| Application:
Low cost, low volume cylindrical part welding
Material:
Can be used for various material types.
Process:
GTA (TIG) and Plasma Arc Welding.
Capacity:
Part lengths of up to 8 ft (2.4 m).
Part diameters from 3" to 30" (75 to 750 mm) - dependent upon the weld length.
Material thicknesses from 0.020" to 0.125" (0.5 to 3 mm).
Description:
The system shown is a combination of a standard Jetline longitudinal seamwelder and a circumferential welding machine.
The track of the longitudinal seamwelder has been extended at the rear of the seamwelder and extends out over the circumferential fixture. This allows the welding head, which is mounted on a side beam travel carriage, to be moved and located over the circumferential system. This results in considerable savings, especially with GTA (TIG) and plasma weld heads, as the same weld head can be used for both longitudinal and circumferential welding.
This is an ideal system where the productivity is not high and does not justify the cost of two completely separate welding heads. The disadvantage is that longitudinal welding cannot be carried out at the same time as circumferential. However, it is possible to be loading one machine while welding on the other.
This type of system can be fitted with any type of Jetline control, including arc length controls, cold wire feeders and microprocessor system controllers.
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