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Holland's short plug flash-butt welding provides railways with a higher quality and more cost-effective defect remediation and repair. Traditionally, repair welding gangs rely on a 20’-40’ plug with three pieces of equipment as well as six to eight railroad employees and two Holland employees. With our short plug flash-butt repair welding gang, 5’ plugs are used with two pieces of equipment and a total of four (railroad and Holland) employees.The benefits of short plug flash-butt welding:- A single four-man crew can match the efficiency of three thermite crews- Superior joint strength and durability compared to thermite- Typical repair takes between 60-75 minutes- Using 5’ plugs out of a 40’ or 20’ rail, there is no scrap- A small gang is more nimble than a large repair gangAlong with these benefits, Holland’s flash-butt welding services include our Intelliweld? Control System which provides superior control over the flash-butt welding process