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Training system improves welding techniques
with hands-on, guided skills practice
REALWELD® Advanced Trainer gives
students and prospective employees a
live-arc, multi-sensory learning experi-
ence that merges actual welding with
advanced motion tracking technology.
The system helps students master
MIG, stick and flux-cored processes
with immediate in-booth feedback
and analysis. Realweld improves
training results by enhancing student
comprehension, reducing training time
and increasing certification rates in
both school and industry settings. It is
suitable for use as a bridge to traditional
welding training or as a screening tool to
determine welding proficiency.
Users can practise multi-pass
capability in a number of positions,
including 1F, 2F, 3F, 4F, 1G, 2G and
3G, and lap, tee, groove and flat-plate
joints. Standard 6" and optional 18"
fixtures allow users to perform a number
of multi-pass industry-standard welds.
A motorised carriage makes it easy to
move the table and arm for welding in
flat, vertical or overhead positions.
The system features an ‘arc off’
mode that allows students to practise,
troubleshoot and master welding
techniques without burning an arc. This
approach not only boosts learning and
muscle memory but also helps reduce
material costs, including welding plate,
flux, electrode or wire and shielding gas.
As a user welds, with or without an arc,
the system analyses and scores every
attempted weld trial on five technique
parameters, providing embedded,
immediate and objective information on
a 17" touchscreen display that students
can access in the booth. The system also
enables students to review instructional
videos, technical documents and
instructor hand-outs such as safety data
sheets, all on-screen in the booth. The
display responds to gloved hands, so
users do not have to stop and remove
gloves to get instant information.
Realweld’s audio coaching feature
provides users with guidance on weld
speed, angles, aim, contact tip-to-work
distance, arc length and weld position.
These cues can be turned off at any
time to allow students or prospective
employees to demonstrate learned
behaviour without a guide.
Instructors can review scoring
and analysis to track progress and
determine if students are developing
bad habits. They also are able to adjust
tolerances to lenient, moderate or
stringent settings. The system’s ‘sweet
spot’ parameters associated with proper
welding techniques using welding
procedure specifications (WPS) can
be set for each weld. Instructors can
access the system on the Realweld unit
itself or via their own computers using
the Desktop Instructor feature.
Lincoln Electric – USA
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Lincoln Electric’s Realweld training system
Pipe and profile company selects
Thermatool welding systems
BAŞATLI Pipe & Profile, a manu-
facturing and industrial company
from Turkey, has started the creation
of its new tube and pipe production
mill in Başiskele. Başatlı Boru will
be using induction welding systems
manufactured, delivered and installed
by Thermatool.
Thermatool now has 275 of its
solid state welders in Turkey, with
this additional sale to Başatlı the start
of another strong relationship in the
country. The CFI and CFD range of
Thermatool’s induction welders were
selected by the company with notable
features including variable frequency
and dual functionality (both induction
and contact) built in. Thermatool sales
manager Jon West said: “Variable
frequency gives Başatlı Boru the ability
to produce tube and pipe from several
different materials, all on the same mill,
wherever possible using existing weld
rolls and the same basic mill set-up.”
He added: “We also recommended
and specified a CFD dual induction/
contact welder, which provides two
welding processes in one system with
quick-change capability.”
Murat Biriktir, production executive
officer of Başatlı Boru, said: “In order
to ensure our high production quality
our preference was to use high-
tech equipment in our new tube mill
investment.”
Başatlı Boru is a manufacturer of a
wide range of structural pipe specifica-
tions such as heavy series mechanical
tubes, heavy series square and
rectangular tubes and industrial pipe
shaped and circular hollow sections.
Başatlı Pipe & Profile – Turkey
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