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Shipbuilding is a competitive, challenge-filled business. To be profitable, you need maximum productivity, quality and safety. Miller, Bernard and Hobart help you achieve your goals. Integrated welding systems, MIG Guns and filler metals include efficient, ship-specific solutions that deliver benefits not found in competing products. Get more work done with better quality in a safer environment — and produce a superior ship for your customer.

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New Welding Processes, Technologies and Retraining Help Address Labor Shortage

Learn how to increase productivity of the welding operation through new technology and advanced processes.
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PipeWorx 400 Welding System Improves Manufacturer’s Productivity 50 Percent

A switch to Regulated Metal Deposition (RMD®) helped Sigma Thermal increase productivity while maintaining high weld quality.
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Future Trends and How to Overcome Welding Challenges in Shipbuilding with Innovation

Today's shipbuilding industry faces a unique set of challenges. Learn about the critical role welding manufacturers like Miller play in equipping the workforce to meet the demand.
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Aluminum Jet Boat Manufacturer Turns to Pulsed MIG to Keep Boat Production at Full Throttle

Smoky Mountain Jet Boats is known as a top-line manufacturer of aluminum jet boats that thrill riders in water as shallow as 4 inches. The boats are made to Coast Guard specs but wouldn't be profitable or even possible without Pulsed MIG welding.
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Miller Preheating Technology for Roll-Welded Pipe Increases Quality, Productivity and Safety

Gaining consistency in preheating rolled pipe, or flat plate or seam welds, without the hassle and hazards of open flames, increases safety and efficiency.

Easily Achieve Targeted Preheat Temperatures on Moving Parts using Induction Heating from Miller

The Miller ProHeat™ rolling inductor heating system is a simple and cost-effective heating process.

Get Current: New Syncrowave® TIG Welding Power Sources

Get current with a new Miller® Syncrowave® machine. Reduce training time and expenses; get more productivity and better welds.

Syncrowave® 300 and 400 TIG Welding Power Sources

Outdated equipment holds your operation back. Get current with Miller® Syncrowave® 300 and 400 TIG welding power sources!

Save Time: XMT® 350 FieldPro™ System With Polarity Reversing

Walking to switch weld processes wastes productivity. Get it back with the XMT 350 FieldPro system with Polarity Reversing!

Miller Dynasty TIG Welding Power Sources: No Compromises

Miller Dynasty TIG welding power sources have versatile operating parameters for strong, precise, beautiful welds.

Using Your Miller Supplied Air Respirator (SAR)

Learn how to properly use and maintain your SAR system to stay compliant keep it in good condition.

Miller XMT Systems with ArcReach Welding Technology

Miller’s XMT® ArcReach™ System allows you to remotely adjust parameters at the wire feeder without the need for a control cord.

AugmentedArc: the Industry's Most Realistic Welding Simulator System

AugmentedArc Augmented Reality Welding System from Miller is the industry’s most realistic welding simulator system, closely resembling live-arc welding.

CST™ 282 Stick/TIG Welder: Portable, Simple, Flexible

Weld stick/TIG in the field or shop with the CST 282. Portable, flexible and easy to use, it delivers precise, high-quality welds.

Hollywood Hot Rods Loves Miller Weld-Mask for Welding in Real World Applications

Troy Ladd and team at Hollywood Hot Rods rely on the new Miller® Weld-Mask™ auto-darkening goggles for welding in tight spaces.

Using Your Miller Powered Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR)

Learn how to properly use and maintain your PAPR system stay compliant and keep it in good condition.

ALMACO Uses LiveArc System as Training Tool for New Welders

ALMACO chose to implement LiveArc™ welding performance system into its operations as a training tool.

Weld-Mask 2 Provides Versatile Solution for Welding Safety

Welding in confined spaces is no easy task. The lightweight Weld-Mask™ 2 can make the job a little easier — and safer.

Dynasty® 280 DX Multiprocess Provides Ultimate Versatility

The first industrial multiprocess power source to offer AC and DC TIG, pulsed TIG, MIG, flux-cored and stick welding.

A Superior Multiprocess Solution for Portable Applications

The Maxstar® 280 Multiprocess delivers DC TIG, pulsed TIG, MIG and high-frequency arc start capabilities in a portable package.

Dynasty 280 and Weldcraft Torch Provide Versatility for Aluminum Boat Repairs

Out Back Aluminum Welding relies on the Dynasty 280 DX TIG/Stick welder to gain flexibility and portability for TIG welding on boats — in the shop or at the marina.

UA Local 67 Trains New Pressure Welders with Miller's CST 280

Brian and Steve discuss the union's efforts to train a new generation of pressure welders in the face of a growing nuclear industry in Canada.

ArcReach Technology Improves Arc-On Time in Ship Welding

Miller's new XMT ArcReach welding system allows welders to control voltage settings at the point of use without the need for a control cable.

New XMT 400 ArcReach Built to Last

The XMT® 400 is the new go-to welding machine for professionals who stake their reputation on the quality of their work. The XMT® 400 ArcReach® offers more jobsite flexibility as the lightest and smallest machine in its amperage class, delivering 400 amps at 60% duty cycle. To learn how to simplify your fleet while tackling more jobs with the XMT® 400 ArcReach®, visit www.millerwelds.com/xmt40...

How to Change Nozzle, Tip, Diffuser, and Liner with Set Screw for MDX™ MIG Guns

Follow some simple step-by-step instructions to change AccuLock™ consumables on MDX™ MIG guns and gain an optimal wire feeding path.

How to Reinstall a Trimmed Liner for MDX™ MIG Guns with Set Screw Power Pin Cap

When the power pin cap is removed from a MDX™ MIG gun, the liner can retract and appear too short to lock into place. Learn how to reinstall the liner.

K-zell Metals Increases Productivity, Quality with Robotic Welding

K-zell Metals added 2 pre-engineered robotic weld cells that helped increase productivity and aggressively bid work.
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Welding Equipment

XMT® 350 FieldPro™ with Polarity Reversing Outdated equipment threatens your productivity, profitability and safety. XMT® 350 FieldPro™ with...
XMT 400 ArcReach
XMT® 400 ArcReach® This multiprocess power source delivers 400 amps at 60% duty cycle and includes ArcReach®, Auto-Line...
CST™ 282 Provides 280 amps of output. Ideal for Stick electrodes up to 3/16” and TIG welding pipe and plate.
ArcReach Heater 301390
ArcReach® Heater Portable air-cooled induction heating system for preheat and bake-out applications up to 600 degrees...

Safety and Environmental

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MIG Guns

Bernard® btb semi-automatic Air-cooled mig guns

Three Bernard semi-automatic air-cooled MIG guns

Filler Metals

Hobart® Flux-cored wires

Hobart Flux-cored filler metal on a spool sitting next to a box.

Hobart® Submerged-Arc wires and flux

Hobart Submerged arc welding wires and flux in and out of it's packaging.

Hobart® Aluminum MIG/TIG wires

Hobart Aluminum MIG/TIG welding wire.