Making customers efficient since 2004
Jimmy Bischoff, having been in the industry for 25 years, founded Coalition Engineering Supplies in 2004. Since then, Coalition Engineering Supplies has established itself as a trusted provider of the best quality products for the automotive, freight rail and HVAC industries in the greater Cape Town area, and across South Africa. Coalition is for many the preferred supplier of welding torches and consumables, spot welding equipment and various nozzle cleaning and related maintenance products for the welding industry. Marco and Wes Bischoff mention that “Together with our courier & freight partners, we are able to deliver to all centres within South Africa. Above all, we strive to always provide the best products and service, at reasonable prices.”
Coalition Engineering Supplies is very excited about a new product in their extensive range. It is called the GasIQ Optimator®. Most companies and individuals working with MIG/MAG and TIG welding processes know very well the price of welding wire per kilogram. It is interesting that the actual cost of the shielding gas per welding meter is at least as high as the wire cost per weld meter. This unfortunately escapes a large part of customers when trying to optimise welding costs.
GasIQ Optimator® is designed for one sole purpose, to reduce the consumption of expensive gas. The aim is a reduction of gas consumption to 30% in general cases. Under normal conditions a welding shop should break even on procurement cost within a few months.
The Optimator® produces an optimised shielding gas flow from the very first second of the welding process. Any traditional regulator will not control the initial flow surge, which is usually unnecessarily high, and a very expensive waste. In worst cases this excessive surge can represent up to 50% of total shielding gas consumption. The higher the frequency of weld starts; the more gas is wasted. Coalition Engineering supplies believes that users of the GasiQ Optimator® can earn more money when they change to the GasiQ Optimator®.
The Optimator® provides optimal start flow that is approx. 25% of the initial flow of a conventional regulator. The smooth initial flow, in addition, enables higher quality of welds since you minimize the turbulence that often influences your welding process.
Wes Bischoff states: “Since we are talking about quality, it is important that you should know that the Optimator® can be equipped with a lockable gas flow control. This is an advantage when you need to meet the highest welding quality demands, for instance ISO 9000 certification.” He added “ We, at Coalition Engineering Supplies, are the agents in SA for GasiQ Sweden. We recently supplied 300 units to Bell Equipment in Richards Bay, and the feedback from the customer is very positive and that substantial savings are already noted.”
For more information visit the website www.coalitioncape.co.za