Kemppi ARC System is a comprehensive welding system for project planning, management, and monitoring. It enables fully automated welding control and collection of documentation. Also, the welders’ qualifications, welding instructions, and information on NDT inspections are all readily available via a single service with reliable off-site storage. 

In the first stage of the implementation at Peikko all main users of the system will be trained at the Kemppi factory in Lahti. System installations will then be carried out at the Peikko production units that manufacture composite structures in Lahti; in Kaunas, Lithuania; and in Kráľová nad Váhom, Slovakia.  

Peikko’s products are used in the building frames that are subjected to heavy loads. This means that the products’ capacity and resistance properties are highly important. Welding is a critical phase in the manufacturing process of a structural product. Peikko Group’s CEO, Topi Paananen, says: “As product requirements and the various markets’ quality demands grow stricter, we at Peikko want to ensure that we can meet these challenges and also predict future developments in the business. The introduction of Kemppi ARC System 3 guarantees our competitiveness in quality in this constantly changing and challenging business environment.”

Production director Tuomas Mantere, also from Peikko, continues: “The real-time monitoring of the welding process enables us to detect faults and quality deviations in our production. Correct and timely measures ensure consistent quality of welding output, improve our productivity, and enable us to assess the effects of the changes implemented. At the same time, we facilitate the work of welding coordinators by using system management tools in, for example, the maintenance of welding qualifications. Kemppi’s slogan ‘Stop Guessing – Start Knowing’ matches our way of thinking very well.”