Arc & Gas Welding & Cutting Equipment - Murex

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OVER 50 YEARS OF SAFFIRE – THE SAFE REVOLUTION
Murex Welding Products Saffire brand celebrated its 50th anniversary
in 2006. Since the introduction of the first Saffire nozzle mix gas welding
and cutting system, the brand has become synonymous with absolute
safety in all aspects of oxy-fuel welding and cutting.
1956 was the debut year of the Saffire nozzle mix gas welding and cutting
system, which fundamentally rewrote the principles and working methods of
gas mixing along the lines of safety.
The idea of using a nozzle mixing, high-pressure system was quite well
known at the time, but although its safety advantages were recognised,
Saffire was the first to put it into practice.
Consequently, Saffire was enormously successful from day one. A market
leader from the start, Saffire has grown and changed with improvements
since then, but the principle – Safety First – has always been the motivating
force behind all developments.
One of the immediate effects Saffire had was the simplifying of the oxy/fuel
welding and cutting procedure, and by making the equipment virtually
maintenance free, we had also ensured that mixing and handling two of the
most reactive gases known was no longer a high-risk operation.
In 1966 the new innovative blowpipe, Saffire 3, won a Design Centre Award.
The original Saffire nozzle mix gas welding and cutting blowpipe has today
evolved in the Saffire 5. In 2005 is was estimated that there could have been
as many as half a million in use throughout the world. Versatility in use and
on-going product developments have been instrumental to the success of
the Saffire brand. Its application area is immense throughout all sectors of
industry and it can be used for heating with acetylene and propane, flame
cleaning, rivet cutting, circle cutting, gouging and sheet cutting. It is a
system that provides a solution for so many jobs on a day-to-day basis in
the workplace.
From the original nozzle mix system, the Saffire gas product range has been
dramatically developed to embrace flashback arrestors, regulators and other
devices all synonymous with Safety First. Today flashback arrestors are
fitted to all oxy-fuel welding/cutting systems and the use of this product is
universally recognised as good procedure by Health & Safety Executives and
factory inspectors. All Saffire products are now supplied under the quality
management system of BS EN ISO 9001.
Saffire was, and still is, a truly earth shaking revolution – and it remains the
safest yet. As we’ve said since 1956, “Make it Saffire, Keep it Safe.”
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