SAW Basic Equipment Types of Equipment

Transformer/
Power return Rectifier
cable
Power control Welding carriage Hand-held gun
panel control unit
Tractor
Welding carriage

Granulated Electrode wire

flux reel

Granulated
flux
Column and boom Gantry

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SAW Equipment Tractor Units

Wire reel  For straight or gently

curved joints.
Slides  Ride tracks alongside
Flux
joint or directly on
hopper workpiece.
Wire feed  Can have guide
Feed roll motor wheels to track.
assembly  Good portability, Courtesy of ESAB AB

used where piece

Torch
assembly cannot be moved.

Tracking
Contact tip
system Courtesy of ESAB AB

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Column and Boom Gantry

 Linear travel only.  2D linear movement

 Can move in 3 axes. only.
 Workpiece must be  For large production.
brought to weld  May have more than
station. one head.
 Mostly used in
workshop.

Courtesy of ESAB AB

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