ESAB Holdings - Welding and Cutting Solutions

ESAB's commitment to the offshore segment is as old as the company itself. In the field of welding consumables, ESAB has a comprehensive range for all welding processes and applications. These include welding electrodes, welding wires and welding fluxes for mild steels, low-alloyed steels, stainless steels, special alloys and aluminium. Welding wires include both solid and cored wires for MIG/MAG welding as well as wires and fluxes for submerged arc-welding.

Company founder Oscar Kjellberg invented the flux-coated MMA electrode to solve a specific problem related to ship and boiler repair. This provided a technological lead that ESAB has never relinquished. Today, we are the market leaders in most shipbuilding and offshore-related welding and cutting solutions. This position is maintained through local presence and technical support in almost every country where offshore fabrication takes place or offshore installations are to be found.

Building large complex structures for the oil and gas industry, including offshore modules and jackets, means that savings in consumables and productivity can make a huge difference to overall project costs.

WELDING ELECTRODES

Specifically for the offshore industry, ESAB has a range of electrodes and cored wires for low-alloy steels, producing low-hydrogen weld-metal with good impact values down to minus 60%, and good corrosion-resistance in saltwater environments.

Along with this, come innovative solutions such as Esab's Vacpac™ the vacuum aluminium foil wrapping of welding electrodes, ensuring a virtually unlimited shelf life, and eliminating the need for re-baking.

In the field of welding Equipment, ESAB's proven technology and reliability have made them "first choice" for a large number of international fabricators and repairers. As an example, our LHF range of welding rectifiers is built with galvanised bodies and components designed to withstand the most extreme offshore welding environment.

PLASMA CUTTING

In cutting, ESAB has developed a strong range of machines to meet the high specification applications that deliver better cut quality, higher cutting speeds, lower operating costs and integration into automated production methods. This range of machines is based around oxy-fuel cutting, plasma cutting and laser cutting technologies and reflects ESAB's 65 years of experience in the cutting industry.

ESAB has been involved in well-known pipelines such as Transmed and the deep water offshore project Blue Stream, supplying a full package of consumables, power sources, cutting machines, automation and accessories, always coming along with consultancy and useful technical field-assistance.

ARC-WELDING EQUIPMENT, CONSUMABLES AND CUTTING

ESAB, through its world-wide network of manufacturing plants, sales and distribution facilities and well trained staff, is able to offer cost-effective 'global solutions to local customers' - large and small alike.

Key to this is its ability to provide total solutions including arc-welding equipment, consumables and cutting. ESAB's brand, which has been developed over more than 100 years, reassures customers of its expertise, reliability, responsiveness and long-term commitment.