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vision.ULTRASPEED


CEA’s vision.ULTRASPEED is a revolutionary MIG/MAG welding process designed for both steel and non-ferrous materials. It achieves significantly faster welding speeds due to a stronger arc with a narrower cone. This translates to less heat build-up in the workpiece, minimising shrinkage and warping. As a result, vision.ULTRASPEED reduces the need for rework and finishing, making it a highly efficient welding solution.

Advantages

  • Blazing-fast welds: Experience dramatically increased welding speeds compared to traditional methods.
  • Versatility across materials: Weld medium-thickness carbon steel, stainless steel, and aluminium with ease.
  • Material savings: Create narrower welds using less filler material and shielding gas.
  • Reduced heat distortion: Minimise heat input for less warping and shrinkage in the workpiece.
  • Clean welds: Enjoy spatter-free and projection-free wire deposition for a cleaner weld finish.

Applications

  • Light and medium fabrication work
  • Manufacture of mild and stainless steel and aluminium
  • Automotive industry
  • Petrochemical industry
  • Food industry
  • Railway wagon manufacturing
  • Small medium size tank and container construction

vision.COLD

Ideal for thin sheets and delicate joints, vision.COLD is a cutting-edge, low-heat MIG/MAG welding process developed by CEA. This innovative technology allows for high-quality welds on thin laminates and brazing in any position. vision.COLD utilises pre-programmed settings (synergic programs) for optimal performance. The specially designed arc minimises distortion and maintains the material’s properties, making it perfect for situations where heat control is critical. Additionally, vision.COLD excels at welding joints with small gaps.

Advantages

  • Tames Tough Materials: Weld high-carbon and highly-alloyed steel thin sheets with confidence.
  • Speed Demon: Achieve significantly faster joint welding compared to traditional short arc MIG/MAG methods.
  • Protects Zinc Coatings: Minimise damage to zinc-coated layers during MIG brazing.
  • Cool Hand Luke: Dramatically reduce heat input for minimal workpiece deformation.
  • Spatter-Free Seams: Enjoy clean welds with minimal spatter and projections during the short circuit phase.
  • Gravity-Defying Welds: Produce flawless edge joints when welding vertically, both upwards and downwards.

Applications

  • Welding of thin thickness laminations with low heat transfer
  • Open gap joints in all positions
  • MIG brazing with low heat transfer
  • Welding of stainless steel
  • Welding of thin aluminium sheets
  • MIG brazing with low heat transfer
  • Welding of stainless steel

vision.PIPE

Master pipe welding in all positions with vision.PIPE, CEA’s innovative MIG/MAG process. vision.PIPE tackles the critical first root pass with ease, thanks to optimised arc technology and specially formulated synergic programs. This powerful combination ensures high-quality, precise, and safe welds, even on larger open gap joints. vision.PIPE significantly reduces welding time compared to traditional MMA and TIG processes, making it a perfect choice for butt-joining pipes and even welding laminations with open gaps.

Advantages

  • First Pass Flawless: Achieve perfect and safe welds on the first root pass, every time.
  • Turbocharged Speed: Experience significantly faster welding compared to TIG and MMA processes.
  • Precision in Every Position: Maintain precise arc control for welding pipes and laminations of any thickness, in all orientations.
  • Cooler Heads Prevail: Minimise heat input for reduced distortion and cleaner welds.
  • Backing Not Required: Weld the first root pass without the need for backing material.
  • Prep Made Easy: Less critical edge bevelling preparation is required before welding.
  • Beginner Friendly: Enjoy a user-friendly and easy-to-learn welding process.
  • Skill Up, Not Out: Vision.PIPE eliminates the need for highly skilled welders typically required for TIG and MMA.
  • Uninterrupted Welding: Experience smooth and continuous welding for efficient completion.
  • Gravity-Defying Joints: Produce perfect edge joints when welding vertically, both upwards and downwards.

Applications

  • Pipe first root pass
  • Welding open gap laminations on all positions

vision.POWER

CEA’s vision.POWER is a game-changer for welding medium-to-thick steel. This innovative MIG/MAG process creates a narrower, more focused arc. This concentrated power delivers significantly deeper penetration into the workpiece. vision.POWER excels at fillet welds and tight spaces where a longer electrode stick-out is needed. It surpasses traditional MIG/MAG spray arc welding by achieving superior penetration and faster weld times.

Advantages

  • Deeper Penetration, Less Power: Achieve significantly deeper welds without cranking up the current.
  • Speed Demon: Weld much faster compared to traditional MIG/MAG spray arc methods.
  • Material Misers: Save on filler material and shielding gas due to efficient weld pool control.
  • Cooler Heads Prevail: Dramatically reduce heat input to minimise the risk of hot cracking.
  • Fewer Passes, Flawless Welds: Reduced bevel angles allow for fewer welding passes while maintaining strong joints.
  • Clean Bead, No Worries: Experience a smoother weld bead with minimal risk of foreign material inclusions.
  • Sound Welds, Every Time: Eliminate porosity and blow holes for reliable, high-quality welds.
  • Perfect Butt Joints: Avoid filler material over-deposition for precise and clean butt welds.
  • Spatter-Free Seams: Enjoy clean welds with minimal spatter and projections.

Applications

  • Medium and heavy fabrication work
  • Mild steel and stainless large erection works
  • Ideal for welding in narrow gaps, where longer stick out is necessary
  • “T” fillet welding
  • Manufacture of heavy duty trucks and vehicles
  • Shipyards
  • Railway wagon manufacture
  • Fabrication of large size tanks and containers

vision.PULSE-RUN

CEA’s vision.PULSE-RUN is a revolutionary welding process that combines the best of both worlds. It takes the superior bead quality and spatter-free operation of pulse welding and adds the blazing-fast speeds of vision.ULTRASPEED. This perfect marriage lets you achieve high-quality welds on alloyed and low-alloy steel and aluminium, all while significantly increasing your weld completion rate. vision.PULSE-RUN maintains the beautiful aesthetics and strong metallurgical properties of pulse welding, but reduces heat input and boosts travel speed. The result? Flawless, well-proportioned welds in a fraction of the time compared to traditional pulse methods.

Advantages

  • Turbocharged Speed: Experience up to 40% faster welding compared to traditional MIG pulse methods.
  • High-Speed Control: Maintain superior puddle control even at these blazing-fast speeds.
  • Cooler Heads Prevail: Minimise heat transfer to the workpiece for cleaner welds and reduced distortion.
  • Deeper Penetration: Achieve deeper welds for stronger joints.
  • Reduced Warping: Enjoy less deformation, especially when welding stainless steel.
  • Spatter-Free Seams: Produce clean welds with minimal spatter and projections for a professional finish.

Applications

  • Steel, stainless and aluminium component welding
  • Fabrication work
  • Steel erection
  • Petrochemical
  • Food industry
  • Railway wagon manufacture
  • Small dimension tanks and containers

vision.PULSE-UP

Vertical up welding just got easier and faster with vision.PULSE-UP, CEA’s innovative process. This ingenious combination of MIG Pulse and a specialised MIG technique tackles vertical welds with ease and affordability. vision.PULSE-UP blows away the slow, traditional “Christmas tree” method by delivering significantly faster travel speeds. MIG Pulse ensures flawless material melting without spatter or short circuits, while the MIG process keeps heat input low for proper solidification and smooth bead shaping. The result? Narrower, perfectly sized, and defect-free welds every time.

Advantages

  • Vertical Up, Made Easy: Achieve significantly faster welding speeds and excellent results when welding vertically upwards.
  • Ditch the “Christmas Tree”: Weld with ease, eliminating the need for the complex “Christmas tree” technique.
  • Flawless Top Edge Fusion: Experience perfect melting of the top edge for strong, reliable welds.
  • Cooler Heads on Thin Materials: Minimise heat input on thin materials to reduce warping and distortion.
  • Faster Than TIG: Outpace traditional TIG welding for first root passes in vertical up applications.
  • Precision Heat Control: Maintain perfect heat transfer for controlled edge deformation and a clean weld finish.
  • Welder-Friendly: Enjoy a user-friendly process that’s easy to learn and use, even for less skilled welders.

Applications

  • Vertical up welding of all metals
  • Positional welding of medium-small thickness material
  • Large gap joint welding
  • MIG brazing with low heat transfer
  • Stainless steel welding
  • Petrochemical industry
  • Food industry

vision.PULSE-POWER

Vision.PULSE-POWER is a revolutionary new process for welding medium-to-thick steel and non-ferrous materials. It tackles demanding jobs that require both deep penetration and a smooth, high-quality bead. This innovative combination of MIG Pulse and vision.POWER technologies lets you achieve fast, simple welds with minimal melting defects and a drastically reduced heat-affected zone.

Here’s how it works: MIG Pulse ensures flawless material melting, eliminating spatter and short circuits. vision.POWER then kicks in, delivering superior penetration and faster welding speeds while keeping heat input low. This perfect balance results in a beautifully smooth, deeply penetrated, and defect-free weld.

But that’s not all! vision.PULSE-POWER allows for straightforward welding, meaning you can ditch complex torch manipulation techniques.

Advantages

  • Deep Dives: Achieve significantly deeper penetration for strong, reliable welds.
  • Beautiful Beads: Produce wide, smooth welds for a high-quality finish.
  • Turbocharged Speed: Experience faster welding speeds compared to traditional methods.
  • Cooler Heads Prevail: Minimise heat input for reduced distortion and cleaner welds.
  • Perfect Edges: Eliminate undercuts for a flawless weld profile and improved edge finishing.
  • Simple & Straightforward: Weld with ease, no complex torch manipulation required.
  • Material Savings: Reduce consumption of both filler materials and shielding gas.
  • Clean Air, Happy Welder: Enjoy lower fume emission for a healthier work environment.

vision.ARC2

CEA’s vision.ARC2 is a groundbreaking upgrade to arc control software. This innovative technology delivers a perfect, stable arc and superior pulse control. vision.ARC2 proactively identifies and corrects potential issues that could disrupt arc stability and power source control. The result? A highly precise and faster welding experience, particularly for MIG Pulsed and Dual Pulsed applications. This translates to a constant arc and flawless droplet detachment for exceptional weld quality.

Unlocks Advanced Pulsed Welding: vision.ARC2 not only empowers existing special processes like vision.COLD, vision.PIPE, vision.ULTRASPEED, and vision.POWER, it also forms the foundation for these ground-breaking new pulsed techniques:

  • Vision.PULSE-UP: Achieve faster, more precise vertical up welds.
  • Vision.PULSE-RUN: Experience faster, cooler pulse welding for exceptional results.
  • Vision.PULSE-POWER: Create deeper, flatter weld beads on medium-to-thick materials.

Advantages

  • Unmatched Arc Stability: Experience a rock-solid arc for exceptional weld control.
  • Optimised Pulse Performance: Achieve superior pulse characteristics for consistent results.
  • Master Short Circuits: Enjoy precise and rapid short circuit control, especially for tight arc lengths.
  • Boost Your Welding Speed: Weld faster than ever before with unwavering arc stability.
  • Reduced Heat Input: Minimise heat transfer for cleaner welds and less distortion.

Ready to weld faster, cleaner, and stronger? Explore the CEA welding machine range and find your perfect match!

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