Welding Products

Hot Air Tools

The FORSTHOFF Quick-LE is now available with a 1650 watt heating element. Additional features include an ergonomically designed handle grip, a convenient temperature on/off rocker switch, a clamshell design for easy repairs, low vibration and guaranteed quality and reliability. Abbeon Cal, Inc., the exclusive North American supplier of German-made FORSTHOFF Hot Air Welding Tools, offers a full line of hot air tools for use in roofing, flooring, overlap welding, plastic rod welding, in-line processing, shrinking, drying and much more.

For additional information, contact Bob Brunsman, Abbeon Cal, Inc., 123 Gray Avenue, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, 800-922-0977/805-966-0810, Fax: 805-966-7659, E-mail: abbeoncal@abbeon.com, Web: www. abbeon.com.

Welding Rod

Drader Manufacturing continues to invest in new equipment and technology to augment its plastic welding wire business. The new equipment increases their capacity and the new technology allows them to maintain even tighter tolerances during rod production. Drader stocks a range of welding rod and custom manufactures numerous colors and types of plastic. Customers can send their own resins to ensure the welding rod matches the parent plastic material exactly. Drader’s minimum order remains 10 pounds. Their welding rod can be used with most fabrication type plastic welders on the market today.

Injection Welder

Drader is also the manufacturer of the Injectiweld for fabricating, prototyping and repairing thermoplastics. The welder is easy to use and produces high quality welds.

Two unique features set the Injectiweld apart from other plastic welders. A hot tip melts into the parent material eliminating the need to scrape off the layer of oxidation before making a weld. Interchangeable tips increase the welder’s versatility, allowing welds ranging in size from 1/16” to 1/2” in a single pass. The second feature is its automatic feed system. This allows control of the welder with one hand and use of the other hand to hold the part being welded. High quality welds are produced because the unit injects a molten shot of welding rod into the weld zone with consistent, repeatable pressure.

For additional information, contact Bruce Lecky, Drader Mfg. Ind., Ltd., 5750 50th Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta T6B 2Z8 Canada, 800-661-4122/780-440-2231, Fax: 780-440-2244, E-mail: blecky@drader.com, Web: www.drader.com.

Hot Air/Hot Gas Equipment

Laramy Products LLC has been manufacturing and supplying thermoplastic welding and forming equipment for over 40 years. Their complete line of welders insures a model to fit your needs and your budget - whether it be a shop unit, field application or for nitrogen required welds. A wide variety of welding tips and a wide range of heat elements are available to complete your welding equipment.

They also offer bending bars with an optional sword attachment providing an inexpensive tool for heating thermoplastic sheets to form bends.

Their fusion-type pipe welders with die sizes available from 1/2” through 4” and 16mm through 110mm provide an efficient way to join PP, PE and Kydex pipe and fittings. Laramy’s distributor base is global and they provide 100% inventory and same-day shipping.

For additional information, contact Sherry Stahler, Laramy Products LLC, P.O. Box 1168, Lyndonville, VT 05851, 802-626-9328, Fax: 802-626-5529, E-mail: laramy@together.net, Web: www.laramyplasticwelders.com.

Plastic Welding Equipment

Leister Process Technologies offers a wide selection of plastic welding equipment, from hand tools and accessories to plastic extrusion welders. Over 50 years of experience and continuing development of new technology makes Leister a worldwide leader in hot air plastic welding equipment. Call with your questions or applications; factory trained sales and service personnel will help you determine which welder is best suited for your requirements. Every Leister tool comes with a one-year warranty. Swiss technology and unsurpassed performance at a very affordable price makes Leister the plastic fabricators’ first choice.

For additional information, contact your local U.S. Leister Sales and Service Center: 800-694-1472 Western, 800-635-0384 North-Central, 800-289-7505 North-Eastern, 800-241-4628 South-Eastern.

Plastic Repair Kit

A complete plastic welding tool kit that includes everything required for repairing punctures, cracks and gouges in ATVs, motorcycles and PWC is available from Malcom Company, Inc. Malcom’s ATV and Motorcycle Repair Kit is ideal for repairing those cracks and gouges that are bothersome, but not severe enough to schedule a visit back to the dealer. It includes a compact 1200 Watt heat gun, tube nozzle, 2 pounds of assorted plastic welding rod and easy to follow instructions.

Allowing users to get professional results, the kit is designed for repairing small cracks and gouges. The plastic welding rod supplied can include PVC, PP, PE, PC, ABS. Buyers can also order specialty tools such as cutters, pliers, rollers and scrapers.

For additional information, contact Jon Bixby, Malcom Company, Inc., 590 Fish Road, Tiverton, RI 02878, 800-289-7505, Fax: 401-624-3081, E-mail: jonathan@malcom.com, Web: www.malcomheatguns.com.

Welding Rod

Specially formulated proprietary XPurge rod from New Image Plastics Manufacturing is designed to clean and purge your extrusion welding equipment. The non-chemical and non-abrasive rod is safe for your welding equipment and has a fresh/clean scent. Use XPurge when purging between colors, change overs and shut down. It does not require adjusting machine temperature or RPM speed. XPurge rod will clean your equipment using less rod, saving time and money. Try XPurge rod free for a limited time.

New Image Plastics can also match and extrude welding rod to meet customers’ needs. Their top quality thermoplastic extrusions are available 24/7. Resin data sheets, real time inspection reports and manufacturer’s certifications are also available for your ISO requirements.

New Image extrudes 100% prime virgin materials and can provide Spec Sheets to match parent material. They can supply small diameter and large diameter rods, rods for welding and custom print-to-part profiles.

For additional information, contact Jim Waring, New Image Plastics Manufacturing, 2411 Locust Street South, Canal Fulton, OH 44614, 877-Weld-Rods/330-854-3010, Fax:330-854-6770, E-mail: newimageplastics@sbcglobal.net, Web: www.newimageplastics.com.

Plastic Welding School

The Plastic Welding School opened a new 2,500 square foot facility located in Belleview, Florida in early January. The facility is equipped to handle up to 12 students with the ideal class size being 6-8 students. Hot gas plastic welding equipment has been made available by Laramy Products Co. and Leister Process Technologies for the Hot Gas Welder Training. Extrusion welding equipment has also been provided by Dohle and Leister.

The Plastic Welding School conducts 3 types of classes: a two day introduction to hot gas welding, a three day hot gas welding and extrusion welding; and a five day hot gas welding and extrusion welding. The five day class is a preparatory class leading towards Plastic Welding Certification.

Andy Knight, Senior Instructor for The Welding Institute, re-certified the Plastic Welding School’s Instructor Larry Rowold. The Plastic Welding School is affiliated with the Welding Institute, Cambridge, England, utilizing the CSWIP standards based upon the BSCen standards for Plastic Welding and Certification.

For additional information, contact The Plastic Welding School, 1010 Vermont Ave., Lady Lake, FL 32159, 352-259-7103, Fax: 352-259-7284, E-mail: lrowold50@aol.com or larryrowold@aol.com.

Extruders and Sheet Welders

Ritmo’s new welding application tools provide an easy way to track both work-shop and infield delivered quality and time. New hand-extruder and sheet-welding machines have been designed to carry out welding tasks quickly and easily, constantly recording how the work has been done and how much time has been taken. Customers can monitor any welding operation cost and certify the quality of their products.

New hand-extruders are equipped with brushless selfblowers that will last up to 20,000 hours, a self-diagnostic system, working-hour counter and a double temperature controller with 3º F accuracy. The extruders are ready to work in under four minutes and cool down automatically in two minutes, ensuring longer life of the heating elements. The compact dimensions, light weight and absence of external air supply allow the user to work comfortably on field applications such as piping and sector fittings, final assembly of blowers, exhaust, scrubbers and tanks, while the high extrusion rates allow the operator to accomplish any work-shop job much faster.

Their Polyfusion sheet welding machines combine accuracy in welding cycles with reduced labor and maintenance costs through its high automation. All parameters are set and controlled by proprietary software that records and checks each welding feature. Users can choose among a variety of plastic manufacturer option menus or create their own welding cycles. Each welding operation is digitally recorded and associated to specific semi-finished plastic part, ensuring the complete traceability of the product. The superior mechanical features allow complete control of large and thick plastic sheets (up to 2 inches by 13 feet), as well as the thinnest and smaller parts (0.1 by 15 inches).

For additional information, contact Andre Muraro, Ritmo America, LLC, 300 Acuff Road, Lake Wales, FL 33859, 863-679-8655, Fax: 863-679-8685, E-mail: info@ritmoamerica.com, Web: www.ritmoamerica.com.

Hot Air/Hot Gas Welder Line

Seelye, Inc. has been one of the leading manufacturers of thermoplastic welders for over 50 years. With that experience, they have learned what is important to customers and have made adjustments accordingly. Seelye’s welders are user-friendly, reliable, production ready equipment. The Model 63 series is the perfect series for repair jobs, first time welders and small jobs. The FC series is for the user who wants a production welder but without the production price. With its user-friendly design and components, this welder makes any production job easy. The 1197CH welder is the welder for people who need and want the best. This welder welds everything from PP to UHMW.

Whether the job is big, small or in between, the 1197CH makes any job do-able. Seelye is also pleased with the redesign of their ceramic elements - used for the Model 63 and FC series welders. These elements now have a metal encasing which makes them more durable; extending the element’s life.

For additional information, contact Paige D. Bowen, Seelye, Inc., 333C Enterprise Street, Ocoee, FL 34761, 800-258-2936/407-656-6677, Fax: 407-656-5244, E-mail: seelyeinc@aol.com, Web: www.seelyeinc-orl.com.

Leister In Canada

STANMECH Technologies Inc. is the exclusive master distributor for Leister Process Technologies for the Canadian market. Leister offers a comprehensive industrial hot air tool line to meet the changing needs of its industrial customers. These tools are used in manufacturing and commercial processes requiring the precise application of heat. Additionally, Leister recently broadened their product offering by adding a complete line of hand-held plastic extrusion welders as well as comprehensive line laser equipment for plastic joining. The Leister Laser System, Novolas, is particularly well suited to customers in the automotive, consumer goods, electronics, medical and sensor manufacturing markets.

STANMECH Technologies Inc. specializes in the development of plastics joining, fabricating and forming solutions. Applications range from plastics joining methods such as hot air, extrusion and laser welding, to innovative packaging and sealing solutions, to heat sources and air knives for industrial applications including soldering, shrinking, forming and drying.

For additional information, contact Paul Subject, STANMECH Technologies Inc., 944 Zelco Drive, Burlington, Ontario, L7L 4Y3, Canada , 905-631-6161, Fax: 905-631-1852, E-mail: info@stanmech.com, Web: www.stanmech.com.

Hot Air/Extrusion and Sheet Welding Equipment

Wegener Welding, LLC is the North American Distributor and Service Center for the full product line of Wegener GmbH, Aachen, Germany. The primary products are hot air hand welders and welding systems, hot air extrusion welders, sheet bending and butt fusion machinery as well as customized and specialty welders for the thermoplastics welding, fabrication and manufacturing market. Wegener provides quality equipment and backs it up with quick and thorough service when necessary.

Wegener personnel are knowledgeable, well trained and invite you to contact them with any equipment or process related questions.

Customized welder training, DVS (German Welding Society) certification and maintenance personnel training are also services they offer.

For additional information contact Dagmar Ziegler, WEGENER Welding, LLC, 16W231 S. Frontage Rd, Unit #12, Burr Ridge, IL 60527, 630-789-0990, Fax: 630-789-1380, E-mail: dagmar@wegenerwelding.com, Web: www.wegenerwelding.com.

Welding Websites
Abbeon Cal, Inc.	www.abbeon.com
Drader Mfg. Ind., Ltd.	www.drader.com
Laramy Products LLC	www.laramyplasticwelders.com
Leister Process Technology	www.leister.com
Malcom Company	www.malcomheatguns.com
New Image Plastics Mfg.	www. newimageplastics.com
Ritmo America LLC	www.ritmoamerica.com
Seelye, Inc.	www.seelyeinc-orl.com
STANMECH Technologies Inc.	www.stanmech.com
WEGENER Welding LLC	www.wegenerwelding.com