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Florence Darlington Technical College
Installs 61
Gas Saver Systems
The Many
Short and Tack Welds Made in Welding Schools Allow Our Gas Saver System to
Reduce Gas Use by Over 50% with Improved Weld Starts! |
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Sue, a Welding Instructor, holds Gas Saver Systems ready for
installation |
One of the welding labs at FDTC in SC. They currently have over 80
students in the welding program |
All 61 MIG welders had
GSS's
installed. They simply replaced the old gas delivery hoses. |
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 The
majority of the wire feeders and welders in the school have standard Compressed Gas Association
female inert gas fittings (CGA 032;"B".)
Our standard
GSS
hose (FB3, FB6 etc.) comes with male CGA 032 "B" fittings preinstalled on
both ends. All that is required is to simply unscrew the original
gas delivery hose from the gas cylinder regulator/flowmeter to the
feeder/welder and screwing in the
GSS.
See below for a few welders that needed different
fittings. |
 Some welders at FDTC
had a 1/4 inch hose coming from inside the combined Power /Feeder
welder. The gas delivery hose was attached to a barb fitting on the
gas solenoid inside the welder. For these units it was a simple
matter to cut the original gas hose close to the outside of the welder and use
our WAT Splice Connector to
install the
GSS.
A surge flow restrictor is built into the Splice fitting.
A
GSS can be supplied with a CGA fitting on the Gas
Supply end and a splice fitting on the Welder end, or
visa versa if needed. |
Welders or Students Setting Shielding Gas Flow
to High?
We have
measured 150 CFH when the ball is pinned to the top of the flow tube with
some regulator/flowmeters!
Save Gas and Avoid Excess Gas Flow Pulling Air Into The
Shielding Stream.
Click on Photo Left
for More Information. |
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OPERATE A WELDING SCHOOL OR WELD TRAINING
FACILITY? Great Idea
from a person running such a facility. Welds made at these locations are of short
duration and include many tack welds. The start surge wastes a great deal of shielding gas. Shielding
gas savings can easily exceed 50%.
Also, even though duty cycle is low, many
cylinders are rented. Since the gas usage is significantly reduced with
the Gas Saver System (GSSTM)
a school can get by with fewer cylinders. Simply put two welders on one
cylinder and reduce the rental bill ! Super Simple!
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 You can use a dual regulator flowmeter which allows two welders
to operate from the same cylinder. See photo left. Just connect two GSS's to
the two outlets and save cylinder rent! Flows can be set independently. You'll be changing cylinders no more
frequently than at present. Great idea. Concerned that flows are being set
too high? Our Flow Rate Limiter will fit this model!
Questions about what Dual Regulator/Flowmeter to purchase? |
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Check Out Welding
Math Site
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Welding Math and Physics PDF |
Welder
Rap on Gas Video |
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"Lean Welding Manufacturing Tools" Learning
Program
Optimizing Shielding Gas Use and Eliminating
Waste
See "Why Gas Waste"
Video |
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 Understanding
and Setting MIG Gas Flow Rates
Includes:
Reducing gas waste and
improving weld start quality
This
Self Study Learning Program is Easy to Follow...
"Even a Cavegirl Can Do It!"
Click Cavegirl for Details |
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FOR WELDING
SCHOOLS--Need a way to purchase product
other than Credit Card for your school or weld
training facility?
Need
to issue a Purchase Order? Please E-mail.
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Free Technical Paper, "MIG
SHIELDING GAS
CONTROL"
CLICK ICON for PDF DOWNLOAD |
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