Some welding companies and joining equipment and consumable suppliers on the web

These links are to some of the suppliers on the web - their inclusion here means only that I know they exist and no recommendation is implied. Please let us know of any other sites that should be listed here.

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• A&N Group supplies rotating, positioning, and automated welding and cutting systems. [last looked at on 21 June 2007]
  
  
• ACAL TC is a distributor. The website offers information on equipment for resistance welding, laser welding, induction brazing soldering, and microjoining plus robotics and other equipment for manufacturing. [last looked at on 21 June 2007]
  
  
• Air Liquide offer information in French and English on the company, products and services including the Annual Report and news releases. Offers gases for welding, cutting and coating. [last looked at on 21 June 2007]
  
  
• Air Products offer information on their gases and equipment division including an online catalogue of their speciality gases, news releases and Annual Report. Information is available on gases for metal fabrication. [last looked at on 21 June 2007]
  
  
• Allied Gases & Welding Supplies Inc in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, supply gases, electrodes and equipment for welding and cutting. [last looked at on 21 June 2007]
  
  
• American Friction Welding Inc is a US 'job shop'. Describes the process and its applications. [last looked at on 21 June 2007]
  
  
• American Torch Tip offers equipment for plasma, TIG, MIG, laser and oxy-fuel welding and cutting and also thermal spraying. [last looked at on 18 December 2007]
  
  
• AP Automation offers equipment for automated welding arc and resistance spot welding. [last looked at on 21 June 2007]
  
  
• ARCON Welding is a manufacturer of portable, rugged inverter arc welders and stud welders designed for demanding industrial environments. [last looked at on 21 June 2007]
  
  
• Arnway Ltd is a small welding repair company that specialises in cylinders. [last looked at on 21 June 2007]
  
  
• Artech Engineering manufacture capacitor discharge stored energy spot and projection welding equipment. [last looked at on 21 June 2007]
  
  
• Astro Arc Polysoude manufacture automatic orbital tube and pipe welding equipment. [last looked at on 21 June 2007]
  
  
• Automotive Fasteners distribute fasteners in the south east of the USA. [last looked at on 21 June 2007]
  
  

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• Balacchi Romeo in Italy offer high frequency welding equipment and brass rods and moulds for welding and thermoforming. Uses Frames. In English, French and Italian. [last looked at on 21 June 2007]
  
  
• Beta Century (UK) Ltd offers power sources for arc welding and plasma cutting. [last looked at on 21 June 2007]
  
  
• Binzel supply MIG/MAG, TIG and plasma torches and accessories. In English and German; uses Frames. Does not work on Netscape 4.51; OK in MS-IE5 [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• BOC Gases: products include gases for welding and cutting. Safety and technical information on the group's gases is available. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• F. Bode & Sons Ltd offer positioning equipment for manual and automatic welding. In English and German. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• Bore Repair Systems, Inc. offer bore welding equipment. In English and Spanish. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• Bortech Corp. offers portable welding equipment for repair of bores. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  

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• C-Spec offers welding software from TWI and ASME. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• Cablespeed supply cable preparation and joining technology, including ultrasonic welding equipment. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• Cambridge Joining Technology Ltd works to develop new methods for the joining or bonding of advanced materials. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• Cameron Welding Supply is a supplier operating in the SW of the USA offering welding and industrial supplies, and industrial and speciality gases. Uses animation. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• Capital City Abrasives specialises in products for the rail industry. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• CMW Inc. offers a range of resistance welding caps, electrodes, holders, materials, and accessories. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• Concoa offers gas regulators and distribution systems. Uses Frames and animation. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• CRC-Evans manufacture equipment for and supply services to the pipeline industry, including automatic welding. In English and Spanish. Uses Frames. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• Cutlass Stud Welding is a manufacturer of both drawn arc and capacitor discharge stud welding products (studs and equipment) plus fasteners with offices in the USA and UK. Uses animation, JavaScript and sound. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]

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• Dave Wright Welding is a US welding and repair contractor. Offers information on processes and materials, welding projects and a forum. Uses animation. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• Deltaconne International offer welding and pipefitters tools for layout and structural steel work. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• Dura Fix offer a filler material and process (which is illustrated here) for weld repair of aluminium and zinc. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]

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• Elga offer information on their wide range of welding filler materials (aluminium, steel, stainless), ceramic backings and equipment for gas welding, gas shielded arc welding, brazing and cutting plus information about the company, the ConSel software for selecting welding consumables in dissimilar joints, and some construction project case histories (Öresund bridge and Danyard duplex chemical carriers). Uses java. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• Entron Controls Inc manufacture control systems for resistance welding equipment. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• ESAB offers information on its wide range of welding and cutting products (consumables, equipment and accessories, and software). There are also ESAB Sweden, ESAB Europe, ESAB Asia/Pacific (display incorrect on Netscape 4.51 & 6; OK on MSIE 5 and Mozilla 1.1), ESAB South America and ESAB North America pages. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• ETA Technology manufactures friction welding machines. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• Eutectic + Castolin offer welding consumables, thermal spraying technology, and brazing consumables. In Polish, German, French and English.
  Their US branch has its own pages with product information. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• EWM Hightec Welding GmbH manufactures arc welding equipment. In German and English. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  

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• FPE & Gatwick Fusion Ltd offer equipment for resistance welding, friction welding, and friction stir welding. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• Freeport Welding & Fabrication, Inc. offer information on their facilities and welding services. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• Fronius offer information on their welding equipment, brief descriptions of welding processes (GMA welding, TIG welding, MMA welding, MIG brazing and TIME welding) and a few full-text papers (Adobe Acrobat format) on aspects of these processes. Includes their journal 'Weld & Vision'. In English and German. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]

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• Gould Fasteners Ltd are Canadian distributors for a wide range of fasteners. In English and French. (Requires MSIE 4.5 or later) [last looked at on 28 June 2007]

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• Handy & Harman of Canada present information on their products, The Brazing Book Online and an online reference book about precious metals. Uses Java, animations and Frames.
  The parent company Handy & Harman has its own site. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• High Energy Metals Inc. specialises in explosive metalworking, particularly explosive welding and explosive cladding. Information on this process and its applications is presented. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• Hooper Welding Supply is in Oklahoma, USA. They offer their catalogue of welding equipment, consumables and protective clothing with online ordering. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• Huntingdon Fusion Techniques Ltd specialises in precision micro arc welding systems and accessories, orbital welding systems and weld purging. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]

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• Indium Corporation of America products include solders, solder pastes and soldering fluxes. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• Inertia Friction Welding Inc manufactures friction welding machine tools. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• Integrated Sensor Systems Ltd offer design, manufacture and supply of vision sensors and control systems for welding. Uses Frames. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• Isotek describes its automatic welding control systems, subsea welding systems, torch and workpiece manipulators and software. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• ITW Hobart Brothers supply welding filler materials. They offer information on the company, its products and distributors. Some materials safety data sheets on wires and electrodes are offered in PDF format. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]

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• Joining Technologies LLC specialises in precision high energy beam welding and a variety of conventional welding processes. Their website provides basic introductions to EB, laser, GTA (TIG) and ultrasonic welding, laser beam characteristics, welding sensor devices and weld joint design in the Resource Library. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]

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• Kjellberg Electroden & Maschinen GmbH manufacture arc welding and plasma cutting equipment and filler materials. In English and German. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• Kobe Steel Ltd, Welding Division provides information in Japanese and English. Products include their welding consumables, robots, and welding power sources. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]

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• The Lincoln Electric Company presents information on the company finances, products and educational activities plus details of their products (arc welding equipment, welding consumables, robotic/automation systems, plasma cutting equipment, fume extraction equipment). Includes a good number of technical articles covering welding processes and applications. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• Lincoln Machinery Pte Ltd supplies various brands of equipment related to welding for sale as well as for hire. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• Linde Group offers information on the company and its products, including industrial gases. Covers Linde Gas, Linde Engineering, BOC Gases, BOC Edwards, and Afrox. In English and German. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
• LORS Machinery Incdesigns and manufactures standard, multiple-spot and dedicated resistance welders and offers also electrodes, holders and accessories, as well as, custom weld fixtures and tooling. [last looked at on 18 July 2007]
  
  

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• Magnatech offers welding power supplies and welding heads for orbital welding, tube to tubesheet welding and surfacing. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• Manufacturing Technology, Inc. offers inertia and direct drive friction welding machines. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• Matheson Tri-Gas gives information on their products and services and offers online sales. Offers materials safety data sheets for common gases as PDF files. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• Mathey Dearman offers pipefitting equipment including cutting and beveling. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• Messer Group offers industrial gases including those for welding and cutting. In German and English. Uses Frames. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• Metallisation offer thermal spraying equipment and consumables. In English, with part also in French, German, Spanish and Italian. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• Metrode Products Ltd, supplier of welding filler materials, offers product information, online ordering and a web newsletter. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• Migatronic offers arc welding and cutting equipment, consumables and accessories. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• Mike's Welding, Inc. of Fontana, Ca, USA offer repair and fabrication of heavy equipment and plant. [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  
• Miller Electric manufacture arc welding and cutting equipment. As well as information on their products, they offer some technical articles on process characteristics and applications and a dictionary of welding. Topics covered in their 'Education' section include microprocessors in welding equipment, pulsed MIG welding, safety and scheduled maintenance for welding equipment, selection of wire feed devices, TIG welding, and examples of the applications of welding processes. Offers Applied Welding , an online magazine for professional welders [last looked at on 28 June 2007]
  
  

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• National Welders Supply Company offers information about the company. It is a manufacturer of gases and a leading distributor of major brands of welding equipment which also hires out welding equipment, manufactures cylinder gas carts and welding machine trailers, and owns Production Automation which designs and installs complete arc welding robotics cells. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Nederman provides products to create a healthy and productive working environment in production and maintenance areas, including fume filters for welding shops. Several language options available. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Nelson Stud Welding present their catalogue of studs and equipment for stud welding plus information on the company and the applications of stud welding. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• New Southern Resistance Welding offers resistance welding supplies in Alabama, USA [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Newarc Equipment Ltd offers arc welding and cutting equipment. Uses Frames. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Newcor Bay City design and build equipment for welding technologies including spot, seam and projection welding, plus other manufacturing and testing equipment. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  

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• Obex Fasteners supplies nuts, bolts, screws, washers and fasteners in South Africa. Includes some technical data on torque values and conversion of units. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Oerlikon Welding manufactures welding equipment and consumables. The product range is described. Information in German and English. Uses Frames. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Orbimatic GmbH offers equipment for orbital welding. In German and English. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Outokumpu produce stainless steel and offers a little information on weldability under "About stainless / Fabrication". [last looked at on 12 July 2007
  
  
• Oxarc Inc. describe their welding & gas equipment, filler materials, industrial tools & equipment, welding accessories, rental equipment and service & repair facilities. Includes welding safety information. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]

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• Panasonic Factory Automation offers arc welding, soldering and microjoining equipment, particularly for robotic assembly. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Plant Integrity Ltd is a TWI company offering remote ultrasonic inspection of pipes using the Teletest® system [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Plazmoprotek offers welding equipment and consumables. In Russian. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• PMC, Plasmatechnik Markus Colling, offers plasma welding and cutting torches. In German and English. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Praxair offers shielding and fuel gases, equipment and fillers for gas and arc welding and thermal cutting. Material safety data sheets and process information are provided. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Process Welding Systems Inc offers automated TIG and plasma welding systems. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Pro-Fusion offer plasma and TIG welding equipment for sale and provide background process information, some technical articles, and examples of applications for a range of welding processes. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Proweld U.K. supply welding equipment and consumables plus safety equipment, adhesives and coatings. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• PW Resistance Welding Products Ltd offers a wide range of resistance welding equipment and accessories. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  

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• Rofin Group describes its lasers for industrial materials processing, including CO2, Nd:YAG and diode lasers for welding. In English and German. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Romar Positioning Equipment Pte Ltd offers equipment for automated welding [last looked at on 12 July 2007]

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• Sandia National Laboratories offer SOAR welding optimisation software. Uses Frames. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Smith Equipment offers oxy-fuel cutting and welding equipment, plasma torches, and TIG welding equipment. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Solbraze Ltd specialise in the design, manufacture and supply of soldering, brazing and heating equipment, tools and supplies. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Sonitek offers heat staking equipment and new and used ultrasonic welding equipment. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Sonobond Ultrasonics offer equipment for welding metal, plastics and textiles. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Soudax specialise in resistance microwelding. In French. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Spar-Tec Industries Ltd manufactures welding chambers for the precision welding of titanium, stainless steel and refractory metals. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Speciality Welds supply consumables, equipment and training for welding and cutting, with emphasis on underwater. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Spinweld Inc offer inertia welding in the USA. Requires Flash. Uses Frames. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Sulzer Metco, supplier of equipment, materials and services for thermal spraying, give information on the company, products and activities including brief descriptions of the thermal spraying process and its applications. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Sureweld (UK) Ltd offer equipment for resistance welding, arc welding and plasma cutting. Uses animations [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Swantec offers welding software for simulation and optimisation of resistance welding processes. The knowledge centre provides background information on processes including resistance spot welding, projection welding, resistance seam welding and resistance butt welding. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]

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• Taylor Studwelding Systems Ltd describe their products and offer a little information on the stud welding process. In English, French, Spanish and Chinese. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Thermadyne is an international manufacturer of welding, cutting, safety and wear resistance products. It offers information on the products and services, finances, and company divisions. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• The Thermatool Group offer welding, heating and cutting systems, especially for pipe and tube manufacturing. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Thomas Welding Systems manufacture studs and stud welding equipment. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Thompson Friction Welding Ltd supply friction welding machines. Provides descriptions of the process. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Thomas Proctor & Sons Ltd, based in the northern areas of England, supply welding and cutting equipment and consumables. Uses Frames. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• TPS Fronius supply training and welding equipment for MIG, TIG, MMA and robotic welding applications. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Trib-Tech products include Trib-Gel cold welding agent for press-fit solid phase welded joints (Trib-Joint and Trib-Bond) and surface treatments to improve joints made by explosive welding and magnetic pulse welding. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Tuffaloy Products Inc. present information on their range of resistance welding electrodes, tip holders and accessories. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  

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• Unitek EAPRO Systems Division describes its equipment for laser welding, pulsed heat hot bar (HBR) reflow soldering, heatseal connector (HSC) bonding, anisotropic conductive film/foil (ACF) bonding and resistance welding. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Used-Robots.com trades in robots. The website offers brief information on the main welding processes and presents pages on the history and applications of industrial robots. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  

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• VBC Group (Vacuum Brazing Consultants) is a UK stockist of welding fillers and brazing alloys for aerospace applications. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Vitta Corporation offers nickel-based brazing fillers. Includes some technical data on melting temperatures, particle sizes, and alloy specifications. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]

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• Welding Alloys Group offers filler materials and welding equipment. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Welding Industries of Australia offer welding consumables, equipment and accessories. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Welding Technologies offer resistance and arc welding equipment and plasma cutting equipment. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Welding Technology Corporation is a USA company working in design and manufacture of resistance welding controls and related data acquisition systems. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• The Welders' Warehouse sells equipment and consumables online. Uses Frames and javascript. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Weld Plus Inc provide welding equipment, positioners and manipulators. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Weldtron manufacture and design electronic controls for industrial and welding machinery. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• WeldUK is an online supplier to the DIY welder. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• WeldWeb comes from Mills Welding Supply Inc. Includes online ordering of arc and oxy-fuel gas welding equipment, welding accessories and protective clothing. Includes links to many vendors' Material Safety Data Sheets. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Weldwerks specialise in microwelding for the mould and die industries. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Westermans is a UK company which buys and sells used welding equipment. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Wholesale Welding Supplies Ltd distribute welding equipment and consumables in the UK and Europe. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• Wire Works offer assistance with resistance microwelding processes. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  
• W.I.R.S. supplies cutting and welding equipment, consumables and allied accessories. [last looked at on 12 July 2007]
  
  

If these links fail, or you know of one that ought to be included, please inform Sheila Thomas BA MCLIP MWeldI, Principal Information Scientist at TWI (The Welding Institute). E-mail: sheila.thomas@twi.co.uk .