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At MIDWEST Fasteners we are proud to manufacture and supply a complete line of American-made weld stud and insulation fasteners, stud welder equipment, plus a full line of stud welder accessories all backed up by support before-and-after the sale. Insulation fasteners are used to weld stud. Capacitor Discharge weld stud to Arc and Drawn arc weld stud for welding. MIDWEST brand professional stud welder systems to supplies for all makes and brands of stud welder. Design before-the-sale to repair after-the-job.
STUD WELDING is a high-speed metal fastening process in which a metal fastener can be applied by arc welding to a metal work piece. THE PROCESS: The welding stud is placed (with a hand tool called the Stud Gun) in contact with the base metal, an arc weld is drawn which melts the welding stud base and an area of the metal work piece for metal fastening. The welding stud is then forced into the melted area and held in place until the metals re-solidify.
This high quality fusion arc weld is complete in milliseconds and is accomplished by one of two major methods. TWO METHODS AVAILABLE are Capacitor Discharge (usually "CD" for short) and Arc Stud Welding. The differences are shown in the illustrations below. STUD WELDING SYSTEMS consist of a Power Supply and/or "Controller", a Stud Gun, and cables to tie the system and work piece together.
Midwest Fastener Supply began as a small company operated by Bill Crow. It was founded in conjunction with Midwest Plastics Supply but later branched out to become its own entity. In 1973 the company incorporated and for the last thirty years has specialized in both aerospace and commercial hardware. Bill Crow continued to run the company until his retirement in the early 90s. His daughter and her husband then purchased the company and continue to own and operate it.
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