MIG Tips From Bernard
IN THIS ISSUE

December 2005

Repairing the Old or Building the New, NASCAR Stays on Track

Upgraded Q-Gun Back End Assembly Increases Durability

Help Us, Help You

CustomSelect Ordering System

Centerfire Consumables Streamline Inventory Management

MIG Man's Tip

INDUSTRY LEADING PERFORMANCE

CustomSelect Ordering System
With Bernard's CustomSelect Ordering System, you can interactively build a Q-Gun or OXO® APX Gun tailored to your precise welding requirements. Use CustomSelect to customize your Bernard MIG gun.


Mig Man's Tip

Reduce Downtime
Bernard's Q-Gun offers multiple handle and trigger options to help increase operator comfort and reduce downtime associated with operator fatigue.

Repairing the Old or Building the New,
NASCAR Stays on Track


Every NASCAR team uses its own strategy to build winning racecars, but Hendrick Motorsports and Robert Yates Racing employ truly unique processes. At Hendrick and Yates, teams build their own racecars in house, and each rely on Bernard Q-Guns™ and Centerfire™ consumables to weld the thousands of components and subassemblies.

Read more about Hendrick Motorsports and Robert Yates Racing, along with the many benefits of Bernard's Q-Gun and Centerfire consumables.

Upgraded Q-Gun Back End Increases Durability


Learn how you can reduce your welding downtime and associated labor costs with Bernard's Q-Gun and upgraded back end assembly. The upgraded back end assembly provides greater strain relief with fewer parts, making changeovers quick and easy. The power pins (excluding Bernard and Euro) have male threads, allowing welding operators to twist them in and out of the adapter block of the redesigned strain relief. For reduced downtime, power pin bushings integrate into the back end assembly to allow for faster, easier changeovers of direct plugs. Read how you can benefit by using the Q-Gun with upgraded back end assembly.

Help Us, Help You


Bernard wants to hear your ideas for improving MIG welding so we can better tailor our products to meet your needs. Take our online survey to share your input. As a token of our gratitude, all survey participants will receive a free Bernard welding beanie, and one lucky person will receive a free iPod 4GB nano! With a 1000-song capacity, the pencil-thin iPod nano plays up to 14 hours of your favorite music between battery charges and even stores your digital photos. The Help Us, Help You program ends January 31, 2006 and is open to all U.S. and Canadian residents (except in Quebec).

Centerfire Streamlines Inventory Management


If you use several different brands of MIG guns in your shop, consider using Centerfire consumables. Compatible with brands such as Tweco®, Lincoln®, Miller®, Tregaskiss® and Binzel®, Centerfire consumables can reduce the number of parts in your shop. That means you'll spend less time matching parts to guns and more time welding.

Learn how Centerfire can streamline your inventory.