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Industry News
16 May 2015
Welding quality management
system deployment
PEIKKO Group and Kemppi have
agreed on deploying the Kemppi ARC
System 3 quality management system
for welding at Peikko production units in
Finland, Lithuania and Slovakia. This is
the first multi-site commissioning of the
Kemppi system.
Kemppi ARC System is a com-
prehensive welding system for project
planning, management and monitoring.
It enables fully automated welding
control and collection of documentation.
The welders’ qualifications, welding
instructions, and information on NDT
inspections are all available via a single
service with reliable off-site storage.
The implementation at Peikko is
being carried out this spring. In the
first stage, all main users of the system
will be trained at the Kemppi factory
in Lahti, Finland. System installations
will then be carried out at the Peikko
production units that manufacture
composite structures in Lahti; in
Kaunas, Lithuania; and in Kráľová nad
Váhom, Slovakia.
Peikko’s products are used in building
frames that are subjected to heavy
loads. This means that the products’
capacity and resistance properties are
important. Welding is a critical phase
in the manufacturing process of a
structural product.
“As product requirements and the
various markets’ quality demands grow
stricter, we at Peikko want to ensure
that we can meet these challenges and
also predict future developments in the
business,” explained Peikko Group’s
CEO, Topi Paananen. “The introduction
of Kemppi ARC System 3 guarantees
our competitiveness in quality in this
constantly changing and challenging
business environment.”
Peikko production director Tuomas
Mantere added, “The real-time
monitoring of the welding process
enables us to detect faults and quality
deviations in our production. Correct
and timely measures ensure consistent
quality of welding output, improve our
productivity, and enable us to assess the
effects of the changes implemented. At
the same time, we facilitate the work of
welding coordinators by using system
management tools in, for example, the
maintenance of welding qualifications.”
Kemppi ARC System 3 is a modular
and scaleable system suitable for
businesses of many types.
Kemppi Oy – Finland
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Peikko Group Corp – Finland
Fax: +358 3 733 1138
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