Advanced MIG Welding Technology Offered by Ohio Laser
MIG stands for “metal inert gas.” The MIG welding process was first developed during World War Two to increase the productivity of manufacturing lines making weapons and equipment for the war effort.
With automated MIG welding, a robotic welding arm controls the motion and placement of a contact tip holding a MIG “gun.” This gun is fed a spool of solid-steel wire through a liner.
When the MIG welding cell is turned on, electricity charges the contact tip on the gun, melts the wire, producing a weld puddle. Inert gas simultaneously pours out of the tip of the gun, shielding the weld puddle from air in the atmosphere, permitting the weld to fix two metal pieces together.
Companies are using advanced welding cells designed for high speed, long production runs of high quality welded parts. This modern mig welding technology offers numerous advantages to companies in need of affordable precision welding.
Cells such as the Lincoln Electric System10 at Ohio Laser have many feature:
For precision welding in smaller spaces, a Fanuc ARC Mate 100 iB/6s robot with a 37″ reach
Dual fixed welding work station with automatic interlocked access doors permit you to simultaneously load and unload parts while welding
Metal surround flash barrier and bi-fold doors with interlocks
100% duty cycle, 450 amp STT welding technology power supply
Less distortion, smoke and splatter
Specialized engineering, tooling and programming capabilities to enable cost effective welding
Robotic arc welding is the latest value added fabrication service offered by Ohio Laser. Already a full service industrial fabricator, Ohio Laser is competent with PPAP Level I to Level IV, laser cuts flat sheets, tubes and pipes, engineers parts using 2D, 3D CAD/CAM software, provides high accuracy bending, and offers welding processes GMAW, FCAW, and GTAW.
The Plain City, Ohio based company does water jet cutting, machining of various alloys, sanding and grinding, heat treating and finishing, assembly and packaging.
Ohio Laser serves clients both large and small in virtually all major manufacturing industries in North America including automotive, furniture, point of display, food equipment, and heavy industrial equipment producers.
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