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-SOLUTION- Working with welding and gas distributor Praxair and welding equipment and consumables manufacturer Lincoln Electric, Owen Steel conducted extensive on site tests and decided on Lincoln7s UltraCore® 71C gas shielded flux cored wire. skyscraper’s most the JFK Airport International Arrivals -R E S U LT S fascinating story is not Terminal and the Secaucus (N.J.) always the reflective Transit Station. • 30% increase in productivity from new window facade frequently admired by wire. passersby. Oftentimes, the truly Over the years, Owen Steel and its • Bidding advantage on new jobs. interesting tale is told by the projects have received numerous underlying support structure, its industry accolades, including being • Long stick out procedures combined with journey and how it will enable the featured 10 times on the cover of high wire feed speeds allow for higher building to stand up to modern-day leading industry publication deposition rates and arc stability, and demands for decades to come. Engineering News-Record. reduced welder fatigue. • Reduced spatter, clean up, and rework. With this in mind, Owen Steel Most recently, the 250-person firm Company, based in Columbia, S.C., fabricated the AESS columns on the has contributed to some great stories New York Times Building in during its 70 years in business. One Manhattan as part of its contract for of the country’s leading structural approximately 7,200 tons on that steel contractors, the firm has been project, and has fabricated steel for involved in the construction of some the Bank of America Tower in New prominent buildings, including high York (27,000 tons for a 54-story rises such as the 48-story Conde tower), Citigroup, Sloan Kettering Nast headquarters at Four Times Memorial Hospital, the Metropolitan Square, the 568-foot 450 Lexington Transit Authority Bus Depot and Avenue Building in midtown Xanadu at the Meadowlands. Manhattan and the 54-floor Mellon Bank Center in downtown With such prominent projects under Philadelphia, as well as indoor arenas its belt and more always in the works for the Chicago Bulls and Cleveland (the firm was just awarded the Cavaliers. Owen Steel has also contract to build the World Trade contributed to transit hubs, including Center Memorial and Museum at A .com MC07-48 6/07 WELDING CONSUMABLES SUCCESS 2/4 30% Increase in Productivity UltraCore® Owen Steel Company, Columbia, SC Ground Zero in New York), Owen Steel “Sometimes it’s the smallest item which number of the firm’s team members and its management team know that can make the biggest difference,” said initially visited Lincoln’s Cleveland they must constantly innovate. They Isaac Murciano, Owen Steel chief headquarters for training on UltraCore understand that in today’s fiercely operating officer. “In a 12-month span, and the firm’s four new Lincoln Power competitive environment the company we can use upwards of 300,000 pounds Wave® AC/DC 1000 inverter power must continually focus on improving and of weld material. This is a substantial sources with Lincoln’s Waveform Control streamlining its business practices and investment, even for a firm our size. We Technology™. Additionally, the two fabrication processes. knew that if we could find a more companies continue with on site training efficient wire, it had the potential to for new and veteran employees. In 2006, the firm looked to its welding make a considerable contribution to our operations for ways to save money and bottom line and give us a clear Because every Owen Steel project is increase production -and found the competitive advantage.” built to custom specifications, there is answer in a material less than a quarter no “typical” project for the fabricator, so inch in diameter. Owen Steel’s weld department consists of 45 welders and can swell to 65 during peak times. The firm was counting on its “UltraCore’s long stickout new welding wire, along with recent procedures have allowed us to welding equipment purchases, to make maximize the deposition rate, a substantial increase in productivity. while giving our welders better arc control.” In initial testing, the UltraCore 71C wire in 1/16” diameter provided a 30-percent productivity increase. And with just half a year in actual usage, Owen Steel has the number of welding hours can vary already realized a 15-percent increase in widely from project to project. A 10,000- productivity with the new wire in the welding-hour job is not unheard of, but two-and-a-half bays currently using it. with the Lincoln UltraCore wire, the The company anticipates reaching the fabricator now has the potential to save Working with welding and gas distributor 30-percent level once all of its welders between 1,500 to 3,000 hours on just Praxair and welding equipment and are trained and the firm makes a one job. consumables manufacturer Lincoln complete conversion to the new material Electric, Owen Steel conducted in all four bays. This realization has pos...