Fitchburg Welding Co., Inc.

In 1934, Henry A. Morin realized the need for a steel fabrication shop in central New England. His progressive philosophy and demanding quality requirements became the foundation of Fitchburg Welding Company, Incorporated. Over 75 years and now into our fourth generation, we are keeping those principles he espoused alive.The purchase of Twin City Machining Incorporated, and subsequent 25,000 square foot addition to the existing plant, provides our customers with a state-of-the-art, one-stop-shop for all their fabrication and machining requirements. Our subsequent 15,000 square foot addition has allowed us to significantly increase our turning and milling capabilities in the machining area.

As of January 1, 2016, Fitchburg Welding and Twin City Machining were consolidated as Fitchburg Welding. This was done to streamline workflow between fabrication and machining aspects as well as to better represent what we do as a whole.Our modern facility, located just off Route 2 in Westminster, Massachusetts, connects us with major transportation routes in all directions.

QUALITY

The Fitchburg Welding quality system is designed to assure complete conformance to all customer purchase order, drawing, and specification requirements, and shall provide for the maintenance of all inspection reports, test records and quality documentation compiled for each individual order as required.Fitchburg Welding maintains an ASME “U” and “R” stamp, and the quality system meets the requirements of Mil-Std-45208, Mil-Q-9858, and Mil-Std-45662. All inspection and welding equipment is calibrated annually, and this calibration is traceable to a national standard. Fitchburg Welding maintains the qualifications and capability to produce fabrications in accordance with AWS D1.1, ASME Sect.VIII (Div.1), Mil-Std-278, and Navsea S9074-AQ-GIB-101/278.

Available are customer and government approved procedures for various welding processes, and new procedures can be qualified upon request. Included are approvals for flux core arc welding, gas metal arc welding, gas tungsten arc welding, and submerged arc welding. There are procedures qualified in accordance with AWS D1.1, ASME Sect. IX, Mil-Std-248, and Navsea S9074-AQ-GIB-010/248, as well as various customer specific approvals, for the following material classifications: P1/S1, P4/S4, P5/S5, P6/S6, P8/S8, S11B (70/30 Cu-Nu), S34, P43, Inconel, and various customer specific materials.
Available are customer and government approved procedures for various nondestructive testing procedures, including visual weld inspection, magnetic particle inspection, liquid penetrant inspection, and leak testing; in accordance with ASME Sect.V & Sect.VIII, Mil-Std-271F, and Navsea T9074-AS-GIB-010/271, as well as various customer specific approvals. Nondestructive testing personnel are qualified in accordance with SNT-TC-1A. Ultrasonic inspection and radiographic inspection are available from a qualified outside source.

Cad capabilities include AutoCad Inventor, AutoCad Mechanical Desktop, and Solidworks, with the ability to also work with DXF, IGES, STEP, and various other file formats as well. Plotting capabilities include both color and black and white from “A” to “E” size, with black and white scanning capability from “A” to “E” size as well.

Fitchburg Welding incorporates a system of root cause analysis and corrective action to assure that any quality issues are addressed and resolved in a timely manner. This will assure that there will be always be continuous quality improvement in all aspects of production, and this will also assure that the customer will always receive a product that will be in complete accordance will all of the contract requirements.