Machine Comparison Chart - Guild International

Laser Welders

MEL Laser Welder

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Applications

Designed for use on start/stop lines or continuous lines such as stamping lines, specialty tube, coil buildup, pickling, galvanizing and annealing lines

Materials

Steel, stainless steel, silicon steel, copper, brass, aluminum, titanium, and special alloys

Weld Power Source

Laser

Weld Appearance

Thickness Range

.015” –.400”
(0.38 – 10mm)

Width Range

18”–80”
(457–2032mm)

Automation

Fully automatic

GLS Laser Welder

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Applications

Designed for use on start/stop lines or continuous lines such as stamping lines, specialty tube, coil buildup, pickling, galvanizing and annealing lines

Materials

Steel, stainless steel, silicon steel, copper, brass, aluminum, titanium, and special alloys

Weld Power Source

Laser

Weld Appearance

Thickness Range

.020” –.250”
(0.50 – 6.5mm)

Width Range

24”–76”
(600–1930mm)

Automation

Fully automatic

LHMA Laser Welder

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Applications

Designed for use on start/stop lines or continuous lines such as traverse wind, cable lines, stamping lines, specialty tube, coil buildup, and thin strip lines

Materials

Steel, stainless steel, silicon steel, copper, brass, aluminum, titanium, and special alloys

Weld Power Source

Laser

Weld Appearance

Thickness Range

.003”–.040”
(0.08–1mm)

Width Range

.200”–4.25”
(5–108mm)

Automation

Semi-automatic

Arc Welders

PSA 2000 Portable Shearwelder

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Applications

Ideal for small tube mill, roll form lines, and stamping presses

Materials

Steel, stainless steel, silicon steel, copper, brass, aluminum, titanium, and special alloys

Weld Power Source

TIG

Weld Appearance

Thickness Range

.010”–.130”
(0.25–3.5mm)

Width Range

.500”–20”
(12–508mm)

Automation

Semi-automatic

VE-10 Shearwelder

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Applications

Designed for use on stamping lines, roll form lines, and tube mills

Materials

Steel, stainless steel, silicon steel, copper, brass, aluminum, titanium, and special alloys

Weld Power Source

TIG

Weld Appearance

Thickness Range

.010”–.075”
(0.25–2mm)

Width Range

.500”–15”
(12–381mm)

Automation

Semi-automatic

ME/MES Zipwelders

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Applications

ME Zipwelder: Designed for use on stamping, roll form, tube mills, coil buildup, rolling, galvanizing, slitting, annealing and pickling lines.

MES Zipwelder: Designed for most continuous and start/stop lines, such as APL, CGL, CBL, where the tail end is fixed.

Materials

Steel, stainless steel, silicon steel, copper, brass, aluminum, titanium, and special alloys

Weld Power Source

TIG, MIG, Plasma, Laser

Weld Appearance

Thickness Range

ME Zipwelder
.006”–.750”
(0.15–19mm)

MES Zipwelder
.006”–.300”
(0.15–7.6mm)

Width Range

1” –72”
(25–1829mm)

Automation

Fully automatic or semi-automatic

RCM Zipwelders

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Applications

Designed for use on annealing & pickling, rolling mill, coil prep, galvanizing, tube & pipe mills and more

Materials

Steel, stainless steel, silicon steel, copper, brass, aluminum, titanium, and special alloys

Weld Power Source

TIG, MIG, Plasma, Laser

Weld Appearance

Thickness Range

.018”–1”
(0.45–25mm)

Width Range

20”–80”
(508–2032mm)

Automation

Fully automatic

DMI Shearwelders

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Applications

Designed for use on annealing & pickling, rolling mill, coil prep, galvanizing, tube & pipe mills and more

Materials

Steel, stainless steel, silicon steel, copper, brass, aluminum, titanium, and special alloys

Weld Power Source

TIG, MIG, Plasma, Laser

Weld Appearance

Thickness Range

.40”–1”
(10–25mm)

Width Range

6” –85”
(152–2160mm)

Automation

Fully automatic or semi-automatic

HMA/DMA Shearwelders

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Applications

Ideal for thin-gauge strip processing lines where coil ends can be positioned manually from the shear to the weld station

Materials

Steel, stainless steel, silicon steel, copper, brass, aluminum, titanium, and special alloys

Weld Power Source

TIG, MIG, Plasma, Laser

Weld Appearance

Thickness Range

.005”–.160”
(0.127–4mm)

Width Range

.125”–20”
(3.2–508mm)

Automation

Semi-automatic

Resistance Welders

NB Overlap Resistance Welder

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Applications

Designed for use on start/stop lines or continuous lines such as paint, leveling, annealing, galvanizing, cleaning, tinning, plating, inspection

Materials

Steel, stainless steel, silicon steel, aluminum, titanium, and special alloys

Weld Power Source

Resistance

Weld Appearance

Thickness Range

.003”–.250”
(0.08–6.3mm)

Width Range

10”–100”
(254–2540mm)

Automation

Fully automatic

QM Quicklap Seam Welder

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Applications

Designed for use on start/stop lines or continuous lines such as paint, leveling, annealing, galvanizing, cleaning, tinning, plating, inspection

Materials

Steel, stainless steel, silicon steel, copper, brass, aluminum, titanium, and special alloys

Weld Power Source

Resistance

Weld Appearance

Thickness Range

.004”–.125”
(0.10–3.2mm)

Width Range

20” –76”
(508–1930mm)

Automation

Fully automatic

Tube Mill Entry Machines

UNC Uncoiler

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Applications

Designed for use on all processing lines, presses and forming mills. Available in single or double arm configuration with options such as outboard coil retainers, snubbers, adjustable base and powered hydraulic rotation

Materials

Steel, stainless steel, silicon steel, copper, brass, aluminum, titanium, and special alloys

Capacity

5000–40,000 lb
(2250–18,150 kg)

Width Range

2”–40”
(50–1000 mm)

Automation

Fully automatic

SF Speed Funnel

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Applications

Designed for use on all processing lines, presses and forming mills. Quickly and accurately feeds new coil into line, eliminating cumbersome peelers and strip centering equipment

Materials

Steel, stainless steel, silicon steel, copper, brass, aluminum, titanium, and special alloys

Width Range

Up to 40”
(1000 mm)

Automation

Fully automatic

FLT Flattener

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Applications

Designed to take the coil set out of the lead and tail end of the coil during feed up and tail out

Materials

Steel, stainless steel, silicon steel, copper, brass, aluminum, titanium, and special alloys

Width Range

Up to 40”
(1000 mm)

Automation

Fully automatic

Accumulators

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Applications

Designed for use on continuous processing and forming mills, the Guild Superloop and Supercoil produce large amounts of usable storage

Materials

Steel, stainless steel, silicon steel, copper, brass, aluminum, titanium, and special alloys

Speeds

50–1000+ FPM
(15–300+ MPM)

Thickness Range

.010” – .750”
(0.25–20 mm)

Automation

Fully automatic