Submerged Arc Welding Technical Handbook - Esab

R&D and Central Laboratory
ESAB Central Laboratories
The ESAB Central laboratories
in Gothenburg, Sweden,
together with the Process
Centre, form the technical heart
of ESAB worldwide. Equipped
with modern facilities, they
provide research services to the
development departments, to
production sites and to end
customers.
The several laboratories are:
Principal activities are:
Defects, properties, welding procedures,
failure analysis.
Microstructure and properties for
development and improvement of
products.
Internal and external (universities,
institutes) research projects.
Verification of product quality and
production processes.
Welding Process Centre
The ESAB Welding Process
Centre, located in Gothenburg,
Sweden, is a fully equipped,
multifaceted training and
specifically designed for
advanced process and welding
application support to
customers. The Process Centre
is equipped with a great variety
of arc welding processes,
including (multi-wire) SAW.
Our focus is to help our clients
become more competitive by
optimising the quality and
efficiency of their welding
for best possible welding
expert advice and training.
In addition to this, the Process Centre has a
well-equipped training area for all types of
manual welding, complete with several
individualised training booths for learning
and practicing all types of manual welding,
such as MMA, TIG and MIG/MAG.
The ESAB Welding Process Centre is
accredited by the European Welding Federation
- an approval training body associated with the
International Institute of Welding.
We have a global Welding Procedure
Specification Database to which ESAB
specialists have access, for you to benefit
from.
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