NeoMoses,
Yes, we are working on bringing it to Market, Mike will post more information as it comes available. The pricing will put it within reach of everyone here.
Let me explain how the CDW (Capacitive Discharge Welder) came to be.
Its been said that necessity is the mother of invention. Well, desperation is invention's ugly sister.
I finally got tired of the PITA of bolting, not to mention its expense and high labor. The more I learn about racking the less I like it. This came to a head with a paper I wrote for an Industry conference (AESF, Chicago, late this June) it involved dozens of anodizations that had to be instrumented perfectly. I've had enough, so I cooked this up. From the very start it worked better than I had imagined or hoped for. CDW is all I use now, the connections are letter perfect in any anodizing I do, I no longer worry about connections at all. It also makes a big reduction in prep time.
There are others here besides Mike who are evaluating several prototype units and the method right now, At least one (besides me) has already done numerous anodizations with these welded connections and is enjoying the same success as I have.
BTW, the weld is made so fast (1 msec.) that the wire or the work have no detectable heat generated. I hold the wire in my bare hands, not by the clip.
The CDW's only downside is it by necessity leaves a weld blemish where the weld was made, slightly larger than the diameter of the wire. You need a place on the work where this blemish won't show.
As should be obvious; you don't need a hole, you can place the weld anywhere you want. It works with any aluminum wire size between 18 AWG and 10 AWG inclusive, of any wire length. the work can be any size, as long as its at least 0.020" thick.
Mike came up with "Sput welder" as a name for it, that's the sound it makes, what do you all think?
(edited for spelling)
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