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News Release from: Carl Cloos Schweisstechnik | Subject: MIG strip and plasma-arc/powder plasma-arc welding
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 14 January 2003
Modern MIG and plasma-arc offer
production gains
Improving welding production is a constant aim by a welding equipment and robot builder that is now offering automatic MIG strip welding as well as plasma-arc and powder plasma-arc welding.
High performance Cloos MSG strip welding is an automated MIG/MAG process using flat wire (rectangular strip) When welding steel and aluminium with a 650 Amp pulsed arc welding machine from the new Quinto range, an increase in performance of up to 30% can be achieved compared with round wire electrodes
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 14 Jan 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The only additional items required are the new Cloos strip welding torch and a modified Duo Drive.
Cloos has also been investigating the advantages of plasma and powder plasma arc welding (PPAW) when compared with TIG welding.
When using a powerful 450 Amp welding machine this plasma technology offers considerably improved welding characteristics with or without cold wire supply, better tolerance bridging as well as welding speeds which are 2 - 3 times higher than with TIG welding.
Materials which can be used equally are steel, special steel and aluminium.
In the performance range up to 120 Amp the powder plasma process, together with Romat industrial robots, guarantees welds similar to TIG cold wire welding, but at a considerably higher welding speed.
Features of this new torch, which has been developed by Cloos for this process, are the robust design for robot applications, the efficient cooling system and easy exchange of consumables.
Since the expensive cold wire supply is no longer required, also narrow component contours in the steel and special steel construction can be easily accessed.
(This was Manufacturingtalk's Top Story on 12 January 2003).
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