How welders can make your business more efficient

Have you thought about using welding equipment to improve the production facilities in your workshop? Hiring welders from a place like Burnback Welding Equip Services or buying the equipment and training the welders yourself can open up many new manufacturing possibilities that are not possible with other construction techniques. If you haven't considered the advantages that welders can bring to your company then here are three great reasons that you should explore the advantages that welding can offer your business.

Welding is easier

If you aren't welding your parts together then how are you connecting them? The traditional approach to connecting two pieces of metal is to use riveting but that creates problems of its own. Riveting is noisy process, which is not only unpleasant for those involved in the riveting but also everyone else on your premises who can't avoid being within earshot. Depending on the project you are undertaking you may need the riveting to continue for many hours during the day, creating a difficult working environment for everyone.

Riveting also takes up a great deal of space compared with the alternative of welding. Floorspace is always in demand so why take up value space to conduct riveting when welding will allow you to join your metal together using much less space.

Welding is cheaper

There are two ways that welding is cheaper than riveting. Welders can join metal more quickly than riveters, being able to produce more joints in an hour lowers the price per joint and makes welding a more cost effective option for your company. Secondly, welding uses less material and is less labour intensive than riveting which reduces your material costs and ensures that you can complete your project within your agreed budget.

Welding produces better joints

Welding is easier to accomplish than riveting and welding is cheaper than riveting but does that mean that welders are producing joints that are substandard and not going to last as long as a riveted joint? No! Amazingly, welders produce joints that are stronger than those that can be made by riveting. If you think about it the reason for this is obvious. When you rivet two pieces of metal together you are required to create a rivet hole. The hole reduces the surface area of the metal which creates an inherent weakness. Welders do not reduce the surface area of the metal which means that the joints they create will be long-lasting and strong.

Talk to your local welders about how they can help your business to grow and become more cost effective.