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ESAB gives OK to cut costs


ESAB has developed its latest wire for welding thin plate to lower costs in mechanised and robotic fabrication.


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K-based ESAB, manufacturer and supplier of welding consumables and equipment, has


started offering a new 1.2mm diameter metal-cored wire, the ESAB OK Tubrod 14.11, which is said to outperform solid wire in quality and productivity. The welding characteristics of the wire permit lower arc voltages, to reduce the risk of blow-through and spatter. Te wire is also said to offer superior


feedability and arc stability to copper- coated solid wire and to deposit weld metal of the highest quality with Argon 8%-20% CO2


shielding gas.


ESAB’s OK Tubrod 14.11 is designed for situations that require faster welding


ESAB OK Tubrod 14.11 in action.


to improve output and where high quality welds are necessary without the use of pulsed arc welding power sources. OK Tubrod 14.11 is said to be able to


cope with poor fit-up tolerances, even at high travel speeds, leading to less post-weld repair work and fewer rejects in serial fabrication operations. ESAB offers a wide range of welding


consumables including electrodes, cored wires, solid wires and fluxes for submerged arc welding, and welding processes for a variety of materials from mild steels to advanced alloys. NA


Prefabricated thinking from IHC


IHC Beaver Dredgers, part of the IHC Merwede Group, recently set up a new department to meet sustained high demand for prefabricated materials.


400tonnes of fitting parts a year. Prefabricated materials can be broken


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down into two categories: prefabricated parts for the hull and major structural components; and the prefabricated components for the ship’s fittings. Tese fitting parts vary widely in terms of sheet thickness, profiles, dimensions and quantities. IHC Beaver Dredgers said that


establishing its own prefabrication facility had allowed it to respond in an optimal way to strong demand. “The flexibility of production is also enhanced because of the opportunity it gives us to intervene ourselves in the process and set priorities,” the company said. “Ultimately, prefabrication is part of the primary production process.” The new department consists of four people on location and an employee


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ocated at Lelystraat in Sliedrecht, IHC Beaver Dredgers’ new prefabrication facility can prefabricate about


The new department has the capacity to prefabricate about 400tonnes of fitting parts a year.


for support at IHC Beaver Dredgers, in Molendijk, Sliedrecht. Te department uses a combined plasma/autogenous cutting


machine that can cut sheets up to 150mm thick. Tere is also a profile line and various overhead travelling cranes.NA


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