Millers newest multi-process welding machine is a true jack of all trades, giving you the freedom to weld any process including AC/DC TIG, MIG, flux-cored, and stick with one portable, powerful, easy to use machine.
Setup and switching processes are fast and easy, all while ensuring excellent arc quality using either 120 or 240 volt power.
MIG: 24 ga.–3/8 in. steel 18 ga.–3/8 in. aluminum
DC Stick: 16 ga.–3/8 in. steel
AC/DC TIG: 24 ga.–1/4 in. steel and aluminum
The Multimatic 220 AC/DC comes equipped with all accessories to weld any process, unlike other machines where you need to purchase additional accessories.
Weighing only 56 pounds, the Multimatic 220 AC/DC can go where the work is, plus the added convenience of one machine versus two or more.
Operates on 120-volt or 240-volt power letting you work virtually anywhere. Multi-voltage plug (MVP™) easily connects to common 120-volt or 240-volt power outlets — no tools required. Choose the plug that fits the receptacle and connect it to the power cord.
For full details and a list of included accessories click here
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Authorized Hoist & Crane Service Depot — Calgary, Edmonton & Saskatoon Kristian Electric Ltd. is a Canadian leader in overhead crane service, hoist repair, CSA-compliant inspections, and crane system sales. With full-service branches in Calgary, Edmonton, and...
Say goodbye to the old, handwritten, hard-to-read, carbon copy inspection report and welcome a NEW digital inspection app-based platform, for faster, cleaner and more detailed crane inspections for you and your material handling equipment.
In 2018, Kristian moved their overhead crane inspections into the digital age by introducing their new inspection application. Each one of Kristian’s highly trained crane technicians now incorporate an iPad in their tool kit essentials.
While inspecting a piece of lifting equipment, the technician now moves through a series of tasks and screens within the app, step by step, allowing them to record their findings in real time. This information is then instantly transferred to their head office, where staff can see any issues identified in the field.
IN DETAIL
Customers will receive detailed inspection checklists tailored to their specific tools and equipment. Kristian’s focus on each material handling system guarantees precise analysis.
THE WHOLE PICTURE
Customers can see what our technicians are seeing, with the inclusion of inspection photos of their exact equipment as well as any system issues or concerns.
CLEAN CUT
A cleaner, more professional layout and design that remains up-to-date with current regulations and requirements for overhead crane inspections in both Alberta and Saskatchewan.
FOR THE RECORD
This new application has to ability to record and retain all of a customer’s crane data and inspection information all in one place. Digital inspections can provide the customer with peace of mind, that their information is safe and secure.
To learn more about Kristian’s preventative maintenance programs click here.
When it comes to workwear, most people settle for “good enough.” But anyone who’s slipped into a Dixxon flannel knows there’s nothing “good enough” about it — it’s built different. At Kristian Electric, we’ve added DIXXON to our shelves to give welders, crane techs,...
Alright, let’s be real for a second. Winter is usually the season where welding projects slow down, budgets tighten up, and everyone starts putting off equipment upgrades. That’s exactly why Miller Build with Blue exists — and Build with Blue 2026 is shaping up to be...
Authorized Hoist & Crane Service Depot — Calgary, Edmonton & Saskatoon Kristian Electric Ltd. is a Canadian leader in overhead crane service, hoist repair, CSA-compliant inspections, and crane system sales. With full-service branches in Calgary, Edmonton, and...
We’ve all heard the adage, ‘kill two birds with one stone’, meaning to complete two tasks at once. Over the last year, Kristian Electric tackled a project that almost perfectly echoed the context of this old expression. However in this case, there weren’t 2 birds but 3, and the stone…well that would be Kristian Electric.
One of Canada’s largest manufacturers of granite and quartz counter tops recently expanded their business to include a new state of the art facility in Calgary AB. A huge building including high tech stone processing equipment to provide the very best for their customers. However stone is not an easy material to handle. It is cumbersome, dangerous and above all heavy. So how would you lift and maneuver large slabs of granite and racks of stone materials that weigh upwards of 10tons? You call the best.
‘Stone is not an easy material to handle. It is cumbersome, dangerous and above all heavy’
Kristian Electric is no stranger to working with large and dangerous materials. Since our company has been responsible for the inspection and maintenance of the existing overhead cranes at this customers other Calgary facility over the years, we have developed a relationship of trust and reliability. So when the world class stone fabricating company decided to construct their new facility, Kristian Electric got the call.
There were 3 birds, or in this case, challenges that the customer needed Kristian Electric to handle. First, when their raw stone was delivered, employees needed a way to safely remove the racks with the slabs from the delivery trucks.
Secondly, the raw stone had to be easily manipulated through each work area where the stone cutting and processing machines would be placed.
Finally, a way to manage and maintain the colossal sheets of stone displayed in the facility’s showroom.
The first challenge was handled with the installation of two top running single girder Demag bridge cranes with runways. The cranes have a capacity of 5 and 10 tons and each span 58’. They are used in conjunction with a 1000lbs capacity Gorbel wall cantilever jib crane for unloading and storing the racks which are loaded with slabs of raw material that arrive at the facility on trucks. In order to keep the inventory controlled, the jib crane is used to unload the slabs off the racks and capture them into the inventory system.
The second challenge was the installation of Gorbel work station bridge cranes along the processing lines and above the majority of the cutting edge masonry equipment. The facility laid out its processing equipment in four assembly line type sections. Each line was covered with 1000lbs capacity Gorbel work station bridge crane. Each work station crane required varying lengths, layouts and bridge counts to meet that area’s particular needs.
Work Station Bridge Crane Breakdown
Assembly line 1– 198’ length, 4 x 30’ bridges
Assembly line 2 – 125’ length, 5 x 23’ bridges
Assembly line 3– 78’ length, 2 x 23’ bridges
Assembly line 4 – 40’ length, 1 x 30’ bridge
The customer was now outfitted with twelve Gorbel work station cranes, each equipped with Demag dual speed DC-COM electric chain hoists, festoon systems and air lines for the customer supplied vacuum lifters. Now employees could move and manipulate the cumbersome sheets of stone material easily to and from each piece of their processing equipment.
The third and final challenge was confronted in a similar manner as the first, by installing a one ton Demag top running single girder bridge crane with a Demag wire rope hoist. Which now allows employees to easily maneuver their product from their showroom gallery to the processing equipment and back again.
With fabrication beginning in the late fall of 2015, this project was completed in two phases over a year and almost 1500 man hours were utilized for its completion.
This project also came with its hurdles, as the companies installing the new stone processing equipment in the facility also required floor space to lay-out, assemble and install their equipment. All parties had to work in tandem to maintain a safe environment while completing their installations and commissioning in timely fashion.
In the end, each issue was meticulously considered, calculated and solved with the ingenuity of our Kristian Electric team, whose dedication to completing on time and to the customer’s high standards was rock solid.
When it comes to workwear, most people settle for “good enough.” But anyone who’s slipped into a Dixxon flannel knows there’s nothing “good enough” about it — it’s built different. At Kristian Electric, we’ve added DIXXON to our shelves to give welders, crane techs,...
Alright, let’s be real for a second. Winter is usually the season where welding projects slow down, budgets tighten up, and everyone starts putting off equipment upgrades. That’s exactly why Miller Build with Blue exists — and Build with Blue 2026 is shaping up to be...
Authorized Hoist & Crane Service Depot — Calgary, Edmonton & Saskatoon Kristian Electric Ltd. is a Canadian leader in overhead crane service, hoist repair, CSA-compliant inspections, and crane system sales. With full-service branches in Calgary, Edmonton, and...
Welding fumes are a complex mixture of metallic oxides, silicates and fluorides that form when a metal is heated above its boiling point and its vapors condense into very fine, airborne particles.
However, fume origins are not limited to the metal being welded itself, welding fumes can be comprised of particulate from the electrode or flux used, the gases both used and created while welding and any paint or coatings on the welded material as well.
Exposure to these types of fumes can have short or long lasting effects on a person, including time off, illness, early retirement and even life-long health problems.
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health & Safety lists some possible exposure health risks as simple as a slight respiratory or eye irritation to much more harmful afflictions including lung cancer risk, metal fume fever, poisoning, loss of consciousness and even death.
You can see the full health effect listing from the CCOH in detail here
Solutions
Fume extraction is the easiest and safest way to control your work place air quality. Many companies, including Nederman and Miller Electric offer a variety of solutions, depending on your needs.
ON TORCH EXTRACTION
An opening at the nozzle collects the fume through hoses that are connected to a high vacuum system. This solution removes the welding fume directly from the source over the welding pool, eliminating the majority of particulates.
EXTRACTOR ARMS
Extractor arms are connected to a vacuum filter system and hung over a particular workspace. The arm is flexible and easily positioned so that it can be swung in and out of the way.
The extractor is suspended by a swivel, which allows the product to rotate 360 degrees. This makes the extraction arm flexible in all directions and very simple to position. Can be mounted in combination with different brackets, extension arms, on exhaust rails or on fixed or portable filter equipment.
PORTABLE FILTER UNITS
These systems, complete with extractor arms, are easily moved around the workspace. This allows the user the ability to weld in a variety of locations while still being able to utilize the filter extraction system.
The extraction arm includes an integrated spotlight, which optimizes the user-friendly design.
Accessories can be attached to improve individual applications. Can be combined to work as a mobile unit or as a fixed mounted unit.
EXTRACTION TABLES
These fixed workstation benches include an integrated fume extraction system. These systems allow the user to weld or grid without having to adjust any extraction points.
Underneath the working area a dust drawer takes care of the heavy dust. The drawer can easily be emptied from the front of the table. The duct connection for the external fan is located on top of the table and it is recommendable to use a filter device between the table and the fan.
WELDING ROBOTS
Since robotic arms are performing during the welding process, this does not allow for extraction arms to be consistently positioned in the correct location. This issue can be solved by either mounting nozzles for extraction directly to the machine, or incorporating an extraction hood above the unit.
OTHER INDUSTRIES
Fume extraction is not limited to only the welding industry. There are a myriad of extraction products available to aide in the safe removal of harsh fumes and particulates in just about any industry including:
Metalworking
Composite Machining
Woodworking
Vehicle Services
Fire & Emergency Stations
Material Handling & Recycling
Process Industries & Energy
To learn more about fume extraction and extraction products click here.
When it comes to workwear, most people settle for “good enough.” But anyone who’s slipped into a Dixxon flannel knows there’s nothing “good enough” about it — it’s built different. At Kristian Electric, we’ve added DIXXON to our shelves to give welders, crane techs,...
Alright, let’s be real for a second. Winter is usually the season where welding projects slow down, budgets tighten up, and everyone starts putting off equipment upgrades. That’s exactly why Miller Build with Blue exists — and Build with Blue 2026 is shaping up to be...
Authorized Hoist & Crane Service Depot — Calgary, Edmonton & Saskatoon Kristian Electric Ltd. is a Canadian leader in overhead crane service, hoist repair, CSA-compliant inspections, and crane system sales. With full-service branches in Calgary, Edmonton, and...
When it comes to overhead cranes, safety is critical.
A load test is a literal testing of limits. Pushing a crane beyond it’s rated capacity under controlled conditions to expose any flaws or breaking points, so that any repairs can be done.
How It Works
When a crane is first designed, an engineer will decide what rate of deflection (bend) both the bridge and runways are safely able to bear dependent on the size, length and design of the crane.
Once installed, a technician will then load the crane to 125% of it’s rated safe working load capacity. (ex. if rated for 5 tons, a load of 6.25 tons will be applied). This is usually accomplished with the addition of rated steel test weights or in some cases, such as sizable port gantry’s, water weights are the convention.
While under the additional burden of weight, the bridge and runways will then be measured, using the proper equipment, to see if the amount of deflection in the steel falls within the safe parameters laid out by the original engineered design.
The crane will also be tested to see that all functions are working correctly. A complete check of hoisting, lowering, trolley travel, bridge travel, limit switches as well as locking and safety devices will be completed under the extra stress.
This also allows the technician to determine and verify any load limit switches to proper and safe settings.
Why It’s So Important
When steel is under pressure it can expose many hidden problems, such as damaged weld seams or frame segments. Many underlying concerns that could lead to issues, including catastrophic failures down the road, will be brought to light during a load test which can be rebuilt or repaired before the equipment is put into use.
For more information on Kristian’s load testing and preventative maintenance click here.
When it comes to workwear, most people settle for “good enough.” But anyone who’s slipped into a Dixxon flannel knows there’s nothing “good enough” about it — it’s built different. At Kristian Electric, we’ve added DIXXON to our shelves to give welders, crane techs,...
Alright, let’s be real for a second. Winter is usually the season where welding projects slow down, budgets tighten up, and everyone starts putting off equipment upgrades. That’s exactly why Miller Build with Blue exists — and Build with Blue 2026 is shaping up to be...
Authorized Hoist & Crane Service Depot — Calgary, Edmonton & Saskatoon Kristian Electric Ltd. is a Canadian leader in overhead crane service, hoist repair, CSA-compliant inspections, and crane system sales. With full-service branches in Calgary, Edmonton, and...
