News

Lincoln Electric

IPWL has been demonstrating at Lincoln Electric’s events in Germany (March 2011) and England (April 2011) and Holland (May 2011).

The Firefly orbital welding system has been successfully integrated using ArcLink with Lincoln equipment – Powerwave S350CE inverter, LF45 wire feeder, Coolarc 50 water cooler and STT module – to provide an orbital welding solution to Lincoln customers.

To see the equipment in action, click here.

IPWL would like to thank Lincoln personnel for their kind assistance during the two events and for giving us the opportunity to demonstrate the versatility of the Firefly system to Lincoln customers.

To find out more about Lincoln Electric’s Powerwave range, click here

Teligence Mechanical

IPWL is pleased to announce that Teligence Mechanical has selected Firefly as their orbital welding system of choice.
David Willoughby, MD of Teligence Mechanical says. ‘Firefly’s flexibility, ease of use and accuracy will be of great benefit to our customers through productivity gains and repeatability of weld quality. Firefly is now being introduced to our projects around the world’.

Teligence Mechanical was formed in 2010 to provide Fabrication and Welding Services to the oil and gas pipeline industries. With bases in the UK, Australia and Ireland, Teligence Mechanical is also highly involved in Cryogenics, Pipe Freezing and Shrink Fitting industry with clients ranging from oil refineries through to local authorities, hospitals, schools, and colleges. The company employs a number of specialised welders and has access to advanced tooling and processes for the preparation and welding of mainland gas and oil pipelines.

To find out more about Teligence Mechanical click here

Steel Fab 2011

 

IPWL and Weldplus would like to thank Arwani Trading Co for their support at the Steel Fab 2011 trade show in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Allan Gray of Weldplus says, ‘Steel Fab was a great way of showing Firefly to the Middle Eastern market. The level of interest shown in Firefly has been incredible. Thanks to everyone at Steel Fab for a fab show!’ For enquiries about Firefly in the Middle East, click here For more information on Arwani Trading, click here For information on Steel Fab 2011, click here

Firefly operator training

IPWL are now able to offer a five day training course on the Firefly welding system. The course includes Firefly operation, programming of parameters and an overview of routine maintenance. The course is practical with an emphasis on ‘hands on’ use of Firefly. It is intended for a variety of students ranging from bug technicians and weld supervisors / engineers to welders who want to increase their skill base.

IPWL are able to tailor the course to suit applications requiring a more in-depth focus on specific areas.

The training takes place at our facility in Yorkshire at regular intervals throughout the year.

A recent trainee, John Kelleher from Cork Ireland says: “ Just a quick note to say thanks for the chance to train on your Firefly welding bug. Having a stick and tig background I was quite nervous of the prospect of having to go back to school, but as you lads said you only need a welding background. The five day course was fab, getting welding within two hours of arriving, and STT rooting, hot passing, filling, and split capping happily, and probably within test by the fourth day. This experience and training has opened a new career opportunity for me as the pipeline industry is moving ahead, they will be needing bug welding operators. You have a fantastic welding bug and I know I will be using it as the number one bug in the near future. Thanks again”

For more information, click here.

EuroBLECH 2010 Exhibition, Hanover, Germany

IPWL would like to thank all those who made our trip such an enjoyable experience. We are currently working our way through the many contacts made at the event.

Approved supplier for North America

IPWL are pleased to announce the appointment of Stamford Supply and Service as the sole approved supplier for North America. For more information, click here.

Approved supplier for the Middle East and North Africa

IPWL are pleased to announce the appointment of Engineering Group for Industrial Technology (EGIT) as the sole approved supplier for the Middle East and North Africa. For more information, click here.

Approved supplier for mainland Europe

IPWL are pleased to announce the appointment of WeldPlus as the sole approved supplier for mainland Europe. For more information, click here.

Customer support

Firefly does not just come in a box. The firefly package includes a product familiarisation course. We can be there to get you up and running too! Ask for details of our training and support service.

ISO 9001-2008

IPWL are currently undergoing the ISO 9001-2008 process and hope to be compliant in the near future.

CE Marking

The firefly is compliant with European Certificate of Conformity regulations 73/23/EEC and 98/37/EC.

Compatibility trials

Innovation at IPWL continues...compatibility trials with leading inverter manufacturers have produced excellent results, both in FCAW / GMAW testing and during root pass trials.

Subsea 2010 exhibition

IPWL wish to thank all involved at the Subsea 2010 exhibition. We were delighted with the response and interest shown in firefly. We had over 20 requests for demonstrations, both within the UK and internationally, so it was a successful exhibition for us.

Congratulations to NCS Survey who won the New Enterprise Award at the event.

Weld test

 The Firefly has passed UKAS certified weld tests in accordance with BS EN 970/1290/1321/1435 standards.