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Oxford Sensors announces a new head and controls for Submerged Arc Welding
Oxford Sensors announces a new head and controls for Submerged Arc Welding
Oxford Sensors Ltd (OSL), Bices- ter, UK announces the release of a new fully integrated system for tandem or triple submerged arc welding, with particular applica- tions on spiral pipe mills.
The new system incorporates several innovations:
A completely new weld head design which is easy to set up and adjust, and which inte- grates up to three torches together with ux delivery
and recovery, video camera and laser seam tracking.
Modular design for ease of using the key components in different applications. The new head has already been installed on several pipe mill locations. For spiral pipe of ine ID welding, it can be mounted on a new OSL compact boom-end frame incorporating fully integrated horizontal and vertical slides with space for up to three wire feeders. For spiral pipe OD welding or other similar appli- cations, the new head can
be mounted on an OSL slide assembly together with up to three wire feeders for single, tandem or triple arc operation.
A new integrated control system allows all parts of the system operation to be con- trolled from a single location. The new control system can be used for simultaneous control of ID and OD weld heads for spiral pipe of ine welding from a single operator station.
The new system includes weld control and is based on a network architecture, allow- ing it to be easily used with welding power sources from leading manufacturers.
According to Bob Beattie of OSL, “Over the last twenty- ve years, we have accumulated a lot of experience in pipe mill welding and other similar applications. So when we had the opportunity to put that experience to work in designing this new system we were very excited by the possi- bilities. After intensive effort in design and following detailed proving trials, we are very pleased with the results.”
Oxford Sensors Ltd
Unit 11 Arena 14, Bicester Park, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX26 4SS. UK
Tel: +44 1869 250791
liz.osullivan@ oxfordsensors.com www.oxfordsensors.com
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