- Consists of two major structures; a cylindrically shaped drum to support jacket sheets and provide weld travel motion and a traveling gantry equipped with welding equipment and other auxiliary apparatus
- Automatic GMAW welding of 8 and 11 gauge carbon sheets to produce quarter section sub-assemblies of tank car jackets or wrappers
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Synchronous gantry drive system with SCR motor controller
- Vacuum operated material support system for transporting individual formed sheets to drum fixture and carrying welded sections to outgoing storage racks.
- Control platform and ladder assembly
- One man operation
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