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At Schweissen and Schneiden 2009 exhibition, ESAB dedicated a significant part of its stand to welding consumables, including the company's bulk packaging equipment Marathon Pac.
Marathon Pac was demonstrated at the event to show how this form of bulk packaging can boost the productivity of MIG/MAG welding stations.
ESAB engineers were on hand to explain how the cost-savings achievable by switching from 18kg spools to Marathon Pacs could exceed the cost price of the wire - so users can obtain their welding wire 'for free'.
Since the launch of the bulk packaging equipment, ESAB has been studying data from users to establish the actual cost savings that can be achieved.
Various production environments have been investigated, including those in low-cost and high-cost economies, as well as highly mechanised plants, and data has been collected from manufacturers representing a spread of different industries.
Care has been taken to look at all of the cost savings, not just the labour required to exchange the spools or bulk packaging equipments.
For example, it has been found that downtime caused by feeding problems can be much greater than the downtime associated with spool changing.
In addition, the claimed stable feeding and straight wire delivery from the packaging equipment Marathon Pac is said to lead to better joints, good penetration, less spatter, improved joint appearance and reduced post-weld repairs.
Further claimed financial benefits result from reduced expenditure on spare parts and maintenance labour due to the smooth, straight-feeding wire causing less wear on liners, guide tubes, feed rollers and other feeding components.
From the data that has been collected, ESAB has concluded that packaging equipment Marathon Pac packaging is more cost-effective than 18kg spools in all professional production environments.
In some cases the savings can be greater than the purchase cost of the welding wire.
In addition, a quality packaging controller is impotant to the work of packaging equipments.
