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ESAB Welding & Cutting Products
ESAB Welding & Cutting Products is one of the world’s largest and most skilled manufacturers of welding and cutting equipment and welding filler metals. Founded by Oscar Kjellberg as a logical step following his invention of the covered welding electrode in 1904, ESAB has dedicated more than 100 years to continuous research, development, and manufacture of superior welding and cutting products. In addition to amassing a great volume of knowledge, the company has continually developed new methods to meet the challenges presented by technological progress. Today the company produces consumables and equipment for virtually every welding and cutting process and application. Products range from hand-held plasma cutters and welding outfits to programmable gantry cutting systems, automated welding equipment, submerged arc welding and cladding systems, friction stir welders for ferrous and nonferrous materials, and hybrid laser welding systems. With brand names such as Migmaster™, AtomArc™, Plasmarc™, Coreweld™, Oxweld™, Purox™, Prest-O-Lite™, and Coreshield™, ESAB has become one of the world’s dominant providers of welding and cutting equipment, filler metals, and welding processes. ESAB’s equipment and welding consumables are the products of choice in the automotive, shipbuilding, transportation, power generation, pipeline, and general fabrication and construction industries. ESAB brings solutions to the industry. The company recently launched new products in the areas of mechanized cutting, robotic welding, and submerged arc welding. ESAB’s water injection plasma capability for the m3 plasma™ system lowers the cost of cutting stainless steel and aluminum, while improving edge quality and reducing dross formation. Water injection cutting offers cutting speeds up to 100% faster than

gas-shielded systems. The ESAB m3 system allows the torch to switch automatically between standard dual-gas cutting and water-injected plasma cutting. ESAB’s unique robotic MIG welding process — Swift Arc Transfer (SATTM) -- is the latest solution in automated welding. SATTM is a high-productivity MIG process that gives flat welds with good penetration and no undercut at very high welding speeds. ESAB’s ICE™ is a never-before-seen innovative solution that melts more wire without adding more heat. ICE™ technology introduces an Integrated Cold Electrode resulting in higher welding speeds with reduced energy consumption. ESAB launched the AtomArc™ 7018 Acclaim stick electrode with an overwhelming positive response. These electrodes are made in the USA, and feature improved puddle control for easier out-of-position welding. ESAB continues to bring innovative new support concepts to the marketplace. The company recently opened the Automation Process Center in Florence, S.C. This center allows ESAB personnel to partner with customers to develop solutions to automation and robotic welding dilemmas. Customized training seminars are available to meet each customer’s individual needs. ESAB is owned by Colfax Corp. based in Fulton, Md., which is a diversified industrial manufacturing company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. ESAB employs 8,500 people worldwide and has a presence in 80 countries, with 26 manufacturing facilities across 4 continents. The company’s expansive footprint allows it to deliver products and support services quickly and efficiently to customers across the globe. For more information, visit www.esabna.com or call 1-800-ESAB-123.

as the tried-and-tested TimeTwin process: two power sources, one torch, and two insulated contact tips (lead and trail), to which have been added the outstanding welding properties of CMT. CMT Twin scores top marks for its high welding speeds and easy-to-use process control.

The Best of Two Technologies, and More
This new synchronized system / process technology is unique in the market, and ensures an extremely stable arc all the way through from weld start-up to the filling of the end crater. The advantages are plain to see: deeper penetration, optimized wetting to sidewalls, and low-spatter welding. The optimally fine-tuned characteristics and the lead and trail concept together make the process control of CMT Twin so easy to use. Once the ‘lead’ electrode has been set, the ‘trail’ electrode which follows it is automatically adjusted to match. The lead electrode is in pulsed-arc mode, and the trail electrode (in CMT mode) fills the weld-pool to the required ‘a’-dimension. Minimal mutual influence of the arcs, and a stable weld pool are among the defining features of this process. Never before have welding processes been better self-regulated than this. Combining the CMT and pulse processes in this way makes possible the best result for every application.

What Else Does CMT Twin Have to Offer?
CMT Twin also has huge potential for welding with CO2 gas. It not only offers low-spatter welding results due to the perfect droplet detachment that is typical of the CMT process, but also a graduated choice between twice the welding speed and twice the deposition rate, as required. In addition, CMT Twin comes with optimally fine-tuned characteristics for every application. Extra-thick materials are best welded with the ‘heavy duty’ characteristic. CMT Twin speed is superbly well-suited for thin and ultralight gauge sheets and/or the very highest welding speeds. The new and extremely robust heavyduty torch Twin Compact Pro allows good accessibility to the weldments. In addition, there are torch packages that are optimally
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Fronius – Cold Metal Transfer (CMT) Twin
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IIW 2012
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Welcome Message
Annual Assembly Location
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General Information
IIW 65th Annual Assembly
IIW International Conference 2012 - Program
IIW International Conference 2012 - Abstracts
Speaker Bio Information
Smartphone App
Social Program
Technical Visits
Social Tours
Tour Schedule
Advertising Sponsor Profiles
Commission XIII Fracture Mechanics Seminar
IIW 2012 Sponsors
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