When fabricating 600mm (63") diameter, 9mm (3/8") thick stainless steel pipe for transporting drinking water, the operator must monitor and adjust the torch alignment to ensure accurate seam tracking of the longitudinal weld.

Another operator must monitor the single, full-penetration circumferential pass (square butt joints) during the 14 minutes of welding time.

Both the Seamer and Column and Boom Manipulator welding stations are set up with DART cameras that are mounted to the welding torch and display a clear, close up image of the weld on a monitor that the operator can view from a safe, ergonomic position.

MeltTools supplies a DART camera, 10m (32.8') cable, camera controller and power supply. Once set-up, the DART camera does not require any adjustment by the operator. The DART camera does not require cooling for this application.