Production fabrication of TEMA / ASME Sec VIII bundles.
Shell-and-tube heat exchanger fabrication involves hundreds to thousands of tube-to-tubesheet joints that must pass hydrostatic test and radiographic acceptance before the bundle ships. Manual GTAW on these joints produces variable arc length (driven by tube projection tolerance) and inconsistent heat input (driven by operator position and fatigue) that result in rejected joints, rework, and schedule delays.
The PT40 on FXT20 digital pulse power addresses both: the fixed spindle geometry eliminates arc-length variance from tube projection variation, and the per-quadrant parameter control compensates for the tubesheet’s asymmetric thermal sink. For fabricators with typical 16–38 mm OD tube in 316L, duplex 2205, or titanium, the PT40 produces repeatable joints with per-position data records that satisfy ASME Sec VIII and TEMA documentation requirements without manual parameter recording.