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PRESS RELEASE
The Ironhorse,
A Portable DC Inverter Welder Designed For Subways and Commuter
trains.
Salisbury,
MD. ARCON Welding LLC, a manufacturer
of portable industrial welding machines, is introducing The
Ironhorse 300S 700V DC, the first portable DC inverter welding
machine to be manufactured by a welding power supply company
and marketed especially for use in subway and commuter train
systems.
What
is unique about this 300-Amp Stick/TIG welder is its ability
to run off the DC power of the third rail or overhead catenary
systems between 500 and 800 Volts DC. The 80lb (36.3Kg) Ironhorse is ideally suited for tunnels where AC
primary power is not readily available, and provides subway
and commuter systems with alternatives to using generators,
thermite, or to powering down. In addition, The Ironhorse
may provide a healthier and safer alternative to those
options currently available. The Ironhorse also features a
"safety yellow" fiberglass case with extra thick drag skids.
These are just two of the features specifically recognized
by New York City Transit Authority. As a member of The
Workhorse family of inverter type welders, The
Ironhorse offers the following new and unique features,
not available on other brands:
Constant
Arc Power (CAP). With this unique feature,
there is less dependency on the operator's ability to hold
the tip of the electrode at a constant distance from the base
metal. In other words, the CP feature compensates for an unsteady
hand. With this feature, The Ironhorse is easier
to master than conventional Constant Current (CC) machines
and enables the average welder to become more skilled. Its
user-friendly CP feature will help him or her complete the
job in less time without sacrificing workmanship quality.
The
Ironhorse, A Portable DC Inverter Welder Arc Force
Control (AFC) allows the operator to adjust the current surge
when a droplet shorts the arc. AFC drastically reduces slag
inclusions.
Input
Voltage Compensation (IVC) will provide
steady output voltage when the input voltage fluctuates with,
for example, the starting and stopping of trains.
Voltage
Spike Protection. (VSP) The Ironhorse has
a built-in VSP to handle surges up to 40,000 Amps. Such Input
voltage spikes are caused by surges from either generators
or utility power lines.
Rugged, Very
Reliable Power Supply Design
The
Ironhorse operating system is based on the same
reliable technology that has been tested and proved in more
than 100,000 welding machines around the world. Field data
statistics has proven the SCR design to be 100 times more
durable for this type of application than the IGBT semiconductor
used in competing brands.
Other data and
features of The Ironhorse
