A WELDING POWERHOUSE
Australian Mining|December 2024
THE MILLER BIG BLUE 600X DUO AIR PAK 50HZ HAS BEEN CREATED TO MEET THE WELDING, CUTTING AND POWER NEEDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MINING INDUSTRY.
A WELDING POWERHOUSE

Welding operators often need to carry out repair and maintenance jobs remotely onsite using only the tools they have access to.

On any given day, a piece of machinery might need to be welded or cut on-site, a power tool might be required, or a welding operator might need access to air.

To combat common welding challenges, Miller has expanded its Big Blue range of engine-driven welding machines to include a model that has 600 amps of weld power, 18,000 watts of continuous generator power, 45 CFM (cubic feet per minute) of air output and heavy gouging capabilities for the most demanding jobs.

Suitable for mining applications such as pipe welding, emergency repair, scheduled maintenance, fixed plant and mobile plant repair, the Miller Big Blue 600X Duo Air Pak has been developed and manufactured based on industry feedback.

Most Miller 60-hertz (Hz) generators are manufactured in the US, and the Miller Big Blue 600X Duo Air Pak 50Hz developed for the Australian market is no exception.

"From an operational point of view, the industry really likes large, highoutput machines as they're able to do the job quickly and can act fast enough to cut and weld things back together on-site," Welding Industries of Australia (WIA) products and sales manager - Oceania Fuhai Liu told Australian Mining.

"Based on those two pieces of primary feedback, we redeveloped our highest output machine (the Miller

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