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How Robotic Welding Supervisors Can Improve the Operation

Gaining a good return on investment (ROI) from a robotic welding system doesn’t happen by chance. It’s a matter of optimizing the robot and the robotic welding cell to operate at peak efficiency. And while this task is a team effort, it is led by the robotic welding supervisor. Even if a robotic welding system is meeting [...]

Best Practices for Robotic Welding Supervisors

With careful planning and attention to detail, companies that invest in a robotic welding system can gain advantages, such as: It is important for welding supervisors to understand how to quickly troubleshoot issues and how to adjust the weld programs, as needed. • Increased productivity• High weld quality• Cost saving• Parts consistency The welding supervisor [...]

Welding Products

Bernard Engineered for Simplicity. Built for Durability. Industrial semi-automatic welding operations benefit from welding products that are built to withstand the rigors of multi-shift use, high heat, and abusive environments. Long-lasting, easy to maintain Bernard® semi-automatic MIG guns combined with a common consumable platform™ means more uptime, fewer errors and less troubleshooting for welders. Learn [...]

Fixed Automatic Water-Cooled MIG Guns

Tregaskiss® fixed automatic water-cooled MIG guns are designed for dependable performance in high amperage, high temperature hard tooling welding applications to maximize uptime and throughput. High performance consumables, an armored neck and body, and simple internal connections make these guns quick and easy to maintain. MW1 MIG Guns Available in 500 and 600 amp modelsSpring-guard [...]

Semi-Automatic Air-Cooled MIG Guns

Bernard offers a wide range of fully configurable, industrial-duty semi-automatic air-cooled MIG welding guns designed specifically to accommodate a variety of welding styles, preferences and applications. BTB MIG Guns Available in 200, 300, 400, 500 and 600 amp modelsChoose from a variety of necks, handles and trigger styles to optimize welder ergonomics and weld accessStandardize [...]

Bernard Conventional Liners

Simplify and Reduce Your Inventory These Bernard® conventional liners allow you to simplify and reduce your inventory, and are made of high carbon music wire for smooth wire feed and long life. CompatibilitySpecsPart Numbers Compatibility Bernard conventional liners are compatible with the following MIG welding guns: BTB semi-automatic air-cooled MIG gunsLegacy Q-Gun™, S-Gun™ and T-Gun™ [...]

AccuLock S Liners

Load and Lock for better productivity Load and Lock to reduce troubleshooting, downtime and rework Load and Lock for better productivity Bernard® AccuLock™ S liners are a critical component of the new AccuLock S consumables system. This new consumable system was designed to address liner trim length errors, gaps along the wire-feed path and erratic [...]

Control Plugs

Control plugs (or trigger cables or leads) transmit an on/off signal from the MIG gun trigger to the wire feeder. A variety of control plugs and leads are available for your MIG welding guns. Control Plugs Part Numbers For Hobart® Feeder Connections 419-4for models: Hobart BETA-MIG 261, Olympic 22-P, Olympic VS, Ironman 210, 250, 275419-8for [...]

Quick-Connect Blocks and Adaptors

For those who have feeder models not found in our power pins list, or for those welders who use their MIG Gun on various feeder models, quick-connect blocks and adaptors are available. Quick-connect blocks form an adaptive bridge from your existing gun feeder connection to a different kind of feeder connection. Quick-Connect Blocks Quick-Connect BlocksQuick-Disconnect [...]

Power Pins

Power pins provide a direct connection for wire, electrical current and gas flow between various feeder models and MIG welding guns. Power pins thread in easily to the rear gun handle block. Tightening the power pin with a wrench is recommended to ensure a tight connection. Power Pins for Semi-Automatic MIG Guns Power PinsPower Pin [...]

MIG Welding Gun Necks

To improve comfort and minimize downtime, we offer a wide variety of interchangeable necks for greater flexibility and better weld puddle visibility. Necks for Semi-Automatic MIG Guns OverviewSpecsPart Numbers Aluminum Armored Necks Aluminum armored necks withstand abuse and offer outstanding heat dissipationAvailable in fixed or rotatable styles (no tools required to rotate)NEW!  Now compatible with [...]

Conversion Tool | MW1 Fixed Automatic MIG Gun Part Number

Please input your legacy Tregaskiss® MW1 fixed automatic water-cooled MIG gun part number into the field below to receive your updated MIG gun part number: Helpful Tips: If your authorized distributor routinely adds characters to the front of manufacturer part numbers to help with supplier identification, you will need to remove these extra characters from [...]

Understanding Fixed Automatic Welding Guns

Fixed automation welding is commonly used for welding pipes, structural beams, tanks and vessels in a shop environment prior to them being moved to the jobsite where they will be placed into service. When it comes to automating the welding process, many companies opt for robotic welding systems due to the flexibility they provide and [...]

About Us

Tregaskiss and Bernard are backed by a shared team that is focused on helping you achieve success in your MIG welding operations. Through the strength of our people and their dedication to practical product innovation, ISO production quality standards, and superior service and support, we strive to remain our customers’ #1 choice. You Ask. We [...]

About Bernard

Visit our ISO certified, state-of-the-art factory in Beecher, Illinois where we strive every day to make our quality policy a reality: To earn the customer’s recognition for excellence in everything that we do. Our dedicated engineering and production teams continually refine and improve our products. Our professional, friendly customer support team answers any questions you [...]

Oil and Gas

Energy is the lifeblood of today’s economy and the basis of our collective prosperity and quality of life. As an operator, EPC firm, contractor or OEM building pipelines for oil, gas and petrochemical products, you are not prepared to compromise quality or sacrifice productivity to meet tight delivery schedules, quality specifications and budget constraints. You [...]

Ship

As a shipbuilder, you have tight deadlines and your customers expect top quality on every build or repair project you deliver. This means you need a MIG welding gun and consumables that are locally manufactured, readily available and proven to last. Bernard delivers robust, North American-made MIG welding guns, featuring gun cables that provide extra [...]

Heavy Equipment Manufacturing

You’re building everything from lawn tractors to construction site dump trucks and everything in between. With a variety of base materials thicknesses and welded part sizes to manage, you need a welding gun and consumables partner that offers a wide range of configurable, reliable, and easy to use MIG guns. You also need that partner [...]

General Manufacturing & Fabrication

As a contract manufacturer or fabrication shop, delivering quality products with high productivity and demonstrable value are important to you. Your clients depend on you for world-class fabricated metal products while you cope with skilled worker shortage, competition from low cost regions and rising customer demands.   Tregaskiss and Bernard understand this. For more than 50 [...]

Automotive

Quality and throughput matter to you – there is no place in your multi-shift operation for costly unplanned downtime or weld quality issues. Tregaskiss welding solutions provide you with the accuracy, reliability and ease of service that you need to keep your robotic and semi-automatic MIG welding applications running smoothly and efficiently. Solutions Tregaskiss® TOUGH [...]
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