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TECH FEATURE WELDING

Source: ESAB

ESAB offers a complete line of multi-process heavy industrial welding systems. The family features the new Warrior 750i ARCAIR and Aristo 500ix power sources and Robust Feed Pulse and U6 feeders. of equipment,” which is ? exible to use forms, we simplify it by giving it a lim- safely and ef? ciently, it all starts with the across different types of welding. “The ited amount of adjustability for the op- quality of the weld in the shipyard.

robust feeder is bench top capable, so erators. When you narrow that window “One of the great features of the heavy you can put it right on top of your weld- of the adjustability, it’s quick and easy industrial product line at ESAB is the ing machine,” and it has handles and to learn how to operate these machines.” ability to save your welding parameters,” wheel kits to make it portable. “You can “We give you the meat and potatoes of said Chittim. “Every customer, every even drag it by your welding gun if you the welding parameters, so when you’re end user has welding procedure speci? - had to,” said Chittim, noting that robust making those adjustments, you see the cations. Now you can go to the welding feeder, and the entire ESAB product line, feedback in your arc right away,” said machine and you can save those speci? c is well-adapted to the shipyard environ- Chittim. “Whether they’re new to the in- parameters inside the welding machine. ment. “It’s portable, robust and reliable.” dustry or they’re changing from being a So, for example, if you have let’s say 350 stick welder to a MIG welder, you’re able inches per minute wire feed speed, but

Keep it Simple … to see the feedback in the arc right away.” you have a plus or minus of ? ve, 10%, and High Quality

The HIP product line is designed to be depending on the speci? cation allowable,

While robust is the ante to get into extremely user friendly. you can save those percentage changes the shipyard environment, increasingly “We have the advanced technologies, inside the welding machine. And so now, systems that are designed to make the but we take that human interface and you know those welding parameters are weld process simpler and more produc- simpli? ed it as much as possible so that always going to be followed.” tive – particularly in the face of a lack you can have those high technologies Closing the circle on the integration of skilled trades workers entering the improve your welding quality, improve of heavy tooling and digitalization, workforce – are mandatory, too. “One of your productivity, but also keep it user Chittim concludes: “Also, you have the the great features of the heavy industrial friendly,” said Chittim. WeldCloud so that you’re monitoring product line is we have simpli? ed, user- While simpli? cation of the weld pro- and making sure that those parameters friendly interfaces for the CC/CV multi cess is increasingly an important factor, are being followed. So extremely a high process machines,” said Chittim. “Once in the end, for ships that sail at sea and de- due diligence on your welding quality, you get into our higher technologies, the pend heavily on the solidity of their hull your productivity, and your repeatabil- pulse wave forms, pulse on pulse wave and equipment to complete their mission ity that way.” www.marinelink.com 51

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