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News Release from: Oerlikon Welding | Subject: TIG welding units - robotic welding
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 07 November 2006
TIG unit provides quality at MIG welding
speeds
An essential development in the field of robotic welding featuring a TIG welding process with wire feed providing MIG welding speed combined with TIG quality.
For the Euroblech 2006 exhibition, Oerlikon (Air Liquide Welding group) was present at the stand of its German entity SAF-Oerlikon Automation * TopTIG TIG welding unit - an essential development in the field of robotic welding featured a new TIG welding process with wire feed providing MIG welding speed combined with TIG quality (excellent penetration with no spatter)
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 3 Dec 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Advantages of the plasma process are as follows.
* Very low deformation of welded pieces, corrosion problems eliminated by adapting to the chemical composition of the base material, excellent appearance, preparation times reduced by eliminating bevelling (for thicknesses up to 8 mm), shorter welding times (divided by 4 or 5 compared with manual welding), complete and regular penetration guaranteed by using the 'keyhole' effect and very high quality welds (100% X-rays) * Advantages of vertical position welding -avoids the use of stiffening systems for shell welding on rotators, allows downward vertical welding to close the shells, allows butt welding of shells in horizontal-vertical position, reduces unproductive operations.
Manual welding sets - he following sets were presented at the show.
* CIITOWAVE- CITOPULS - a range of MIG/MAG digital welding sets with multiple process possibilities, especially specific spray mode for high-quality aluminium applications and Speed Short Arc allowing a considerably faster welding speed without loss of quality especially for thin plate.
* CIITOTIG - a fully renewed range of TIG welding sets using inverter technology.
High-quality applications for stainless steels and aluminium.
Oerlikon is a brand of the Air Liquide Welding group, a leading company in the welding and cutting market.
Focusing on innovative solutions, such as double coated MMA electrodes, submerged arc welding with flux cored wires or seamless cored wires, our expertise is globally acknowledged in numerous industry sectors where product performance is important, such as offshore, chemical and petrochemical, the nuclear industry, etc.
Taking advantage of the R and D from the CTAS (Centre Technique des Applications du Soudage du Groupe Air Liquide), the most important private RandD centre for welding and cutting, Oerlikon can permanently offer innovative solutions, allowing its customers to increase their performance and productivity, while taking into account the comfort and safety of welders.
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