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INTRODUCTION

Definitions

Methodology

The UK Economy

Overview

Political Climate

Interest Rates

Inflation

Exchange Rates

Taxation

Consumer Demand

Output

Investment

Forecasts

Exchange Rates

Abbreviations

WELDING EQUIPMENT

Market Size and Trends, 1993-1997

MIG/MAG Welding Equipment, 1993-1997

Resistance Welding Equipment, 1993-1997

TIG Welding Equipment, 1993-1997

MMA Welding Equipment, 1993-1997

Plasma Welding Equipment, 1993-1997

Laser Welding Equipment, 1993-1997

Submerged Arc Welding Equipment, 1993-1997

Gas Welding Equipment, 1993-1997

WELDING CONSUMABLES

Market Size and Trends, 1993-1997

Solid MIG/MAG Wire, 1993-1997

MMA Electrodes, 1993-1997

Cored MIG/MAG Wire, 1993-1997

Submerged Arc Wire, 1993-1997

Submerged Arc Flux, 1993-1997

TIG and Gas Welding Rods, 1993-1997

DISTRIBUTION

Overview

Role of Distributors

Industry Structure

Company Profiles

Elmdale Welding and Engineering Supplies

Engineering & Welding Supplies

Leen Gate Welding Supplies (Nottingham)

Midland Welding Supplies Company

Motherwell Bridge Holdings

Panda Supplies

Thomas A Metcalfe

Welding Supplies (UK)

List of Tables

1 Economic Indicators On The UK Economy, 1990-1999

2 The UK Market For Welding Equipment, 1993-1997

3 The UK Market For MIG/MAG Welding Equipment, 1993-1997

4 The UK Market For Resistance Welding Equipment, 1993-1997

5 The UK Market For TIG Welding Equipment, 1993-1997

6 The UK Market For MMA Welding Equipment, 1993-1997

7 The UK Market For Plasma Welding Equipment, 1993-1997

8 The UK Market For Laser Welding Equipment, 1993-1997

9 The UK Market For Submerged Arc Welding Equipment, 1993-1997

10 The UK Market For Gas Welding Equipment, 1993-1997

11 The UK Market For Welding Consumables, 1993-1997

12 The UK Market For Solid MIG/MAG Wire, 1993-1997

13 The UK Market For MMA Electrodes, 1993-1997

14 The UK Market For Gored MIG/MAG Wire, 1993-1997

15 The UK Market For Submerged Arc Wire, 1993-1997

16 The UK Market For Submerged Arc Flux, 1993-1997

17 The UK Market For TIG And Gas Welding Rods, 1993-1997

18 Distribution Of Welding Products In The UK, 1997

19 Financial Summary Of Elmdale Welding And Engineering Supplies, 1993-1997

20 Financial Summary Of Engineering & Welding Supplies, 1993-1997

21 Financial Summary Of Leen Gate Welding Group, 1992-1996

22 Financial Summary Of Midland Welding Supplies Company, 1995-1997

23 Financial Summary Of Motherwell Bridge Holdings, 1992-1996

24 Financial Summary Of Panda Supplies, 1996 And 1997

25 Financial Summary Of Thomas A Metcalfe, 1993-1997

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This report examines the UK market for, and distribution of, welding equipment and consumables. The types of welding equipment and consumables included are defined as follows:

Resistance welding equipment passes a high current of low voltage between the two workpieces via high conductivity electrodes. The resulting heat generated is concentrated at the high resistance point where the two workpieces meet, causing local melting and resulting in fusion.

MIG welding equipment utilises an arc maintained between a continuous wire electrode and the workpiece. Both the arc and the weld pool are shielded by a stream of inert gas. MAG welding is a similar process but utilises a gas shield made up in part, or in total, from active gas.

TIG welding equipment employs an arc between the workpiece and a non-consumable tungsten electrode to melt and fuse the work pieces. Wire rod filler metals can be fed separately onto the work.

MMA welding equipment uses an arc that melts both the parent plate and a flux coated electrode, forming a weld pool which is protected by the molten flux. The flux also contains deoxidents and arc stabilising elements.

Plasma welding equipment is derived from the TIG process. It incorporates an additional nozzle around the tungsten electrode which serves to constrict the arc and increase the heat concentration. Consequently this technique is able to achieve deep weld penetration.

Laser welding equipment focuses a laser beam to generate heat where two workpieces meet causing fusion between the two pieces.

Submerged arc welding equipment feeds a bare wire electrode along the path of the welded joint behind a continuous stream of granular flux. The arc formed between the parent metal and the electrode is submerged beneath the flux, some of which melts to form a protective slag (the fused material formed during the welding process) over the weldpool.

Inverter power sources incorporate the high frequency high power switching technology that is necessary for MIG/MAG positional welding. Inverter power sources are capable of constant current and constant voltage characteristics and are therefore able to be used for MMA, TIG and MIG/MAG welding.

Gas welding equipment burns gas, usually a mixture of oxygen and acetylene but sometimes a mixture of oxygen and propane may be utilised, in a torch or blowpipe to provide a high temperature flame.

MMA electrodes which consist of a wire metal core with a coating of flux. The coating may contain rutile sand, ferro-manganese, carbonates, mineral aluminium silicates, metal powder or alloying elements where necessary.

MIG/MAG consumables consist of solid wires that are deposited with a gas shield and cored wire with a metal powder or flux infill. These can be deposited with a gas shield although some flux cored wire can be self-shielding.

Non-consumable tungsten electrodes and consumable metal filler rods used to form the joint in TIG welding.

Gas welding consumables that include filler rods in cut lengths which may be used with a flux.

Submerged arc welding consumables include flux which is a mixture of minerals which may contain deoxidising and/or alloying elements. The flux can be fused or agglomerated and its composition is usually expressed in terms of the equivalent percentage of individual oxides. This sector also includes consumable filler wire.

Text © 1998 MSI

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