Steelmax, Preston Eastin Introduce ‘Integrated Pipe Welding System’

The IPWS delivers pipe positioning, manipulation, programmable oscillation, and welding power in a single turnkey system.

LITTLETON, Colorado — [Date?] — Steelmax Tools and Preston Eastin, members of the SMX Industrial Solutions family of companies, have introduced the turnkey Integrated Pipe Welding System (IPWS). This collaborative pipe and vessel welding solution is built for fabricators who need consistent weld performance with less rework and a highly productive welding process.

The IPWS brings the right tools together in a single integrated system. It eliminates the fabricators’ common challenge of sourcing a manipulator from one supplier, a positioner from another, and a welding system from a third, then hoping everything works together. The IPWS provides a simpler solution: one system, one delivery, and pure productivity.

The IPWS is engineered for pipe and vessel fabrication environments where reliability, repeatability, speed, and quality are not luxuries, but requirements. Ideal applications include data center piping, oil and gas pipe fabrication, power plant construction, shipyards, and heavy equipment manufacturing.

“Fabricators are under real pressure right now,” said Tevan Boersma, National Director of Sales for Preston-Eastin. “They need more output, better weld consistency, with fewer defects, and they need to do it with the workforce they have. The IPWS isn’t technology for the sake of technology; it’s a practical, integrated system designed to help teams achieve high-quality, repeatable results.”

The IPWS combines Preston Eastin manipulators for accurate part positioning with the Steelmax Linear Oscillator System for precise torch control including programmable linear oscillation. This enables root, hot, fill, and cap passes to be performed automatically using solid, flux-core, or metal-core wire. Standard IPWS configurations also include the complete Miller PipeWorx 400 Welding System.

The IPWS is designed to address inconsistencies before they become expensive problems. Poor part positioning, operator fatigue, over-welding, lack of consistent fusion, and the associated downstream rework all cost time and money. Through accurate part positioning and precise torch control the IPWS increases arc-on time and produces uniform welds.

The IPWS is available in four standard configurations, each of which can be ordered as a single SKU. Each standard IPWS includes: (i) a powered X-Y Manipulator (either 4’ x 4’ or 6’ x 6’), (ii) either a 3,000-pound PE 30 Tilt-Rotate Positioner or a 5,000-pound HE-50 Elevating Headstock (with two jackstands), (iii) Steelmax End of Arm Torch Control with Linear Oscillation, and (iv) the complete Miller PipeWorx 400 welding system. Optional tactile seam tracking can be added to any IPWS system.

Completely custom IPWS configurations are also available to address unique fabrication challenges.

“This is where the SMX family of companies really benefits end users,” said Gary Gamino, President of Preston Eastin. “Steelmax brings decades of welding mechanization and programmable oscillation expertise. Preston Eastin brings more than 50 years of deep experience in positioning and manipulation. Put those together correctly, and you don’t just have a collection of machines; you have a trusted system that helps fabricators improve quality, reduce cost, and get more work done.”

The Integrated Pipe Welding System is available through Preston Eastin and Steelmax sales channels.

Media Contact:


Doug Williams
, Steelmax Tools

doug.williams@steelmax.com

720-763-9421

Sales Contact:


sales@prestoneastin.com

www.prestoneastin.com