Column And Boom Manipulators

These Column and Boom Manipulators are used for automatic welding in fabrication industries such as petro chemical, submarine manufacture, nuclear and conventional power generation plant, on shore and offshore. Column and booms consist of a boom which can be elevated up and down the column and also driven forwards and backwards. The welding head is carried at the end of the boom together with slides and other accessories. Column and boom manipulators are also used to carry heavy duty grinding heads which can weigh over 800 kgs for the grinding of longitudinal and circumferential seams.

The columns are mounted on two types of bases
* A steel fabricated base where the column is stationary.
* Traversing base or bogie to allow it to move along a suitable track way.
The columns are nearly all mounted on slewing rings to allow the whole column to be rotated through 360 degrees. Column and boom manipulators come in all sizes from 1 meter x 1 meter to huge machines capable of welding submarine hulls up to 14 meters in diameter. They are used mainly to carry automatic welding heads which could be TIG, Plasma, MIG or submerged arc welding heads to weld either longitudinal seams or circumferential seams with rotators. The very large columns and booms come complete with access ladders and walkways along the boom with an operators platform to carry the operator in the nearest position for visibility and access.
Ranging from 1.8 M x 0.7 M to 12 M x 12 M