Theo Facaros promotes the Dual Maverick 200/200X at the Lincoln Electric stand at the Work Truck Show.Photo: Keith Norbury
A welding machine capable of powering two welders at once was the showcased new product on display at Lincoln Electric’s booth at the Work Truck Show in Indianapolis this March.
The trademarked Dual Maverick 200/200X has a switch on the front “that allows it to go from a single arc to a dual arc,” said Theo Facaros, manager of Lincoln’s construction and rental sales team, in an interview at the show.
Powered by a single Kubota D902 tier 4 compliant diesel engine, the Dual Maverick 200/200X has a variety of modes, including stick, TIG, flush core, and gouging. “We even have some nice functionality built into the preventive maintenance sites, so it tells you when you need to change things,” Facaros said.
CrossLinc technology
The welder also utilizes Lincoln’s CrossLinc technology that “offers full control of output at the arc without cumbersome and expensive control cables,” according to a news release from Lincoln. CrossLinc can power the welder “through a standard power cable without the need for an extra control gate,” Facaros added.
Using a feeder or a CrossLinc remote control, the welder can be hundreds of feet away while still enabling “full control over your process without ever having to come back to the machine,” he said. “So it improves safety, not having you to walk back, and time, a big productivity gain as well.”
The Dual Maverick is designed primarily for industrial and construction jobs involving structural steel, or pipeline work. A mobile mechanic in a service truck wouldn’t likely need the dual welding capabilities for most maintenance and repair work, Facaros admitted. However, he said the show presented a great opportunity to highlight the machine to the many show attendees involved in construction industries.
“But quite honestly it probably depends more on the type of work that’s being done on the site, whereas service trucks are there for maybe one purpose — to fix, repair — and then get back out,” Facaros said.
Also displayed on the booth was Lincoln’s Ranger 330MPX welder that was launched just before the 2019 Work Truck Show. That welder, which is now in full production, is squarely aimed at the mechanics truck market.
“It is the most powerful machine that we offer on a gasoline-engine-driven welder in the smallest case,” Facaros said. “It’s 450 pounds and 330 amps of output.”
Facaros said Lincoln is very happy with the performance of the Ranger 330MPX and its ability to provide the clean AC power “needed to run computers and pumps without worrying about frying anything up.”
Gouging feature
The Ranger 330MPX also incorporates CrossLinc, including its gouging feature, which removes material before beginning the welding itself. “You’re on the site, something cracks, you typically want to remove around that crack so that you can go down to fresh clean steel before you start welding to repair,” Facaros said.
At the 2019 show, Lincoln brought the Ranger 330MPX to its small booth in the new exhibitor pavilion. In 2020, Lincoln had a much larger booth in the exhibition hall at the Indiana Convention Center. The company, headquartered in Cleveland, has always made welders for industrial applications as well as for service trucks.
“We thought, well, it seems like it makes a lot of sense to come into this,” Facaros said. “We’re very unique, where we also help these builders build their trucks. So why don’t we come and make sure we have a presence to help people with upfitting and putting welders on and then to showcase what it looks like.”
For more information, visit www.lincolnelectric.com.