Lincoln Electric.

About Lincoln Electric

Lincoln Electric was founded in 1895 by John C. Lincoln in Cleveland, Ohio. The company grew from early electrical engineering work into the development and manufacture of arc welding equipment and consumables, and became one of the world’s largest and most respected welding companies. Lincoln Electric is publicly listed on the NASDAQ exchange and runs manufacturing operations across North America, Europe and Asia, with a steady focus on welding technology that has produced a long run of industry-first innovations over more than 125 years.

In the professional welding market, the Lincoln Electric name carries particularly strong recognition for the quality of its consumables. The Excalibur E7018 MMA electrode and the SuperArc L-56 and Innershield NR-211 MIG wires are product names that professional welders know and specify by heart. The link between consumable quality and weld quality is direct, since the chemistry and consistency of the electrode or wire determine the mechanical properties of the deposited weld metal, and Lincoln Electric’s consumables sit consistently at the high end of the market for the properties that matter most in structural and pressure vessel welding.

The machine range runs the full span, from compact single-phase MIG welders for light fabrication and general trades through to multi-process industrial welders, automated welding systems and robotic welding cells for production manufacture. In the UK market, the POWER MIG and SQUARE WAVE series are the products most widely used in general fabrication shops and professional workshops.

Products We Can Supply from Lincoln Electric

MIG/MAG welders — POWER MIG and Invertec series. The Lincoln Electric POWER MIG 140MP, 215MP and related multi-process welders handle MIG, flux-core, MMA and TIG welding from a single or three-phase supply, while the Invertec series professional MIG welders are built for sustained fabrication and production work. Synergic models let the operator select wire and gas and have the welding parameters set automatically, which cuts setup time and improves consistency for less experienced hands.

TIG welders — SQUARE WAVE TIG series. The Lincoln Electric SQUARE WAVE TIG 200 and related AC/DC TIG welders are made for precision TIG welding of stainless steel, aluminium, titanium and other alloys. The SQUARE WAVE name refers to the squarewave AC output, which gives better arc stability and aluminium cleaning action than conventional sine wave AC TIG welders.

MMA (stick) welders and plasma cutters. Lincoln Electric Invertec MMA welders cover site and structural welding, and the Tomahawk plasma cutting range cuts mild steel, stainless and aluminium plate in fabrication and maintenance work. The Invertec MMA welders are used extensively in UK construction and engineering for their arc stability on structural grade electrodes.

Welding consumables. The Excalibur 7018 and 7016 low-hydrogen MMA electrodes suit structural and pressure vessel welding; SuperArc L-56 and L-59 MIG wire covers general fabrication in mild and low-alloy steel; Innershield NR-211-MP self-shielded flux-cored wire is for site welding without shielding gas; and there are Lincoln Electric stainless, aluminium and hard-facing consumables for specialist applications.

Industries

Lincoln Electric welding equipment and consumables are used in structural steel fabrication, pressure vessel and pipework manufacture, shipbuilding and offshore construction, automotive and commercial vehicle manufacturing, oil and gas, power generation, rail, heavy construction and civil engineering, and any application where arc welding of metals to defined quality standards is part of manufacture or maintenance.