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NEW Minarc Evo family
Establishing a reputation
The first ever Minarc MMA machine
was launched at the German Essen
welding fair during 2001, and it became
an immediate commercial success. In the
first full year of production, the original
Minarc MMA sold more than 22,000
pieces and claimed a significant market
share in the European single phase,
portable MMA segment. The success
story continued, with new 1ph and 3ph
MIG and TIG models entering the market
during 2005, 2006 and 2007, and to date
the global sales for those models now
totals three hundred thousand units.
The success of Minarc family has
been truly world wide. All over the
world Minarc welding machines have
delighted users and provided reliable
portable welding solutions to a variety
of applications and environments. The
current ‘classic Minarc’ models continue
their commercial life, however Kemppi
have launched a new Minarc Evo
Family, offering customers improved
specifications, energy efficiency and
welding performance, further developing
the value of this successful, portable,
welding family.
Why Minarc Evo family
The existing ‘classic’ Minarc
family is still extremely
popular with customers,
so why introduce a new
range of machines
Kemppi is committed
to ensuring, wherever
possible, that our
customers have the best
product choice on the
market, and that choice
should conform to all
required market conditions and
regulations. Whilst the classic Minarc
family continues as an outstanding
welding performer, we knew that
technically, we could offer customers
improved technical performance and the
all important ‘extra value’ over competitor
products that Kemppi customers expect.
So Minarc Evo family was developed
to deliver performance and efficiency
beyond the existing classic Minarc
range, and this was achieved largely due
to the application of PFC (Power factor
correction) technology.
Minarc Evo family is designed and
manufactured by Kemppi Oy (Finland)
and complies with IEC 61000-3-12, EMC
class A.
Energy efficient
Evolution specification
Has Minarc family gained some weight as
it’s got older
Looking at the specification of NEW
Minarc Evo family, you will see that
the ‘little welding Giants’ have gained a
little weight since their first introduction,
but for good reason. The application of
PFC technology demands a little extra
space and therefore weight, but in return
you get better welding performance
and improved specifications, improved
electrical energy utilisation, and in the
case of both MIG and TIG models,
increased welding output. Plus all Minarc
Evo family models conform to the
very latest European EMC
directives, electrical standards
and norms for all industrial
public supply networks.
Energy efficiency
Compared to the classic Minarc
family models, can you save
money using the new PFC
Minarc Evo family
Yes,perhaps a little financial
saving. But calculations should be based
on welding time and local unit cost of
electricity, and perhaps that argument is
not so interesting with small, portable
welding appliances like Minarc. The
real benefit in this argument comes from
the utilisation of available electrical
energy, the fused electrical supply, and
its conversion to welding power output.
Classic Minarc family has a power factor
at 100% ED of 0.6, where as the new PFC
Minarc Evo power sources have a power
factor at 100% ED of 0.99 and that’s as
good as it gets with existing technology.
For example, MinarcMig Evo 200
delivers 200 amps of welding power, at
ED 35% from a 16A fused supply, for a
weight of 13kg.
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