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A
century of ESAB innovations
In
1903, Oscar Kjellberg, a Swedish machine engineer was working on
ships and boilers in Göteborg, Sweden. His dissatisfaction
with the quality of repair jobs fueled his quest for a better solution
that led to the invention of the world's first flux covered electrode.
On 12th September 1904, Elektriska Svetsnings Aktie Bolaget (ESAB)
was founded in Göteborg, Sweden. The major innovations in the
course of ESAB's history are:
- 1904
- The Coated Electrode (MMA Welding)
- 1937
- Union melt (Submerged-Arc Welding)
- 1938
- Gravity Welding
- 1944
- Heliarc (TIG Welding)
- 1947
- MIG/MAG (Welding)
- 1955
- Plasma Cutting
- 1960
- Flux-cored Wire
- 1979
- Narrow gap Welding
- 1982
- LMA Electrodes (Low-moisture Absorption)
- 1989
- Adaptive butt Welding
- 1995
- High speed Cored Wire
- 1996
- Friction stir Welding
- 1997
- Laser bevel Welding
- 2001 - First modular platform for welding equipment
- 2002 - Copper - free wire - Aristorod
- 2005 - The Qset function
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