ADX-1.1 Steel & Stainless Rod Butt Welder for Fastener & Wire Production
Stainless Steel, Steel, Titanium
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Butt Welder
HX-1 Heavy-Duty In-Line Butt Welder for Large Solid Steel and Stainless Rod
The HX-1 is Micro Weld’s top-capacity in-line butt welder for solid ferrous rod — steel, stainless steel, and titanium — covering a welding range of .125 to .750 inches. At this diameter, the work is rod, not wire, and the machine is built accordingly: solenoid-controlled pneumatic actuated clamps, air upset at 100 psi, 99-step SCR heat control, and robust fixed and movable interlocked guarding. It runs on 240V, 480V, or 600V single phase, draws up to 265A, and weighs 640 lbs on a heavy-duty 4-wheel caster truck — a heavy-duty production floor machine, movable on its caster truck and designed for continuous operation on demanding ferrous stock. An extensive suite of available accessories — optional arm anneal, elevated anneal, heavy-duty vise, grinder, portable shear, and operator platform and shuttle — can be added to support full in-line post-weld processing at the same station.
- 240V, 480V, or 600V, 60Hz, single phase
- Robust fixed & movable interlocked guarding
- SCR heat selection control
- Pneumatic upset
- Solenoid controlled, pneumatic actuated clamps
- Heavy duty truck with casters
Metal:
Stainless Steel, Steel, Titanium
Construction:
Solid
Solid Steel Welding Range:
.125 in (3,18 mm) - .750 in (19,05 mm)
Max Current Draw:
265/132/107
Single Phase Transformer:
Yes
Heat Selection Method:
99 SEPS SCR
Upset Method:
Air
Air Requirements:
100psi
Mounting Truck Type:
4 Wheels
Dimensions & Weight:
Welding Die Height: 46 in (117 cm)
Width Across the Front: 39 in (99.06 cm)
Depth to the Back: 29 in (73.66 cm)
Height: 46 in (116.84 cm)
Weight: 640 lbs (290.24 kg)
Width Across the Front: 39 in (99.06 cm)
Depth to the Back: 29 in (73.66 cm)
Height: 46 in (116.84 cm)
Weight: 640 lbs (290.24 kg)
- Integrated Arm Anneal
- CAL Elevated Anneal
- Heavy Duty Vise
- 1/2 HP Grinder
- Electrical Outlet on Welder
- Portable Shear (cutter)
- Operator Platform & Shuttle
Butt Welder Upgrades to Improve Your Precision and Productivity
Upgrade your Micro Weld butt welders with world-class safety & technology accessories. You’ll get the same quality, rugged welders with the safety features you need, creating uniformity with every machine and consistency with every training.
- New Finger Safe Covers & Components
- 24V Control Circuit
- Interlock Switch on Rear Access Panel
- Solid-State Heat Control
Applications
Welding solid steel rod in the .125–.750 in range on continuous rod drawing, rolling, or forming lines to eliminate rod-end scrap and maintain uninterrupted production feed between coils or billets
Joining solid stainless steel rod ahead of cold heading, thread rolling, or precision machining operations where weld integrity and cross-section consistency are required to survive downstream forming forces
Splicing solid titanium rod for aerospace, medical implant, and specialty fastener manufacturing where alloy continuity through the weld zone is a material qualification requirement
Rejoining heavy solid ferrous rod on straighteners, payoff stands, and in-line processing equipment to reduce changeover downtime on high-throughput rod production lines
Real-World Benefits
- .125–.750 in solid steel welding range covers the full span of rod diameters used in fastener, spring, re-bar, and heavy wire form manufacturing — from medium rod through large round stock — in a single in-line station.
- Pneumatic upset with solenoid-controlled clamps delivers consistent, operator-independent clamping force and upset pressure on heavy rod stock where hand-operated mechanisms would be impractical and inconsistent.
- 99-step SCR heat control provides fine, repeatable heat selection across the full diameter range and across steel, stainless, and titanium alloys — reducing operator guesswork and weld variation on costly or specification-sensitive rod stock.
- Robust interlocked guarding keeps operators protected at the high current and upset energy levels required to weld large solid ferrous rod, meeting modern plant safety expectations for heavy industrial joining stations.
- Available accessory options — arm anneal, elevated anneal, vise, grinder, shear, and operator platform with shuttle — allow a single HX-1 station to be equipped to handle joining, annealing, and post-weld finishing in-line without moving stock between operations.
Comparison to Similar Models
The HX-1 is Micro Weld’s top-capacity in-line welder for solid ferrous rod and the ferrous counterpart to the HP-1.1, which handles large stranded non-ferrous conductor. Within the ferrous solid wire and rod range, the HX-1 picks up where the GS leaves off: the GS covers solid steel wire to .225 in, while the HX-1 starts at .125 in and reaches .750 in — with overlap in the .125–.225 in zone for buyers sizing between them.
Above the GS range, both the HX-1 (.125–.750 in) and the ADX-1.1 (solid steel, stainless, and titanium rod from .250 to 1.00 in) weld solid ferrous rod — the right choice depends on rod diameter and how the machine will be configured for the application. For solid rod operations needing full in-line anneal and post-weld processing capability at the joining station, the HX-1’s available accessory options make it the most complete single-station solution in the lineup.
Best For
Rod drawing operations, fastener manufacturers, re-bar producers, and heavy ferrous wire form manufacturers joining solid steel, stainless, or titanium rod in the .125–.750 in range who need a heavy-duty in-line butt welder with pneumatic upset, SCR heat control, full interlocked guarding, and optional post-weld processing capability.
