Extraction and arc weld updates raise productivity

Latest extraction systems and arc welding equipment has enabled a refrigeration and mechanical contractor to better capture welding fumes, increase productivity and reduce heating costs.

Wagner-Meinert, a Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA-based industrial refrigeration and mechanical contractor, set a goal to capture welding fumes more efficiently, increase productivity and reduce heating costs head on.

Based on an on-site demonstration and training from Lincoln Electric, a new process, consumable, welding equipment and fume extraction system were implemented.

As a total solution, Lincoln's Power MIG 300, Statiflex 200-M, Blue Max MIG wire, and switching to a Pulsed MIG process, helped Wagner-Meinert meet its environmental and productivity goals.

The result was a 143% productivity increase and a 42% heating cost reduction despite more than doubling its facility size and dealing with a 190% rise in the cost of natural gas.

* About Lincoln Electric - The Lincoln Electric Company, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, is the world leader in the design, development and manufacture of arc welding products, robotic, arc welding systems, fume extraction equipment, plasma and oxyfuel cutting equipment and has a leading global position in the brazing and soldering alloys market.

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