Does anyone have any ideas what a used ultrasonic welder would be
useful for? At work we have one that is being disposed of. Always a
scrounger I have an interest, but I don't know enough about the thing
to know if it is useful in it's current state or has any "
cool" hardware worth scrapping out of it.

Any ideas?

JW

They're worth a pretty penny. A "Bronson" perhaps? A buddy used a few for
welding printer ribons into loops a number of years ago when dot-matrix was
king. Ebay!!!

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Does anyone have any ideas what a used ultrasonic welder would be
useful for? At work we have one that is being disposed of. Always a
scrounger I have an interest, but I don't know enough about the thing
to know if it is useful in it's current state or has any "
cool" hardware worth scrapping out of it.

Any ideas?

JW

On 17 Jan 2005 05:17:18 -0800, the renowned wrote:

Does anyone have any ideas what a used ultrasonic welder would be
useful for? At work we have one that is being disposed of. Always a
scrounger I have an interest, but I don't know enough about the thing
to know if it is useful in it's current state or has any "
cool" hardware worth scrapping out of it.

Any ideas?

JW

If it's the kind I'm familiar with, it's used for welding plastic
together. It's got a high power ultrasonic source, a transducer, and a
method of transferring the energy into the part where it is needed.
One example use would be joining the halves of AC adapter housings
together. Branson is one manufacturer. It might be fun to fiddle with
it (it would be for me), but I can't think of many uses outside of a
production environment.


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On 17 Jan 2005 05:17:18 -0800, wrote:

Does anyone have any ideas what a used ultrasonic welder would be
useful for? At work we have one that is being disposed of. Always a
scrounger I have an interest, but I don't know enough about the thing
to know if it is useful in it's current state or has any "
cool" hardware worth scrapping out of it.

Depends where it is, and how much they want much for it - or "just
get it out of here so we don't have to pay someone to disconnect and
haul it away". But I'll bet it's worth more in complete and operable
condition than it ever will be as parts.

I like equipment recycling. Just have to find the right person who
can make good use of it.

It would be useful for upholstery shops, for duplicating the ribs
and tucks in Naugahyde seat covers or making duplicate door panels.
Repairing and making samples of plastic sheet goods - weld tarps into
custom covers for any outdoor equipment you can name, weld strips of
that big 'bubble wrap' into thermal swimming pool covers...

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It is a Branson. I understand the principle behind the thing, but
can't really think of much use for it outside of production.

It's not terribly big,(about 3' tall and maybe a 2' square footprint).
I guess it if it follows me home so be it. The price would be right.
Free.


JW