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Arc welding equipment, manual and automatic
News Release from: ESAB | Subject: Marathon Pac Endless welding wire system
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 23 November 2005
Endless wire reel avoids spool change
stops
Operators of mechanised welding equipment have been increasingly switching to endless wire spools in order to reduce the number of stoppages for wire changes by around 90%
perators of mechanised welding equipment have been increasingly switching to ESAB's Marathon Pacs in order to reduce the number of stoppages for wire changes by around 90% In addition, productivity is enhanced through lower operating costs and fewer rejects
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 14 Apr 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Now, ESAB has gone a step further with the Marathon Pac Endless system that completely eliminates the need to halt production to replenish the wire.
A special unit is used to cut, align and precision butt weld the tail end of one Marathon Pac to the start of the next, then grind away the welding burr.
The welding process therefore continues without interruption and with no adverse affects on the weld quality - which is ideal for robotic and other mechanised MIG welding systems.
In such applications where a heavy investment has already been made in the pursuit of higher productivity, it makes sense to use the Marathon Pac Endless version to keep the arc-time factor as high as possible.
In welding multi-robot cells, where the robots' conventional Marathon Pacs would invariably need changing at different times, the benefits are greater still.
Compared with traditional 15kg or 18kg spools, Marathon Pacs contain 200 or 475kg of wire, specially wound so that it is fed out of the gun straight, without twisting or warping.
The Marathon Pac Endless version is available with ESAB OK Autrod 12.51, 12.64, 12.50 and the full OK AristoRod range. Request a free brochure from ESAB ...
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