POPWELD Automated Welding Carriage

Welding Carriages

Welding carriage/ welding trolley/  welding tractor

Well-Handy  Multi-Purpose | Portable Trackless Fillet Welding Carriage

The Well-Handy Multi-Purpose redefines the industry standard of portable welding automation by merging lightweight design with rugged durability, all while eliminating the need of setting up time-consuming tracks or rails. This innovative trackless fillet welding carriage thrives even in the most challenging environments, enabling seamless execution of intricate fillet welds with the precision and consistency to that of robotic welding.

Welding carriages are industrial equipment that automates welding and cutting operations.

For some people, they are considered the first step in the automation of manufacturing and metallurgical companies.

As in the case of robotics, using welding carriages can increase speed and improve efficiency in production plants.

This way, processes can be completed with greater quality and uniformity.

Welding carriages are used regularly in some of the following applications:

Shipbuilding

Shipyards

Tank Welding

Structure Steel Fabrication

Mining Industry

Wind Tower Energy Industry

Power Generation

Oil and Gas Industry

General Fabrication Industry

Nevertheless, we have seen many companies using welding carriages for a wide range of applications, adapted to their needs.

Actually, every day we come across new ways to use welding carriages in different applications, so it is very likely that you can find in our welding carriages a solution for your needs.

The main purpose of welding carriages is to save time and increase productivity when welding.

The idea behind welding carriages is to provide a constant open weld arc while traveling a straight line or large diameters.

These long welds, if done manually, would require the welder to constantly stop, reposition himself and re-start the welding operation.

But, when performed by a welding carriage the operation is done opening the welding arc a single time.

This way you can save time, be more productive, and decrease potential weld problems caused by constant stop and re-starts on the weld bead.

Some of the problems that can be found in the weld bead but can be fixed by using welding carriages are:

Trapped slag

Porosity

Underfill

Welding carriage is most suitable for mechanizing long straight weld beads in general.

These long weld beads are usually needed when working on tanks, beams, large plate unions, etc.

Basically every long weld bead or long straight metal piece that needs to be put together is a good candidate to be welded using a welding carriage.

We produce and innovate new generation products and have a lineup of different welding carriages suitable for different applications and weld positions.

Like in any other product category, among welding carriages there are some best sellers.

The straight line Run and circle run are two of the most versatile welding carriages. Actually, is one of the favorites among our clients. We sell a lot of them.

That is because they can handle most of the welding applications made on flat, vertical or horizontal positions.

A portable welding carriage is a type of equipment you use to help and assist in the automation of welding. Welder operators, on the other hand, are people who operate on the controls of the device like its adaptive controls, movement, programs, etc.

portable welding carriage and welders are two (2) different types of people, too. We know what the former is – and the latter simply is the person who conducts and performs the act of welding.

A welding carriage, for the benefit of everyone, is a type of machine that is the source of power for welding. It’s a good substitute or alternative for main electricity, as you’ll often use it in sites and locations that don’t have near electrical outlets.

Therefore, we can easily come to the conclusion that a portable welder generator is a machine or equipment that you can use as the source of power for your welding equipment, which is far from what a welding carriage is.

What Specifications Should You Look For in a Welding Trolley?

Of course, before you decide on the welding trolley you’ll be purchasing, you need to know its specifications first.

Similar to smartphones and other types of devices, you need to know what the specifications of your welding carriages are before buying them.

In fact, here’s a list of the specifications that are the most important:

Size of the machine

Weight of the machine

Drive speed

Drive system

Motor of the machine

Input power

Angular torch control

These are the specifications and the characteristics that you should know before you decide the specific welding trolley you’ll buy and purchase.

The importance of knowing the specs is that you’ll know if a machine or an equipment is just right for whatever your needs are!

Welding trolley being used for automated welding

It’s not necessarily a “need” if you think about it. However, using a welding carriage can give you the assistance you’ve been looking for, especially if you want your results to be precise, accurate, while it’s being done without inducing too much fatigue and stress on your welder.

You can think of a welding trolley to be a type of machine that will help you reach the goals of your projects.

Benefits of Using a Welding Trolley

Heightens and Improves Productivity

Welding carriages can help welders be free from fatigue and numbness by maintaining a specific position.

Therefore, it’s easy for us to come to the conclusion that welding carriages can absolutely improve and develop overall productivity without sacrificing the quality and the aesthetics of the weld.

Time-Saving

Imagine a manual long weld to be done and completed by a professional welder. While it’s going to be good, it can shave off a lot of time since the welder would have to make sure that it’s precise.

With a welding carriage, on the other hand, it can be programmed so that it’ll move according to how you programmed it. This eliminates the need for a welder to spend time welding it even in complex positions.

Accuracy and Precision

With a welding carriage, the welder can stay in a consistent and a constant position while welding. In long welds, especially if done manually, the welder would have to stop, pause, and reposition himself to make sure that the weld will be accurate.

But, if there’s a welding carriage, it can be done in a straight, single time without the need for the welder to pause and to stop.

These are just some of the benefits and the advantages of utilizing welding carriages in general. Depending on how you’ll use it, you can find a ton of other benefits and advantages to them, too!

Programmable welding trolleys are welding carriages that you can program for them to be automated. More often than not, these are the welding trolleys that you can use for high-quality and consistent welds.

Here with us at Waldun, we provide a ton of automated and programmable welding carriages that you wouldn’t be able to find in regular businesses and companies. We will get to that a little bit later.