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Contractor Cuts Rental Costs by 40%
- Pairing XMT 304s with PipePro 304s cuts number of engine drives in half, reducing rental, maintenance and transportation costs and simplifying fleet management
- Same equipment meets the needs of ironworkers, pipe fitters and boilermakers
- Operator familiarity with easy-to-use welding equipment makes it easier to find qualified welders
Customer Testimonial
“With a skid [a PipePro 304 paired with an XMT 304 on an easy-to-transport skid], we have two arcs, but only one engine drive. On the Mankato project, that’s nine fewer engines to fuel and to check oil on.”
— Mike Lang, tool/warehouse manager for AZCO, Inc.
Application
The piping, including rack piping from the steamer to the combustion unit, steam piping, condensate piping, and all other air and water piping, on a Calpine power plant being built in Mankato, Minnesota.
Key Business Issues
- Reducing weld costs by decreasing the number of engine drives and associated costs.
- Justifying equipment costs by using multi-process equipment that meets the needs of ironworkers, pipe fitters and boilermakers.
- Increasing operator efficiency with easy-to-use, familiar equipment.
Challenge
To provide equipment that meets the needs of all the welders on a site, while decreasing rental, maintenance and transportation costs.
Previous System & Process
Individual diesel engine drives.
New Solution
Skids that combine a PipePro 304 welder/generator with an XMT 304 inverter.
Results
- Because the PipePro can provide 7,500 watts of generator power while welding at 200 amps, it has enough generator power for an XMT to also weld at 200 amps or less.
- By using an engine drive/inverter combination instead of two engine drives, Azco reduces inter-company rental costs by 40%—a savings of more than $46,000 on a recent power plant project.
- The outstanding multiprocess arc characteristics of these welders enables Azco to standardize on fewer pieces of equipment to meet the needs of all the skilled welding trades, which simplifies fleet management.
