Pritchards Garage Ltd - Vehicle Welding Technology

MIG-MAG Braising and Welding

We use the very latest in automotive welding and braising technologies.

Today's car body repairs demand it and we have it.
A combined MIG-brazing and MIG-MAG-welding unit is the logical solution. Up until now it was all simple sheet welding and little thought was given to the quality of properties required from high quality thin sheet welding or the newly introduced MIG-brazing (MSG-brazing).

For very good reason demands are changing to being more strict and specific when repairing modern vehicles.
For example: incorrect welding or brazing on/at a vehicle may result in a delayed activation of the airbag, sheet structure or corrosion resistance may be destroyed.

Times have changed and Pritchards have changed with it, MIG-brazing units are already in use within the automotive-industry and therefore in our repair centre.

Spot Welding

We have all seen the robots in the car commercials that lean over the production line adding body panels to the vehicle and with a series of quick flashes that body panel is now part of the car. Well that is what they call 'Spot Welding'.

Many of the body panels on modern cars are spot welded in their construction, fitting or both. It is a common and efficient car production technique to permanently fix the car parts together.

But what happens after it has been in an accident and that panel needs replacing?

At Pritchards we repair vehicles back to the manufacturers original specification and therefore when we replace spot welded panels or component parts, just like the original manufacturers, we spot weld them as they were originally designed to be.

Having both the spot welding equipment and the trained staff (sorry no robots!) to use it at our accident repair centre; it gives us the advantage when repairing seriously damaged vehicles as insurance companies know that having this technique and experience it will ensure the repair is completed correctly.

InvertaSpot GT

Pritchards also have invested in an 'InvertaSpot GT' spot welder, arguably the most advanced spot welder in the world.

Many modern cars are built using Boron steels and therefore to repair them properly a specialised spot welder such as the InvertaSpot GT is required.

Boron Steel
Much has been written about the new range of Advanced High Strength Steel being used in Modern car design.

USIBOR-BTR-Boron are all the same grade of steel, just with a different name, depending which country it comes from. It is very strong but light in weight.

In general it is used to provide extra strength in the sill area, B Post, chassis areas, rear cross members and as roll over bars.

It is a difficult metal to repair and certain repair methods should only be employed. It is therefore reassuring to know that Pritchards have this welding technology, equipment and experience to make such repairs.

Approved by Mercedes Benz, Porsche, Audi / VW, Honda, Ford, FSE, Peugeot, Citroen and others, this spot welder provides the very best quality spot weld.

In our repairs that require the InvertaSpot welder, we are able to show evidence of the quality of every spotweld completed as this information is printed out as a report showing all aspects of the weld.

The report is detailed for each weld, and also includes:

• The Job Number
• VIN number
• Car registration number
• Operator's name

Every spot weld is recorded by Pritchards during each repair job, therefore we can provide documented evidence of the job being done correctly.

Pritchards Garage Limited

Anstey Road

Alton

Hampshire

GU34 2RD

Call us on:

01420 84797

Hours of Business:

Monday / Friday	08:30 - 17:30
Saturday	08:30 - 12:00
Sunday	Closed