TPT-January-2015

Welding technology

Welding electrodes and machines GEDIK Welding is owned by Gedik Holding and was established in 1963. It manufactures 90,000 tons per year of covered welding electrodes, gas metal arc, submerged arc, flux cored type welding wires, rectifiers, gas metal arc, submerged arc welding machines, inverter-type welding machines and welding generators. The company manufactures and sells equipment both domestically and overseas in the field of welding automations. Gedik Welding is one of the leading companies in Turkey in the field of welding. Gedik Welding generates robotic solutions for automation in welding and other processes while keeping close track of international technological developments. Automation is seen as the top factor for helping to reduce costs in welding and Gedik can generate special robotic solution scenarios for its customers using modern simulation programs. The company keeps close track of all developments in the field of welding and supports Turkish industry and industries of other countries with its trademarks developed by its own R&D technology and expert personnel. Gedik Holding established the Gedik Education Foundation in 1994 with the aim of contributing to its country’s education system and improving Turkey’s welding technology. Gedik Holding provides the opportunity for the foundation to use the educational institutions, research and material examination laboratories and the educational workshops as well as the financial aids provided. Gedik Education Foundation provides educational opportunities through

the IIW (International Institute of Welding) and the diplomas it grants are not accepted just in Turkey, but across the whole world. Welding engineers educated in GEV gain intense industrial experiences besides being equipped with theoretical knowledge. This way, they acquire the ability of solving problems in the engineering field. GEV’s activities in the field of non- destructive inspection are carried out by Turkish Non-destructive Inspection Training, Certification and Industrial Service Center (TTM), which is a subsidiary of GEV. It offers modern laboratories that meet international standards, education classes, superior devices, equipment and technical and academic personnel who are leading specialists in their fields.

The company manufactures a wide range of products, which include welding consumables that have the trademark Geka and welding machines that have the trademark GeKaMac. These are its international and registered trademarks produced at the company’s plants that are set up in an 75,000m 2 area in Istanbul, Turkey. Gedik Welding invests heavily in training, spare parts and after-sales services both inside and outside the country along with its welding materials and manufacturing activities. Gedik Welding has the ability to manufacture special products using alternative solutions along the lines of customers’ requests and delivering these products rapidly. R&D efforts are conducted by its expert teams in modern and fully equipped laboratories, which has led to a number of innovations.

Gedik Welding has also been attending welding-related scientific and technological conferences and fairs both in Turkey and around the world.

Gedik Welding – Turkey Email: gedik@gedik.com.tr Website: www.gedikwelding.com

High-performance, flexible arc INFOCUS by Kjellberg is a new high- performance technology for TIG welding and brazing which creates new possibilities for automated production processes and expands the range of applications considerably. extends the range of thicknesses which are typically covered by TIG welding regarding foils and thin sheets as well as thick sheets.

zinc layer in the surrounding areas and on the opposite side. Kjellberg Finsterwalde offers InFocus systems in the following power classes: InFocus 500, InFocus 750 and InFocus 1000. InFocus 1000 operates with welding currents of up to 1,000A – suitable for quick, continuous longitudinal welding. For welding tasks with limited accessibility Kjellberg offers the InFocus 500 with a particularly small torch. The InFocus 500 torch looks more like a pen than a high-performance torch.

The wide range of industrial applications clearly shows the flexibility of the InFocus technology: welding of high-alloyed sheets with a thickness between 0.5 mm and 1mm; longitudinal welding of profiles with a speed of up to 15 m/min; keyhole welding of CrNi steels with a thickness of up to 10mm; keyhole welding of mild steel with a thickness of up to 8mm; welding of non-ferrous metals without pre-heating; and brazing of galvanised sheets with a speed of up to 4m/min with minimum impact on the

The InFocus torch as technology carrier generates an extremely concentrated, stable and powerful arc which leads to a multiplied welding speed, improved process reliability and an excellent seam. Thus, InFocus offers the potential to increase the efficiency of existing applications considerably, especially as an alternative to conventional TIG welding, plasma or laser welding. Furthermore, InFocus

Kjellberg – Germany Website: www.kjellberg.de

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J anuary 2015