Arc process, fabrication and welding equipment
| Make and type |
Process
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| Polysoude 600 PC
600 A @ 60%DC
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Plasma/ TIG (DC)
Mechanised
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| Ion PPAW
|
Plasma
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| Miller Aerowave
AC/DC
300A @60%DC
|
TIG (AC/DC)
Mechanised/ Manual
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| Fronius Magic Wave 450
300A @ 60%DC
|
TIG (AC/DC)
Manual
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| Dimetric Inc, Centaur II
|
TIG (DC)
Orbital
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| Hitachi
245A @ 60%DC
|
TIG (AC/DC)
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| Fronius TransTIG 1600
160A @ 60%DC
|
TIG
|
| TOPTIGTM CY386 MPRA 400A @ 100% DC
|
TOPTIG
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| Fronius TransPulsSynergic5000
With Fronius 4000 wire feeder
450A @60%DC
|
MIG
Manual
|
| Fronius, FK71-R
|
MIG
Tandem
|
| ESAB Mig C300 I
230A@60%DC
|
MIG/ MAG/ MMA
|
| ESAB LAW 510
With MEK 4S feeder 500A @60%DC
|
MIG/ MAG
|
| Lincoln Electric Invertec STT II with LF30 wire feeder 225A @60%DC
|
MIG/ MAG
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| Fronius- TransPulsSynnergic (TPS450) with Fronius VR152 feeder.
450A@60%DC
|
MIG/ MAG
|
| Lincoln Electric Invertec V350-PRO with CRC P260 Orbital welder
|
MIG/ MAG
|
| Fronius-Transpocket 4000 cel
360A @ 60%DC
|
MMA
|
| Lastekon-Invertor 1400
140A @100%DC
|
MMA
|
| Fronius TransPocket1400
80A@100%DC
|
MMA
|
| ESAB LAE-1600
|
SAW
|
| Citoarc AP25-2
63A @50%DC
|
Plasma
Manual cutting
|
| PC Plasmette
120A @100%DC
|
Plasma
Mechanised cutting
|
| Powcon 630SMP
550A @60%DC
|
Arc gouging
|
| ESAB Aristo MIG 400 320A@60% DC
|
MIG/MAG
|
| ESAB MechTIG 4000i
|
Mechanised TIG
|
| Murex TransMIG 505
|
MIG/MAG
|
| Swaglok M100
|
Orbital TIG
|
| Lincoln Electric Powerwave AC/DC1000
|
SAW - 4 wire
|
| Fronius Hotwire TIG cladding
|
TIG hotwire
|
Electron Beam equipment -Cambridge and Middlesbrough
| Name |
Description
|
Capacity
|
Weldable Section
|
|
Cambridge
|
|
EB1
|
Vacuum chamber (full vacuum or Reduced Pressure)
|
1.8 x 1.8 x 1.5m
|
-
|
|
|
Reduced Pressure electron gun and column
|
100kW
|
300mm steel
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EB2
|
Vacuum chamber (full vacuum)
|
7 x 3.5 x 3.5m
|
-
|
|
|
Internal electron gun (RF excited diode) mounted on6m traverse
|
100kW
|
300mm steel
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EB6
|
Vacuum chamber (full vacuum)
|
1 x 0.65 x 0.8m
|
-
|
|
|
Experimental high intensity electron gun
|
|
-
|
|
|
Experimental HV power supply
|
60-150kV 8kW
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
HS1
|
150kV Hamilton Standard
|
6kW
|
30mm steel
|
|
|
|
|
|
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HS2
|
150kV Hawker Siddeley
|
6kW
|
30mm steel
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bunker
|
X-ray shield for non-vacuum EBW (currently housing EB3)
|
10 x 8 x 6m
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NVEB
|
200kV non-vacuum EB gun
|
0-70kW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Middlesbrough
|
|
EB -Surfi-Sculpt
|
EB Welding Machine
|
60 KV
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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EB-Motile Seal
|
Motile Seal RPEB Welder
|
|
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Friction Welding Machines Cambridge and Yorkshire
|
Maker
|
Maximum Rotation speed, rev/min
|
Transmission power, kW
|
Maximum welding force, kN
|
Maximum diameter (or area) in mild steel, mm
|
|
Cambridge
|
|
|
|
|
| TWI
|
2190
|
15
|
110
|
30
|
| TWI
|
1000
|
75
|
1000
|
110
|
| TWI
|
500
|
328
|
1600
|
125
|
| Verson – AI
|
3000
|
7.5
|
100
|
25
|
| Blacks Equipment Ltd
|
1460
|
11
|
110
|
25
|
| NEI – John Thompson
|
1500
|
50
|
400
|
60
|
| TWI
|
6000
|
2.2
|
10
|
10
|
| Allwood Searle & Timney, Blacks Equipment Ltd, TWI
|
Frequency range 10-100Hz
|
90
|
150
|
1000mm2 area
|
| Converted Herbert Miller
|
1300
|
22
|
45
|
40
|
| TWI
|
2500
|
11
|
-
|
-
|
| Tos Oloumoc
|
1400
|
9
|
-
|
-
|
| ESAB SuperStir™
|
5000
|
30
|
-
|
-
|
| LinFric® Group and TWI
|
Frequency range 20-80Hz
|
50
|
150
|
1500mm2 area
|
| TWI
|
5250
|
7.5
|
60
|
12
|
| Dugard CNC Mill
|
6000
|
7
|
-
|
-
|
|
Yorkshire
|
|
|
|
|
| Crawford Swift
|
1000
|
132kW upper spindle
55kW lower spindle
|
150
|
6.6 x 3.6m work table
(weld area 6 x 3m)
|
| TTI
|
3000
|
37
|
100
|
2.7 x 0.73m work table
(weld area 2 x 0.60m)
|
| Friction Stir Link
|
3000
|
28
|
10
|
2.5 x 1.25m work table
|
Laser and Sheet equipment - Cambridge and Yorkshire
|
Equipment
|
| Lasers
|
Nd:YAG
|
Trumpf 4kW
|
| Lumonics JK1002 modulated laser
|
| Yb-Fibre
|
IPG 7kW
Yb-fibre IPG 5kW with 4 way beam switch
Yb-fibre IPG 1kW single mode
Yb-fibre IPG 200W single mode
|
| Workpiece manipulation
|
Various X, Y, Z and rotational equipment made by Aerotech:
|
| Laser Direct Metal Deposition Systems
|
Trumpf CO2 laser, 5 axis gantry and coaxial deposition nozzle
|
| In house, high deposition rate system using 7kW fibre laser with use on a Kawasaki robot and a Kuka robot
|
|
|
MCP Tooling Technologies Ltd
Realizer SLM100 and SLM 250Powder bed systems
|
|
|
Type
|
Short circuit current, kA
|
Max. sheet thickness, mm
|
| Resistance welding machines
|
Spot (scissors gun)
|
32 ac
|
2(Al)
|
| Spot (scissors gun)
|
17 ac
|
2 (steel)
|
| Spot (J gun)
|
16 ac
|
2 (steel)
|
| Spot (scissors gun)
|
16 mf/dc
|
2 (steel)
|
|
|
|
|
| Projection/Spot
|
15 – 100 ac
|
1.5 – 10 (steel)
|
|
|
|
|
| Projection/Spot/Seam
|
100 dc
|
-
|
| Seam
|
30 ac
|
2.5 (steel)
|
|
|
Type
|
| Articulated arm robots
|
Kawasaki 6 axis high accuracy robot
|
| 2 x Kawasaki 6 axis robot 30kg payload
|
| Kuka 6 axis high accuracy robot
|
| Kawasaki 6 axis robot 130kg pay load
|
| Mechanical fastening equipment
|
'Henrob' self-piercing riveting gun with tape feed of rivets
|
| 'BTM' Tog-L-Loc clinching machine
|
| Powder delivery equipment
|
'Sulzer Metco' single 10-C powder feed unit
'Sulzer Metco' twin 10-C powder feed
‘BAMTRI’ twin powder feeder
‘Flame Spray Technology’ FST-10-C/FT powder feeder
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