Contents
System includes:
- Auto-darkening welding helmet with in-helmet guides
- Speed sensor board with a base for MIG and stick welding
- Angle sensor
- Stick calibration fixture
- Downloadable curriculum
- 1-year limited warranty
*Gloves not included
guideWELD® LIVE real welding guidance system
The guideWELD® LIVE Real Welding Guidance System helps students seamlessly transition from classroom learning to hands-on welding practice. This innovative system provides real-time, in-helmet training during live MIG and stick welding, offering corrective guidance on core welding techniques as users work in the booth. A peripheral-view display inside the included auto-darkening helmet provides crucial feedback, offering a visual representation of the user’s work and travel angles as well as their travel speed while they weld. The system includes nine default Welding Procedure Specifications (WPSs), with the flexibility to create custom WPS configurations, making it adaptable to a wide range of welding tasks.
$9,899.00
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guideWELD® LIVE
Lesson topics:
1. Welding Career Opportunities
2. Types of Welding
3. Welding Safety – PPE
4. Safety Review Assessment, Certification
5. Basics to Quality Welds
6. Identifying and Assessing Defects
7. Weld Testing
8. Reading a WPS
9. Weld Testing and WPS Assessment
Teaching hours: 30
Includes: Presentation slides, student activities, and assessment tools
Aligns to: Common Career Technical Core Standards
Alignment and Crosswalk Documents
guideWELD LIVE Curriculum Overview
guideWELD LIVE Curriculum Sample
Features
- Provides a peripheral-view display inside the welding helmet during live MIG and stick welding
- Offers real-time feedback on work and travel angles as well as travel speed during live welding
- Includes 9 default WPSs and option for custom WPS creation
- Works with any MIG or stick welder
- Ideal for transitioning users from classroom to welding booth
- Great for in class training, demonstrations, and remote learning
Specifications
guideWELD® LIVE specifications:
- Process: GMAW (MIG) and SMAW (stick)
- Joint: Tee, lap, butt
- Metal Type: Steel
- Metal Thickness (MIG): 16 gauge, 1/8 inch, 1/4 inch
- Metal Thickness (Stick): 1/8 inch, 1/4 inch, 3/8 inch
- Welding Position: Tee, Lap (2F), V-groove (1G)
Specifications for guideWELD LIVE Hardware
- Power Source: AA Rechargeable Batteries (includes charger)
- Base: Length: 9 inches (14 inches extended), Width: 22 inches, Height: 13 inches
- Speed Board: Length: 13 inches, Width: 4.5 inches, Height: 1.5 inches
- Angle Sensor: Length: 1.5 inches, Width: 1 inch, Height: 0.375 inch
- Helmet: Viewing Area: 3.86 inches x 1.69 inches, Operating Temp: 23°F to 131°F, Material: Polyamide (Nylon)
- Total Product Weight: 17.5 lbs. (Helmet weight: 2.0 lbs.)
FAQs
Career Preparation
What careers can the Realityworks guideWELD training tools help students prepare for?
- Potential career opportunities include: welding fabrication, welder, welding inspector, millwright, master plumber, autobody technician, and master jeweler
- Various types of Welders include: construction, manufacturing, structural steel/ironworker, industrial boilermaker, oil rig, motorsports, shipyards, military, and underwater
What types of classes use the guideWELD LIVE real welding guidance system?
- Many agriculture and trade skills programs use this tool to engage students in welding curriculum. We’ve seen this guidance system used in welding classes, shop classes, auto and ag mechanics instruction, manufacturing courses, construction programs, and millwright training programs. It’s great for secondary, post-secondary, and adult retraining courses.
General Usage
Why is the guideWELD LIVE real welding guidance system right for me?
- This real welding guidance system is ideal for transitioning users from virtual practice in the classroom to real welding in a welding booth
Is the guideWELD LIVE real welding guidance system another simulator?
- No! This unique guidance system is used during live welding. It provides immediate feedback on core welding techniques in an auto-darkening welding helmet
What could my welding lab look like with the guideWELD LIVE real welding guidance system?
- Understand the value of 21st Century learning tools and see how these solutions can easily be integrated into any classroom:
Welding Solutions Implementation
Is this used for actual live, in-booth welding?
- Yes! The peripheral-view display inside the welding helmet during live MIG and stick welding offers real-time feedback on work and travel angles as well as travel speed during live welding
Can I use this with my own welder?
- Yes! The guideWELD LIVE real welding guidance system works with any MIG or stick welder
Does this system have a report?
- No. The guidance system provides live, in-helmet feedback while the user is welding. Users can make corrections while welding, therefore maintaining proper technique every weld, without waiting for a report.
Does it do vertical or Tig welding?
- No. The guideWELD LIVE real welding guidance system teaches MIG and stick welding in flat or horizontal positions.
Can I customize a WPS?
- Yes! Instructions on how to customize a standard SD card are included with purchase
Do you offer training for the guideWELD LIVE real welding guidance system?
- Yes! Training options are customizable to your program. More information is available here
Do you offer product support?
- Yes! Our product support team is available M-F 8am-5pm Central Time via phone, email or chat. Contact customer support here
What is included with the guideWELD LIVE real welding guidance system?
- Auto-darkening welding helmet with in-helmet guides
- Speed sensor board with a base for MIG and stick welding
- Angle sensor
- Stick calibration fixture
- Downloadable curriculum
- 1-year limited warranty
How are other teachers using welding guidance systems?
- Read our latest case study to learn how instructors are prioritizing welding education in the 21st Century
What other program support do you provide?
- We offer free webinars, blogs, and classroom resources to help your program succeed
- Follow Realityworks on your favorite social media platforms: X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube for other tips and tricks
Resources
Welding Implementation Infographic
Welding Simulated Arc Time Infographic
WEBINAR – Refresh Your Welding Program with Realityworks’ Solutions
WEBINAR – Implementing A 21st Century Welding Program
Customer Story – Future Millwrights Using Next-Gen Welding Technology
BLOG – 3 Ways guideWELD LIVE Can Benefit Your Welding Students
Blog – 5 Teaching Tools to Help Refresh Your Welding Program
BLOG – 3 ways the guideWELD® LIVE real welding guidance system impacts classrooms
2 reviews for guideWELD® LIVE real welding guidance system
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Greg S., Welding Technology Instructor –
When students are in the booth, I can’t tell them in the middle of a weld that they’re right where they need to be, but when they don’t know, even if it looks right, they aren’t confident in their ability. This system gives them real-time feedback that what they’re doing is right, and it builds their confidence.
George K., Welding Instructor –
After using guideWELD, students were providing me with feedback first, which was great – in a real-world situation, your boss is going to ask you why it’s this way or that way, so this tool helps in that sense, too.