Welding equipment helps to float boats

Kemppi OY, Finland and its UK subsidiary Kemppi (UK) supply welding equipment to shipyards, with welding technology and process interchange between Kemppi and the yards playing a major role in the design and development of both equipment and software.

This was apparent in the Kemppi equipment that helped STX Europe's Shipyard in Turku, Finland, build Royal Caribbean International's 'Oasis of the Seas' cruise liner.

Among the equipment used to weld the 2400km of seams, Fitweld 300 is a lightweight, compact, robust MIG/MAG inverter welder, specifically designed for shipbuilding and heavy fabrication to replace traditional MMA tack welding techniques, with its slow welding speeds, high labour costs and large use of energy.

MIG/MAG tack welding is much faster, more efficient, produces higher quality welds, requires less input power and the power source is lighter.