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Lorch's latest innovative digital control technology breaks new ground
Save time, assure quality: Digital job cards offer a sizable advantage in
day-to-day welding management operations
Hold the card up to the machine and start welding. Packed with cutting-edge NFC radio
technology, the job cards devised by Lorch Schweißtechnik allow the welder not only to
quickly enter the welding parameters he needs but also offer an entirely new and efficient
approach to quality control. Lorch offers a booklet made up of a card set that contains the
most essential welding parameters for the 23 welding requirements most frequently
encountered by welders. Standardised technology is applied to transfer the parameters to
the welding machine. When combined with rights management, the cards also serve as a
tool that helps assure the quality of the welding process: Once the job parameters have
been downloaded to his machine, the welder will only be able to weld within the tolerance
limits specified by the standard.
In the past, setting the exact welding parameters was a time-consuming process
that involved a good portion of uncertainty. Today, Lorch's set of job cards provides
a simple and innovative way to define the proper settings - an incalculable
advantage in today's production cycles where time is of the essence and perfectly
reliable quality control is imperative. These NFC cards hold 23 of the most vital
welding jobs, consolidated by Lorch in a dedicated booklet and pre-configured to
match the WPS (Welding Procedure Specifications) as well as the EN 1090. All that
is left for the welders to do is hold the card containing the desired job (for instance,
WPS 002, base material steel, fillet weld, horizontal, sheet thickness 3 – 10 mm,
wire diameter 1.0 mm, pass 1) up to the machine, and the machine will
automatically set the necessary parameters such as current, voltage and wire feed.
As the pre-configured welding jobs also apply to additional passes, the booklet is
comprised of a total of 77 cards.
When used in combination with user rights management, the job cards not only
serve as a quick and easy adjustment tool but assure comprehensive quality control
as well. Stored on the rights management card (welder or administrator) are, for
instance, tolerance limits within which the welder is permitted to operate as
stipulated by the individual standards. The settings are enabled as soon as the user
logs on at the welding machine. Users use the same straightforward NFC
technology to log on as they do with the job cards.
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The combination of these cards ensures that the welders can complete their welding
jobs only as specified by the pre-defined settings and only if operating within the
permissible tolerance limits. Result: When used in combination with rights
management cards, the job cards guarantee flawless quality control that is 100 per
cent reliable.
The job cards are suitable for use on all MicorMIG machines that are equipped with
a digital control including BasicPlus or ControlPro operating panel and that have
been upgraded to the "NFC-Job Read" feature. As they embrace Lorch's innovative
new operating concept, all machines included in the MIG-MAG series are suitable
for use with Lorch's job management cards. This makes it possible to use job
management not only to control basic welding processes but Speed processes as
well.
Apart from offering a host of existing welding jobs, the card booklet also allows
users to effortlessly create welding jobs that suit their individual requirements.
The cards Lorch offers for this purpose are available in sets of 10 and 25. Storing
customised jobs on the cards requires the feature NFC-Job Write and the
ControlPro operating panel. Users of the BasicPlus version can upgrade to this
more advanced option without a problem. Thanks to Lorch's innovative operating
concept, upgrading any MicorMIG system is as easy as can be.
Lorch Schweißtechnik GmbH is one of the leading manufacturers of arc
welding equipment for use in metal crafting and industrial applications and of
semi-automated solutions as well as automation solutions involving robots.
For more than 50 years, Lorch's premium quality systems have been
manufactured in Germany at one of the world's most cutting-edge
manufacturing plants for welding equipment and exported to more than 60
countries. The welding equipment engineered by Lorch merges first-rate
suitability for real-world applications with superior ease of use and
outstanding efficiency, setting new technological standards in the
marketplace: One example of the company's singular ability to engineer toptier products is the innovative "Speed" process, which enhances the
MicorMIG series and takes MIG-MAG welding to the next level, or the
company's latest innovation, MicorStick, a battery-powered electrode welding
machine that was awarded the "Federal prize 2014 for outstanding,
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innovative achievements in the trade sector" by the Federal Ministry for
Economic Affairs and Energy.
For more information, log on to www.micormig.eu
Fig. 1: Hold the card up to the machine and start welding. The welding parameters
are transferred to the machine using state-of-the-art NFC radio technology.
Fig. 2: A match made in heaven – as they marry rights management with job
management, these cards provide quality control that is 100 per cent reliable. The
welder will only be able to work based on the pre-defined settings and within the
permissible tolerance limits.
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Press contact:
LORCH Schweißtechnik GmbH
Head of Marketing
Mr Ralph Saile
Tel: +49 7191 503-0
Fax: +49 7191 503-199
Im Anwänder 24-26
71549 Auenwald
http://www.lorch.eu
Reprint free of charge. Specimen copy requested.
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