Pro Spot Welding

The Ford Collision Repair Program for the 2015 Ford F-150 requires a "Dedicated Aluminum MIG welding system. Welder must be 220V and equipped with Pulse MIG Technology." WELDERS: SP-5 Smart MIG, SP-2 Smart MIG, and SP-1 Pulse MIG all on Ford's approved list of equipment. WIRE: Ford is requiring 5554 1.2mm aluminum welding wire for the program. The SP MIG Series welders come equipped with the 5554 1.2 mm aluminum welding wire for the Ford F-150 Collision Repair Program, as well as Silicon Bronze for MIG Brazing on UHSS & HSS, and Steel (on the SP-5). *The SP MIG Series has also been approved by GM for the Corvette cast extrusion.  TRAINING: Pro Spot has endless training options available. Along with the training that Ford is requiring for the Collision Repair Program, Pro Spot also offers: I-CAR Courses : Approved & CASE Certified Courses on Squeeze Type Resistance Spot Welding & MIG Welding Training NACE/CARS- Pro Spot will be teaching 3 Course...

PRO SPOT NEWS Announcement Pro Spot Announces Art Ewing as  Sales & Marketing Director- Canada CARLSBAD, CA USA- Pro Spot International is pleased to announce the appointment of Art Ewing as Sales and Marketing Director – Canada. Art’s main focus will be to support and further develop our existing distribution in Canada. Art, a resident of Vancouver, has been involved in selling & marketing Pro Spot products for several years in his past capacity as Welding Products Marketing Manager with Lordco Auto Parts. Art’s past experience includes North American Marketing and Sales Management roles with a major industrial gases manufacturer. Art is a Welding Engineering Technologist graduate from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, holds a special certificate in Finance from the British Columbia Institute of Technology and is a graduate from Vancouver Community College’s Provincial Instructors and Adult Learning Program. He is a certified welding ...

Save your money! When you're out looking for a MIG welder, especially in this Aluminum Rush , you'll come across the words "Push Pull" a lot. Let's explain about what it is, and when or why you would need it. There are many welders out there, some that feature a Push Pull torch, and some that don't... why? When welding soft metals, like aluminum, the welding wire has a tendency to bend easily. When the welding wire bends while being fed through the drive rollers, the wire gets tangled, appearing like a birdnest. When this occurs, the wire needs to be cut, removed from the torch, and re-fed through the drive rollers & torch. If you don't know about birdnesting... you're lucky! It causes downtime, frustration and loss of welding wire. Push/pull systems require two separate wire feed motors, one at the torch end and one in the cabinet, which both need to run at the exact same speed for the system to operate correctly. If one roller glitc...