Welding Services, Inc.

Aquilex Wsi LLC

Casey Power

Pedro Ernesto Amador

James Sculley

Jeffrey Madill

Jack Stoner

Dixon Parker

James Belcher

James Scully

An apparatus and/or process for applying a weld overlay to a nozzle or piping spool of complex configuration is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the welding apparatus comprises a mounting assembly having a plurality of magnetic foot pads, a tension support rod attached at one end to one of the magnetic foot pads, an upper attachment pad at the opposite end of the rod, and a bottom attachment pad attached to at least one other magnetic foot pad; a travel guide, the travel guide attached to the upper attachment pad at one end and the bottom attachment pad at the other end; and a head assembly attached to the travel guide, the head assembly having: i) a track ring assembly having an inner ring and an outer ring, ii.) at least two opposed weld heads attached to the inner track ring, iii.) at least one movable wire feed drive mechanism on the track ring, and iv.) a drive mechanism located on the outer ring of the track ring, the drive mechanism adapted to permit rotation of the inner ring and the weld heads around the component to be welded.

Equipment and process for applying an external structural weld to piping and similarly shaped pressure boundary components

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