Fronius has broadened its range of pre-authored, certified Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS) for MAG welding systems, making EN 1090 auditing easier for even more fabricators of steel structures. As well as the machines of the TransSteel series, members of the TPS/i, TransSynergic and TransPuls Synergic families of welding systems can now also be ordered or retrofitted with these optional EN 1090 packages. Fronius now also offers a Certificate of Conformity Package for pulsed-power welding.

For fabricators of steel structures who are still not EN 1090 certified, time is starting to run short. The laborious in-company process needed for certification, including an audit, has to be completed by July 2014. For Fronius customers, this process is much quicker and easier. Drawing up the Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS) required by the European Standard is a time-consuming business for structural-steel fabricators; the arc welding technology specialist Fronius takes this chore off its customers' hands by providing them with approved WPS in the form of Certificate of Conformity Packages, helping them to significantly reduce the time and expense needed for certification.

The extensive Standard and Pulsed packages contain WPS that were drawn up in close co-operation with welding professionals and that cover many applications commonly found in industry. The Packages are approved for steel constructions (EN 1090-2) of Execution Classes (EXC) 1 and 2 that are welded under mixed gas (82 % argon/18 % CO2 to ISO 14175-M21 (15 < CO2 = 25)). They allow for base metals up to S355 J2, and G3Si1 and G4Si1 filler metals, and comprise WPS for wire diameters of 0.8, 1.0 and 1.2 mm.

Since the launch of Fronius' first Certificate of Conformity Package, many examples from actual practice have shown that metalworking enterprises using these pre-authored and approved WPS Packages can easily save a dozen man-days - and thus a five-figure amount - and successfully complete their EN 1090 audits more quickly.