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Article: Core strength: switching to metal-cored wire for its welding operations increased both quality and productivity for a manufacturer.(WELDING)
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- Modern Applications News
- Article date:
- September 1, 2008
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Fabricating dozens of subassembly components for top-tier OEM manufacturers of cranes, aerial work platforms, mining, and other heavy equipment requires keen attention to both quality and productivity.
For Miller Welding and Machine Co., Brookville, PA, one of the keys to ensuring both has been equipment standardization. As much as possible, Miller has set up its 140 semi-automatic and 10 robotic welding cells with the same welding processes, guns, gas, and wire.
After using mostly flux-cored welding wire, with a few cells using solid wire, Miller converted most of its cells to metal-cored wire, specifically Tri-Mark Metalloy 76 from Hobart Brothers, ...