jinjahbiscuit
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I've been asked by the people I work for to look for a replacement welder to replace a Unitor machine that "disappeared" when some contractors demobbed from a job on our offshore facility a couple of years ago.
Our welder recently accepted a Unitor UWF - 102 as the replacement, but as I pointed out, it's not a welder, it's a wire feeder / remote unit for large welding inverter (Unitor UWI - 500TP or something). Plus, although it can perform MMA when connected to the inverter, it's for MIG / MAG, which we don't use.
I can't find Unitor anywhere on the internet except through an outfit called Wilhelmsson; and they seem to be just a marine / offshore supplier of marine / offshore stuff. Also, the inverter seems pretty stone age compared to the gear the professionals on this forum use.
Whatever the original is replaced with, it has to be capable of both TIG and MMA, probably being used more for the latter. It's unlikely any aluminium would be welded (I may need to do a little more research there), stainless and cunifer from time to time and an air cooled torch. Power, I probably would need to look into that also, but 250amps+ is likely.
Ruggedness is important, but also it will need to moved around.
I'm sort of thinking Miller / Lincoln? It may be that they'll stick with the Unitor inverter, but apart from the remote facility, I don't see the point.
Our welder recently accepted a Unitor UWF - 102 as the replacement, but as I pointed out, it's not a welder, it's a wire feeder / remote unit for large welding inverter (Unitor UWI - 500TP or something). Plus, although it can perform MMA when connected to the inverter, it's for MIG / MAG, which we don't use.
I can't find Unitor anywhere on the internet except through an outfit called Wilhelmsson; and they seem to be just a marine / offshore supplier of marine / offshore stuff. Also, the inverter seems pretty stone age compared to the gear the professionals on this forum use.
Whatever the original is replaced with, it has to be capable of both TIG and MMA, probably being used more for the latter. It's unlikely any aluminium would be welded (I may need to do a little more research there), stainless and cunifer from time to time and an air cooled torch. Power, I probably would need to look into that also, but 250amps+ is likely.
Ruggedness is important, but also it will need to moved around.
I'm sort of thinking Miller / Lincoln? It may be that they'll stick with the Unitor inverter, but apart from the remote facility, I don't see the point.
