Welder speeds up switch production

Orbimatic has supplied an orbital welding package to a leading manufacturer of fork liquid level switches to help reduce product lead times.

Orbimatic has supplied an orbital welding package to a leading manufacturer of fork liquid level switches to help reduce product lead times.

Orbimatic has supplied an orbital welding package comprising an Orbimat 165CB orbital welding power supply, Orbitwin dual weld head switching unit, Orbiweld 76S and Orbiweld 115 enclosed weld head.

This system has been introduced to reduce the time cycle for welding the forks to tubes, mounting bush to tube, flange to tube and flange to fittings.

The system has been introduced in its standard form with some additional tooling for locating the components.

This tooling can be changed within seconds.

Each weld is completed in less that one minute and as the system is computer controlled and stores a large number of welding procedures it lets unskilled operators use it.

Previously, the level switches had to be welded by a skilled welder which increased the build time.

The use of an orbital welding system with two weld heads allows many configurations of level switch to be assembled in any length.

The use of the automatic weld head switching unit has eliminated the need to keep changing weld heads and has let lead times be reduced from several days to several hours.

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