Selection and transfer of welding technologies to Russian and other available welding materials
How to avoid welding production shutdown under sanctions? Adapt welding technologies to available welding materials and welding equipment.
The current situation with trade embargo from Europe and logistics instability from new suppliers forces enterprises related to imported welding materials consumption to seek solutions for continuing their operations.
The simplest solution, at first glance, is replacing missing welding wire or electrodes on the market through searching for analogs. However, this approach does not fully solve the task of production restoration.
- Each wire and electrode manufacturer uses their own know-how and does not reveal the secret of their product manufacturing (microalloying composition is the strictest commercial secret).
- Elemental analysis of welding materials does not provide full guarantee of required strength and quality of welded joints.
- Selection through welding materials does not achieve the required welding quality. Replacement of electrodes or wire is followed by changes in welding modes, equipment adjustment and requirements for preparation of parts to be welded. This process requires approach of several specialists at once, such as chief welder, technologist, welding engineer, designer, calculator.
- Not all enterprises have the staff of necessary qualified specialists with sufficient experience, and making the work of the entire enterprise dependent on the qualification level of individual links is an unbalanced decision. When enterprise management makes decisions, the main question arises: who will take responsibility for purchasing new welding material and guarantee compliance with design documentation requirements.
Services for developing welding procedures with selection of welding materials under sanctions
RBI will take on solving the complex of tasks for replacing/implementing new welding material in production, issuing new welding maps and developing new technical specifications for manufactured products. Direct contacts with manufacturers and leading scientific institutes give us "depth" and "breadth" in solving these tasks.
Development of welding procedures under conditions of material import substitution:
- Replacement and combination of welding materials through searching for analogs of welding wire and electrodes, including by chemical composition.
- Selection and transfer of welding technologies to Russian welding materials.
- Combination of welding equipment.
- Production reconfiguration for new welding materials.
Main work stages:
- Design documentation analysis.
- Production analysis.
- Welding materials analysis.
- Selection of new welding modes, changing requirements for preparation of parts to be welded, changing post-welding procedure modes.
- Laboratory confirmation of obtained results.
- Making changes to design documentation and developing new technical specifications or industry standards.
RBI specialists will determine critical points on-site for adaptation or complete reworking of welding technology, equipment or operating modes. They will develop new production maps and propose flexible solutions for transferring production to available welding materials according to enterprise needs. They will control the first batch and subsequently provide online consultation to designers and technologists when product quality changes.
Our experience allows quickly reconfiguring production for new realities of global market conditions. A team of professional employees with specialized education and international confirmation will help solve tasks for your market success. In the current market situation, we try to provide 24/7 consulting for all new clients on all issues of production adaptation and configuration.