What the brief should carry
- Application Fabrication, structural, pipe, repair, production, or field work
- Specification Process, metal, thickness, output, duty cycle, input power, wire, gas or self-shielded wire
- Quantity How many power sources, guns, and feeders
- Destination US site, including any lift or dock limit
- Timing The date you want the offer to assume, still unconfirmed
- Files Datasheet needs, drawings, and inspection points
- Optional budget Amount or range, currency, per unit or whole order
How a submission is read
- The form arrives with the text you typed. Missing lines stay missing.
- Open gaps are listed before any factory is asked to price a guess.
- Factories are asked for the same configuration and destination.
- Replies are compared on scope. Stock, fit, and lead time remain supplier statements.
There is no storefront map because quotations are coordinated from the written brief, not from a retail counter. Replies use the work email you submit. Briefs are read on US business days. No clock time is promised for the first factory answer. Put measurable blanks in the box when you know them: 230 V, 60 Hz, single phase, 160 A, 40% duty cycle, 25 C shop ambient, 0.030 in wire, 2.4 mm aluminum, or a 4 m gun lead. Some buyers stop at the equipment price if accessories match. Others wait until incoterm, consumables, and commissioning are visible. This form does not pick a side. It keeps both numbers and exclusions in one note. Limits you should expect: no stock answer, no fit approval, and no lead-time promise from this desk.