Some pictures from Factory

[performance]

More from Duncan. Sorry for the upside down images. That's the way they came. When I view them, they flip up right, but can't seem to get them to correct their "attitude".

Here it is 11.30 and lunch. This time of year lunch is 1 hour in the summer it is 90 minutes There is a cafeteria on the factory grounds and I have on occasion had my meals from there. But as we have grown I now no longer get any meals from there . Instead I am taken to a restaurant each day.

Most days Miss Chen takes me for lunch along with Jason and we go to one of the restaurants owned by the wife of the factory.
Here is the restaurant , the Clove Garden .

And finally at the end of the day back at my hotel and the view of the downtown from my room Just down the road on the left is the boiling 100 night club. It is too wild for me going there once was enough for me I prefer the quieter bar on the right side ( out of the picture ) where a lot of ex pats hang out .

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The factory owner likes to fish. When he built the factory he had this sort of moat built around 2 sides of the factory that have road footage.. I often see people fishing from the bridge that crosses the moat for the factory gates. Here is a picture from this morning of two guys fishing. If you know any type of European fishing you will recognize the fishing gear and technique. (Mark's edit: Duncan has apparently never fished in the south. Cane poles are a staple for those of us who bank fish.)

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Now, this is Mark talking posting one of Duncan's pictures. This is for the nay saying guys who think we don't make changes or improvements to our product lines and sell off the shelf product. This is not the same 140ST from a couple years ago, and this is of the 140ST as it is today. The outside stays basically the same, but a lot has been done to improve product quality and manufacturing.

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Here's sneak peak at the new i mig 140E. A new product for 2014. Inverter based, not a cheap transformer model like you see everywhere, but it's going to be priced competitively.

There's going to be an i MIG 200E just about like it.

Duncan's comment:
Finished testing 140.

[Mr120]

Here's sneak peak at the new i mig 140E. A new product for 2014. Inverter based, not a cheap transformer model like you see everywhere, but it's going to be priced competitively.

There's going to be an i MIG 200E just about like it.

Duncan's comment:
Finished testing 140.

That's a pretty cool looking grille on the front. I look forward to seeing the specs on these new machines as they come available.

[Rambozo]

The new 140 is sure a much cleaner design. I also like the all vertical board design. I think the airflow will be better and less chance of trapping some conductive dust and debris on the board. The copper straps to connect to the front panel are a nice touch, as well. I like to see the constant design refining. No product is ever perfect, there is always room for improvement.

I thought I made a mistake once, but I was wrong.

[performance]

Most of our migs have been vertical since the beginning as far as I know, but they have been cleaned up. But definitely we're heading in the right direction. I don't think you'd find much difference in the build quality or design now of any major MIG brand on these units.

The 140E and the 200E will be available soon.
It's an economy model. Several things have been re worked and paired down. No digital readout. No adjustable arc force control. Probably a cheaper "tweco" gun...not sure what the final version will be but that's what is originally spec'd for. Connection for Stick/polarity is under the cover etc, but quality and design is better.

The 140E will be 120V. 35% duty cycle at 140 amps. I don't have the finished Everlast picture to post, but the sample I have seen looks nice and does have some plastic reinforcement on the rear, though it's not all the way up the back. Should handle .023, .030 wire. Here's a test sample picture...

[cbmkr]

That would fill a void for me , small size and portability to do sheet metal work on street rods. Might have to own one when they are available.

Need .023 wire capability with gas and voltage 110 or 220 would be fine.

[Frank]

this was really cool of you to share , really neat to see behind the scenes. and know that the ppl that are making these are taken care of .

[performance]

Here's some more pictures Duncan has forwarded me. He's back in China again. These are pictures of the powder coating and sheet metal factory before they reach the assembly plant. The pallet jack photo is after the chemical wash they receive to prep the metal. The next photo is the one of them getting the cases ready to apply the powder I believe.

[Titan winch]

It has been quite some time since I have sent pictures back from my visits. The reason is that with our growth over the last couple of years what was once 4 or 5 trips a year has now become a bi monthly occurrence I returned from Shanghai on Saturday night and I leave again on the 3 Rd ,a day short of two weeks and I am booking my next trip for the end of July.so as you can see we keep very busy.
You hear a lot about Duty cycle and how it pertains to welding and just what steps are taken to actually have accurate readings for this.
First you need to have a ambient temperature set as a example Canada has recently increased the temperature required to 47 degrees from 40 c for the rest of the world.
Below are the temperature controlled " ovens used in determining the duty cycle rating. This has to be done this way for accuracy . Imagine sitting a unit on a freezing concrete floor in the middle of winter and wondering why the readings are different from when you did this in summer in 90' weather.

[Kevin Caron]

I'll take one of those and two of those...!!!

[Oleg]

I'll take one of those and two of those...!!!

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