William Hughes is using plasma welding processes

high production requirements It also offers long electrode life for high production requirements.William Hughes is exploiting the semi-automatic process to join round phosphor bronze or stainless-steel wire, making 2D or 3D forms.

Hexagonal wire can also be processed if required.Plasma is a gas that is heated to an extremely high temperature and ionised so that it becomes electrically conductive and inert (no impurities).The process uses this plasma to transfer an electric arc to the workpiece - in this case two ends of wire.The wire ends are melted by the intense heat of the arc and fuse together in just two seconds.

The process is automated to achieve consistency.At present, the company makes a range of different diameter products using this process.Almost any diameter (including very small sizes) can be accommodated to meet customer specifications - only a change of clamping plates is needed.In terms of wire diameter, this is typically 0.75mm or 0.9mm, although any diameter between 0.3mm and 2.0mm is possible.Current applications for products manufactured by choueb William Hughes using plasma welding processes include parts for shower filter systems and kettles.