it simple to get a good quality

Stovall says. “It helps keep the machine cleaner because it’s weld,” Prados says. “After 20 years in welding, I’ve never not running constantly.” found a machine that welds as good as the Dynasty. The

Adding to the machines’ quieter and cleaner operation, quality is better than anything we’ve ever tried.” as well as its versatility, is the Cooler-on-Demand feature Choosing the right equipment helps Metal Shark weld- in combination with the Coolmate 3.5 cooler, which con- ing operators produce high-quality welds and meet cus- nects to an integrated 120-volt dedicated-use receptacle for tomers’ demands — factors that have been critical to the power. A power switch on the machine activates the re- company’s growth and success.

ceptacle to help prevent failure when using a water-cooled “Working with Miller through this entire thing has been torch, while the Cooler-on-Demand feature operates the a key to our success,” Lambrecht says. auxiliary cooling system only as needed. This function not only reduces noise and minimizes the airborne contami- nants being pulled through the cooler, but it also helps

Andrew Pfaller is a Product Manager at lower energy use.

Miller Electric Mfg. LLC, a global provider of welding equipment and manufacturing. Based

The right equipment for quality welds on a foundation of real-world welding, Pfaller achieved a BS in Welding Engineering Technology

Training operators on the new machines was a simple prior to starting his career as a Welding Engineer transition for Metal Shark. The easy-to-use interface offers at Miller in 2012. Andrew is an AWS CWI and manages intuitive operator control, while program memory features the current portfolio and leads customer-back new product nine independent program memories that maintain and development for the TIG Solutions Division.

save operator parameters.

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