MIAB

Circumferential arc welding in progress.

Magnetically Impelled Arc Butt Welding
An alternative technique to resistance, butt, flash and friction welding processes. MIAB can reduce welding time by up to 90%, cut out the need to rotate components and weld circular or non-circular components with the same ease. Any angular orientation can be welded. The process can be used to weld steels, stainless steel, aluminium alloys, etc.

MIAB welding uses a magnetic field to rapidly scan a welding arc along a joint. The result is one of the fastest methods of welding tube to tube and tube to flange. This welding process offers large cost savings for a range of joint configurations. Mobile MIAB machines can be used on site and allow transmission pipelines to be welded with potential savings due to improved productivity over other arc welding processes. 

Examples of components already production welded using the MIAB process:

• vehicle drive shafts
• rear axle assemblies
• wheel bearing housings pipe and tube assemblies
• shock absorber assemblies
• brake pipes
• heat exchanger assemblies
• threaded sleeves assemblies
• nuts welded to plates
• filter case manufacture
• pressure vessel manufacture

Any manufacturer requiring tube to tube, tube to plate or tube to flange welding may benefit from the use of MIAB welding. Test welds can be carried out to determine the suitability of using the process in particular applications. Diverse offers a free advisory service for MIAB welding.

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