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Presentation Business Unit WELDING

Presentation Business Unit WELDING

Presentation Business Unit WELDING

Product catalog summary
Introduction
Bedra has been a leader in the production of high-tech precision wires for over 130 years, serving global markets from its plants in Heuchelheim and Herborn. The company is renowned for its bercoweld® series, which includes over 20 copper and copper alloy brazing and welding solutions. Recently, Bedra expanded its offerings to include aluminum alloy filler materials under the berAlweld® brand.

Product Offerings
Bedra provides a diverse range of wire solutions for various welding and brazing techniques, including MIG/MAG, TIG, laser, plasma brazing, and wire flame spraying. The product range includes approximately 30 alloys across several material groups:
  • Low alloyed Copper alloys
  • Aluminum bronzes
  • Copper-nickel alloys
  • Aluminum alloys
  • Special alloys
These products are used by industries such as automotive, plant engineering, and offshore/onshore sectors.

Manufacturing and Quality
Bedra is distinguished by its high-quality precision wires made from non-ferrous metals, producing over 30 million kilometers of wire annually in more than 100 alloy versions. The company emphasizes customer-specific solutions and uses high-quality metals to ensure alloy purity.

Packaging and Accessories
Bedra offers its wires in various packaging options, including spools, barrels, rods, and rings. The innovative bedrabox packaging increases productivity by reducing downtime associated with spool changes. Accessories such as Maxiglide and Twister enhance wire handling and prevent tangles.

bercoweld® Highlights
Key products include:
  • bercoweld® A8 (AlBz8) for galvanized sheets and ferritic steels
  • bercoweld® S2 (COMAS) for hard brazing and welding of galvanized steels
  • bercoweld® S3 (CuSi3Mn) for welding Cu and Cu alloys

berAlweld® Highlights
Aluminum alloy products are categorized into series based on their main constituents:
  • 1000 series: Pure aluminum with high conductivity
  • 4000 series: Silicon-based alloys with excellent weldability
  • 5000 series: Manganese-based alloys with excellent corrosion resistance
These products are suitable for applications in electrical wires, automotive, boat and shipbuilding, and railroad car building.

Conclusion
Bedra continues to innovate and provide high-quality wire solutions tailored to customer needs, maintaining its position as a leader in the precision wire industry.
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Catalog excerpts

Presentation Business Unit WELDING-1

As a top international manufacturer of high-quality precision wires of non-ferrous metals, we distinguish ourselves in the market through high quality and smart services. Absolute customer focus. This is a long tradition for us - ever since the company was founded in 1889. Our ability to innovate, along with our well-known reliability, set us apart. These two strengths have made bedra a leader in quality and a leader in the market. Year after year, our plants produce more than 30 million kilometers of precision wire - in over 100 alloy versions. Our business units are: bedra EDM bedra WELDING bedraELAS We are known for customer-specific solutions across all service areas. Our highly qualified employees play a major role in this. We rely exclusively on high-quality metals for manufacturing our products. This makes our innovative high-tech precision wires absolutely alloy-pure. For more than 130 years bedra has been synonymous with innovative high-tech precision wires. From our plants in Heuchelheim and Herborn, we serve the needs of our customers all over the world. For decades, our bercoweld® series has established itself in the market for copper and copper alloy brazing and welding. More than 20 bercoweld® alloys are impressive proof of our know-how. But we are not resting on our laurels. We are already working today on the innovations for tomorrow. That's why we have expanded our portfolio to include high-quality filler materials made from aluminum alloys. Under the name be-rAlweld® we now offer wire solutions for welding aluminum alloys. For this purpose, we have combined our experience in wire production with the latest technologies and specialists from the aluminum sector. Therefore, we can now produce aluminum welding wires in the well-known high bedra quality! Whether you prefer MIG/MAG brazing or welding, TIG welding, laser and plasma brazing or wire flame spraying, our bercoweld® and berAlweld® range is as ‘diverse as your applications. This is one of the reasons why renowned companies from the automotive industry, plant engineering or the offshore and onshore sectors rely on our solder wire and welding wire as an elementary component of an innovative joining technology. At present, our range of solder wire and welding wire includes about 30 alloys of the following material groups • low alloyed Copper alloys • Aluminum bronzes • Copper-nickel' alloys • Aluminum alloys • Special alloys " ;■ Automotive Construction Railway track Industry Agricultural machinery Shipbuilding

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Presentation Business Unit WELDING-2

• Standard alloy for galvanized sheets and ferritic steels • Solenoid valves, build-up and join welding on aluminum bronzes • Suitable for hard brazing and welding of galvanized steels. • Good corrosion and wear resistance. • Reduced Si content for brazing galvanized sheet metal • Good flowing weld pool, no pore or splatter formation • Suitable for welding Cu and Cu alloys as well as unalloyed and low-alloyed steels and cast iron. • Welding and brazing wire for betterbrass istdieRevoluti automotive industry • ub a e ess ngd d tes, solenoid valves, switch cabinets Low-alloy copper alloys bercoweld®...

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Presentation Business Unit WELDING-3

• Pure aluminum AWS 1070 Al 99.7% • High thermal and electrical conductivity • Excellent weldability and good weld strength 100 MPa • Main applications: Electrical wires and thermal components, good resistance to nitro acids. • Silicon (Si) is the alloy's main constituent in this group • Si content increased the flowa-bility of the individual alloys • Excellent weldability and good weld strength 120 MPa • Main application: Automotive industry (body and sheet metal construction) and suppliers • Manganese (Mn) is the alloy's main constituent in this group • Mn content provides excellent corrosion...

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