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Afrox........................................................................ 7
Air Liquide Southern Africa. ................................ 22
Air Liquide Welding............................................ IBC
Air Products............................................................ 9
Böhler Welding..................................................... 20
ESAB. .................................................................... 16
Lincoln Electric......................................... OFC, OBC
SAIW........................................................................ 2
Sassda.................................................................IFC
SGS. ...................................................................... 25
Thermaspray........................................................ 29
Fronius is expanding the range
of functions of its intelligent
TPS/i Robotics power source. This
system, which is specially designed for
Supporting welding education and training in South Africa
Lincoln Electric, a global pioneer of welder
training resources and programmes, is to
host a training seminar at its Lincoln Elec-
tricWeld Technology Centre inMidrandon
the May 9 and 10, 2017.
Presentations and practical demon-
strations will be used to highlight:
• TheQCTOand IIWWelder training cur-
ricula and qualifications.
• Virtual welding solutions.
• The additional advantages of Lincoln’s
new Realweld training system.
• Fume extraction and welding school
safety.
Speakers include: Etienne Nell from
the SAIW, who is also the South African
welding expert for the WorldSkills com-
petition; Louis Uys of Airtrax, the local
specialist installer of welder training
facilities and fume extraction systems;
andmembers of the local Lincoln Electric
technical team.
The key objective of the seminar is
to address South Africa’s welding skills
challenges by introducingwelder training
enhancement solutions and to highlight
the availability of internationally recog-
nisedandeffective training curricula, tools
and equipment.
This seminar is amust attend function
for welding training school managers and
trainers; TVET colleges, managers, teach-
ers and technicians; welding training and
workshopmanagers; andpersons respon-
sible for welding personnel in industry.
For more information contact:
Thulani Mngomezulu on +2711 312 0605
Fronius is expanding the
TPS/i Robotics power
source with a new
additional package
for the stable
cold metal transfer
(CMT) welding
process.
the advantages of its latest MIG/MAG
power source platform with the most
stable arc. The intelligent, modular
system consists of interconnected and
fully synchronised components and
is specially designed to meet the
demands of robot-assisted weld-
ing. The TPS/i power source has
a high-performance processor
and a high-speed bus, enabling
data to be exchanged extremely quickly.
This results in control loops that are
faster than before.
Two perfectly synchronised wire­
feeders ensure dynamic and precise
wirefeeding and thus high process sta-
bility. What’smore, the newly developed
RobactaDriveCMTTPS/i push-pullweld-
ing torch impresses with its compact
dimensions, which enable easy access
to the weldments and low weight for
use on robotswith high traverse speeds.
TPS/i power sources that already
have the Standard and Pulse function
packages installed can easily be upgrad-
ed for the CMT process. In comparison
with other MIG/MAGwelding processes,
CMT significantly reduces the heat input
and enables continuous regulation from
cold to hot. This results in an extremely
stable arc andmuch less spatter even at
high welding speeds.
It can be used for a wide variety of
different applications, includingwelding
light andmedium-gauge sheets from0.5
to 4.0mm, root passes, galvanised steel
and special connections such as copper,
zinc, steel-to-aluminium and titanium.
With TPS/i CMT Robotics, robot-
assisted welding operations can be
performed cost-effectively, efficiently
and to a high standard.
CMT upgrade for robotics
power source
The newly developed Robacta Drive CMT
TPS/i push-pull welding torch boasts compact
dimensions and low weight. Images courtesy of Fronius
International
the requirements of
robotic welding, can now
be equipped with the extremely
stable cold metal transfer (CMT)
welding process using a
new additional pack-
age. Users benefit
from the combina-
tion of an extremely
highand reproducible
weldseamquality,maxi-
mum welding speeds
and countless areas
of application.
With TPS/i CMT
Robotics, Fronius combines