Robot-Phobia. No, this isn’t a new disease, nor will it require a trip to a therapist. It’s an exciting technology that can increase your production, quality and profits.
Yet over the last few years I have noticed many people in the manufacturing and/or fabricating business suffer from robot-phobia when it comes to automating their welding processes through robotic welding systems.
New technology can seem daunting at first. But, what if I told you that there are only three basic moves for a robotic arm? It’s true. You have a P move, which is a point move L, which is a linear interpolated move and C which is a circular move.
With that said, the only other basic thing that would be required is a weld start and weld end command. It is very easy to set up weld schedule to store welding parameters which can be used in many different programs.
Many folks feel that if they don’t have thousands of parts to run, then a robotic welding system is not for them. That’s not necessarily the case. We have customers that will program a robot for a single part run of fifty pieces, and some others write a program for small part runs, sometimes as little at ten per month. Once the program is stored it can be recalled at any time.
Over the last ten years I have had the pleasure of working with many great technicians who have expressed great apprehension when they were first introduced to the concept of robotic welding. After a few hours of training, their apprehension usually turns to curiosity and confidence.
One thing that you should know if you’re thinking of automating your welding processes is that you must still know how to weld the parts manually before you can program a robot to do the weld for you.
So what are you waiting for? Give Worldwide Welding and Brazing Solutions a call today at 1-855-493-5337 and let us work with you to set up a free robotic analysis. Turn that apprehension into curiosity, confidence, and bottom line growth!
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