seatec - Finnish marine technology review 1/2010 | Page 44

Kemppi Introduces the Wise™ approach to Welding The Finnish welding solutions provider, 25 mm Kemppi Oy, directs the 30 mm 35 mm way to Wise welding with its new modified arc welding processes. They are optional ex- Standard 1-MIG pert functions available for Kemppi’s new FastMig Pulse and KempArc Pulse welding equipment. WisePenetration WisePenetration accommodates stick out variation and improves weld quality T he Wise software products help meet WisePenetration is designed to pro- rework costs, reduces weld volume in thick productivity and quality requirements duce consistent quality welding in struc- materials, thereby making the work much in shipbuilding, offshore industry, automo- tures where welding gun positioning is faster and reducing filler material costs. tive manufacture and various other weld- challenging. It is an optional function for WiseFusion is a modified arc proc- ing industries. delivering constant welding power regard- ess with extra benefits for shipyard and less of changes in the stick out length. offshore applications where special mate- The software can either be pre-loaded to new Kemppi equipment or added This process is suitable for manual rials like aluminium and stainless steel are later using DataGun, a compact automatic and automated synergic MIG/MAG weld- used, and pulsed MIG process is used for field-program device for delivering Kemp- ing and is designed for long and short ca- best welding results. pi’s software programs and updates. ble lengths between the power source and These software products can be used the wire-feed unit. In addition to Wise products, Kemppi offers also a wider scope solution for max- in manual as well as automated welding. WiseRoot is an effective tailored imising welding efficiency and productivity. They are divided into two groups to either cold arc process for root pass welding, de- With Kemppi Arc System you can collect influence the efficiency of the welding per- signed for the effective closure of root joint and analyse welding data to be used for formance or to provide new welding proc- areas and also to take into consideration adjusting and refining the welding opera- ess techniques that would be impossible gap tolerances created by poor joint fit- tions in your production process. to achieve with the standard MIG/MAG up. It produces excellent root passes, and The Kemppi web site offers more welding process. is three times faster in root closure than information about these and other Wise TIG welding and 15 % faster than normal products and the Kemppi Arc System MIG/MAG welding. welding analysing solution. ■ There are three Wise processes that are