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Still Using Bucking Bars to Apply Rivets? Image shows the EXT-25 Extender and the Solid Rivet Dies Head and Forming sides.  Apply Solid Rivets with One Button!  For faster, easier application of Solid Rivets:  U se the Solid Rivet dies with the Pro Spot PR-5 Rivet Gun. The dies easily screw onto the Rivet Gun and is ready to work right away.  Photo Credit:  Bettmann/  Bettmann Archive To improve the application of Solid Rivets,  Pro Spot has designed new Solid Rivet Dies in an effort to help shops save time and hassle .  No longer will you need to "make something work", using a loud air hammer with a bucking bar, or use flattening dies which can be dangerous. Installing solid rivets is now as easy as installing an SPR!  WHAT :  NEW SOLID RIVET DIES- Solid Rivet Die Head Side (PRR-40) and Forming Side (PRR-41). WHERE : Easily screw on threads to PR-5 Rivet Gun. WHEN :  Areas requiring Solid Rivets and you have access to

Proper storage for aluminum wire when not in use is KEY to making it last longer and for producing quality welds!  Aluminum  oxidizes rapidly , and this can cause issues with weld quality and overall strength of repair.  When oxidation forms on the aluminum wire it will disrupt the arc and will be nearly impossible to maintain a proper arc. ALUMINUM WIRE WILL GO BAD IF NOT STORED PROPERLY  NO MATTER HOW LITTLE IT IS USED   Although Aluminum is becoming more abundant during production, depending on the shop, Aluminum welding may not be a regular occurrence like steel is. Proper wire storage is very important when not in use, as the aluminum  oxidizes rapidly  and this can cause issues with weld quality and overall strength of repair. This is something that is often an after thought or overlooked in the shop, and blame gets placed on welder instead of looking at the wire. When Aluminum welding wire is not in use, we recommend: Remove from the weld

Introducing Pro Spot Germany & Frank Kirmis! Frank Kirmis and Pro Spot Team Up to Expand Growth and Support to the European Market Pro Spot announces a new team member to their European division. We are excited to welcome Frank Kirmis as our new Director of Sales and OEM Relationships for Europe and Asia. In his new role, Frank will help Pro Spot continue to build our relationships with the European automobile manufacturers, develop our European sales strategy and build up our distribution service networks. Frank will help oversee our expanding locations in Europe and Asia including our new location in Germany. Frank joins Pro Spot with 30 years of experience in our industry, giving him a great concept of approaching the market and those in it. “The technology is here, the knowledge is here, the spirit is here, we now just need to transfer that to Europe,” Frank explained. Frank Kirmis &  Ron Olsson In addition to our offices in Sweden and Italy,

A Welding Class Project for SCRS at Pro Spot Tennessee: Pro Spot Hosts SCRS at their Tennessee Training Facility April 15, 2019 – Starting off a week of industry meetings and events, a group from the Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) took an evening to stop by Pro Spot’s new Training Facility outside of Nashville, TN. Pro Spot’s team put together an interactive welding prop that combined most of Pro Spot’s joining processes into one. Participants built their own business card holder using Spot Welds, Self-Piercing Rivets, Blind Rivets, MIG Brazing, Aluminum MIG Welding and Aluminum Studs. Brett Bailey, Chairman, SCRS, “We at SCRS are so appreciative of Pro Spot opening up their facility here in Nashville to our board. It was one of the most unique receptions I’ve personally had the opportunity to be part of.  We are really appreciative of the Pro Spot team having the foresight to invite us all in, and to use it as an opportunity to make a fun and

What a morning it’s been at CIC in Nashville, TN. Two presentations awarded some lucky local students with some great prizes.  In honor of the March Taylor Fund, 6 students were awarded fantastic toolboxes stocked with hand-selected tools chosen by Toby Chess. Shortly after the crowd quieted for a fantastic presentation. A student from Lincoln Tech, Zach Stephens was presented by the I-CAR Nashville Committee and the Collision Repair Education Foundation a check for $14,000, the exact funds to clear his school debt! Gathered in the large room at CIC, people from all ages, all areas, and various stages of their careers in the collision repair industry, agreed to work together to help promote young, fresh minds to grow in the industry. For more information on the March Taylor Fund, visit: http://www.marchtaylormemorial.com/ For more information on the Collision Repair Education Foundation and the I-CAR Nashville Committee, contact info@ed-foundat

Day of Welding at Pro Spot with American Honda’s Collision Marketing Department The Pro Spot jackets went on and the welding helmets were lowered for a day of first-hand welding experience for the Collision Market Department of American Honda Motor Co. Carlsbad, CA (April 1, 2019) – Pro Spot hosted the Collision Market Department of American Honda Motor Co. this week for some hands-on welding training in their state of the art Training Center in California. Continually improving their program, American Honda Motor Co. had the Collision Market Department, their “boots on the ground”, visit Pro Spot for first-hand experience in spot welding and MIG welding. “Welding is such a large component of proper vehicle repair and a skill that you need to develop and maintain, this visit will give our team first-hand experience and knowledge as they manage their zones” , explained Rossana Alvarez, American Honda’s Assistant National Manager for Collision Parts Marketing. T

CLICK HERE TO PRE-REGISTER Come visit the Pro Spot PROs at the Northeast Tradeshow March 15-17th at the Meadowlands Expo Center in Secaucus, NJ.  Pro Spot will be displaying our new i4s Spot Welder with Adaptive Welding, our High Pressure Spot Welders and Weld Guns, our Pulse and Double Pulse MIG Welders.  The latest releases, Glue Tab Dent Pulling and Windshield Repair Kits will be available to explore.  For those looking to keep the shop productive and clean, stop by to learn about our Dust-Free Sanding Systems and our Fume Extractors.  The amazing products and tools to see don't end there, stop by for the best quality and effective innovations to improve your shop goals. 

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