Beam layout welding, as well as fabrication machines, are auxiliary equipment. As such, their weight is too much for regular workers to carry. For those who don't know, electron beam welding is a method of welding where electrons are generated at high speeds by the use of electric field.
Beam layout welding is an auxiliary piece of equipment. Fabrication machines and beam layout welding are too heavy to be carried by a regular worker. The electron beam welding procedure is, for those of you not familiar, whereby the electron gun generates electrons at extreme speeds using the use electric fields.
With minimal delays, you can now produce custom beams in a continuous fashion with no need to change beam sizes or shapes. Beam Layout Welding increases productivity for both tapered and straight beams. Automatically welds both the beam's flanges at once. This allows for the maximum penetration on up to 1/2" web and 1 1/2" flange. All this in just one pass and only one side. The PHI system creates a fillet between the web and the flange. The welds are uniform and meet the requirements of construction codes.
FRANKLIN MODEL PTW72 - A complete Automatic submerged twin arc welding system. It is capable of fixing and welding three-piece built up beams, consisting of a Web and two flanges. The PTW-72's web capacity is 72 inches. Flange capacities are 20" wide x 1/4" thick. A PTW72 complete fabricating cell can measure up to 300 ft. The system includes a web loading gantry as well as a web seam station and a tack unit unit.
Gulf States Saw & Machinery Co. is the world leader in structural steel fabrication technology. Beam Layout Welding machines can be a competitive advantage in steel fabrication and optimize tonnage.
The PLC offers the ability to quickly change parameters for different welding applications with ease, reliability, quality and versatility. Panel view screens can also be used to program the beam layout weld parameters for various beam sections.
The TS72 tackup stations provides hydraulic clamping that prefixes the leading edge to the prefabricated bean. Franklin 40 Series CNC Gantry is used to automate pick and place loading for finished flanges. It's part of the Franklin CNC Line System. Franklin "60 Series gantries can hold up to 60ft. in length and provide 75ft travel storage.
A welded beam consists of three individual sections of steel – a web, a top flange and a bottom flange. These segments are merged together with deep fillet welds to create an incredibly robust building material.