In 2010 Cammell Laird
received a £44m contract to
build two 12m high sections
of the middle and aft flight
deck for HMS Queen
Elizabeth, a 65,000t aircraft
carrier being built by the
Aircraft Carrier Alliance for
the Royal Navy.

It was for the carrier
contract that Cammell Laird
turned to their local Kemppi
dealer, General Welding
Supplies (NW) and bought
12 Kemppi Supersnake
GT02S air cooled ultra long
25m welding systems for
distance wire feeding and
restricted access MIG/MAG
welding and which now play
a key role in the fabrication
of the giant 800t sections.

Supersnake GT02S comes
as either an air or water cooled
system in lengths of 10, 15,
20 and 25m. Connected to
Eur MIG welding guns it can
provide a maximum 30m
gun reach from the wire feed
unit. It provides a deck-based
or boom delivery wire feed
system, feeding a range of
filler wires including ferrous,
stainless and aluminium
wires. The longest and
heaviest 25m water-cooled
version weighs just 37kg.