VUP Vertical Up Welder
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The Koike Aronson / Ransome VUP single pass automatic welding system delivers faster, consistent, x-ray quality vertical welds on field erected storage tanks and other applications.
The VUP can handle vertical joint welding on plates 3/8" to 1" thick 6' to 10' high. With the optional oscillator, plates from 1-1/4" to 2" can be joined together.
The VUP's power supply consists of a skid-mounted Lincoln® DC-1000 with NA3 control and water flow panel.
The standard Lincoln NR-431/NR-432 Innershield® Processes offer significant savings, providing deposition rates of 48 lbs./hr.
The VUP is also ideal for other applications, including shipbuilding and manipulator-mounted butt-welding of 6' to 50' vertical plates.
The VUP's sturdy mainframe features a vertical column mounted on a carriage and roller assembly that rides on the top of tank plates. Its self-locking gear reducer with variable speed drive is electronically integrated with the welding control, which automatically adjusts speed to maintain the optimum copper-shoe-to-weld puddle relationship.
The lift controls include an up/down switch, low/high speed potentiometers and rapid speed selector.
Requiring just one operator, the VUP can complete 10 to 12 vertical seams per work shift.
Options available are water re-circulating system, power lateral travel, nozzle oscillator for plates 1-1/4" to 2" thick, electrical other than 230/460-3ph-60Hz, or other-than-standard wiring, and wiring for cable spans longer than 200' (61 meters).
Portable Track-Guided VUP Welding System
The Track-Guided VUP is a versatile, easy-to-use, easy-to-set-up system for in-plant vertical-up applications. It is ideal for accurate seam welding of gaped square butt and single vee-welds on plates from 3/8" to 4" and up to six feet in height. Additional track is available in six-foot heights.
The VUP consists of a vertical track, a powered carriage with special Lincoln nozzle, oscillator for plates up to 4" thick, water-cooled copper dam, nozzle and seam cross, and in-out adjustment. It features the Lincoln LN9V or NA5 solid-state control and wire feeder with 50 lb. reel. This model is wheel-mounted for in-plant mobility.
All parameters can be preset to monitor current, voltage and wire speed. A copper dam is automatically maintained in a fixed relation to the weld puddle. A flow regulator along with a switch in the water cooling circuit protect against no- or low-flow.
The Lincoln DC-1000 power supply features multi-conductor cables to supply control functions and 25' of double 4/0 ground cable standard. Assembly includes water hoses, wire feeder pressure rolls and inlet/outlet guides for either 3/32" or .120" diameter wire fed through 15' conduit.
Options include a water re-circulator cooler system, skid for power supply and water re-circulator, wiring for other-than-standard or 50Hz, and additional track for welds taller than six feet. Read more.
