Vogelsang optimises its welding processes with new EWM technology

Employing around 1,000 employees at 25 locations across the world, Vogelsang GmbH & Co. KG is one of the leading specialists in mechanical engineering for pump and crushing technology. With its machines, the Essen-Oldenburg-based company focuses on the waste management, abattoir, fishing and agricultural sectors. Almost all of its products involve welding work on a wide range of materials, including unalloyed and low-alloy construction steels or chrome-nickel steels with various material thicknesses. This diverse spectrum of work is bolstered by Vogelsang’s high degree of vertical integration. With such a wide range of materials and material thicknesses, the company has high demands for its welding machines – and the same goes for its long-term partners. “We have been working with EWM for our diverse welding needs since as far back as the late 2000s. We work with material thicknesses ranging from 2 to 50 millimetres and process all kinds of materials. Here, having an experienced partner like EWM that can offer everything from a single source really helps,” explains Holger Münchow, Technical Purchasing at Vogelsang.

A meeting with Vogelsang at their headquarters was arranged within just two weeks of the initial query. With ten new MIG/MAG XQ welding machines, the company was able to quickly establish welding sites in line with the state of the art. Vogelsang relied on the company’s welders to solidify use of the new technology, tasking them with compiling concrete questions that arose as part of changing tasks and requirements in day-to-day operations in the first few weeks following commissioning. These questions went beyond just welding parameters for materials and material thicknesses and also included requests for practical tips for the welding types used at Vogelsang – everything from MIG/MAG-related processes to special TIG work. Vogelsang can now use both welding processes on the same machine using the purchased Phoenix XQ. The main aim of this approach was clear: a condensed form of training with too much input at once must be avoided at all costs. “We don’t need to tell welders how to do their job, but every XQ power source also has digital technology built in. Intuitive operation allows welders to work more quickly and efficiently and achieve even better results. It’s just like a computer at home. They’re easy to use these days, but with a few tips and tricks users can work very efficiently to get the most out of them,” explains Werner Buss, Field Sales at EWM.