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Self-Integrating a Robotic Welding System
To stay competitive, many shops must choose between building a robotic workcell or buying a turnkey system. DIY robotic integration is possible, but certain critical factors should be considered because the end user assumes greater responsibility and acquires more project risk. There is much to know and manage, from process welding requirements and robotic cell design to tooling requirements and system documentation.
Co-Founder of Universal Robots Wins Award
Esben Østergaard is honored with the prestigious Engelberger Robotics Award.
Xiris Opens European Office
Their office in Ratingen, Germany, offers annual recertification services of weld inspection systems used in the tube industry.
Robotic Guidelines for the Production of Safety Critical Welds
Security features, tracking, arc monitoring and traceability make it nearly impossible to stray from established protocols and parameters that maintain weld integrity during the robotic welding of safety critical welds. It may take a considerable amount of upfront work to get to full data harmonization, but the results are confident customers and improved product quality that can help secure future operations.
ATTC Hires Robotic Automation Specialist
Zac Marnell now provides specialized sales and service in robotic and automated welding tools and applications.
Don’t Spec a Welding System Until You’ve Done This
While increasing throughput, improving product quality, dealing with labor shortage and right-sizing a robotic cell are valid factors to consider when pricing out a system, the best designed system can still miss the mark. You should really pay more attention to these two factors before diving too deep into cell design and component specifications.
JR Automation Acquires Setpoint Companies
This deal expands their footprint in intelligent automated manufacturing and distribution technology systems.
Pemamek Partners with HGG
They intend to streamline and integrate precision cutting processes with high quality welding operations to dramatically benefit customers of both companies.
World’s First Collaborative Spool Welding Robot
Novarc’s Spool Welding Robot is a semi-automated robotic system for pipe welding, small pressure vessel manufacturing and other 1G welding applications.
How to Maneuver Your Part Without an Overhead Crane or Brute Force
Gone are the days of using an overhead crane or brute force to maneuver parts around. The heavy duty Powered Manipulator from Bluco is a specialized modular fixturing system that raises, lowers, rotates or tilts your workpiece into any position to a comfortable working height.
Three Ways to Address the Welder Shortage
A lack of skilled labor may mean missed deadlines, a reduced ability to compete for jobs, higher costs and lost productivity due to rework. But new technologies and welding systems being designed by welding equipment manufacturers can help fabricators address these challenges, bridge the labor gap and remain competitive by completing jobs on time with high quality.
Forklift Manufacturer Relies on Simulation Software
To improve productivity in their robotic welding operations, Crown has begun to replace the time-consuming manual teaching of their robot systems with simulation-based offline programming for tool path generation.
